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Speaker 1: Spotify's year end wrap up is a major success. The

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Speaker 1: online grocery store with a twist, plus your tech questions answered.

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Speaker 1: What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich

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Speaker 1: on Tech, the podcast where I talk about the tech

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Speaker 1: stuff I think you should know about. It's also the

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Speaker 1: place right answer the questions you send me. I'm the

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Speaker 1: tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the show, and welcome to you watching on Facebook Live.

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Speaker 1: We've got folks tuned in from the Inland Empire. Uh well,

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Speaker 1: that's the only person. Oh Canton, Ohio. So many people,

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Speaker 1: so many different places. Can you tell them in a

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Speaker 1: good mood today? I don't know what it is. Maybe

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Speaker 1: I don't know. You ever wake up and you just

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Speaker 1: have one of those days where you're like, now, I'm

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Speaker 1: typically a positive, energetic person, but I feel like some

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Speaker 1: Like things are just really good and you want that

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Speaker 1: feeling to last forever. Like you just if you could wait,

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Speaker 1: if there's like a day where you wake up and

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Speaker 1: you're like, this is how I'd like to wake up

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Speaker 1: every day for the rest of my life, that would

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Speaker 1: have been today. You know, you just like spring up

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Speaker 1: out of bed, you go to work. Yet you're smiling,

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Speaker 1: you're happy. That's typically how I am. But some days

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Speaker 1: are just like amped up, and this is really one

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Speaker 1: of those days. So anyway, I'm feeling good. It's the

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Speaker 1: end of the year. I can't believe that we are

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Speaker 1: on the slow March or really fast march March. I

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Speaker 1: should I should say to Christmas and the holidays, hope

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Speaker 1: you had a great Thanksgiving. As you know, I took

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Speaker 1: off last week's podcast, or maybe you don't know, maybe

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Speaker 1: you don't care. You probably don't even notice. I don't

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Speaker 1: know some of you did, I'm sure, but it was

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Speaker 1: a nice Thanksgiving. We had a little technical issue with

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Speaker 1: getting a ride home with the Uber and Lyft situation,

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Speaker 1: was good. And you know, I didn't even talk to

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Speaker 1: I did this interview with Tim Cook at the Apple

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Speaker 1: pretty magical moment. I mean, how many local news people

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Speaker 1: get to interview the CEO of not only one of

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Speaker 1: by chance. Some people were saying it was just by chance.

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Speaker 1: It was cool that people said, you know, he just

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Speaker 1: walked out to talk to you. No, no, it was

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Speaker 1: all you don't. You don't talk to the CEO of

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Speaker 1: Apple unless it's set up in advance, and so this

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Speaker 1: to interview Tim Cook? And I'm like, yeah, why would

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Speaker 1: I not want to interview Tim Cook? And that was it.

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Speaker 1: They said, okay, we'll give you a couple of minutes

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Speaker 1: talking about. I mean, honestly, interviewing Tim Cook was easier

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Speaker 1: Let's get some news in because you know people do

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Speaker 1: like news. But Black Friday, Cyber Monday, that was the

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Speaker 1: giving my money away as well. Okay, So Adobe Digital

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Speaker 1: Economy Index, this is Adobe Insights. They analyzed kind of

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Speaker 1: like all these things that people did over Cyber Monday

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Speaker 1: sellers on Cyber Monday were for toys. They were Hot Wheels,

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Speaker 1: prevalent this year, you are not alone. They just weren't there.

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Speaker 1: doesn't seem like everything's firing on all cylinders right now, right,

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Speaker 1: So it seems like retailers don't have that big of

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Speaker 1: let's get to without further ado. The first question of

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Speaker 1: Valerie says, hey, Rich, how do you report a fake

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Speaker 1: Gmail account? An identity thief is impersonating my mom and

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Speaker 1: has set up a fake Gmail account using her name.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Valerie. Well, I did some research and it

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Speaker 1: turns out there's actually a situation or a help page

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Speaker 1: where you can report abuse, and it's basically support dot

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Speaker 1: Google dot com, slash mail, slash contact slash abuse. And

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Speaker 1: when you go to that page, it says, I would

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Speaker 1: like to report a Gmail user who has sent messages

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Speaker 1: that violate the Gmail program policies and or terms of use.

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Speaker 1: And you put in the email address of you, You

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Speaker 1: put in the email address of the person involved in

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Speaker 1: the incident, the headers of the questionable message, the subject line,

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Speaker 1: the content, and did the message appear to be from

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Speaker 1: someone impersonating Google. Now here's the deal. Is Google going

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Speaker 1: to take action immediately? Probably not. You might have a

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Speaker 1: and it's kind of weird. I mean, I've not really

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Speaker 1: I mean that would need like a very specific use.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that's how I would just report it in

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Speaker 1: see what happens. You know what, Let's just take some

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Speaker 1: questions from the comments as well. On the Facebook, Cynthia

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Speaker 1: says recommendations for AirPods. It will be the first time

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Speaker 1: I've ever used them, and I trust you. Thanks from Silmar.

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Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of the AirPods three right now.

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Speaker 1: Those are the newest AirPods. They're on sale at a

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Speaker 1: lot of places for one hundred and fifty bucks right now,

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Speaker 1: AirPods Pro, the AirPods three a little bit better than

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Speaker 1: the AirPods Pro because they don't have the noise cancelation,

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Speaker 1: like I can't explain, but it just feels like your

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Speaker 1: ears are filled up, almost like you're underwater. And it's

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Speaker 1: very important to ninety nine point nine percent of people,

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Speaker 1: So I'm not going to spend too much time on it.

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Speaker 1: But Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey step down. He is now

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Speaker 1: being replaced by the CTO of Twitter, Prague Augur Wall,

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Speaker 1: that Dorsey is now stepping up work on his other app,

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Speaker 1: it's all about getting you to be on Spotify more.

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Speaker 1: And so of course the raptub has the standard stuff,

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Speaker 1: which is your top songs twenty twenty one, your artists

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Speaker 1: revealed your top tracks, and artists your best new podcasts,

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Speaker 1: and it's just all kinds of you know stuff that

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Speaker 1: It's a nice way of slicing and dicing your Spotify

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Speaker 1: data and I think they do a nice job of it.

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Speaker 1: So very cool if you have Spotify check it out

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Speaker 1: all right, Abel says, I'm trying to purchase a magnetic

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Speaker 1: wireless portable charger for an iPhone twelve Promax, any recommendations

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Speaker 1: would be truly appreciated. Thanks in advance. All right, So able,

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Speaker 1: if you want the standard, it's just Apple's mag Safe charger,

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Speaker 1: and it's I got to find out what they actually

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Speaker 1: call it. Is it the let's see, it's like a

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Speaker 1: battery pack. It's called the Apple mag Safe Battery Pack.

