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Hosts: William Sikkens, Bill Snodgrass, and Gretchen Winkler
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Welcome to
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User Friendly 2.0 with host Bill Sikkens,
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technology architect.
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And this is User Friendly 2.0.
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I am your host Bill Sikkens and joining me,
my co-host Gretchen
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and Bill, welcome to this week's show.
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Hello there.
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Hello.
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Hopefully everybody's
surviving the weather out there.
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I'm understanding
that many parts of the world.
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It's been a little unusual
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from the Arctic blast last week to now,
the West coast is getting hit.
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LA is getting flooded in Sierra Nevada.
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Bill, I understand
is somewhat of an Armageddon right now.
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So stay safe.
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It is cold.
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Now, before we get into anything else,
I got to touch upon the one
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important issue that we have gotten
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the most questions about since last week,
and that is, how did the kiddy fare?
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So last week I had a little incident
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that we had a stray cat
that managed to get into our ducting.
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It's back lines under the house.
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And, that created
a little bit of a problem that required
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getting professionals out to open stuff up
and, try to rescue the little guy.
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And we didn't want anything bad
to happen to him.
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And rest assured, we got him out.
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He is fine.
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The cost of
fixing the heater system is not so much.
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You know, I have that my go fund me.
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Is that not getting.
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But the key to get out of that.
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Get out of it, without a whisker touch.
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So I appreciate all the well-wishes from
everybody, but, yeah, he, he has survived.
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So we made it through that.
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For anything
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new with either of you this week.
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And what?
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Really big painting?
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Yeah. Okay. Big painting.
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I heard something about that.
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So, you'll have to.
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And the Lego thing is still up. Oh.
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It's not. Oh, yeah.
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We did have some questions
about that, too.
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Have you figured it out?
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Well, I got to a spot
where, It's not it's not building.
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Right.
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And I've taken it apart, and, there are.
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I actually had several pieces
actually break,
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and now I'm trying to get new pieces.
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And when I went to the Lego site,
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it only allowed
it just assumed that only one piece broke.
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So I might get, a replace
replacement piece, but
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I might have to go and, like, order
some more of these, and,
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I, I'm not really sure
what I'm going to do.
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I first need the replacement
pieces before I can try and,
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double check my work.
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That makes any sense.
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You'll have to let us know how that goes.
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Because that sounds frustrating.
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It is frustrating, at least.
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Yeah, I, yeah, definitely.
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All right.
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Well, if anybody was looking
really forward to building that too,
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if anybody out there
has run into these kind of problems
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that the user friendly dot go
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and let us know what you did to solve them
because, you know, misery loves company.
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And hopefully there's a solution to this.
I think there is.
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It's probably just fine, you know,
and I'm I'm building the Saturn five
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and the panels look like
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they should be placed onto it
with an even number, you know.
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So it's flat, right? And it's not flat.
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It's like there's like a set missing,
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a layer of tile missing.
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And I don't know what to do about it.
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Or maybe there's
an additional layer there.
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So if anybody has a clue.
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Love to hear it. Yeah, absolutely.
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Let us know
if you use some help on that. But,
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All right.
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Well, with that, let's jump into the news.
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Well, Apple three is 45 years old.
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Yeah.
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So for any of our retro retro
computer fans, including me, the Apple
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three was a computer that came out
to originally replace the Apple two.
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And, that was in 1980.
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So 45 years ago.
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And some of the statistics on
this are interesting.
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I'm going to give this and modern things.
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The introductory price in
today's dollars was $16,960.
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The $30,480,
depending on how it was configured.
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So in $1,980,
that would be 43 44,342 7800.
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That's an expensive computer.
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Oh, yes it is.
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You know, they sold 75,000 of them.
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And, memory came out with a whopping
128 K Meg
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hey of memory
and could be upgraded to 512 K.
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Yeah.
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So anyway. But there it is, a cool system.
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I have one that I got at a garage sale
a number of years ago,
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and now that I'm thinking about this,
I'm going to have to get it out in
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a couple of weeks.
We are going to be having a guest.
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That was the person that was marketing
that project when it came out.
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We'll have to learn a little bit
about how that worked and how it was.
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And by the way, just for anybody
complain about computer prices
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today,
that price did not include hard drive
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and what was available.
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You can get a whopping five megabyte hard
drive for another 4019 $80 more.
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So, yeah, those are expensive.
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We're good to go.
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You were good to go.
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I don't think that included the monitor,
either.
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It was capable of artifact color. So,
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you know, I don't
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know how much that cost,
but anyway, a lot.
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Yeah.
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So anyway.
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But 45 years later,
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they're still going for a pretty good
chunk of change on eBay and stuff.
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People love them,
and it is a cool one to play with.
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I would not have wanted
to have to have bought it.
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You real
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well.
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The tech behind the Olympics had speed
cameras, sensors and annoying drones.
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Yes and I
so this is interesting because, you know,
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it makes sense that this is here.
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I would have been surprised
if they hadn't gone this direction,
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but they're setting things up
that are kind of interesting.
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And one of them is the cameras
that they are using
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are capable of 40,000 frames per second.
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And I did verify that number.
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Wow. So that's a fast camera.
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That's a fast camera.
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To give you a little bit of a comparison,
a standard television broadcast
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is usually 30 or 60 frames per second,
depending on what you're doing.
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That varies.
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It's actually 29 point something.
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But anyway, it's around that.
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So when you look at 40,000 frames
per second, I can only imagine how big
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the file would be on a 4K,
feed on something like that.
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Just to begin with, you know, you know,
you look back at this,
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the timekeeper,
which is a Swiss watchmaker,
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which doesn't surprise me at all, called
Omega, has been the official timekeeper
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since 1932, and it's the company
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that's been rolling out the cameras
and doing the different things this year.
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And it's very interesting
because you're getting some details
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from this you wouldn't have had otherwise.
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Obviously, things like photo finishes,
you know, right down to the millisecond,
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that kind of a thing.
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But you can also use it to analyze
the angle of the skis on a skier.
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You know, the way somebody is running
that kind of a thing.
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And with the AI enabled stuff,
you can look back on it
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and actually have a lot more data
that an ice skater lands.
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Yes, on the ice.
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After doing a jump,
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I, I've actually been watching
the Olympics and I like some of the drones
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that are following
the, the jumpers and the,
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the board,
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the board
riders, you know, that they go up
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and do these flips
and going up off of ramps
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and you almost get the feeling of
like what they're going through.
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It's kind of cool. Yeah.
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And it's amazing.
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And it's just,
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you know, to see where this kind of stuff
going, kind of has come out.
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So popular science covered all of this
in some detail on it, you know,
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some of the other things that come out of
that that I've been looking at here.
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One thing that I thought was interesting
is, the time it took to measure data
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on a rink, translated into an on screen
graphic,
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is less than one tenth of a second,
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I guess, you know?
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So that's,
that's faster than you can blink your eye.
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I so, I don't know,
I guess some of these things
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where they've had problems
of not knowing who won and, you know,
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because there's two close
in that type of a thing are solve.
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I don't know
if there's really a downside to this.
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I mean,
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because it seems like
I'm sure there is somewhere,
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but it seems like
with this type of technology,
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if you were the participant,
you could also use it
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to see how well you did
and where you can improve.
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I would think, you know.
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So, yeah, I would think that maybe
if you're twisting your ankle funny
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and maybe you wouldn't normally see it,
that you would figure it out, you know.
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So one of the other things
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mentioned in the headline
is drones, annoying drones as it was.
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But and you're having this
where these drones
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are following the participants around,
to get different things.
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So ten traditional quadcopters
in more than, two dozen first person
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view drones are constantly
going around the Olympic grounds.
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And, this is something.
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So, you know, if you're performing or a
participant, they're following you around.
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A lot of them.
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Or you can get different angles
and different things and it's,
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they're paparazzi.
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Yeah, they're kind of
like poppers, rats, you know?
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Now these have a little
bit more of a concern because it does
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introduce a level of a potential safety
risk for when they crash.
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This has not happened a lot,
but it has happened.
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And it is also somewhat distracting.
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Some of the participants have reported,
and I can only imagine you have to really.
