1 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: Twitter gets in on stories. At and T puts a 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: high tech spin on old school cable TV, our police 3 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: departments testing terminator style facial recognition, plus your tech questions answered? 4 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: What is going on? I'm Rich Dmiro and this is 5 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: Rich on Tech, the podcast where we talk about the 6 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: tech stuff I think you should know about and I 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: answer the questions that you send me. My name is 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: Rich Demiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: Producer Megan cannot be here today, so joining me is 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: producer Bobby Hello. 11 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 2: Who has his own podcast. Yeah, I do here at KTLA. 12 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 2: I'm producing all the podcasts here. Jason's my own. 13 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 1: Yours is called Spoken Dreams Dreams. Yeah, it's a very 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: exciting podcast. We're going to tell folks more about it 15 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: a little bit later on in the show. But Bobby, 16 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: thank you so much for doing this. You are gonna 17 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: read the questions that people have submitted to me. 18 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 2: I am, I'm really excited to be here. I know 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: Megan is like some big shoes to fill on this show. 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: So I'm I'm I'm I'm thrilled. 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: What do you think is so? Why do you think 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: people love podcasts so much? Because you're the podcast producer here. 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: Why do you think they've taken America by storm or 24 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: the world really when they've been around for so long. 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's. Uh. I think a lot of 26 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 2: things in media are cyclical. Is podcasting me is almost 27 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 2: a return to like radio and that kind of intimacy 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 2: that you have with radio, Especially when people are listening 29 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: to podcasts through headphones and on their drive to work 30 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: and on their drive home from work. I think it's 31 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: it's kind of an intimate moment. It almost feels like 32 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 2: you're spending time with friends when you're putting on your 33 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: favorite podcast week to week. 34 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: So I think that's kind of in my case, those 35 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: are my only friends. I just imagine I'm like, oh, 36 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: the guy who does who's the guy that's married to 37 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: Kirsten Bell that does like the Big Deck che Yeah, 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: Like I feel like him and I are friends. I'm like, 39 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: I know DEKs Shepherd, I know Conan O'Brien, all these 40 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: people that I listened to on a daily basis, Like 41 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: I just feel like I know, and then I'll tweet 42 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: them and they'll never tweet me back exactly. 43 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: It's like my real life friends as well too. It's 44 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: this podcast is like the only opportunity I have to 45 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: talk to people, and people talk back. 46 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: It's a one way street though, unfortunately. But here is 47 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: the thing. And people that have emailed me know this. 48 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: When you email me on the rich on Tech podcast, 49 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: I will actually email you back. So people email me 50 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: all the time and I respond within thirty seconds because 51 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: I'm not doing anything else, and they're always surprised. I'm like, 52 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: why are you surprised? What else do you think I'm 53 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: doing in my life? 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 2: Your go go go. It's almost like like a second 55 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: job for you. Is you you come into KTLA, you 56 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: do your work here, and then you go home and 57 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: you're still working and you're talking to people, and that's it. 58 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: No one else will talk to me. My friends don't care. 59 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: My wife like she doesn't want anything to do with me. 60 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: It's like the more time away. 61 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, she's she gets home, she's got you know, got 62 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: stuff to do. The kids they're playing minecraft. Ah. But 63 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: we digress. Let's talk about coronavirus because it is the 64 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: number one topic in the world right now. And I'm 65 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: not gonna go crazy over coronavirus except to say that 66 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: I did go to a couple stores yesterday because I 67 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: was like, let's see if this is really a thing, 68 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: and sure enough it is really. Everything was sold out. 69 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: I'm two different stores. 70 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 2: It's crazy. I've been seeing stuff like online and Facebook too, 71 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 2: people going to Costco and Target and like no water, 72 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 2: no wipes, no toilet paper, paper towels. 73 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: Crazy. I don't really understand the toilet paper and paper towels, 74 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: but I mean, I guess you need that stuff. Like 75 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: generally you're like, well, if I'm getting all the hand 76 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: sanitizer in the world, I might as well get this. 77 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, I went to a grocery store. People were 78 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: pulling the Lysol wipes they just got a shipment in. 79 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: As they were putting them on the shelf, people were 80 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: just pulling them off. Then I went to Target entire shelves, 81 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: like entire aisles, empty, Wild, which was wild. And then 82 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: on Amazon. I mean, when have you ever lived in 83 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: a time when you cannot order something you want in Amazon? 84 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: It's like literally out of stock. 85 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: I did not know it extended to Amazon. 86 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: Yes, you cannot buy hand sanitizer on Amazon right now. 87 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 2: I knew it started with the masks. Everybody was trying 88 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 2: to get the masks, and now it's it's like end 89 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: of days, like everyone's crawling into their bomb shelter trying 90 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 2: to stock up on things. 