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Speaker 1: So that's the official one right now. The standard price

442
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Speaker 1: is one hundred bucks, but I've seen it. It's on

443
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Speaker 1: sale for cheaper seventy five dollars at best Buy right now,

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Speaker 1: So if you want that, that's, according to the Verge,

445
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Speaker 1: that's the all time low price. So what these battery

446
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Speaker 1: packs do is it's a battery and it sticks to

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Speaker 1: the back of your phone with magnets and it charges

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Speaker 1: your phone. And what's nice about that is that it's

449
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Speaker 1: just nice and simple and it doesn't you know, you

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Speaker 1: can actually hold your phone and use it. And so

451
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Speaker 1: these things are like essential. If you have a mag

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Speaker 1: Safe iPhone, which is the iPhone twelve and thirteen, all

453
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Speaker 1: the models in that range, then you can attach accessories

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Speaker 1: magnetically to the back of your phone. And so this

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Speaker 1: is one way of doing it. Now. The other one

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Speaker 1: I like, I haven't tested this one, but I know

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Speaker 1: the brand and I know a lot of people that

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Speaker 1: I know that like it is the Anchor Magnetic battery,

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Speaker 1: and this one is a little bit cheaper. It's fifty

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Speaker 1: five dollars and again same concept. It just sticks to

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Speaker 1: the back of your phone and wirelessly and magnetically or

462
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Speaker 1: I should say sticks to your phone magnetically and wirelessly

463
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Speaker 1: charges your phone. And so that's really nice. It's just simple,

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Speaker 1: one less cable to carry. And then I did a

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Speaker 1: segment or a feature on the my Charge mag Safe

466
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Speaker 1: battery pack, and I really like this one, and it's

467
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Speaker 1: called the Maglock. So it's the Maglock mag Safe power Bank.

468
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Speaker 1: And they have three different sizes and they're thirty percent

469
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Speaker 1: off right now, So there you can buy the size

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Speaker 1: that you think is the best for you, that you

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Speaker 1: know how much you need for power wise, and just

472
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Speaker 1: going over the power situation, so they make a three

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Speaker 1: thousand million power, a six thousand million power, and a

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Speaker 1: nine thousand million power. The iPhone itself is anywhere between

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Speaker 1: two and probably ah gosh, I think it's like, let's

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Speaker 1: see iPhone thirteen. M ah, let's see how much it is.

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Speaker 1: Uh Yeah, Okay, so about oh wow, thirteen pro max

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Speaker 1: is forty three hundred, So the iPhone is between three

479
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Speaker 1: thousand and let's say four thousand, forty five hundred million hours. So,

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Speaker 1: however many million power batteries you get, that's how many

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Speaker 1: times going to charge it. So if you get one

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Speaker 1: that's three thousand milliamp hours, that's going to top up

483
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Speaker 1: your phone probably once. If you get a six thousand,

484
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Speaker 1: that's probably going to top up your phone about twice.

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Speaker 1: If you get the nine thousand, that's going to top

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Speaker 1: up your phone about three times. Now, keep in mind,

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Speaker 1: these magnetic batteries are going to be more expensive and

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Speaker 1: charge your phone less than a standard plug in power bank.

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Speaker 1: Plug in power banks you can get like a ten

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Speaker 1: thousand milliamp minimum for like thirty bucks, or you can

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Speaker 1: get a twenty thousand million amp and you know that's

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Speaker 1: just as an expensive and it'll charge your phone way

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Speaker 1: more time. So you're paying a little premium for the

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Speaker 1: whole mag safe situation, but it is definitely definitely more convenient.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about let's move directions to this

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Speaker 1: is kind of fun. We did the story today on KTLA.

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Speaker 1: This is a online grocery store that specializes in food

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Speaker 1: that would otherwise go to waste. So it's called Misfits Market.

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Speaker 1: It's out of New Jersey, which you know, major props

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Speaker 1: to that because I'm from New Jersey. Love my home state.

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Speaker 1: But this Misfits Market, they sent me two boxes of

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Speaker 1: food to test out, and I was very confused. I

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Speaker 1: was like, well, what's it going to look like? You know,

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Speaker 1: is this stuff gonna be all messed up? The answer

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Speaker 1: is no, it's imperfect. But that just means that, you know,

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Speaker 1: when you go to the grocery store, what do you

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Speaker 1: do when you're looking at apples? You pick up like

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Speaker 1: five of them and try to pick up the most

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Speaker 1: perfect apple that you purchase. And every person that goes

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Speaker 1: to that grocery store does that over and over until

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Speaker 1: all these apples that have maybe like a little bump

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Speaker 1: on them or a little scrape, or they're not perfect,

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Speaker 1: they just don't get purchased. So in some cases, these

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Speaker 1: grocery stores don't even take delivery of food that may

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Speaker 1: be seen as imperfect. And so this Misfits Market has

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Speaker 1: a lot of deals with mostly organic food producers to

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Speaker 1: take all this stuff that may not make it to

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Speaker 1: the mainstream grocery stores and then they sell it at a

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Speaker 1: discount anywhere from thirty to fifty percent. And so they

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Speaker 1: sent me two boxes of stuff. I thought it was

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Speaker 1: all great. Yes, some of it looked a little odd,

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Speaker 1: some of it was a little misshapen. But when you

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Speaker 1: wash this stuff and you cut it up and you

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Speaker 1: cook it up, it's all fine. I mean, we made

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Speaker 1: some really fantastic stuff. We grilled up salmon, we grilled

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Speaker 1: up chicken. Let's say I made a like a veggie.

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Speaker 1: My wife made a veggie medley last night that was

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Speaker 1: just delicious, with asparagus and roasted sweet potatoes that were

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Speaker 1: so weird looking. You would never pick them up in

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Speaker 1: the store because you're gonna get a sweet potato that

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Speaker 1: looks perfect. These were all kind of odd shapes. They

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Speaker 1: cooked up just fine. The carrots. I made a salad

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Speaker 1: out of the lettuce and carrots. It was delicious. And

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Speaker 1: again I wouldn't pick up the bunch of carrots because

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Speaker 1: they were kind of dirty looking and they were smaller

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Speaker 1: than I would get for carrots. But they were perfect

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Speaker 1: when you clean them all up, they were great. So

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Speaker 1: Misfits Market they are now delivering to forty four different states,

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Speaker 1: including California as of a couple weeks ago, and the

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Speaker 1: savings are dramatic. I mean, you could really get a

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Speaker 1: pretty big saving, especially if you live in California, where

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Speaker 1: food is very expensive. I mean grocery stores here. You

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Speaker 1: don't realize until you go to a different state. We're

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Speaker 1: paying like basically double the price at grocery stores for

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Speaker 1: the simplest things like a thing of Heinz ketchup. You know,

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Speaker 1: it might be three dollars in New Jersey or you know, Iowa,

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Speaker 1: and it's six bucks here. So it's just the cost

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Speaker 1: of living in California is very, very expensive, and you

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Speaker 1: get used to it because you kind of forget that.