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But I would think in something like this,
you really have to push everything around
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you out. Anyway, it's another layer
I guess.
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But I don't know if I like that,
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but it's, definitely
something that has created
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a situation here where there's not
the ambiguity that there used to be.
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And a lot of these different lines,
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there's like a high pitch, you know, sound
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when you're watching, like the skiers
go down the hill.
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I wondered what that was at first.
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And then it dawned on me.
It's got to be the drones.
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Yeah, yeah.
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You shut down
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for more than 320 users this week.
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Well, that wouldn't be such a big deal.
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How about 320,000 users this last week?
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I'm sorry.
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No worries. You know, numbers.
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Still thinking about all those drones?
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I'll tell you about 320,000 drones,
probably.
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No. But,
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Oh my goodness.
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Rigors of reporting on this.
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Downdetector has logged
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a lot of people reporting service
interruptions,
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of which yours truly was part of.
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This happened Tuesday evening,
going alone, watching your favorite
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YouTube show.
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Then all of the sudden that came up,
an error has occurred.
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Or, you know what?
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If say, something went wrong
and then all of a sudden, okay, exit,
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try to get back in or you're account's
no longer connected to this device.
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So go through connecting that.
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And when you did that it when something's
something's gone wrong you know.
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So it was definitely a problem.
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They did get it fixed fairly quickly.
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It was just a couple of hours,
that this was happening.
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And Google, who of course owns
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YouTube, has a very good record
of keeping things up.
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But as a company, when there are problems
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with their services,
it creates a lot of impact.
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There was a time recently
that their search engine
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went down for a very short time was,
I think, under a minute or something
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in internet
traffic, dive 75% during that time.
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So it's, you know, definitely,
interesting to look at that.
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If I was to look at this,
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the one concern I would have
is that that is definitely a choke point.
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And if the bad guys
wanted to disable the internet
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and they were able to take out
Google's system, it would certainly
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go a long way in doing that.
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Just because people wouldn't be able
to find anything.
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And a lot of computer users don't know
that there are other search engines.
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Yeah.
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You know, at one time you had
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Yahoo and AltaVista and all these things,
and now there aren't that many.
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Microsoft has Bing.
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And then of course, Google
and there are some others still out there.
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DuckDuckGo is one,
that is used by some people
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a little bit more than others
just because it's more private.
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But the point is, at the end of the day,
it can create a major disruption.
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When something like this happens.
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And I wasn't able to watch my show
about, them,
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they were touring a really cool new
elevator room in England.
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There was an elevator
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that is 100 years old, and I couldn't
watch that for almost 45 minutes.
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You know, this is what I always start
playing, right?
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Yeah. Yes. Okay.
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Oh. Is that a first world problem?
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I would believe so.
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And I think that it might also be
a problem focused on a certain kind
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of people.
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Anyway.
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Well, and another kind of birth day.
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It's the first computer for general use.
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Celebrates its 80th anniversary.
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Yeah. This is this is kind of cool.
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So up in engineering.
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Posted this on Instagram.
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And this week marks
the 80th anniversary of the Eniac.
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Eniac, the first programable
electronic general purpose computer.
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So this was a turning point
and this thing was huge.
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Use vacuum tubes.
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You know,
it took up more space in my house, has,
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consumed a lot of electricity.
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But it was the starting point
of all of this.
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And you know, the idea of being able
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to program something electronic
or that just wasn't a fine.
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Well, and also I thought was interesting
was that the,
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the people that programed it,
they were all women.
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Yeah. Yeah,
that actually that is a very good point.
291
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That is true. Yeah. All right.
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You know, when I was a kid,
I never equated women with computers.
293
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And so it was like, really?
294
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Oh, that's pretty cool. Yeah.
295
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And that's actually something
I'm going to do a research on it
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because I know
a little bit of the background,
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not enough to really cover
it correctly right now.
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But the woman that did this, I believe,
was not allowed in college or something.
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And she started doing her own thing
and learned about this.
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So it is actually quite a story
and one worth looking up.
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And I want to make sure
we cover on a future episode.
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But anyway, happy 80 anniversary Nak.
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Glad you were here.
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Star Wars splits the fan base
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with first trailer for Clone Wars sequel.
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Yeah, I believe this is another
first world problem.
307
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Yeah,
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I don't know.
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Gretchen, you're our Star Wars expert.
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What do you think about this?
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What's your opinion?
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Well,
I kind of got the impression that people
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are complaining about something
they don't need to complain about.
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They were unhappy that Maul consistently
looks like he's supposed to it
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when he looked like it through the Clone
Wars.
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What's wrong with that?
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Well, if you're asking me to come up
with something wrong with that,
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I don't have an answer
because I don't think I.
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I'm, I'm at a I'm in a loss too.
320
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Yeah. And it looks the same.
321
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Oh, dear. You know.
322
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Oh, you know, you know, fluent
you know, storytelling.
323
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You know, that makes sense. Coordinated.
324
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Oh, it makes sense how scary.
325
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Yeah.
326
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And then, then there was other complaints.
327
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Oh, we don't like the artwork.
328
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What's wrong with the artwork?
329
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It was really nice, you know, it was fun.
330
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I think it's definitely something
that people will find something
331
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to complain about.
Pretty much with anything.
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Having something like the split,
the fan base.
333
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So I it's, you know, it's interesting.
334
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So what this is Star Wars
The Clone Wars a sequel coming up.
335
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Maul shot shadow Lord,
which is coming out on April 6th, uses
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a animation style that I guess
some people are concerned about.
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So, you know, to those people, get a bag,
put it over your head on that date.
338
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Don't worry about it.
339
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Exactly.
340
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Researchers investigate black box
341
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discovered deep in caves of the Grand
Canyon, thousands of feet below ground.
342
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Yeah. So this is an interesting one.
343
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TCD reporting on this.
344
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When I read this headline, I'm
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thinking they found a black box
below ground that's what I was thinking.
346
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But no, watch the forces.
347
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I was an ancient aliens, you know, so I.
348
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So what they're doing is
349
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they're referring to the system below,
350
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you know, the Grand Canyon, North Rim
that actually distributes water.
351
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So in other words, the water, table
and all of that kind of thing
352
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and learning about how it works.
353
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That's the black box.
354
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And what they've done is
they've used, handheld laser
355
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scanners
to build a first ever 3D map of the caves.
356
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And what goes on here
is one spring supplies
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all the drinking water for the park.
358
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So that's the 6 million plus annual guess,
plus the people that work there
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and so on.
360
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And the concern is water pollution
because it moves very quickly
361
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through the system.
362
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It doesn't really filter in the same way
that a lot of ground water does.
363
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So this is allowing them to be able
to look at things, get something earlier
364
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on, know what's going on, and allowing
a lot of information that could
365
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hopefully, you know,
prevent their from being a disaster.
366
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Now with the coverups under there,
367
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I don't think it's going to help to have
this map.
368
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You'll need new maps afterwards
because that will have changed.
369
00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:33,786
But there's a caldera under the
Grand River, not in green.
370
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What am I thinking of here?
371
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I'm using the wrong word
there. Yellowstone.
372
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Thank you, thank you.
373
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Yeah. Okay. Yellowstone has a caldera.
374
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All right, well,
two different national parks.
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Grand Canyon, Yellowstone.
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What's different?
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Besides,
you know, three states about 900 miles.
378
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And the fact that I can't seem
to think of the right word currently.
379
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You know, I'm saying,
you know, my goodness.
380
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Although I do have a feeling
381
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if the caldera under Yellowstone went off,
it would affect the Grand Canyon.
382
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But so that's my my story
that's sticking to it.
383
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So there you are.
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All right.
385
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And other news,
Michelin makes special airless tire.
386
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Yeah.
Let's move on from that previous one.
387
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So, yeah.
388
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So this is on Instagram.
389
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And, you know, one of the questions
always comes up is when we find a topic
390
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:24,670
through something like Instagram,
you want to check and see if this is real.
391
00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:29,708
And spoiler alert we found a few things
that aren't I know it's on the internet.
392
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Can you believe it?