91 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: It's very odd. I mean, I get that it's a concern, 92 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: but it is I've never seen anything like this. So 93 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: it's affecting the tech world as well. Major tech conferences 94 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: have been canceled, including Google, Io, Facebook's F eight event, 95 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: Mobile World Congress. This is the one that started it 96 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: all back in February. This was in Barcelona, and according 97 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: to estimates from the website Recode, they linked up with 98 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: a company called predict hq. It's so far costs the 99 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: tech industry five hundred million dollars. And you know, you 100 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: think about the travel, the restaurants, all these things, the hotels, airlines, 101 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: so this was the losses to airlines, hotels, restaurants, and 102 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: transportation providers. So that's not just like what the other 103 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: what the companies make on these things. Let's see what 104 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: else did they mention that was interesting? The games develop 105 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: the Game Developers Conference. This was scheduled for March, so 106 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: that's been postponed, not one hundred percent canceled. And things 107 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: that might be on the chopping block are things like 108 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: south By Southwest, which is happening in Austin. A lot 109 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: of the big companies have pulled out of that conference, 110 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: but they still say they're having it. By the time 111 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: you listen to this, that could be canceled. And then 112 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: there's one a little bit down the line. But here 113 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles they do what's called E three, which 114 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: is the big video games conference that is now kind 115 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: of up in the air. And Sony, which is a 116 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: big company, they've pulled out of that a long time 117 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: ago just because they don't agree with the way the 118 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: show is going, so they're not going to be there. 119 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: So maybe it might be a good chance for them 120 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: to just be like, you know what, let's just regroup 121 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: next year. And of course, all these major companies like 122 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: Twitter and Square and Amazon have told either their folks 123 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: to work at home or to not work at all. No, yeah, right, 124 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: you know what, just don't work. 125 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 2: Just don't work, don't come in. 126 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: All right, producer Bobby, that is your cue. Oh, those 127 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: are people typing in, typing in emails to us. Ah, 128 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: And so that's your cue that it's your turn. The question. 129 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: We have some emails that have come through. This first 130 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: one is from David. David is a huge fan of 131 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 2: the podcast and you and producer Megan, So sorry, David, 132 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 2: you're stuck with me today, but I will pass a 133 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,799 Speaker 2: message along to Megan. He's got a question about pixel 134 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 2: book and MacBook Air. So he's got a daughter. She's 135 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 2: starting high school in the fall. She really wants the 136 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 2: MacBook Air, but the school is Google based. So now 137 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: he's been looking at the Google pixel Book Go and 138 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 2: he wants to get her a good computer that maybe 139 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: will last a couple of years, maybe her entire high 140 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: school career. But he comes from an iPhone family and 141 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: Apple family, but with everything at the school being Google based, 142 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: he thinks that might work out better. So he's trying 143 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: to figure out what he should do here. And he 144 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 2: also mentions that price is no option. 145 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: Oh wow wow from a good family. 146 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 2: Yes, so about a difference of one hundred and fifty 147 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: two hundred bucks. So he says it's not a huge kud. 148 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 1: That's interesting because it's not. I feel like pixel books 149 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: are way cheaper. Maybe he's looking at a high end 150 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: pixel book. Does he mention if this is for college 151 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: or high school, because he says, my daughter's just starting school. Yes, 152 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: he says high school. High school. Okay, so she'll be 153 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: there for four years. So my feeling here, here's what 154 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: I think we should do. I think that maybe since 155 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: the school is Google based. Now, it depends what he says. 156 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: He's saying Google based, Like does that mean they use 157 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: Gmail and you know, the Google Suite of Apps? 158 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: Because yeah, that wasn't that wasn't particularly specified. But that's 159 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 2: what I was wondering too, And I I don't know. 160 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: I mean, I when I was in school, there was nothing. 161 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: There was like slates. They had a slab that you 162 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: rode on with chalk. 163 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was like a chalkboard. 164 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: So you're way younger. The term Google. 165 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: Based school, I'm not too sure. But my guess my 166 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: interpretation was that maybe they're using like Google Suite of yeah, 167 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: like all the docs. 168 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, which it's fine. You can do that on a 169 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: MacBook and you know, and a lot of these schools 170 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: use chromebooks because they're inexpensive, and so that's why many 171 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: schools have taken to the whole chromebook thing and what 172 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: you're running on. You know, if they are running a 173 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: Google Suite of Apps, you can do that on a MacBook, 174 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: no problem. So I would Here's what I would do. 175 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: I would I would see what your daughter wants. Number one, 176 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: because some people are more creative, Like, if she's at 177 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: all inclined to be creative, you probably want to go MacBook. 178 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: Because if she's going to be editing video or working 179 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: with her pictures in a bigger way than just Google photos, 180 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: I think that that lends itself to having a MacBook. 181 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: And also maybe she wants to listen to podcasts, or 182 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: maybe she wants to manage her music. There's many more 183 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: things you can do on a MacBook than you can 184 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: do on a pixel book. Pixel book is great if 185 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: she is only writing papers, if she's only surfing the web, 186 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 1: only going on YouTube to watch videos, and that's pretty 187 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: much it. 188 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 2: Now. 189 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: If you're creating videos for YouTube, go with the MacBook. 190 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: But that's my recommendation. My bigger plan would be this, 191 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: if she's not at all inclined to create stuff, then 192 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: I say go with the pixel book for the four 193 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: years she's in high school. Then maybe graduate to a 194 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: MacBook for the four years of college, and that way 195 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: you kind of get the best of both worlds, and 196 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: then she can decide what she sort of likes going forward. 