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Speaker 1: You're just this is what you pay. But then when

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Speaker 1: you go somewhere else, you realize, like, wow, this is

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Speaker 1: really pricey. So the other thing about this is this

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00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 1: is not competing with something like an Amazon Fresh, an Instacart.

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00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 1: You're not getting this stuff instantly. What you do is

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Speaker 1: you sign up, you build your box throughout the week,

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Speaker 1: and there's a cutoff date on like let's say whatever

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Speaker 1: date you want, and then they ship your box out

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00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: two days later. So minimum order is thirty bucks. Shipping

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00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: is five point fifty. Some of the stuff was a

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00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 1: little bit broken up when I got my box, but

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00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 1: you know that happens. It's you know when you're shipping

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Speaker 1: something by FedEx that that can happen. But they do

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00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: use different depending on your zip code, they use different carriers,

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Speaker 1: so whatever carrier is sort of best for your area.

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Speaker 1: And that's the other big difference is that they're trying

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Speaker 1: to solve these kind of food waste issues but also

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Speaker 1: food desert issues. So there's a lot of places in America.

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Speaker 1: If you live in a big city, take for granted

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Speaker 1: that you can get all this stuff delivered. But if

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Speaker 1: you live in other places in America, you may not

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Speaker 1: be able to get food delivery as easily and as

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Speaker 1: competitively priced as somewhere that's near you, or you may

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Speaker 1: not have a grocery store that's near you. And so

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00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 1: what Misfits Market is priding itself on is the fact

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Speaker 1: that they deliver to almost every zip code in the

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Speaker 1: states they service. So in California they deliver to like

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Speaker 1: pretty much every zip code, and that's across the board,

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Speaker 1: so forty four states. I've got a promo code's not

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Speaker 1: sponsored or anything. I just asked them, hey, can you

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Speaker 1: give me a promo cod because I know people are

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Speaker 1: going to want to try it out rich on Tech thirty.

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Speaker 1: We'll give you thirty percent off your first two boxes, which,

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00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: by the way, whenever I get a promo code from

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Speaker 1: a company, which you know, it's few and far between

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00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 1: when I ask for that, but when I do, I

586
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 1: always say I want the promo code to be the

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Speaker 1: best promo code out there, because I'm not trying to

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Speaker 1: like make affiliate sales. I'm not trying to do any

589
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Speaker 1: of that stuff. So I'm just trying to get the

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Speaker 1: best deal for you, the listener or the viewer, And

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Speaker 1: so I don't want you to have to go search

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Speaker 1: around and say, well, you know, Rich puts this code

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Speaker 1: on here, and it's let me say, if there's something better.

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Speaker 1: I don't want you to have to do that. So

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Speaker 1: whenever I'm sharing a promo code, I almost ninety nine

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Speaker 1: point nine percent of the time asked the company to

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Speaker 1: make sure it is the best promo code available. There

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Speaker 1: may be a similar promo code available, but it's always

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Speaker 1: the best, and so like for this, it's thirty percent

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Speaker 1: off your first two boxes is better than you can

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Speaker 1: do in pretty much any other code that they have

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Speaker 1: available today, So rest assured you don't have to go

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00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: searching around for a better code. But I gotta say,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna try this. I'm gonna try I mean, I

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Speaker 1: tried it. But the thing about me trying it is

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Speaker 1: that typically I like to try things as a quote

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Speaker 1: unquote regular person, where I would order the boxes and

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Speaker 1: do this. But with this one, I just said, send

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Speaker 1: me two boxes, let me or send me a box,

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00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: and let me just try it out. Now what I'm

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00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: gonna do is I'm gonna actually order as a you know, pedestrian,

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Speaker 1: as a regular person, and just you know, see how

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Speaker 1: it is. And I think it's pretty cool. Like if

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Speaker 1: I can get my basics like lemons, limes, apples, you know, lettuce,

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00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: celery like that kind of stuff at these cheaper prices,

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Speaker 1: then I think it's a really cool thing. So misfits market.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to another question. All right, Erica says, Hey, Rich,

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Speaker 1: hope you're well. I have a cell phone question. I've

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Speaker 1: always used Samsung notes in most recently the S twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Not sure if it's my carrier service T Mobile or

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Speaker 1: my phone call but my or my phone, but calls

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00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: never come in and calls drop. My husband doesn't have

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Speaker 1: this issue. He has an iPhone seven. He doesn't like technology.

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Speaker 1: I recently ordered a Pixel five A. I'm wondering if

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Speaker 1: the pixel has Android Auto, as I searched and found

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Speaker 1: different answers. Would you tell me if it will work?

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Speaker 1: This is a deal breaker for me as I really

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Speaker 1: enjoy Android Auto. Thanks for your techie tips. Happy holidays,

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Speaker 1: Erica Erica. Yes, indeed the Pixel five A has Android

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Speaker 1: Auto op or wrong sound effect? Can you tell my

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Speaker 1: on my own show? So, yes, it has Android Auto.

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Speaker 1: There's so much like online about this whole Android Auto situation.

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Speaker 1: Android Auto is there, it works, It's fine. I think

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Speaker 1: the thing that they're talking about when it comes to

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Speaker 1: Android Auto is the there was a standalone app on

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Speaker 1: Android phones that you could bring up on your phone screen.

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Speaker 1: I think that's gone, but they still have what's called

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00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: like Android Auto Assistant. They built it into Google Assistant

639
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Speaker 1: to make it accessible on more phones, and so it's there.

640
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Speaker 1: It works. If you plug it into your car, you'll

641
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: still have Android Auto when it comes to your dropped calls.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that could be t Mobile. I'm not

643
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Speaker 1: really sure. In my experience, every carrier has its pros

644
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Speaker 1: and cons. I think they all have their weaknesses and

645
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: strengths in different areas. I mean, I try all three carriers,

646
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Speaker 1: and believe me, I will say that I think that. Well,

647
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Speaker 1: I'll just tell you that they all work in various

648
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Speaker 1: ways in various places. So what I always tell folks

649
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Speaker 1: is get a get a carrier that works where you

650
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Speaker 1: live and where you work. Those are the two most

651
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Speaker 1: important things. And if you're on the freeway a lot

652
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Speaker 1: or the highway, get a carrier that works on the

653
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Speaker 1: highway a lot. If you're in rural areas, get one

654
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Speaker 1: that works in rural areas a lot. And that just

655
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Speaker 1: it requires a lot of talking to friends and family

656
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Speaker 1: and just see what they have and just ask questions, Hey,

657
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: you have G Mobile? Does it drop a lot? Do

658
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: you get a lot of drop calls? Hey you have Verizon?