393
00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:34,379
However, this one is with a few caveats.
394
00:18:35,013 --> 00:18:36,281
So what's going on here
395
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is Michelin has developed
airless, puncture resistant tires.
396
00:18:40,285 --> 00:18:43,055
They call it
the unique puncture proof tire system.
397
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Or for Gretchen,
just for you. It's up. This,
398
00:18:46,558 --> 00:18:47,326
is what they're using.
399
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The branded under upticks.
400
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:50,529
Yeah.
401
00:18:50,529 --> 00:18:54,233
They're not widely available yet,
but they are real and have been tested.
402
00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:58,237
So it's an airless design, uses
a flexible spoke
403
00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:01,273
structure instead of pressurized air,
404
00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,809
designed to eliminate flies and blowouts
405
00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:07,846
and intended to reduce weight
from higher damage.
406
00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:09,882
Now, the one thing is this,
407
00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:12,885
the dealers aren't going to be able
to sell us nitrogen filled tires anymore.
408
00:19:13,285 --> 00:19:16,288
I have yet to figure out
why you'd want that, but,
409
00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:18,924
Yeah, you know,
but it changes things, right?
410
00:19:18,924 --> 00:19:20,926
So are they truly puncture proof?
411
00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:24,029
Well, mostly, I mean, the claim is there,
but they're not indestructible.
412
00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:26,932
They do resist quite
well from the testing.
413
00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:29,935
Neilsen road punctures,
low leaks, blowouts
414
00:19:30,035 --> 00:19:33,472
and certainly pressure related failures
because there isn't air pressure anymore.
415
00:19:33,472 --> 00:19:33,872
You know,
416
00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:37,409
you're still
going to have things like them wearing out
417
00:19:37,409 --> 00:19:39,511
or if there's extreme damage or,
418
00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:41,747
you know, severe structural impacts,
that kind of a thing.
419
00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:45,217
So puncture proof is largely
420
00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:48,754
accurate in everyday terms,
but not absolute.
421
00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:52,157
The next question that comes up on
this is the eco friendly claims.
422
00:19:52,157 --> 00:19:53,692
Are they legit?
423
00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:57,229
Well it depends on how you look at
potential benefits are number one,
424
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there's going to be your tires discarded
due to flats, which is actually a big deal
425
00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:03,402
with EVs because they're heavier
and go through tires faster.
426
00:20:03,902 --> 00:20:06,405
Better efficiency because
you have to worry about the air pressure.
427
00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:08,674
They're designed for a longer lifespan
428
00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:11,677
and can potentially use more
recycled materials.
429
00:20:11,810 --> 00:20:14,713
However, this is still something
that's been studied,
430
00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,315
so it'll be interesting
to see where it goes.
431
00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:18,684
So right now there's prototypes
they're testing.
432
00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:20,219
It can't buy them yet.
433
00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,688
So as soon as you can,
it'll be interesting to see
434
00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:24,089
whether this holds up to the claim.
435
00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:27,392
Does it talk about whether they're
436
00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:31,763
that they're comfortable ride
or is it like being in a wagon.
437
00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:35,367
They, you know, I was looking for
that type of data, and it doesn't look
438
00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:38,370
like they've either not published it yet
or they're still researching it.
439
00:20:39,271 --> 00:20:42,274
Okay, so.
440
00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:45,143
Animal
microchip company goes out of business.
441
00:20:45,143 --> 00:20:48,146
Yeah. And this one's a bummer. So,
442
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,349
what we're talking about here
443
00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:53,352
is if you have a pet,
444
00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:55,587
a lot of pet owners, pet parents. Will.
445
00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:56,888
I like pet parents better than owners.
446
00:20:56,888 --> 00:20:59,658
Anyway, will have their pet microchip.
447
00:20:59,658 --> 00:21:01,860
So in other words,
they inject a small chip.
448
00:21:01,860 --> 00:21:07,232
And if that is lost, it can be scanned
using a scanner like an RFID scanner.
449
00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:08,734
And a number comes off.
450
00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:11,236
And then what happens is you're able
to take that number, look at it
451
00:21:11,236 --> 00:21:16,008
in a database, and be able to find out who
the owner or the parent of the pet.
452
00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:19,745
It's, well, a Texas
based company called Save This Life,
453
00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:23,148
which has registered microchips for pets
nationwide,
454
00:21:23,682 --> 00:21:26,852
has gone out of business
and the database has gone offline.
455
00:21:27,719 --> 00:21:31,223
So now all of a sudden, if you see
and you can still scan the numbers,
456
00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:33,392
the chips themselves still work.
457
00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:36,428
Like trying to look up the data
on who that's connected to you is
458
00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:37,829
no longer possible.
459
00:21:38,897 --> 00:21:39,965
Well, that's not nice.
460
00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:40,565
Yeah.
461
00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:43,802
So being that the chips still work,
there's are some steps you can take.
462
00:21:44,102 --> 00:21:47,372
Your you probably aren't
going to have to get a new chip,
463
00:21:48,073 --> 00:21:51,143
but contact your vet
because they'll know about this.
464
00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:54,179
And what they can do is scan the chip
and see if one of the ones you have
465
00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:59,251
is effective, and then you can go
and reregister through another site.
466
00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:03,855
So you want to double check
the registration, make sure it's accurate.
467
00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:07,893
The numbers that come off of the chips
affected are primarily 991.
468
00:22:07,893 --> 00:22:09,594
It's not limited to that,
469
00:22:09,594 --> 00:22:11,763
but it is definitely something
you want to have checked out.
470
00:22:11,763 --> 00:22:14,766
And it's an important point here
because if you microchip your pet
471
00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:18,303
and don't register them or
something like this happens,
472
00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:20,772
it doesn't matter that they're microchip,
not going to do a whole lot of good
473
00:22:20,772 --> 00:22:22,708
because you won't be able
to find the owner.
474
00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:23,942
You know.
475
00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:24,343
All right.
476
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:27,913
So in our last little
bit here I'm Cyber Hawk going
477
00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,149
pretty good.
478
00:22:31,149 --> 00:22:33,618
You know,
479
00:22:33,618 --> 00:22:36,121
you know more than I do.
480
00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:38,990
You handle that part of, you know,
I know there's
481
00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:42,427
been an update, the first edition, fixing
a few little things, and that's gone out.
482
00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:46,231
And, you know, the library of Congress
registrations are done on them,
483
00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:47,499
and so far, they're selling.
484
00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:51,470
Well, we're talking about an audiobook
version I hear on down the road now.
485
00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:55,240
So, you know, and Gretchen,
I think a congratulations to you on this.
486
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,309
It's kind of cool to see this and that.
487
00:22:57,309 --> 00:22:58,377
It's been successful.
488
00:22:58,377 --> 00:22:59,244
I know, hopefully
489
00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:02,280
I'm not giving away the farm here
that you've sold over 10,000 copies now.
490
00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:04,383
Yeah, and that's not bad.
491
00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:05,016
That's really not.
492
00:23:05,016 --> 00:23:08,019
Yeah, I think that's something
to be really proud of.
493
00:23:09,354 --> 00:23:10,922
So has unveiled villains coming.
494
00:23:12,457 --> 00:23:13,392
It's coming along.
495
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,292
It's not done yet.
496
00:23:14,292 --> 00:23:16,661
I'm still in the rough draft,
497
00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:19,731
but we are going to have another another
one coming out, so that's pretty cool.
498
00:23:20,432 --> 00:23:20,899
So yeah.
499
00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:23,535
So if you haven't already, check it out,
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500
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:26,538
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501
00:23:26,938 --> 00:23:30,542
Either one will get you to them
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502
00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:31,410
If you like it.
503
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:32,711
Please post a good review.
504
00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:34,813
If you don't, well, that's not possible.
505
00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:36,381
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506
00:23:36,381 --> 00:23:38,984
All right.
We are going to go to our break.
507
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And after the break we're going
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508
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509
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510
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I can see him. He's from the future.
511
00:23:46,758 --> 00:23:49,861
He's got a really big computer
512
00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:53,598
and he uses it every day.
513
00:23:53,965 --> 00:23:57,068
And he uses it uses it in every way.