197 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: Pixel Books are generally a little bit underpowered and very basic, 198 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: so it's not as flexible as a full fledged computer. Personally, 199 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: I go with a MacBook. I love the pixel books, 200 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: but being a creative type or thinking I'm creative type, 201 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: I like to have the ability to work with files 202 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: and work with audio and work with video, and that's 203 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: kind of what you get when it comes to the 204 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: pixel Book versus the Chrome, or sorry, the Chromebook versus 205 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: the versus the MacBooks. Good first question, Yeah, what about 206 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: longevity that they both pretty solid? I think, I mean 207 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: a MacBook you could easily get four years out of 208 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: a pixel Book actually has an expiration date. So if 209 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: you google a Chromebook end of life, there's actually for 210 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: every Chromebook that comes out, Google gives you a date 211 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: as to when they're gonna serve the last software update, 212 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: so pretty much a death date for that device. And 213 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: so you can look for any device like let's say 214 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: you get an a Sus Chromebit C S ten, the 215 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: auto update expiration date is November twenty twenty. If you 216 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,479 Speaker 1: get a Chromebook tablet CEE T one hundred from Asus 217 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: August twenty twenty three, you have Intel. Now does it 218 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: mean it's gonna stop working after that. No, but it's 219 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: just gonna it may actually I don't even know, but 220 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: it definitely stops getting any software updates anyway. Good first question, 221 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: Let's talk about Twitter now, Bobby, You're on Twitter. Everyone's 222 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: kind of like bailed on Twitter. 223 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, for the podcast, that's it. 224 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: It doesn't. It just doesn't resonate as much as a 225 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: lot of other things. It depends on what you're doing. 226 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: You know, some people their only platform is Twitter, some 227 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: people their only platform is Instagram. But it seems to 228 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: me the bell of the ball right now is Instagram. 229 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: Everyone sort of loves Instagram. Facebook used to have that territory, 230 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: and Facebook still has the most users. But I see, 231 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: just you know, in my own data and just from 232 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: what me and my wife do, we're on Facebook to 233 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,719 Speaker 1: a much lesser extent, whereas if I'm at the line 234 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: at Starbucks, every single person is on Instagram and especially 235 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: Instagram Stories, which is why Twitter is now testing a 236 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: new feature called Fleets. These are their brand of Instagram Stories, 237 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: and so it's kind of a story that deletes after 238 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: twenty four hours. And the best way to describe this 239 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: is it is an Instagram story, except It lives on 240 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: the Twitter platform, which is great if you're not a 241 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: big adopter of Instagram and you want to use more Twitter, 242 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: if you're all on, Like we have a guy here, 243 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: Chris Shawl, one of our anchors. He only uses Twitter 244 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: and so this would be perfect for him, because you 245 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: don't want to post necessarily everything to Twitter because it 246 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 1: lasts forever. But this is a twenty four hour thing. 247 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: It's ephemeral, it goes away. You can be funnier, you 248 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: can be short lived, you can be quirkier, you can 249 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: post what you're eating, and it doesn't really matter. Now, 250 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: this does not mean that it's never you know, people 251 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: can't screenshot it. It can still be screenshot and all 252 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: that stuff. And the other thing is that people cannot 253 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: kind of retweet these just like a story. They can't 254 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: like it. All they can do is reply via direct 255 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: message if you have that feature turned on. And Twitter 256 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: is testing fleets in Brazil. First, I don't know why 257 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: they test so many things in Brazil. Happens all the time. 258 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: They must have a large user base of people that 259 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: are open to new things. In Brazil. They're like, oh, sure, 260 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: we'll try this new feature. I think this sounds like 261 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: a winner though, because it gives more flexibility to the 262 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: Twitter platform. And I've actually thought about this myself. I 263 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: actually think Twitter is the perfect social media platform because 264 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: if you think about what you can do on Twitter, 265 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: minus the limitations of how long your tweet can be, 266 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: you can send links, you can put videos up there, 267 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: you can put pictures, you can do things that are 268 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: kind of fun and stupid, you can do things long form. 269 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: It's a great conduit. And by adding the stories it 270 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: makes it even more robust. The downside to Twitter is 271 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: the user base. There just aren't that many users. 272 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was thinking too, like why this late in 273 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: the game. This seems like something that you know, Snapchat 274 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 2: was doing for a long time, and then Instagram was 275 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 2: doing for a long time, and then Facebook adopted it. 276 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 2: Why why not? 277 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: I think it's money, It's it's can we get more 278 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: people to use this platform? And I think that the 279 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: biggest problem with Twitter is it's stalled. It kind of 280 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 1: you have your Twitter users, and a lot of it 281 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: is journalists, political media. But the average person if you 282 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: go to a high school and you say, hey, are 283 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: you guys using Twitter? Not really, They're using Instagram or Snapchat. Yeah, 284 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: and so that's a problem for Twitter. They need to 285 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: grow the next generation of tweeters. 286 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, tweeties, tweetyes, tweetees, tweety birds. Okay, I guess that 287 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: means we get a new question coming in here. This 288 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 2: is another one regarding a MacBook Pro. This is from Joni. 289 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: Joni is another fan of your podcast. She says, I'm 290 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 2: getting a new MacBook Pro laptop this week after drenching 291 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 2: my MacBook Air with water. 