659
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: Does it work in you know, rural areas when you're

660
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Speaker 1: in the woods. Oh you have AT and T does

661
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Speaker 1: that work at the park that I always go to.

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Speaker 1: So Pixel five A, I think is a fantastic phone.

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Speaker 1: I would definitely go with that phone. And I think

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Speaker 1: you're gonna love it. I think it's a really solid device.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's just go right to another question. Let's

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Speaker 1: see again. I don't know if I can oh interesting.

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Speaker 1: This person's term is CSI Miami show. Maybe they work

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Speaker 1: on CSI Miami. I was trying to watch a special

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Speaker 1: program on USA Network. I downloaded the USA Network and

670
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Speaker 1: I still couldn't get the show I wanted to watch.

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Speaker 1: The advertisement for the show was USA Network. I even

672
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Speaker 1: tried downloading the NBC app on my Amazon Firestick and nothing.

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Speaker 1: All I kept telling me is the list of providers.

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Speaker 1: The only thing I have is an indoor antenna and

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Speaker 1: the firestick. I even contacted NBC and they couldn't help me.

676
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Speaker 1: Do you have any idea what I did wrong? Thank you? Yes,

677
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: I do have an idea what you did wrong. You

678
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: can't just download these apps, and well, it depends on

679
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Speaker 1: the app. If it's a cable if it's a cable

680
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Speaker 1: streaming cable TV app, like a cable channel, most of

681
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Speaker 1: the time you need to subscribe to that channel in

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Speaker 1: some way to actually watch it. And I know this

683
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Speaker 1: is a totally convoluted system, and we are in an

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Speaker 1: in between stage right now with these with these channels.

685
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Speaker 1: So right now, cable channels make their money by having

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Speaker 1: cable subscribers. So USA Network is not its own little

687
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Speaker 1: business that's stand alone that can just exist on its own.

688
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 1: They can exist because they get a dollar from every

689
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Speaker 1: person that has Comcast or Verizon FiOS or Direct TV,

690
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: all these different spectrum. These cable channels make money that way.

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Speaker 1: They don't in most cases have a standalone app with

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Speaker 1: their own subscription because they're still trying to figure out

693
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Speaker 1: that side of the business. So why they're showing you

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Speaker 1: that list of providers is because you need to subscribe

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Speaker 1: to some sort of cable streaming service to get access

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Speaker 1: to that USA network. The access is free if you

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Speaker 1: are a subscriber to a cable cable package. And so

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Speaker 1: what I would do if you want USA Network, I

699
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 1: just did a quick search. It seems like Sling TV

700
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Speaker 1: is probably your easiest and cheapest, But I would search

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Speaker 1: untangled dot tv and see which streaming service carries USA

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Speaker 1: Network for the cheapest. I think it's going to be

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Speaker 1: Sling But that's what I would do. But this is

704
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: a major major issue. I get these questions all the time.

705
00:35:56,280 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: People are so confused about how to access anything today

706
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 1: on streaming because you've got so many different services and

707
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: they all require something different. So I mean, if you're

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Speaker 1: getting a bundle of cable channels, you get and you

709
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: watch them, and you download that app and you can

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Speaker 1: watch them live, and then if you want to get

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00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: the channels, you got it. Sometimes you'd subscribe to a

712
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: cable service. It doesn't give you access to the to

713
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Speaker 1: the log in on the channel. So you really have

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00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: to do your homework with this stuff. And I always

715
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Speaker 1: tell people, you know, Untangled dot tv is great. Another

716
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 1: way to do it is just google the name of

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00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: the show. So if you want to watch what's like

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00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 1: a popular show? What's a popular TV show? Right now,

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Speaker 1: let's just see I have no idea because I don't

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Speaker 1: I only watch one show at a time. Okay, let's

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Speaker 1: say you want to watch Yellowstone. How to watch Yellowstone streaming? Okay,

722
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: you google that, and there's these bloggers that write about

723
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 1: how to see the show. And Marie on the Facebook

724
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,440
Speaker 1: is saying she loves the Real Good app, which I

725
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: have recommended many times. I love that. That's another way

726
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: that you can do it. But this is a simpler way.

727
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: That's just an easy way to Google it, and so

728
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: they say streaming. While Yellowstone isn't currently on Netflix or Hulu,

729
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: the first three seasons are all available to stream on

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Speaker 1: Peacock or for purchase through Amazon Prime. Despite what you

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Speaker 1: might assume given that the show's on the Paramount network,

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Speaker 1: it's not currently available through the Paramount Plus streaming service.

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Speaker 1: So there you go. And I would also cross reference

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Speaker 1: what they said with what other people say, so I'd

735
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 1: always read two articles because sometimes they might get it wrong.

736
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Speaker 1: But that's you know, that's the main thing is that

737
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Speaker 1: you just have to kind of search around to see.

738
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Speaker 1: But with movies especially, I love the real good app

739
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: that's what I use to figure out. And believe me,

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Speaker 1: I am. I am kind of a stickler when it

741
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Speaker 1: comes to not paying for content. My wife was like, oh,

742
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Speaker 1: this new Incanto, Yeah in Kanto movie. That's a Disney movie.

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00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: She's like, it's getting really good reviews. And I said,

744
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,360
Speaker 1: is it streaming? Because guess what, I'm not paying for

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00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 1: the movies. She said, what, because we haven't been to

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00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: the movie theater in two years. I said, I don't care.

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00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: I said, I pay for too many streaming services. I'm

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Speaker 1: not paying for you know, tickets, to the movies. She's like, well,

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Speaker 1: what if we go to like a matine I'm like,

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00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: all right, maybe we'll go to the matinee of Incanto.

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00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,759
Speaker 1: But I can't. It's so tough for me because I

752
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: pay for so many streaming services that I want all

753
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: of my my content to be included in those streaming services.

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Speaker 1: So I've been known to subscribe to a streaming service

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Speaker 1: for a month just to get the show that we

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Speaker 1: want to watch or the movie, like we watched uh,

757
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: Clifford the Big Red Dog, and that was on Paramount Plus.

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Speaker 1: And so I searched for a a deal on a

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Speaker 1: on a free trial for Paramount Plus. And it's interesting

760
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: because I actually had a free trial on Paramount Plus.

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Speaker 1: But if I subscribed through a different way, which I

762
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Speaker 1: think ended up being Google Play, I could do the

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00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: free trial again. So it does take a little work.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes I might I might be a little bit more

765
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: of a stickler than most people because I just I

766
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, we're paying for so many things.