514
00:23:57,536 --> 00:23:59,471
I see you before you go.
515
00:23:59,471 --> 00:24:01,873
I'm not that sure because he's.
516
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530
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All right.
531
00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:38,376
So we're going to have
a little conversation here.
532
00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:41,446
And it's about subscriptions.
533
00:24:41,446 --> 00:24:43,181
We've talked about this before.
534
00:24:43,181 --> 00:24:44,149
And what I'm talking about
535
00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:48,854
is how you used to be everything you know
by software by whatever.
536
00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:52,023
And now it's like where are we headed?
537
00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:53,859
Well, they call it subscription fatigue.
538
00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:56,528
When did everything become monthly bill?
539
00:24:56,528 --> 00:25:00,298
Gretchen, before we get into
any depth on this, what did this give us?
540
00:25:00,298 --> 00:25:01,600
Your 10,000ft thoughts.
541
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:02,968
Are you seeing everything become more?
542
00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:05,637
You have to pay for it now. Monthly? Yeah,
543
00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:09,841
yeah, yeah, to put it mildly,
544
00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:12,644
you. My art
program wants me to pay monthly.
545
00:25:12,644 --> 00:25:15,647
Now that I bought it back
when it was still,
546
00:25:16,314 --> 00:25:17,682
you know, just non subscription.
547
00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:20,986
But even they want me to pay for it
if I get it on my iPad or something.
548
00:25:21,152 --> 00:25:22,287
Yeah, yeah.
549
00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:23,021
And I've been running
550
00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:24,523
and we're going to talk about that
a little bit here in a minute
551
00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,559
about running into them
changing things and going from there.
552
00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:28,093
How many,
553
00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:32,497
how many monthly subscriptions you have,
if you had to guess right now, one.
554
00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:34,399
Just one. Okay.
555
00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:38,203
So you don't have like the television
ones, you have Netflix, I have Netflix,
556
00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:41,072
that's all I have. Okay. All right.
So there you go.
557
00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:43,675
You would be in the minority
on that. Gretchen, how about you? I am,
558
00:25:44,776 --> 00:25:46,044
let's see,
559
00:25:46,044 --> 00:25:50,415
I've got Prime and HBO Max,
but that's because,
560
00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:56,087
you know, mom, you know, you don't have to
justify why you have the subscriber.
561
00:25:56,087 --> 00:25:59,324
Yeah, you can have any you want,
but you're talking about how many got.
562
00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:00,992
Yeah.
563
00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:06,698
But you see, I don't I, I hate the idea
of throwing money away every month.
564
00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:08,466
I find it really annoying.
565
00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:11,469
And it screws with my budget,
so it's like,
566
00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:14,239
I guess I have to.
567
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:17,909
So I think, well, let's see,
you have HBO Max, Amazon Prime.
568
00:26:17,943 --> 00:26:19,611
What about Hulu?
569
00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:21,746
No, that's moms okay.
570
00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:23,715
But still it's in your household,
you know? Okay.
571
00:26:23,715 --> 00:26:25,450
So then we have three.
572
00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:27,886
Yeah. And again,
you're in the minority household.
573
00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:28,587
That's two.
574
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:30,689
Yeah yeah yeah okay. Yeah.
575
00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:32,524
And these numbers are based on households.
576
00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:35,627
So typical households now have between
577
00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:38,763
10 and 20 subscriptions
across media, software and services.
578
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:42,300
And this is why I'm asking
because if you look at these numbers, it
579
00:26:42,801 --> 00:26:46,538
and think about that a little bit,
it is actually quite an expense.
580
00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:47,339
Yeah.
581
00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:50,542
And you know, and the frustration
comes from something very simple.
582
00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:53,078
Once upon a time you bought a thing
and you owned it.
583
00:26:53,078 --> 00:26:55,146
Yeah. Now you rent access forever.
584
00:26:56,381 --> 00:26:57,816
You know.
585
00:26:57,816 --> 00:26:59,851
And when it comes down to it,
we're not just paying more.
586
00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:00,852
We're losing control.
587
00:27:00,852 --> 00:27:04,122
And it really is where this is going.
588
00:27:04,122 --> 00:27:05,957
You know,
589
00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:08,193
so, you know, 10,000ft view stuff.
590
00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:11,997
Why people are frustrated with this
I you know, I think it comes down to
591
00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:15,767
like we just said, it used to be
that let's say we'll pick on software.
592
00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:17,435
You buy it once, used it for years.
593
00:27:17,435 --> 00:27:20,071
I want to pick on QuickBooks here
because I've talked about this before.
594
00:27:20,071 --> 00:27:25,610
So I bought it and I use QuickBooks for
I since the 90s, you know.
595
00:27:25,877 --> 00:27:26,177
Yeah.
596
00:27:26,177 --> 00:27:28,847
All of a sudden I needed to upgrade,
597
00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:33,184
because I wanted to do payroll with it
and Oh, well, we don't have a version.
598
00:27:33,184 --> 00:27:35,754
You can buy anymore. It's now
a monthly fee, and that's all you can do.
599
00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:38,156
And I said, well, I guess I'm not doing
payroll with you. And I didn't.
600
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,893
And the version I have is QuickBooks 2020.
601
00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:45,096
And yeah, it's out of support now to date,
but I'm not paying monthly
602
00:27:45,096 --> 00:27:48,233
because it does everything I need to do,
you know, and then the other problem with
603
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:52,470
this is if you start paying,
you lose access to your data.
604
00:27:53,538 --> 00:27:54,973
Yeah. Yeah.
605
00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:58,343
You know,
because it's in a, a specific thing and,
606
00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:00,178
you know, so it's like I bought it.
607
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:03,181
Why do I still have to pay every month?
608
00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:05,216
And I think
609
00:28:05,216 --> 00:28:08,253
we're running into this more and more and,
610
00:28:08,553 --> 00:28:11,356
you know, subscription creep,
I would say the pennies add up,
611
00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:13,725
but we can't do that anymore
because we don't have them.
612
00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:15,560
Well, now
call this nickel and dime effect.
613
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,262
How about that?
You know, got to the counter right.
614
00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:22,200
So individual
615
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,236
subscriptions seem cheap
but they stack silently.
616
00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:28,239
So basically it comes down to $5 here
$10 there.
617
00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:31,042
Oh then suddenly you're getting the amount
of a utility bill.
618
00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:33,111
I just remembered my Disney one.
619
00:28:33,111 --> 00:28:34,879
That's expensive.
620
00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:35,313
Yeah. Okay.
621
00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:38,316
So while you're I,
622
00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:42,420
and and Gretchen,
I know for you, if you look at the stuff
623
00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:45,090
that's, like, paid through for work,
you have office 365.
624
00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:46,324
So that's five.
625
00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:49,327
The Adobe suite, that's six, you know.
626
00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:53,098
Oh. But so but you brought up
that really important point
627
00:28:53,098 --> 00:28:57,068
where your files are no longer safe,
628
00:28:57,769 --> 00:29:00,238
and it's like you're counting on them
629
00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:03,308
to keep your stuff safe
and always make it accessible.
630
00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,411
Well, before it lived on your computer.
631
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:08,446
And if your internet went down,
632
00:29:08,446 --> 00:29:11,583
you could still get to your files
because it was on your computer.
633
00:29:12,183 --> 00:29:13,218
Yeah, yeah.
634
00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:16,988
So and this is a problem, you know, and
and that's the things that you.
635
00:29:16,988 --> 00:29:17,088
Yeah.
636
00:29:17,088 --> 00:29:20,024
So think about it from what
you have to manage streaming services,
637
00:29:20,024 --> 00:29:22,360
which we talked about,
you just talked about cloud storage,
638
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,897
which is what that is at your OneDrive
Google Drive, all that kind of stuff.
639
00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:28,867
Software security, smart home services.
640
00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:31,002
That's another big point
we're going to get into here in a minute.
641
00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:34,672
And what's happening is, is it's
642
00:29:34,672 --> 00:29:38,243
creating a situation where you have worse
bundling and feature locking.
643
00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:42,413
Now, I compare this to tramlines on car,
which is something I've hated.
