Linked List: October 4, 2022

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Aaron Judge Hits Record-Breaking 62nd Home Run of Season ★

Would be fun to see him keep hitting dingers all the way until the end of the month.

Latest iOS 16.1 Beta Removes Adaptive Transparency Toggle for Original AirPods Pro ★

Juli Clover, reporting for MacRumors:

After updating last week, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max owners running the AirPods firmware beta found an “Adaptive Transparency” toggle in the AirPods settings, and it was initially assumed that Apple had brought the Adaptive Transparency feature of the AirPods Pro 2 to older AirPods models.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman yesterday said that the Adaptive Transparency option was actually a bug, which Apple has now confirmed by removing the setting in the current beta.

Seemed too good to be true, and it was. Makes sense that was just a bug in an iOS 16.1 beta. Apple claimed in the introduction for the new second-gen AirPods Pro that Adaptive Transparency required the brand-new H2 chip, and in my usage, the feature works so well it’s borderline magic.

Dr. Nick, Candidate for Senate ★

I seldom link to political ads because I typically link to things I think you might enjoy and/or learn something from. And regardless of party affiliation, there’s nothing to learn from or enjoy about most political ads.

John Fetterman’s campaign for the Senate here in Pennsylvania is a little different, and this spot exemplifies that.

Bloomberg: ‘Elon Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for Original Price of $54.20 a Share’ ★

Jef Feely and Ed Hammond, reporting an hour ago for Bloomberg:

Elon Musk is proposing to buy Twitter Inc. for the original offer price of $54.20 a share, Bloomberg News reports.

Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information. Shares in Twitter climbed as much as 18% on the news, after trading was briefly halted.

The roller coaster is back in action.

Update: Twitter user “NYCSouthpaw” has posted the actual letter from Musk’s attorney, and observes:

The text of the letter is helpful because (to my eyes, at least) it makes clear — much more clear than the news articles about it — that Musk is seeking an adjournment of the trial and his upcoming deposition without actually promising anything new or giving up anything at all.

Basically, Twitter is taking Musk to court to make him go through with his legally-binding offer from April. Musk today is proposing that if Twitter drops the suit, he will ... go through with his offer from April.