292 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: Ouch. Isn't it an opportunity? 293 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, she's got two of the four elements there 294 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 2: water air. 295 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: She just needs fireing her. 296 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 2: Is it an opportunity to start from scratch and install 297 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 2: all my apps and settings manually rather than load the 298 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 2: backup from time Machine. I haven't had any real issues 299 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 2: with the computer, but after seven years, I'm sure there 300 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 2: is some garbage on the backup that I don't need 301 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 2: or want. What do you. 302 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: Think I think she hit upon exactly what my advice 303 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: is going to be here. She has the time Machine backup, 304 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: which is fantastic. Always have a backup of your computer. 305 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: But the reality is she's been using this computer for 306 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: seven years. Time Machine on Mac does an amazing job 307 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: of connecting that device to your new computer, carrying everything 308 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: over all your files, all your stuff. But like she said, 309 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: it also brings over all the garbage. So those are 310 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: little fragments of apps that you've deleted and files that 311 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: you no longer need, and just settings that you might 312 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: have changed at one point that maybe you want a 313 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: fresh start. I personally, when I get a new computer, 314 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: always do a fresh start because it just feels good. 315 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: It's like spring cleaning. It is frustrating in certain aspects 316 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: because you do have to go through and think about, oh, man, 317 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: my wife, I always connected to that network. Now you 318 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: get to type it in again, or I always had 319 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: that setting, my computer always changed to dark mode at 320 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: six pm. Oh I got to go back in and 321 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: all these things that you've kind of tweaked over seven 322 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: years that have built up, they will all be gone. 323 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: So that's the downside. The positive side is that you 324 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: get a fast computer. There's nothing extra there, there's nothing 325 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: running in the background that you haven't specifically kind of 326 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: thought about. Because you're going to now install all your 327 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: programs again. You're going to drag over just the files 328 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: that you need, and you're going to start with settings 329 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: that are fresh, so you have a chance to kind 330 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: of see what Apple is presenting you, and you have 331 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: a chance to kind of lead your computer in the 332 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: way that you want to and kind of give up 333 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: that seven years of whatever you picked. You know, in 334 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: the moment, you now have kind of a fresh, fresh 335 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: look at everything. I will say, the one thing that 336 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: I change every single time when I first get a 337 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: brand new Mac or restart it or whatever, you know, 338 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: refresh it is the way that Apple tries to force 339 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: you to when you pull two fingers down on your trackpad, 340 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: it actually is reverse. So when you're scrolling, they call 341 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: it natural scroll. Yeah, and I just for some reason, 342 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: I've always scrolled with pulling two fingers down like they 343 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: want to do opposite. Like, okay, I get it. If 344 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: you're pushing two fingers up, it's pushing the page up, 345 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: and if you're pulling them down, it's pulling. It's just reverse. 346 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: To me, it's it's anyway. So I always change that setting, 347 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: literally the first thing I ever do when I get 348 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: a Mac. And then when I go to someone else's 349 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: computer that has not changed that setting. For instance, producer 350 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: Megan I was on her computer the other day secretly 351 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: looking at stuff when she left. Yeah, yeah, we all. 352 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: Do that, right of course. 353 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: And I went to use her track pad and I 354 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: was like, I can't do this. It's like it's totally different, 355 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,239 Speaker 1: and I wanted to change it for her, but then 356 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: I was like, nah, I don't think I'm it's not 357 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: my right. 358 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 2: Maybe she does it as like an added security measure. Yeah, 359 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 2: like they got in my computer, but now I'm not 360 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 2: gonna be able to Now they're not gonna be able 361 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 2: to navigate. 362 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: Rich will not be able to figure out how to scroll. 363 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: So I think it's great that she's getting a new computer. 364 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: And I love the fact that she was backing up 365 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,919 Speaker 1: her old one because that's very important. But I like 366 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: the idea of just taking the taking the Saturday morning, 367 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: grab a cup of coffee, and just you know, start 368 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: fresh with this thing. It's a brand new computer. It's 369 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: it's always it's always good to have a fresh start. 370 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: Bobby at and T is putting a new spin on 371 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: the classic cable TV service you know and hate. They 372 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: have a new service called AT and T TV, and 373 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: it's actually not a bad service because it lands squarely 374 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: between cord cutting and the holdouts of standard cable. When 375 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: people cut the cord, they all of a sudden go 376 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: into this frenzy of like some people are fine, like obviously, 377 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: like some people like I know what I'm doing, it's great. Whatever. 