644
00:29:42,847 --> 00:29:45,083
I want to go in and buy a vehicle
with these features.
645
00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:47,852
Well, in order to get that you have to buy
all this other stuff and pay for it.
646
00:29:47,852 --> 00:29:49,487
Well, I don't want all that other stuff,
you know?
647
00:29:49,487 --> 00:29:51,589
Well, you have to have it.
648
00:29:51,589 --> 00:29:53,725
And that's what's happening here.
649
00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:57,962
So what they're doing is they're gating
key features behind the subscriptions
650
00:29:57,962 --> 00:30:01,733
and removing things that were previously
free, which is a big sign.
651
00:30:02,367 --> 00:30:05,670
And you now are required
to account for basic use,
652
00:30:05,670 --> 00:30:08,673
even if you don't have a subscription,
you want access to the product,
653
00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:12,310
you got to pay for it,
or at least have an account.
654
00:30:12,710 --> 00:30:16,381
And it creates a feeling of being trapped,
being up, sold, and,
655
00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:17,615
you know, constantly.
656
00:30:17,615 --> 00:30:19,284
I mean, they're talking about putting ads
657
00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:22,387
in the cab of your cars
on your infotainment systems,
658
00:30:22,921 --> 00:30:25,890
and then having to pay
in paying to maintain functionality.
659
00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:28,293
I don't know,
why would this create frustration?
660
00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:30,195
Because it seems like
the companies are taking this
661
00:30:30,195 --> 00:30:33,164
from a standpoint of
we don't know why people don't like it.
662
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:35,667
I just folded my arms. Yes, I.
663
00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:40,471
And I, you know, I know and
664
00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:43,875
it comes down to just a situation
where you do
665
00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:47,612
you do lose control of your situation.
666
00:30:47,612 --> 00:30:50,415
And, well, this would explain
667
00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:53,418
why so many people are homeless.
668
00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:56,387
They're they're they're losing
all their money for a bunch of
669
00:30:56,387 --> 00:31:00,124
stupid stuff that they should have been
owning in the first place.
670
00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:01,693
And they bought it. It's done with.
671
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:03,962
They use it and they go on with life.
672
00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:07,565
But instead you're you're
you're being bled dry like a vampire.
673
00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:10,201
Yeah. That's,
you know, stuff more expensive anyway.
674
00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:11,035
Just the anyway.
675
00:31:11,035 --> 00:31:11,569
But yeah.
676
00:31:11,569 --> 00:31:13,171
Then you're they have all these,
677
00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:15,540
models that they sell stuff out
that is designed to cost more.
678
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:18,509
On top of that, it really is.
679
00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:20,812
And, you know,
and I don't know if subscriptions
680
00:31:20,812 --> 00:31:23,281
are directly responsible
for the rise in homelessness,
681
00:31:23,281 --> 00:31:26,284
but it certainly is a contributing factor
because of the budget.
682
00:31:26,584 --> 00:31:29,387
And you know, so it's
683
00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:32,156
I think so
here are some specific examples.
684
00:31:32,156 --> 00:31:33,091
Just right out the gate.
685
00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:35,960
We already talked about one
and that's Adobe Creative Suite
686
00:31:36,928 --> 00:31:39,931
which has become Adobe Creative Cloud.
687
00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:43,735
So it's a for example before
you bought Photoshop or whatever, right.
688
00:31:43,968 --> 00:31:46,971
Yeah. And you used it for years.
689
00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:47,472
All right.
690
00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:51,576
Now a monthly subscription is required
and you lose access if you stop paying.
691
00:31:53,011 --> 00:31:58,149
So what this comes down to is
I have my file in this proprietary
692
00:31:58,216 --> 00:32:01,219
format, Photoshop,
InDesign, premiere, or whatever, right.
693
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:05,156
And if I no longer
want to pay the monthly fee,
694
00:32:05,189 --> 00:32:08,393
even if I have the file stored locally,
which, Gretchen, you kind of address
695
00:32:08,393 --> 00:32:11,095
this point on that to which
we're going to get to in a minute.
696
00:32:11,095 --> 00:32:14,098
But even if you have the file locally,
you still can't open it.
697
00:32:14,465 --> 00:32:17,135
It's locked, you know. Yeah.
698
00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:20,972
And it's also made very clear
that if you have an old version of, say,
699
00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:25,276
Photoshop that won't open your new file
because the format is changed, you know?
700
00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:28,379
Yeah, it's, it's creepy.
701
00:32:29,347 --> 00:32:31,616
It's it's it's sneaky.
702
00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:33,318
It's creepy.
703
00:32:33,318 --> 00:32:36,321
It I think it's I think it's bad business.
704
00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:37,288
I think so, too.
705
00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:39,791
And, you know,
it is one of the reasons we bring up Adobe
706
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:42,794
is because this was the biggest,
the considered to be the biggest
707
00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:44,562
turning point
in software history on this bill.
708
00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:45,930
Go ahead.
709
00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:48,499
Well, I just saying it is a big deal.
710
00:32:48,499 --> 00:32:50,068
But Adobe on its own.
711
00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:52,837
Yeah. Now
they're actually removing the software.
712
00:32:52,837 --> 00:32:55,773
Is it really being a problem
713
00:32:55,773 --> 00:32:56,908
there I say that was okay.
714
00:32:56,908 --> 00:32:58,776
Can you explain that?
715
00:32:58,776 --> 00:33:03,014
They had a, cartooning program
that was used by most cartoonists.
716
00:33:03,581 --> 00:33:07,885
I mean, we're talking
big names like Cartoon Network, Disney,
717
00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:12,156
a lot of companies, and they are now
removing it from their subscription.
718
00:33:12,490 --> 00:33:15,493
So you will no longer be able
to access their program.
719
00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:16,894
Like, at all.
720
00:33:16,894 --> 00:33:18,529
Exactly that.
721
00:33:18,529 --> 00:33:20,498
So, you know, that's another point
I hadn't thought of too,
722
00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:23,501
because you have the company discontinue
something,
723
00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:25,503
you're you're effectively locked out.
724
00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:26,971
You can't get to this stuff.
725
00:33:28,439 --> 00:33:30,241
That's so annoying.
726
00:33:30,241 --> 00:33:33,177
It's really annoying.
727
00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:35,146
And general feedback from the Adobe thing
728
00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:38,149
is professionals adapted,
although not willingly.
729
00:33:38,249 --> 00:33:40,051
But the other part of it is appeal.
730
00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:41,152
You're kind of touching upon this
731
00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:44,155
as hobbyists are priced out
or the software goes away,
732
00:33:45,089 --> 00:33:48,092
you know, see if the hobbyists go away,
733
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,530
then the professionals
eventually will go away
734
00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:57,835
because you're not going to have the the
grassroots people who want to be artists
735
00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:02,073
going on to learn the software,
to become the professional.
736
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,643
You're going to you're going
to slam the door
737
00:34:05,643 --> 00:34:08,646
in these people's faces,
and they're going to go away.
738
00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:10,681
Yeah. That's perfect.
What about the other part of it?
739
00:34:10,681 --> 00:34:13,551
You have a creative person
that's an artist or something, right?
740
00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:16,821
And a lot of times,
unfortunately I wish this wasn't so.
741
00:34:16,821 --> 00:34:19,357
But those areas people
do not make a lot of money.
742
00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:20,024
Nope.
743
00:34:20,024 --> 00:34:20,958
And you know, so
744
00:34:20,958 --> 00:34:23,294
they're trying to maintain their
their life
745
00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:25,263
and they're using some of these tools
to be able to do it.
746
00:34:25,263 --> 00:34:29,067
Now all of a sudden you can't get your art
assets unless you cough up money.
747
00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:31,536
Or like Bill just said, you can't, period.
748
00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:35,073
I mean, you know, I build, you know,
if there's a way to import those files
749
00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:38,643
to something else or is it just go
on, it's just going to be gone.
750
00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:42,580
Yeah, I'd have a problem with that
big one.
751
00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:44,348
I'm sure a lot of people do that.
752
00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:46,818
By the way, for anyone listening here,
let us know.