767
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: I just want to make sure that you know we're

768
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Speaker 1: getting our money's worth, and so that that's why I

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Speaker 1: do it. All right, let me talk about some of

770
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,760
Speaker 1: the things that I want to talk about on this show.

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00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:10,840
Speaker 1: So let's see. We went through the interview with Tim Cook. Oh,

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Speaker 1: the book I'm reading right now, this is a speaking

773
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,840
Speaker 1: of something that I purchased. So this was an example

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Speaker 1: of I couldn't get a free trial. So I've done

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00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,400
Speaker 1: I've done so many Audible free trials over the years,

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00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: and I guess Audible finally cut me off and they said,

777
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: all right, no more, no more free trials for you.

778
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 1: And so I wanted to read this new book by

779
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: Gary Vaynerchuk, and I say read, I'm actually going to

780
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,800
Speaker 1: listen to this one. But it's called twelve and a

781
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: half and it's about the emotional ingredients necessary for business success.

782
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 1: And he goes over sort of twelve twelve things that

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Speaker 1: he's identified that are essential if you want to be

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00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 1: good in business, and good in business means anything you

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00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 1: can be. Good as an employee, good as a manager,

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Speaker 1: good as just you know, regular person like in my job.

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Speaker 1: And so so far. Anyway, so I paid the fifteen

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Speaker 1: dollars on Audible for a free month, which are for

789
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: a month of service, which gives you a credit that

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00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: you can use towards an audiobook. And so I bought

791
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: this and I've been listening to it and I got

792
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Speaker 1: to say, I am very very impressed so far. The

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Speaker 1: first the first like element was gratitude. And I'll be honest,

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Speaker 1: I've heard the word gratitude so many times in my life,

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Speaker 1: I mean, more than I can talk in the past

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Speaker 1: five years. Right, Like, I never even growing up, you

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Speaker 1: never heard the term gratitude. Well I didn't, but you know,

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Speaker 1: and for me, I was probably first exposed to it

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Speaker 1: just a couple of years ago, and I maybe vaguely

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Speaker 1: knew what it was, but not really And so I

801
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 1: never heard anyone explain what gratitude was better than Gary

802
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: Vaynerchuk and he explained this to me. And I have, honestly,

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Speaker 1: in the past twenty four hours realized how fortunate I

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00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: am in life more so than I ever have before.

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00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: And so that kind of his point is that that

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Speaker 1: can how you are as a human and how you

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00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: are as an employee or a business person. And I

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00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: will say that I am I don't know, like the

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Speaker 1: gratitude like it goes into almost every thought that I

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00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 1: have right now, and it's because of this book. And

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Speaker 1: so I highly recome in this book. If you're you know,

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00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: I don't need you to be like hustling on the

813
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: side project and all this stuff, but like if you're

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Speaker 1: just trying to be a better employee, a better human,

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00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: a better person, a better worker, a better manager, a

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00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: better anything. I really really like this book because I

817
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 1: was wondering if it would apply to me, because I'm like, well,

818
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: not like a big entrepreneur or big whatever. But it's

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00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: so far has been right on point, and so it's

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Speaker 1: called twelve and a half. I really really like it.

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Speaker 1: Gary Vaynerchuk is one of my favorites. By the way,

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00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 1: grew up in New Jersey. He is an immigrant, but

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Speaker 1: he grew up in New Jersey when his family came

824
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Speaker 1: here to the US from I believe it was like

825
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 1: the I think he said Bella Rusa in the Soviet Union.

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00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 1: But a great story and just someone I followed for

827
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 1: many years and such a great guy. I actually had

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Speaker 1: the chance to interview him many years ago, and at

829
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 1: that point I wasn't really as familiar with the power

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00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: of Gary v. And now I wish I got to

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Speaker 1: go back to that interview because I would have he

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Speaker 1: I think at the end of the interview he asked

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Speaker 1: if we wanted to like have a sip of wine together,

834
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Speaker 1: because that's his big thing is he had a wine business.

835
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Speaker 1: And I was like so meek in like whatever that.

836
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: I was kind of like, uh, I can't treat him

837
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Speaker 1: on a job. And I had like one little sip.

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00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: Maybe I cheered with him. I don't even think I

839
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Speaker 1: drank it. And I just what a missed opportunity. I mean,

840
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 1: rich Rich de miro of, that was like ten years ago,

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00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 1: what were you thinking? You were sitting with Gary Vaynerchuk

842
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: and he said you want to toast? And I just

843
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: I faked it, Like what why would I do that?

844
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 1: So I'm a very different person than I was ten

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Speaker 1: years ago, So I would I would. I'd be like, Gary,

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00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 1: clear your schedule, let's let's uh, let's split the bottle

847
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: and uh and let's let me just pick your brain

848
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: for the next hour and a half. Anyway, twelve and

849
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: a half. Great book. Highly recommend it. And this is

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Speaker 1: one of those books that you can listen to. It's

851
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: just it's just so easy to hear Gary speak and

852
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: listen to this book. And I'm gonna actually re listen

853
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,319
Speaker 1: to this book I think every other year or every

854
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: year because as i'm listening to it, I'm like, oh,

855
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 1: that's so good, that's so good, that's so good. I

856
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: need to remind myself you're in, you're out just of

857
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: some of these emotional ingredients. Some of the other ones

858
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 1: are like empathy and yeah, you're like rich, what these

859
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: are not? These are not the standard business school things

860
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 1: that they teach you. No, it's not. And that's the

861
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 1: whole point is that you're learning. You're learning the the

862
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 1: extra you know, the stuff that you don't necessarily learn

863
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: in business school, and it's stuff that really does come

864
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: into play in every aspect of your life. And so anyway, now,

865
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,400
Speaker 1: by the way, Gary's last book, Crushing It was the

866
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 1: book that made me write my book, the iPhone Tips

867
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: Book one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone,

868
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 1: which was my first book, and then I wrote a

869
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: second book, and both those books were very, very successful

870
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 1: on Amazon. I self published those and I had no

871
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: idea just how successful they would be, and I wish

872
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: I kept going. There were some issues with continuing to

873
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: go to continue to write new books, which hopefully maybe

874
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 1: I'll resolve in the future, but I just couldn't do

875
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: those with my current position. Well, I don't want to

876
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 1: get into it anyway. We'll leave it at that. But anyway,

877
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: my books were very successful people that bought them. They

878
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: still have four and a half stars on Amazon. I mean,

879
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 1: it's really just the that was an amazing experience, and

880
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: I really I should write a book about that experience

881
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,839
Speaker 1: because it was so cool. The other thing I did

882
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 1: this week was I upgraded my Tesla to the self

883
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 1: driving package. Like the It's weird. There's like three levels

884
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:53,320
Speaker 1: of self driving, or I should say autopilot on the Tesla.