378 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: Then you have a lot of other people who kind 379 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: of like my parents, who are like, well, I do 380 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: watch the Food Network. How do I get that? Now? 381 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: It's like, ooh, you wanted that, Well, you don't have 382 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: that anymore. I wanted my local channels. How do you 383 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: get that? Oh I can't. You can't really get those 384 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: with you know, some of the streaming services do have them, 385 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: or all these random cable channels. I like to watch Bravo, 386 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 1: I like to watch, you know, my news, you know, 387 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: cable news. Okay, So what AT and T is doing 388 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: is they are now giving you cable TV service that 389 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: actually streams through the Internet. But it's not your typical 390 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: streaming app like YouTube TV or all these things. It's 391 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: called AT and T TV, And when you sign up, 392 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: they will send you an Android powered box, a cable box, 393 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: a cable box of the future, let's say, which actually 394 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 1: uses kind of Google Android on the back end, and 395 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: so you get your live channels which are now streaming 396 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: over the Internet, So you plug it into your high 397 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: speed Internet and you get your live channels just like 398 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: you would. It looks like a program grid everything, except 399 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 1: instead of the channels being delivered through Cox Cable the 400 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: way they used to do, they're just coming over your Internet. 401 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: So it looks the same, but it performs the same, 402 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: but it's delivered different It's delivered over IP Internet protocol. 403 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: But here's the other part that I think some people 404 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: will like. You also have your apps on the same 405 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: exact platform, so where you have your local channels and 406 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: your cable channels. Then all of a sudden, with one 407 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: hit of the remote, now you can be watching Netflix. 408 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: And when it comes to a lot of these other systems, 409 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: you know, if you have a cable box plus an 410 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,439 Speaker 1: Apple TV, let's say you have to switch inputs to 411 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: flip flop between those two. Now, there's been a lot 412 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 1: of effort made to kind of bridge that gap, and 413 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 1: I think that AT and T is doing something here 414 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: to kind of rescue a portion of their business that 415 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: they know is going away. And it does appeal to 416 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: a lot of different people like my parents who may 417 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: not be ready. My mom cut the cord, my dad 418 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: cannot do it, but someone like him this might be 419 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 1: good for because the price is going to be better 420 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: than what you get with classic cable, but not by much. 421 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: So here is the catch to this whole thing, because 422 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: you're going to be seeing advertising like crazy for this 423 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: at TV is the price is really cheap when you 424 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: start out, and just like regular cable, and especially if 425 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: you had like Direct TV, it was super cheap to start. 426 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: In that second year, the prices went crazy up, and 427 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: that's what happens with this. So your first year, you 428 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:21,239 Speaker 1: can get your TV for thirty nine to ninety nine 429 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: a month for twelve months, and then you can get 430 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: high speed internet bundle it for thirty nine ninety nine 431 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 1: a month, which sounds amazing eighty bucks a month for 432 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: TV and internet. I pay seventy for just internet and 433 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: it's way slower than this. But in the second year 434 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: the prices jump up like crazy, So the first bundle 435 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: goes up to ninety three dollars a month instead of 436 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: fifty dollars a month. Pikes, so it you know, and 437 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: I actually did the math on this to see because 438 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: it's really tricky. Like I went on their website and 439 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: I kind of put all my information in there, which 440 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 1: you know, it kind of took a little bit, and 441 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: I did, like the whole thing soup to nuts, and 442 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: I figured out, like, how much is this going to 443 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: cost me over to you, because then you can divide 444 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:02,719 Speaker 1: it by twenty four months and see how much it 445 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: actually costs. And if I haven't made this clear, you 446 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: do have to sign a to year contract. Oh so 447 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: that's why you can't just jump out after the first year. Yeah. 448 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: So I did the math and here's what I came 449 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: up with. So the TV was forty dollars times twelve 450 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: months for the first year, then the Internet was fifty 451 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: times twelve. Have to pay ten dollars service fee for 452 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: your box rental. That's six hundred dollars plus four to 453 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: eighty in the first year. Then the second year the 454 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: TV jumps to ninety three dollars minimum times twelve, and 455 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: then Internet jumps to seventy times twelve, so eight forty. 456 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: So the total you spend over the two years is 457 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: two thousand and thirty six dollars man not including any taxes, 458 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: fees or regional sports fees, which is another nine dollars 459 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: a month. So it came out to about eighty five 460 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: dollars a month before all those taxes and feet, which 461 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: I'm guessing is really about one hundred bucks a month. 462 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: So again I'm paying seventy so I'm actually, if you 463 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: look at it that way, you're paying thirty more dollars 464 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: for TV, which I don't pay for TV right now. 465 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: I have I cut the cord, so I have antenna 466 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: and that's free. So again, this is really geared towards 467 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: those I would call them hesitant cord cutters. They want 468 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: to see what's on the other side, but they're not 469 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: ready to give up their cable. This is a good 470 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: middle ground. 471 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 2: I see. That's good. 472 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: All right. 473 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 2: We have another viewer question here. This is from Gabby. 474 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 2: She posted this to your Facebook. She says, Rich, I'm 475 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 2: computer illiterate. I am a computer illiterate lady looking for 476 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,959 Speaker 2: a type of photostick to upload all my photos. I'm 477 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 2: looking at various types. I see one photostick for mobile phones, 478 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 2: another for PC. Is there one for both? Or do 479 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 2: I need to get two different sticks. I don't want 480 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 2: to have to upload to my PC because it's on 481 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 2: its last leg, and they PC and phone have entirely 482 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 2: different photos. I just want to load all my photos 483 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 2: from both hmm, okay, so photosticks, photo sticks. 