753
00:34:46,818 --> 00:34:49,720
User friendly dot show
if you've run into this
754
00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:52,056
and what you think about it
because yeah, that's a good point.
755
00:34:52,056 --> 00:34:55,460
I didn't think of as way
if you wouldn't have a choice in that. So
756
00:34:56,661 --> 00:34:59,664
all right, next one Microsoft Office.
757
00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:02,166
And this has been a big one too.
758
00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:06,604
Now in all fairness to Microsoft, you
can still buy a one time install a bonus.
759
00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:08,539
It does exist, however.
760
00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:12,777
Let's just say the ecosystem strongly
pushes you to the subscription model.
761
00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:17,882
And you know, to a point where it's
it's like so in your face it,
762
00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:21,452
you know, cloud features are locked behind
a reoccurring fee.
763
00:35:21,452 --> 00:35:24,422
So what happens with this is with office.
764
00:35:24,422 --> 00:35:26,324
Since I think about office 2003,
765
00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:28,459
might have been 2007
766
00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:31,496
somewhere in that range,
you started having access to online tools
767
00:35:32,196 --> 00:35:35,199
so you could go in and say,
I want clip art or,
768
00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:37,201
you know, a template for something
or that type of a thing
769
00:35:37,201 --> 00:35:38,069
always was included
770
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:41,072
in the subscription or not subscription,
but in the software when you bought it.
771
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:41,672
Yeah.
772
00:35:41,672 --> 00:35:44,675
Now all of a sudden that doesn't work
anymore on the old versions.
773
00:35:45,376 --> 00:35:46,611
It's not included in the new ones.
774
00:35:46,611 --> 00:35:50,414
But if you have the Office
365 subscription, well, it's there.
775
00:35:50,515 --> 00:35:50,982
Yeah, yeah.
776
00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,483
No problem. Right.
777
00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:55,052
Okay. You stop paying that monthly fee
778
00:35:55,052 --> 00:35:58,356
and, our office
I think is gone in an annual.
779
00:35:58,356 --> 00:36:01,192
But you nevertheless,
it's still the same idea.
780
00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:05,329
And again, if you buy the one time
use, it's every time you click on
781
00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:07,231
something that should be there,
it comes up with an ad.
782
00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:09,400
Well, why don't you upgrade right now?
783
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,438
Yeah, but I found that the subscription
based word didn't run well.
784
00:36:15,706 --> 00:36:15,907
Yeah.
785
00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:20,244
When I first tried this many years ago,
it did not run well.
786
00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:24,382
And, I ended up going to that.
787
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:29,554
There was another word processing software
that was, open office.
788
00:36:29,754 --> 00:36:31,822
So I went to open office.
789
00:36:31,822 --> 00:36:35,893
I left Microsoft Word
because I was being forced
790
00:36:35,893 --> 00:36:38,896
to this subscription thing
that didn't work right.
791
00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:42,533
I would have rather
just bought my miss word,
792
00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:45,870
put it on my machine, and been happy.
793
00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:49,073
In in the early days of this.
794
00:36:49,073 --> 00:36:51,042
And I know what you're talking about.
795
00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:55,079
They had and they still have it
a way to use word through your browser.
796
00:36:55,613 --> 00:36:58,149
And that's. Yeah,
that's what you ran into.
797
00:36:58,149 --> 00:37:00,651
So, it was garbage.
798
00:37:00,651 --> 00:37:02,486
Yeah. A lot of people
shared your sentiment on it.
799
00:37:02,486 --> 00:37:04,989
I mean, I'll use it once in a while
if I don't have word installed.
800
00:37:04,989 --> 00:37:07,625
Any doubt it's something, but it's not.
801
00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:11,062
It's a I don't consider it to be user
friendly, you know, plug blog right now.
802
00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:11,696
But seriously,
803
00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:14,699
it was a situation.
804
00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:18,803
It does what you needed to do in a pinch,
but I wouldn't want to use it primarily.
805
00:37:18,803 --> 00:37:19,870
So what's happened now?
806
00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:22,173
And this is the same thing with Adobe,
807
00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:24,642
is when you buy a subscription
to fix that problem,
808
00:37:24,642 --> 00:37:28,546
it does install onto your local storage,
just like it always did,
809
00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,648
but the software is locked.
810
00:37:30,648 --> 00:37:33,951
So every time you run it, it goes out
to see if the subscription is active
811
00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:37,455
and if it's not,
it won't let you open your software.
812
00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:39,590
You know, the question that comes to mind
is, well,
813
00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:41,759
what happens
if the internet's not working?
814
00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:44,762
Or, you know,
or I'm on my laptop somewhere and,
815
00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:48,966
what if you were to go out into the woods
and have it really super quiet
816
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:53,704
and you're a writer and you want to work
on your novel, how can you do that?
817
00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:54,872
Yeah.
818
00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:57,875
And this is a good question,
you know, and it's something
819
00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:00,511
I haven't actually check this out yet.
I haven't been in this position.
820
00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:02,580
But I think what I'm going to do
821
00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:04,949
and I'll get back with everybody on
what happens with
822
00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:06,817
this is I'm going to make sure
my laptop set up
823
00:38:06,817 --> 00:38:08,486
with the newest versions
of all this stuff.
824
00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:10,821
But I do have subscriptions to. Right.
825
00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:14,058
And then I'm going to turn off the Wi-Fi
and see exactly what it goes.
826
00:38:14,058 --> 00:38:16,160
I have a feeling
the laptop might just disintegrate
827
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,963
into another dimension
when I turn the Wi-Fi off, but we'll see.
828
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:19,530
You know?
829
00:38:21,699 --> 00:38:24,302
It's, it's like one of those things.
830
00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:26,370
I don't know, though
you might know the answer to this.
831
00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:29,373
I know the last time I installed
Windows 11,
832
00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:32,043
I had to log into my online account.
833
00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:35,046
You know, if you can even install windows,
if you're not on the internet.
834
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,783
Yes, you technically can.
835
00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:41,852
It's the old call it up and get the key
kind of situation.
836
00:38:42,386 --> 00:38:44,855
What I've understood. Wow.
837
00:38:44,855 --> 00:38:47,858
But, still paid.
838
00:38:48,292 --> 00:38:48,859
Yeah.
839
00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:49,794
And it just, you know,
840
00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:53,097
and then thinner videos is,
of course, updates all that kind of stuff.
841
00:38:53,097 --> 00:38:56,133
And, you know, and I'm not saying
it's a bad thing to be online.
842
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,636
There are benefits to that like updates.
843
00:38:58,636 --> 00:39:00,271
Right.
844
00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:03,841
Security things in a modern
operating system, you almost have to have.
845
00:39:03,908 --> 00:39:05,743
That makes sense.
846
00:39:05,743 --> 00:39:06,877
Yeah, yeah.
847
00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:09,313
It's just, you know,
and people have pushed back on this.
848
00:39:09,313 --> 00:39:12,550
At one point Microsoft was talking
about making windows subscription based.
849
00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:13,250
Yeah.
850
00:39:13,250 --> 00:39:15,753
So I don't know what
that would completely entitle,
851
00:39:15,753 --> 00:39:17,621
but it would seem like
the way this is done is
852
00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:20,791
if you stop paying your subscription,
you simply couldn't turn the computer on,
853
00:39:22,326 --> 00:39:24,995
you know,
854
00:39:24,995 --> 00:39:27,565
that enough people push back on that
they haven't done it.
855
00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:30,134
That doesn't mean they're not, because I
was thinking I was going to have to go out
856
00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:34,572
and get a horse and a cart and get a farm
so I could feed my horse,
857
00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:37,575
you know, and you know,
that's what you're going towards.
858
00:39:37,975 --> 00:39:40,277
I'll tell you. It's,
859
00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:44,148
it's one of the things, you know,
and it does create problems to it.
860
00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:48,519
You know, the next part of this
is obviously streaming services and when,
861
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:52,690
when that started out, Netflix
was the cheap cable replacement, sort of.
862
00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:56,293
You got Netflix,
you can watch the on demand,
863
00:39:56,994 --> 00:40:00,631
they had a pretty good library of things
and they were seven, eight bucks a month.