885
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 1: The first is what comes with the car standard, which

886
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 1: just kind of keeps you in your lane and keeps

887
00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,799
Speaker 1: you at a standard distance from the car in front

888
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:03,479
Speaker 1: of you. The second is what I subscribe to, which

889
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:08,759
Speaker 1: is pretty much autopilot navigation, which will change lanes by itself.

890
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 1: It will, you know, keep the speed. It will basically

891
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 1: drive the car for you, and also switch freeways so

892
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 1: if you have to go from you know, let's say

893
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: in La the one to one to the one ten,

894
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: it will change lanes and continue on that route. So

895
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,880
Speaker 1: it's really like driving itself, but it's not full self driving,

896
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,919
Speaker 1: so it doesn't do it on city streets. That's that's

897
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,280
Speaker 1: called full self driving. That's in beta, and that's included

898
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 1: in this but I don't have it just yet. You

899
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 1: have to request that. So my thoughts on the self

900
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: driving situation are, honestly, I'm not ready for it. It's

901
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 1: it's not fully there yet. I don't trust the car

902
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: to drive itself enough in a big enough way that

903
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 1: I can relax when it's in this self full self

904
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 1: driving mode. And I think that the standard autopilot that

905
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: the Tesla comes with is just sufficient for me. There

906
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,319
Speaker 1: is one feature I do like on the upper level,

907
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: which by the way, this is two hundred dollars for

908
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 1: the month two twenty with tax here in California. But

909
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,719
Speaker 1: the feature that I like is that when you put

910
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,399
Speaker 1: the blinker on, it'll change lanes automatically, so you don't

911
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: have to like really think about changing lanes. It will

912
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: notice when there's an opening and it will change. And

913
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: it's kind of aggressive when it changes lanes, like it's

914
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:19,359
Speaker 1: and it's kind of all over the place too. If

915
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 1: like in La, when you put your blinker on to

916
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,440
Speaker 1: signal a lane change, people like to push into that

917
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,319
Speaker 1: lane immediately or not let you go because it's like

918
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: I don't know. It's this weird aggression thing that I

919
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 1: don't have. Like I when someone puts on their blinker

920
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 1: and I'm a very I should mention and I've probably

921
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 1: mentioned this before. I'm a very easy going driver. In fact,

922
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,640
Speaker 1: probably to a detriment because people get behind me and

923
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 1: they're like, oh, you're in a fast lane. You're going

924
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:44,919
Speaker 1: so slow, and I'm like, I don't. I just want

925
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,399
Speaker 1: to be safe and I don't really care. I time

926
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 1: out my trips, so I'm going to speed limit. I

927
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: know I'm gonna arrive on time. I don't need to

928
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,239
Speaker 1: be one of those people that wings in and out

929
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 1: of traffic. That's just me. I just don't like that

930
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 1: kind of driving. So personally, I'm a pretty boring drive.

931
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,839
Speaker 1: So I just feel like the Tesla is a little

932
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:05,799
Speaker 1: bit kind of all over the place when it comes

933
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: to how it approaches driving. And it's just it's great,

934
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong. It is. What they have with

935
00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 1: these engineers have come up with is just mind boggling.

936
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: But as a human being driving a car, it's really

937
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 1: tough to seed some of that power to a computer.

938
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: But also, at the same time, your car is telling

939
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 1: you that you must be in charge at all times,

940
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: even though the computer is also in charge. So it's

941
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: this weird power struggle that is just our brain is

942
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: not programmed for that power struggle. Because this is the

943
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: weird part about the auto drive is that you're it

944
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: says every like fifteen thirty seconds, Hey, put your hands

945
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 1: on the wheel, make sure you're driving, even though we're driving.

946
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:45,920
Speaker 1: So it's like, well, what do you want? Am I

947
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: driving or you driving? And so it's this really weird

948
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:53,080
Speaker 1: like psychological warfare when it comes to the autopilot that

949
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:56,279
Speaker 1: your brain is like it can never fully relax because

950
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,720
Speaker 1: it has to be ready to take action at any time.

951
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: But at the same time, the whole point is that

952
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,880
Speaker 1: your your brain can relax a little bit because the

953
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: car is driving. So until we can get to this,

954
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: you know, higher level of autonomous driving, I feel like

955
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,879
Speaker 1: it's just simpler to drive yourself. Use some of these

956
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 1: basic things, like I think that the the keeping the

957
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: lane feature, following the lane feature, and also the speed

958
00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 1: auto adjust you know, cruise control is amazing. It's great,

959
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,839
Speaker 1: it's sue I use it every day. But I think

960
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: that the actual like self driving of the car, like

961
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 1: from point to point is not good until it can

962
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: actually really really take control of the car and without

963
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: a shadow of a doubt being control and be really

964
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 1: good at it. All right, Uh, do we want to

965
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:45,880
Speaker 1: take another question? Let's take another question? All right, Juliana says, Hey, Rich,

966
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:48,239
Speaker 1: I always appreciate your insight on all things tech, but

967
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 1: I'm wondering if you have a credit card preference to

968
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,280
Speaker 1: get the most points and rewards. I thought MX Platinum

969
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:55,680
Speaker 1: would be better than the Delta AMEX, but I feel

970
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: like I'm not getting as many points as I should.

971
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 1: I fly Delta Delta monthly for work, so I do

972
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: have a loyalty there. Do you already have an article

973
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: about these credit cards and which one do you recommend?

974
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 1: Thank you? I also have the Chase Sapphire or Reserve,

975
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: but really wanted access to the Delta lounge at LAX

976
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:14,560
Speaker 1: Terminal two. Which is your favorite credit card? Juliana, this

977
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:18,840
Speaker 1: might surprise you. It might I have to take a

978
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:20,840
Speaker 1: sip of water there to actually get through this. But

979
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,399
Speaker 1: this might surprise you, But I actually don't. I don't

980
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,879
Speaker 1: recommend credit cards. I don't. I don't play the points game,

981
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:31,280
Speaker 1: and I know it's weird because I'm totally missing out

982
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:37,200
Speaker 1: on many, many, many points. But I use Okay, So

983
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 1: I will go through what I do for my credit

984
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 1: and debit situation. So my number one thing is that

985
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,640
Speaker 1: I don't I don't use a credit card for the points.

986
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 1: And it's believe yes I have in the past. I

987
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 1: do put stuff on my credit card. I do have

988
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,399
Speaker 1: a credit card, but my feeling with a credit card

989
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 1: is that you inherently spend more money. And that's not

990
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:59,719
Speaker 1: my that's not my my original thought. I am a

991
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 1: day Ramsey follower, and Dave Ramsey is all about debit, debit, debit,

992
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: and so I'm a little bit of a blend. I'm

993
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:10,839
Speaker 1: realistic as well. I do like my credit card because

994
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:12,280
Speaker 1: I think it puts a little bit of a buffer

995
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:16,320
Speaker 1: between me and certain things, and sometimes I think that's important.