484 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: This is a tricky one. I get this question a lot, 485 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: and it's kind of confusing to me because I really 486 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: like to back up all my stuff, like either to 487 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 1: iCloud or to Google Photos. But I guess there's a 488 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: certain element of folks out there who do not like 489 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: their stuff living in the cloud. They don't trust the cloud, 490 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: they just don't like it, and I think this falls 491 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: under that. And so a lot of times I recommend 492 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: a device, and I think there's a lot of these 493 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: little photosticks advertised on Facebook and on Instagram. I don't 494 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 1: recommend the one that's advertised whatever it is. I forget 495 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: what the big name is, but it's it looks very scammy. 496 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: You go to their website, it starts a timer of 497 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: like you only have ten minutes to get this perfect 498 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: price or whatever. Two dollars. Yeah, and then you know, 499 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: I tried emailing the company. They never email me back, 500 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: which is a bad sign. As a journalist. You know 501 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: they should at least say, hey, we're not interested in 502 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: talking to you or sending you a sample so you 503 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 1: can try it out. So I want to try it, sure, 504 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: because if it's fine, I don't mind recommending it. It 505 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be from a big name company for 506 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: me to recommend it. But with all that said, the 507 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: product that I do like is from a company named 508 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: sand Disk and it's called the i Expand IXPA n 509 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: D and I have tested this out. It works. It's 510 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: not perfect, but the reality is it looks like a 511 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: flash drive. One end plugs into the port on your phone, 512 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: and in this case she would get the Android version 513 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 1: that would plug into the bottom of her phone. The 514 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: other side plugs into her computer, which is a standard 515 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: USB or if you have an iPhone and be a 516 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: lightning and then USB. So the ideas you plug it 517 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: into your phone, it takes all the pictures off, puts 518 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: it on the sole drive, and then you can plug 519 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: it in your computer, back them up whatever, put them 520 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: on your computer, or you can take photos from your computer, 521 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: put them on the drive, consolidate them all. It's a 522 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: very I feel like it's a very messy process. It's 523 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: not the best thing to do, but if that's what 524 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: you want to do, it works. So again i'd recommend 525 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: the i expand flash drive. And I'm looking for like 526 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: a secondary product that I could also recommend that might 527 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: work similarly. And this actually looks really cool from leaf 528 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: L E e F. They have a access C micro 529 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: SD reader for USB C, which means it's kind of 530 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: like a little flash a little card reader that plugs 531 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: into the bottom of your phone, and then you can 532 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: plug a card into it like a micro SD card, 533 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: which is kind of cool, and then you give us 534 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: copy all your pictures that way. The only problem with 535 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: this is she's saying she's computer alliterate. It is not 536 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,719 Speaker 1: that easy on an Android phone to just copy all 537 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: your pictures onto this directory without knowing what you're doing. 538 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: I'd be able to do it, but someone that's not 539 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: as computer savvy is not gonna be able to do that, 540 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: which is why I go back to the sand disc. 541 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 1: Their software will actually help you do that. You download 542 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: an app and it says, hey, do you want to 543 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: back up your pictures, and it will help you do that. Now, 544 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: with all that said, I think your best case scenario 545 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,199 Speaker 1: is just download Google Photos on your phone, download it 546 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: on your computer, have it back up all the photos 547 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: that it finds on both places, and put them into 548 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: one big library. And I think that's a lot easier 549 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: and it's free. 550 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 2: Sure, so definitely all. 551 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: Right, Speaking of the iPhone, Apple is going to pay 552 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: up to five hundred million dollars to settle a US 553 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: lawsuit over slow phones. This is coming from Reuters. Uh, 554 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: this is all over that whole thing where they slowed 555 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: down phones. Remember this whole thing where it was like 556 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,479 Speaker 1: they throttled the battery. And Apple made me really mad 557 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: about this because people would always say to me, Rich, 558 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: I feel like my phone is slowing down over the years, 559 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: and I always be like, no, it's not your phone 560 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: that's slowing down. It's actually the software that's getting more complicated. 561 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 2: And it's making older phones can't keep up. 562 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: Exactly. Now, that is still true, but it was also 563 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: true that Apple was slowing down the phones because not 564 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: to get you. The lawsuit says it's to get you 565 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: to buy a replacement phone or a replacement battery, but 566 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: in reality, it was really to make sure that your 567 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: phone would still perform smoothly. Because Apple's known for this 568 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,479 Speaker 1: kind of buttery experience, and so they realized early on, 569 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: like hold on Facebook, app is like nearing like four 570 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: hundred megabytes or whatever, like if you've got if you're rocking, 571 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: like an iPhone six. It's gonna be really tough for 572 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: your phone to run that app without crashing crashing, So 573 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: let's let's let's smooth out the experience on this phone 574 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: so that that app runs better. It might close out 575 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: some of your other apps in the background, it might 576 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: slow down things like the touch response, but you'll still 577 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: feel like as an end user that your phone is 578 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: working nicely even though things are a little slower. Well, 579 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: Apple got in a little bit of trouble for that 580 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: took a little heat, so they lowered the price of 581 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: a battery replacement to like for a while, they were 582 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: doing them for free. 583 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 2: I think I remember that. It was kind of like 584 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 2: when they got when they kind of caught caught quote 585 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 2: unquote cot Yeah, they're like, we'll just bring it in, 586 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 2: we'll swap it out for free from yeah. 587 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: Oh yeah. I don't say anything to anyone, but the 588 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: batteries used to be eighty bucks to replace. Now they're thirty. 