864
00:40:00,798 --> 00:40:02,867
Now, Bill,
you said you don't have Netflix.
865
00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:04,769
You know what? It is a month now.
866
00:40:04,769 --> 00:40:06,570
17 okay.
867
00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:09,540
So that's two and a half times
something like that.
868
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,677
Now, is that the one without ads
or is that without ads?
869
00:40:13,677 --> 00:40:16,013
But it's only for like three TVs.
870
00:40:16,013 --> 00:40:18,949
It's the lowest grade. Yeah.
871
00:40:18,949 --> 00:40:22,319
And for a company, the CEO once made
the statement that sharing
872
00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:25,856
your password is the, you know,
biggest form of love you could have. Or.
873
00:40:25,956 --> 00:40:28,759
I'm not quoting that. Exactly right.
But that's what they said.
874
00:40:28,759 --> 00:40:31,128
They certainly have changed
their definition of love.
875
00:40:32,296 --> 00:40:34,331
You know, with the, with all of that.
876
00:40:34,331 --> 00:40:36,500
So, you know, at one time that was great.
877
00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,904
And then they started coming out with the
what they call over-the-top services
878
00:40:39,904 --> 00:40:43,541
that were like your cable,
where it had the different channels,
879
00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:46,110
if you will, on a list,
and you could get to them.
880
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:49,113
But it was,
you know, got to you by the internet.
881
00:40:49,413 --> 00:40:53,517
And now we have, you know, really
what's come down to fragmentation Netflix,
882
00:40:53,517 --> 00:40:57,521
Disney Plus, Hulu Max, Paramount Plus,
Apple TV plus, blah, blah, blah, you know,
883
00:40:58,222 --> 00:40:59,490
and all that kind of stuff.
884
00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:04,495
And on a positive, if you take the time
to control all of this, you can subscribe
885
00:41:04,495 --> 00:41:08,332
to one for a month, binge watch, turn it
off, subscribe to another one for a month.
886
00:41:08,332 --> 00:41:11,168
The problem is, is about 80% of
the population doesn't do that.
887
00:41:11,168 --> 00:41:17,708
We have lives and it is hard to sit down
and think about about that.
888
00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:20,811
So it's almost like we escape cable
and then accidentally rebuilt it
889
00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:23,681
and are spending more than we did
when we had cable, you know.
890
00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:25,683
Yeah, yeah.
891
00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:28,986
And it's really hard for my mother,
you know, as a senior,
892
00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:32,122
she still remembers having the dial.
893
00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:35,326
And we only had 4 or 3 channels.
894
00:41:35,993 --> 00:41:38,996
And and it's like it made sense to her.
895
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:42,333
And a lot of this stuff
doesn't make sense to her.
896
00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:44,168
And it's really it's hard.
897
00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:45,236
It's, it's.
898
00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:48,272
And the thing of it is, is that's really
I mean, you literally had channels,
899
00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:50,174
you know, you were tuning a thing.
900
00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:54,111
And, another topic we're going to be doing
later this year, and we've touched upon
901
00:41:54,111 --> 00:41:57,314
this earlier, is that they want to start
encrypting over-the-air broadcasts.
902
00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:01,952
And, this is another huge
sore point for a lot of reasons.
903
00:42:01,952 --> 00:42:05,789
But what's happened here now
is, in addition to the fact that you need
904
00:42:05,789 --> 00:42:08,792
completely different equipment
than what your mom would be used to using,
905
00:42:09,126 --> 00:42:12,863
there's no such thing, as far as I know,
is anything like a channel selector.
906
00:42:13,464 --> 00:42:16,233
On any of the modern stuff, it's
all menu driven and that type of thing,
907
00:42:16,233 --> 00:42:20,404
which is hard for people
that are not good at using the computer.
908
00:42:20,404 --> 00:42:21,906
I want to sit down and watch TV.
909
00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:24,808
But before I could, you know,
910
00:42:24,808 --> 00:42:27,778
pull the on button, set the volume
and go to a channel or a given time.
911
00:42:27,778 --> 00:42:30,214
And now it doesn't work like that.
912
00:42:30,214 --> 00:42:31,081
And I don't know what to do.
913
00:42:31,081 --> 00:42:34,251
And while there are certainly advantages
to being able to watch on demand,
914
00:42:34,685 --> 00:42:39,590
it shouldn't, in my opinion, be
replacing the way that you used to do it.
915
00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:41,425
Like it? It's,
916
00:42:41,425 --> 00:42:45,262
you know, and and then on top of that key
917
00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:49,533
frustration that comes in is content
is constantly moving between platforms.
918
00:42:49,533 --> 00:42:52,336
So what is on one platform
today is now on another one
919
00:42:52,336 --> 00:42:55,072
that you might not have access
to. You know? Exactly.
920
00:42:55,072 --> 00:42:56,941
So you have to subscribe
921
00:42:56,941 --> 00:43:00,311
to multiple services simultaneously
to get what you had ten years ago.
922
00:43:00,678 --> 00:43:03,581
That was one, you know, and
923
00:43:04,748 --> 00:43:06,116
what are the other.
924
00:43:06,116 --> 00:43:07,117
Oh, I was going to say.
925
00:43:07,117 --> 00:43:11,522
And it's like, then
not all of the equipment works the same.
926
00:43:12,656 --> 00:43:15,659
We have a Samsung TV and a Panasonic,
927
00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:18,662
and we have fire sticks.
928
00:43:18,662 --> 00:43:22,833
Fire stick likes
the Samsung does not like the Panasonic.
929
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,538
And weird stuff
constantly happens on that Panasonic.
930
00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:29,306
And it's like, oh
931
00:43:29,306 --> 00:43:32,576
and it's you know, it's and it's pushing
the development of equipment.
932
00:43:32,576 --> 00:43:33,811
We're gonna get to the some minute.
933
00:43:33,811 --> 00:43:38,983
But I want to upgrade my living room TV
to a, you know, 4K, OLED.
934
00:43:39,950 --> 00:43:42,052
And, I was at Best Buy and I asked,
935
00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:45,055
I'd like to see a 4K, OLED TV
that's not a smart TV.
936
00:43:45,723 --> 00:43:48,292
And the guy looked at me
like I had asked for an indecent act.
937
00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:49,960
I mean, it was the weirdest thing.
938
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:54,331
He doesn't respond and he's like, just
standing there going, you want what now?
939
00:43:54,932 --> 00:43:58,302
I said, I want it where I have an input
and then I can decide
940
00:43:58,302 --> 00:43:59,470
what goes into that input.
941
00:43:59,470 --> 00:44:00,871
I will use a smart TV.
942
00:44:00,871 --> 00:44:05,909
In my case, I usually use fire TV, but
I want control and my current television.
943
00:44:05,909 --> 00:44:09,146
You turn it on, it's an LG
and you can do that of course,
944
00:44:09,146 --> 00:44:12,082
but it goes through all of its stuff
and like you say, it doesn't work
945
00:44:12,082 --> 00:44:14,184
the same way as the other TVs
in the house because of it,
946
00:44:15,152 --> 00:44:15,552
you know?
947
00:44:15,552 --> 00:44:19,323
So some of my smaller sets that I have in
the bedrooms are smart TVs
948
00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:21,325
with that built in.
949
00:44:21,325 --> 00:44:24,228
But the problem that I'm noticing with
that now is they're slowing down
950
00:44:24,228 --> 00:44:27,031
because you can't upgrade the module
in at the controls.
951
00:44:27,031 --> 00:44:27,798
That, and as they make
952
00:44:27,798 --> 00:44:31,468
the program more complicated, you know,
so there's problems with that.
953
00:44:31,635 --> 00:44:32,403
Yeah.
954
00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:34,972
And you know, and one of the other
big ones that's happened from this
955
00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,774
and I think it's to
hopefully teach them a lesson
956
00:44:36,774 --> 00:44:40,911
a little bit is streaming when it came out
pretty much solved.
957
00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:42,212
Not 100% of it.
958
00:44:42,212 --> 00:44:45,215
Pretty much solved the problem
with piracy.