996
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: And so here is my reasoning when it comes to

997
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,880
Speaker 1: credit cards. Number one, get the best one for your situation.

998
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: So for your situation, if you are flying Delta on

999
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: a monthly basis with your company, I would say the

1000
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: Delta AMEX is probably a great card for you because

1001
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,520
Speaker 1: anything that you put on there with Delta is going

1002
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,239
Speaker 1: to give you multiple points, and it's also going to

1003
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,719
Speaker 1: give you perks, like if you want to get into

1004
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 1: the lounge, and that's it. I would say one credit

1005
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 1: card is perfect, that's all you need. If you're juggling

1006
00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: multiple credit cards, it's really tough to keep track and

1007
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 1: it's too much math for me. And honestly, these credit

1008
00:50:54,880 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 1: card companies employ data scientists and you know, math peticians

1009
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:05,239
Speaker 1: and marketing geniuses that are all way better than what

1010
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 1: rich Demiro's little brain can process. So in my brain,

1011
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,279
Speaker 1: all it thinks about when I use a credit card

1012
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 1: is how many points did I just get? When I'd

1013
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:15,800
Speaker 1: like to train my brain to say how much money

1014
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: do I just spend? And can I make that less money?

1015
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,880
Speaker 1: And so I know this is totally radical thinking that

1016
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,840
Speaker 1: ninety nine point nine percent of people don't do or

1017
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:25,719
Speaker 1: don't care to do. But this is the way that

1018
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:30,799
Speaker 1: I think because I honestly want to retire, you know,

1019
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:33,879
Speaker 1: in life with some money and you know, some money

1020
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: to leave to my kids. And I'd rather have that

1021
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:38,479
Speaker 1: for my kids than amex. Amex is way too smart

1022
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:40,760
Speaker 1: of a company and they're gonna outsmart me every time.

1023
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,120
Speaker 1: And so yes, I love the Platinum card. I think

1024
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:45,200
Speaker 1: it looks amazing. I see the ads for it in

1025
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:47,000
Speaker 1: the airport. I want to sign up for every time

1026
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 1: I see it. But I just keep a basic you know,

1027
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:52,160
Speaker 1: I keep a nice card. I do have a nice

1028
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 1: credit card, but it's basic. It's a it's a visa

1029
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 1: and it's simple, and I get my points when I

1030
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,000
Speaker 1: use it, but I I don't go out of my

1031
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: way to use it. Now, with that set, here's my

1032
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:06,360
Speaker 1: rules for how I use my cards. If my card

1033
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,560
Speaker 1: leaves my hand, it is going to be two ways.

1034
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:12,799
Speaker 1: It's going to be well. Actually, if my card leaves

1035
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,440
Speaker 1: my hand, it's going to be okay. Sorry, let me

1036
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 1: start at the base. So when I am presented with

1037
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:20,879
Speaker 1: an opportunity to use my to you know, to pay

1038
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 1: for something. If I am paying, if I'm paying in person,

1039
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 1: it's always going to be mobile pay, which is taped

1040
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,040
Speaker 1: to pay, and that's going to be using my debit card.

1041
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,520
Speaker 1: And the reason I like tap to pay is because

1042
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 1: it does not share my debit card number with the merchant.

1043
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:40,120
Speaker 1: It shares a one time card number that works and

1044
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 1: then that's it. It's it's gone into the ether. If

1045
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 1: I am putting a card in the dipper in the slot,

1046
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 1: if I am physically doing it. I'm gonna use my

1047
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 1: debit card. That's the only way because again, that little

1048
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,320
Speaker 1: chip of my card means that the it's sharing a

1049
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:57,880
Speaker 1: one time code and it's not sharing my actual debit

1050
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:00,879
Speaker 1: card number. And that's it. And I'm using my debit card,

1051
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:02,640
Speaker 1: hopefully with a pin so that it takes the money

1052
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:06,760
Speaker 1: out immediately and I can see my updated balance. Now.

1053
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,760
Speaker 1: The other thing I do is I use my credit

1054
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:13,759
Speaker 1: card if my card is physically leaving my hand. So

1055
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:15,759
Speaker 1: when my card is leaving my hand, that has a

1056
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:18,640
Speaker 1: couple different meanings. When I'm shopping online, my card is

1057
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,280
Speaker 1: leaving my hand, So I do use my credit card

1058
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:24,359
Speaker 1: online because that card number when you type it in

1059
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:28,240
Speaker 1: is just it's out there. Now. Yes, sites are safe,

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00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:30,799
Speaker 1: they're secure. You can probably use a debit card and

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Speaker 1: be safe. But I'd rather use a credit card because

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00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:37,359
Speaker 1: I'd rather just have my stuff protected. Now. The other

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00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:39,720
Speaker 1: place I use a credit card is typically with travel.

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Speaker 1: If I'm traveling and you know, buying an airline ticket

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00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:45,520
Speaker 1: or a hotel room or anything that requires a deposit,

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00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,000
Speaker 1: I will use my credit card because there's just a

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00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,279
Speaker 1: little barrier. Plus things like a rental car I've got

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00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:53,279
Speaker 1: rental card protection and stuff like that. So that's when

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00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: I use my credit card, especially at restaurants. If it's

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00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:58,440
Speaker 1: leaving my hand, I will give them my credit card

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00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 1: because they can go to the back, take a picture

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00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:02,840
Speaker 1: or my card, and boom, there goes my number. So

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Speaker 1: that's my thought. Now if I'm at a restaurant and

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00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:08,319
Speaker 1: they have these new fangled you know, tap to pay,

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00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:11,120
Speaker 1: or I do my own transaction, which I absolutely love.

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00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:14,319
Speaker 1: I was at PF Chang's the other night and they

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00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:17,279
Speaker 1: had a QR code on the receipt that you would

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00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,759
Speaker 1: scan and then you would pay your bill through that

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00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:23,360
Speaker 1: with Apple Pay. I loved it. It was the coolest

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00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:26,319
Speaker 1: situation ever. I was like, this is amazing, And yes,

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00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 1: on that dinner, I gave up, you know, three hundred

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00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:30,640
Speaker 1: points or whatever I would get with my credit card.

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00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: But I like spending on my debit card because it hurts.

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00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:40,400
Speaker 1: It really hurts for me to spend my hard earned cash.