589 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: But I do believe when I was writing my first 590 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: book that I did write in there that they were 591 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: it was totally free, and then the price was going 592 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: up to thirty you know, after that free grace period 593 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: or whatever. But your phone had to qualify. Long story short, Apple, 594 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: is it looks like you may have twenty five dollars 595 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: coming your way if you bought an iPhone six six plus, 596 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 1: you know, any iPhone six basically, any iPhone seven or 597 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: an iPhone s did you. 598 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 2: That I think I do? I think I had a 599 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 2: six or a success. I know I had a seven 600 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 2: in I had one somewhere. But how do they verify this? 601 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 2: Do they just kind of like know who their uses are? 602 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: And you know it may be where Apple supplies them 603 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 1: with a list or maybe one of those things where 604 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: you have to like you'll get like an email and 605 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: then you have to like sign up, and then three 606 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: years later, you know you're you're literally ready to like 607 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: pack up and move out of LA and then it's 608 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: like you get this twenty five dollars check. 609 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 2: You're like, yeah, I can eat for another week. 610 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: So anyway, don't hold your breath for that one. But 611 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: that is what's happening with the the iPhone. Bobby Producer, Bobby. 612 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 2: We've got another question here from Sherry. This is on 613 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 2: your Facebook. She wants to know about the mirror. She says, 614 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 2: have you seen the mirror? I have and I hate 615 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 2: what I see in it every day. 616 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: Oh, you're talking about just your personal year. 617 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: No, but yeah, she's actually talking about the mirror you 618 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 2: put up on the wall and it's like a live 619 00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 2: personal trainer and an exercise Yeah, you use for exercise. She 620 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 2: wants to know your thoughts on that. 621 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: Well, there's a couple of these things. This is so 622 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: you know Peloton, right, Yes, So they kind of unleash 623 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: the beast of like all like, oh my gosh, people 624 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: are into fitness at home. Let's figure out what we 625 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: can do with technology and make everything in the world. 626 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: So the mirror was one that kind of went viral 627 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: online and it basically showed a mirror on your wall, 628 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: but like a magical mirror that shows you how to 629 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: work out, and it will give you feedback and like 630 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: if you're stretching wrong or whatever. It's cool. I have 631 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: not personally tested this, so I can't tell you whether 632 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: it's cool or not. What I can tell you is 633 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,719 Speaker 1: that I think that a lot of these things are 634 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: going to shake out over the years. Do I think 635 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna have magic mirrors in the future that will 636 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: help us work out? Absolutely, it makes sense have a 637 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,719 Speaker 1: giant screen in your house. You got a trainer on there. 638 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: They just help you lead you through a workout, they 639 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,959 Speaker 1: give you some response. We did a story with a 640 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: website called open fit, which is an app uses your 641 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: iPhone and the trainer can actually look through your camera. 642 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: I heard about this and watch you and give you feedback. Now, 643 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: well that's probably gonna be what's built into this mirror 644 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: thing as well. So if not, if it's not already, 645 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: I mean it may be, but I'm looking at the 646 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: mirror online. It's at minimum fifteen hundred bucks. That's a lot. Now, 647 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: if you have an expensive gym membership, maybe that sounds cheaper. 648 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: But and the peloton is twenty five hundred bucks, so 649 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: it's cheaper than that. But let's be honest right now, 650 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: this is a first gen product. I can't imagine it's 651 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: probably slick, and I'm sure the viral video was great, 652 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: but I can imagine that it's going to be that 653 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: great first out of the gate, even in the first 654 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: couple of years out of the gate. This is an 655 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: expensive product. You're gonna put it on your wall. I 656 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: mean you have to mount it, you got to keep 657 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: it up to date. It probably comes with a monthly fee. 658 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: That you have to pay, and so by the time 659 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: you add all these things up. I think that this 660 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: is right now, probably best for the early adopters, the 661 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: really super techie types, and maybe someone who's sharing this with, 662 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: you know, if they have a little fitness duty or 663 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: something they just want to try it out and whatever. 664 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: But I think for the average person it's probably not 665 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: best to invest in this technology just yet. 666 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 2: Just buy a mirror from the store for like fifteen 667 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 2: bucks and watch YouTube videos and then you can exercise 668 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 2: in front of the mirror for. 669 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: Fat But that's the thing. And I think that there's 670 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: one called Tonal, which I did not actually go and 671 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: test that, but Megan producer Megan did and she came 672 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: away impressed. And I have seen this in different places. 