959
00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:49,386
So, you know, you pay five bucks a month,
have access to Spotify or something.
960
00:44:49,386 --> 00:44:50,587
You can listen to whatever you want.
961
00:44:50,587 --> 00:44:54,725
People aren't as inclined to try to
download illegal tracks, and all of that,
962
00:44:55,392 --> 00:44:56,694
and they watch television.
963
00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:59,697
And with the way things are going
now, cost and everything else,
964
00:44:59,863 --> 00:45:02,866
piracy is becoming a big problem again.
965
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,370
And yeah, I think they kind of,
you know, stepped on their own foot
966
00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:09,907
with this
because obviously that's going to happen.
967
00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:13,677
And, one of the other big things is
a lot of people have gotten
968
00:45:13,677 --> 00:45:14,678
used to no commercials.
969
00:45:14,678 --> 00:45:17,047
Now they're putting them back in
and that's a problem.
970
00:45:17,047 --> 00:45:18,382
So, you know,
971
00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:23,353
but, yeah, like YouTube or as I call it,
Ads Tube.
972
00:45:23,687 --> 00:45:24,488
Yeah. That's true.
973
00:45:24,488 --> 00:45:25,689
You know. Exactly.
974
00:45:25,689 --> 00:45:28,292
I have YouTube premium
just because I can't stand that.
975
00:45:28,292 --> 00:45:31,495
But it's, you know, another subscription,
by the way.
976
00:45:32,963 --> 00:45:36,600
You know, and we talked about cloud
storage, OneDrive, all that stuff.
977
00:45:37,267 --> 00:45:39,970
It's actually causing them to ship devices
with smaller
978
00:45:39,970 --> 00:45:42,973
hard drives because they expect you
to use the cloud storage.
979
00:45:42,973 --> 00:45:45,175
So we're seeing that go that way.
980
00:45:45,175 --> 00:45:48,078
And the big controversial one,
we've talked about this before,
981
00:45:48,078 --> 00:45:52,382
but we get asked questions about all
the way is subscription features in cards,
982
00:45:53,717 --> 00:45:58,455
heated seats behind paywalls, remote start
subscriptions, advanced driver
983
00:45:58,455 --> 00:46:03,460
features locked monthly on stuff
that's hardware that's already installed.
984
00:46:03,460 --> 00:46:05,662
You bet you pay for it when you buy it
anyway.
985
00:46:05,662 --> 00:46:09,233
So you're, you know, double charged and,
986
00:46:10,067 --> 00:46:12,736
you know, Volkswagen
has this thing on their ID4,
987
00:46:12,736 --> 00:46:15,739
which is the one number, one slowest
988
00:46:16,039 --> 00:46:19,143
selling, SUV in the country right
now, according to Car Edge.
989
00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:22,479
And there's stuff on there
like if you want
990
00:46:22,479 --> 00:46:25,749
the engine to run at full capability,
that's a monthly cost.
991
00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:30,454
So it will reduce the horsepower,
992
00:46:30,721 --> 00:46:35,993
or the output, unless you pay for the,
you know, whatever it is.
993
00:46:36,393 --> 00:46:37,795
I mean, think about it this way.
994
00:46:37,795 --> 00:46:39,396
You buy your toaster
995
00:46:39,396 --> 00:46:42,566
and now you have to pay monthly
to be able to unlock the bagel setting.
996
00:46:42,833 --> 00:46:44,601
Yeah, that's like stupid.
997
00:46:44,601 --> 00:46:45,969
It. Yes, it is.
998
00:46:45,969 --> 00:46:48,438
It absolutely.
999
00:46:48,438 --> 00:46:52,776
I, I just is somebody who's worked on cars
for most of her life.
1000
00:46:52,776 --> 00:46:55,779
I can't understand how this stuff.
1001
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:57,114
Yeah, yeah.
1002
00:46:57,114 --> 00:46:58,882
When is that.
1003
00:46:58,882 --> 00:46:59,583
Why why yeah.
1004
00:46:59,583 --> 00:47:02,186
Well they don't,
but the car companies want to make money.
1005
00:47:02,186 --> 00:47:03,487
Yeah, that's too good.
1006
00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:04,922
They're really being stupid.
1007
00:47:04,922 --> 00:47:07,925
They're going to end up paying the price
at some point.
1008
00:47:07,925 --> 00:47:10,360
Yeah. It just it's,
1009
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:11,428
you know, it's one of those things.
1010
00:47:11,428 --> 00:47:13,831
So what can you do about it?
1011
00:47:13,831 --> 00:47:15,365
We all get jetpacks
1012
00:47:16,934 --> 00:47:18,001
okay I agree with that.
1013
00:47:18,001 --> 00:47:20,871
And I don't think the jetpack company
should charge a subscription if you want.
1014
00:47:20,871 --> 00:47:22,706
You know, if you want to go more than ten
1015
00:47:22,706 --> 00:47:24,741
feet off the ground,
then you have to pay a monthly fee.
1016
00:47:24,741 --> 00:47:26,577
I yeah, the gravity wouldn't do that.
1017
00:47:26,577 --> 00:47:30,380
But you know, I could see something like
that being suggested on others.
1018
00:47:31,548 --> 00:47:33,951
Oh you know subscriptions fatigue okay.
1019
00:47:33,951 --> 00:47:34,484
What do you do.
1020
00:47:34,484 --> 00:47:37,187
You have to actively
audit your subscriptions,
1021
00:47:37,187 --> 00:47:39,990
see if you can still find one time
purchase alternatives.
1022
00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:42,993
In other words, go to eBay
and buy a used copy of QuickBooks.
1023
00:47:42,993 --> 00:47:44,394
That's a license.
1024
00:47:44,394 --> 00:47:45,495
It's not going to have
the latest greatest,
1025
00:47:45,495 --> 00:47:48,498
but it might do what you
you don't need it to do.
1026
00:47:49,766 --> 00:47:52,069
Return to physical media when you can.
1027
00:47:52,069 --> 00:47:56,673
You know, it's, it's
one of those type of things. You.
1028
00:47:57,140 --> 00:47:58,008
I have been
1029
00:47:58,008 --> 00:48:01,178
on a love hate relationship with this,
and I'm back to loving my physical media.
1030
00:48:01,845 --> 00:48:04,848
Now that I figured out a way that I can
distribute it through my home system.
1031
00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:10,454
You know, it's it's like you're actually
in possession of things, you know?
1032
00:48:10,454 --> 00:48:13,490
And regulators are beginning
to look at this too.
1033
00:48:13,557 --> 00:48:17,261
Dark patterns, hard to cancel
subscriptions, auto renewal practices.
1034
00:48:17,261 --> 00:48:21,098
Amazon just got hit with a settlement
1035
00:48:21,098 --> 00:48:24,101
for this
for the way they were marketing Prime.
1036
00:48:24,401 --> 00:48:28,038
And, you know, as with most class action
settlements,
1037
00:48:28,038 --> 00:48:31,074
if you want, you got a, you know, coupon
for a free taco or something.
1038
00:48:31,074 --> 00:48:34,077
That was a little more than that,
but it feels like that, you know,
1039
00:48:34,411 --> 00:48:36,346
and at the end of the day,
1040
00:48:36,346 --> 00:48:39,850
it did hit them
because, you know, it was a lot of money.
1041
00:48:39,850 --> 00:48:43,287
Now with Amazon, it's probably,
you know, just another day at work.
1042
00:48:43,287 --> 00:48:48,292
But nevertheless, there is starting to be
some crackdown on all of this.
1043
00:48:48,959 --> 00:48:52,362
And, you know, I don't know
if Venus economy is starting to collide
1044
00:48:52,362 --> 00:48:56,366
with the ownership economy
and the tension is only going to grow.
1045
00:48:56,967 --> 00:49:00,304
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1046
00:49:00,304 --> 00:49:02,272
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1047
00:49:03,373 --> 00:49:04,808
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1048
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1049
00:49:08,178 --> 00:49:11,281
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1050
00:49:11,915 --> 00:49:13,550
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1051
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1052
00:49:17,220 --> 00:49:21,191
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1053
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1054
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