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00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:42,720
Speaker 1: And so when I use my debit card, I feel

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00:54:42,719 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: that pain. And when I feel that pain, it makes

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00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 1: me want to spend less money. When I use my

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00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 1: credit card, I'm like, I'm like, whooo, credit card swipe dip,

1089
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:54,360
Speaker 1: chip dip whatever. It feels so good to use my

1090
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: credit card because I know I'm getting all those points

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00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: on the back end, and they feel so good because

1092
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,319
Speaker 1: I'm redeeming them for re travel. You know, you get

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00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: all these points on your card, and it's like, when

1094
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:04,720
Speaker 1: you really do the math, it's like a hundred bucks.

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00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: And so it's like, I would rather just save one

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00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 1: hundred dollars and not go through the whole pain and

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00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:12,719
Speaker 1: suffering of this whole credit card situation. Anyway, I know

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00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,440
Speaker 1: it's way longer of an answer than you want to, Juliana,

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00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 1: but my bottom line is that pick one credit card

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00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:20,600
Speaker 1: that works for you, Pick one debit card, and lean

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00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,080
Speaker 1: on debit, lean on tap to pay with your debit card,

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00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,439
Speaker 1: and I'm telling you you'll save money. I'm telling you.

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00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:28,640
Speaker 1: People just say like, well, no, that's not true. Rich

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00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:31,480
Speaker 1: You get the points, but what you forget is that

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00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,399
Speaker 1: you just spend a certain percentage more with your credit card.

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00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:36,200
Speaker 1: When I go to Target and I know I'm using

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00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:39,520
Speaker 1: my credit card, I know that I'm just gonna spend

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00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,839
Speaker 1: more because it just doesn't feel like real money when

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00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: I use my debit card. You have to like pry

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00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:45,919
Speaker 1: that money out of my hand. I'm like going into

1111
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:48,600
Speaker 1: that machine, I'm like, uh, did we really spend that much?

1112
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,520
Speaker 1: Why do we spend so much? Can I put something

1113
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:53,440
Speaker 1: putting back like a pack of gum? Because I'm like

1114
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 1: a dollar or less? Here we go. So anyway, you

1115
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: know what, you're listening to the rich on Tech podcast,

1116
00:55:58,560 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: so you're gonna get rich on tech. This. This is

1117
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: my thought process. I know it's unique, it's not for everyone,

1118
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:06,799
Speaker 1: but yet tuned into me and that's what you get.

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00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:08,759
Speaker 1: So thank you for the question. I think that is

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00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:12,080
Speaker 1: a great question. And there you have it. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's get to one final question. Greg says rich. I

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00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,799
Speaker 1: live in an old apartment with no smart devices. I

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00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 1: saw some smart plugs on Amazon. I'm wondering if old

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00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:22,720
Speaker 1: devices can be plugged into them and make them smart.

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00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:27,080
Speaker 1: Thinking not, but your recommendation, what is it? Thanks? And

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00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:32,799
Speaker 1: this that was Greg? Okay, So Greg, yes, you can

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00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 1: make old devices smart. In fact, there's a lot of

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00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 1: light switches that you can use to put in your

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00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:40,920
Speaker 1: wall that will help you dim lights and things like that,

1130
00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: as long as the lights are dimmable. But yeah, these

1131
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:45,040
Speaker 1: smart plugs, I like, I just bought a whole bunch

1132
00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:47,479
Speaker 1: of them at the Amazon store, and I've been using

1133
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,000
Speaker 1: them for the holiday decorations. But I like the ones

1134
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:54,440
Speaker 1: from TP link very inexpensive. They're always on sale on Amazon.

1135
00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: But yeah, get a couple of these and you can

1136
00:56:57,160 --> 00:57:00,719
Speaker 1: plug people have even plugged like a plum into them.

1137
00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:04,000
Speaker 1: You just have to be careful with the appliances to

1138
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:07,759
Speaker 1: understand the wattage. And I'm not like an expert in

1139
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,600
Speaker 1: like electricity, but I know that some things are rated

1140
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:13,800
Speaker 1: too high for the plug that you're plugging them into.

1141
00:57:14,239 --> 00:57:16,520
Speaker 1: So these smart plugs on the side of the box,

1142
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 1: it will tell you kind of like what the amperage

1143
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:21,720
Speaker 1: is or whatever it says. You just need to kind

1144
00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:23,840
Speaker 1: of check that against your appliance. So if you're plugging

1145
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: in something that's like a box fan or something, just

1146
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:29,080
Speaker 1: make sure that the plug you're putting it into can

1147
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: handle that the whatever it is, like the wattage, the voltage,

1148
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 1: whatever it is, just make sure that those two things align.

1149
00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:37,760
Speaker 1: But yeah, in fact, I've been having a ton of fun.

1150
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,560
Speaker 1: I set up all the Christmas lights in my house

1151
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:45,440
Speaker 1: and outside to work with. What is it, alex A

1152
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 1: and I come home and I say, merry Christmas, alex

1153
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,480
Speaker 1: A and boom, all the lights come on. And the

1154
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:54,400
Speaker 1: babysitter was over the other day and I did this

1155
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 1: and she was like, oh my god, that's so cool,

1156
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,360
Speaker 1: and so I was like, yeah, it's you know, it's

1157
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:02,040
Speaker 1: just my uh, you know, my alex say routine. And

1158
00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:04,000
Speaker 1: then for the outside lights, I have them come on

1159
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:06,160
Speaker 1: at a certain time I think it's dusk, and then

1160
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 1: I have them go off at a certain time and

1161
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:10,560
Speaker 1: it's all through a smart plug. And so I did

1162
00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:12,400
Speaker 1: notice with a couple of smart plugs that some of

1163
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,480
Speaker 1: them are more responsive than others. But so far the

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00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:17,760
Speaker 1: TP links that I have in my place have actually

1165
00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:21,280
Speaker 1: worked just perfectly and so no problems whatsoever. I can

1166
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 1: highly recommend those. They work fantastically, So go check them out.

1167
00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, is it already that time? You know

1168
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:34,680
Speaker 1: what that sound means? That sound means it is the

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00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:36,800
Speaker 1: end of the show. Oh my gosh. I didn't even

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00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 1: get to talk about the song I'm listening to check

1171
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 1: out Missing Piece by vance Joy. I love this song.

1172
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:45,920
Speaker 1: It just gets me in such a great, great mindset,

1173
00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:50,600
Speaker 1: great great song. I didn't talk about the Rivian, but

1174
00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:52,360
Speaker 1: I'll talk about that on the next show. I guess

1175
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:54,880
Speaker 1: because I got to test drive another electric car. It

1176
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:57,760
Speaker 1: was awesome. That's gonna do it for this episode of

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Speaker 1: stick around. I'll answer and chat with you after the

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Speaker 1: live show ends or the podcast. I should say thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for listening. There are so many ways you

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01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:19,360
Speaker 1: can spend an hour of your precious time. I do

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Speaker 1: appreciate you spending it with me. My name is Rich Dumiro.

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