673 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: And so again you have a lot of these new 674 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: technologies that are kind of vuying for attention. It's gonna 675 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: shake out. You know, they may be acquired. You know, 676 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:31,479 Speaker 1: if you're a large company that's a big fitness company, 677 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: you're not gonna let all this stuff go by it. 678 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: You know, you're not gonna let it go like you're 679 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: if you're life cycle or whatever, you're probably doing stuff 680 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: like this and you're you know you're you're probably buying 681 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: some of this. I actually purchased. I saw this at 682 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: c Yes, and I went and bought it, the Bowflex 683 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: version of the Peloton, okay, And the reason I bought 684 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: it is because the Peloton's twenty five hundred bucks. The 685 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: Bowflex one. Gosh, I forget how much it is total, 686 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: but it was like, you know, you have to I pay, like, 687 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: you know, the extra service fee for like installation and whatever. 688 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: But it was like half the price of the Peloton. 689 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: And the reason why I got it is because there's 690 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: no service fee. Every month, you actually put your own 691 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: iPad where the Peloton screen would be. I see, so 692 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: you don't have to pay for that giant screen. You 693 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: don't have to pay for the Peloton. And I thought 694 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: this was just a great thing at half the price 695 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: or less than half to have it home because now 696 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: I can do like a twenty minute thirty minute workout. Now. 697 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: I bought that like two months ago, and I still 698 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: haven't gotten it, so I don't know what's going on. 699 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: But they did tell me they said it was so 700 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 1: popular that it's actually sold out. They said it was 701 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: sold out for at least forty five days. So I've 702 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: just been waiting to get this thing, and it shows 703 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: that people do have an interest in alternatives. But again, 704 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: to answer the question, I think that you kind of 705 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: wait on a lot of this stuff. The bike that 706 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 1: I bought is a standard spin bike, except you have 707 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: a place for an iPad, so it's not very high tech, 708 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: it's not very crazy. But if you look at Flywheel, 709 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: that was an alternative to Peloton, and they went out 710 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: of business, or at least or biked it whatever happened, 711 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: they're now Peloton I think sued them and they're giving 712 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: those people a Peltm bike. So if you invested in 713 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: one of these flywheels, it's okay because you're getting the 714 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: other bike. But still it just goes to show that 715 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: all these new technologies, when they're especially big and expensive. 716 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 2: Everyone kind of jumps in and then you get cheaper 717 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 2: versions and versions that don't last, and so it's best 718 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 2: to bide your time, exactly. 719 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: And I'm an early adopter of a lot of stuff, 720 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: but when it comes to a fifteen hundred dollars one 721 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: trick pony mirror that you put on your wall, you 722 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: probably want to wait a little bit. And like you said, 723 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: go to YouTube. Go to Apple TV, buy an Apple TV 724 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: for two hundred bucks, set it up on your TV, 725 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,719 Speaker 1: and watch videos from YouTube, and you'll probably be okay 726 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: for now. Or just hire a personal trainer. Yeah, I mean, 727 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: aren't they cheap? 728 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 2: I don't know, never used one. 729 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: I actually did when I was in college and doing 730 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: the whole like stupid credit card debt thing. I you know, 731 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: when I had give you car credit cards and like, 732 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: of course you're stupid, like seventeen whatever, You're like, oh, 733 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,880 Speaker 1: I have all this money. Yeah, like whatever limit you 734 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: got in that card that was, now how much money 735 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: you had, right, you know? 736 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 2: Yeah? 737 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: And so I went to twenty four Hour Fitness and 738 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: I literally bought a package of like personal training things 739 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: for like it probably was like two hundred and eighty 740 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 1: dollars at the time, but now that I think about it, 741 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: it's it felt like it was probably like one thousand dollars, 742 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: you know, but I have no idea how much it was. Yeah, 743 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: but it was more than I could afford on personal training. 744 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: And I go there and I had this personal trainer 745 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: that was like an actor, you know, and so he 746 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: would literally be like he didn't care about what he 747 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: was doing. What I was doing. He'd be like, all right, 748 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: go on the bike for five minutes to warm up. 749 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, And I literally did only one 750 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 1: of the classes or maybe two, and that was it, 751 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: and I was so I wasted all this money. Anyway, 752 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: that's my only experience of the Personal Trainer. So anyway, 753 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: all right, let's talk a little personal assistance, Google Assistant 754 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: and Alexa. A couple of new features I want to 755 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: tell you about. So two on Alexa that are are 756 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: pretty cool. The first I think is really convenient is 757 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 1: now you can ask a I'll say, a tell me 758 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: when there's a severe weather alert, and when there's a 759 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: weather alert in your area, she will chime in and 760 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 1: tell you. I think that is an amazing feature because 761 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: if you think about it, I mean, we do have 762 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 1: our phones with us all the time, but I don't know. 763 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's kind of cool that just 764 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,919 Speaker 1: you're in your house and I get it. In Los 765 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: Angeles we don't really have this. But I used to 766 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 1: live in Shreveport, Louisiana, where severe weather were alerts were 767 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 1: actually a thing where you might have a flash flood, 768 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,479 Speaker 1: or you might have or a tornado. Yeah, or like heavy, 769 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 1: heavy rain that just comes out of nowhere. Yeah, And 770 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: so to have that in your living room and all 771 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: of a sudden you're watching TV or maybe you know, 772 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: your wife is commuting home and you're like, you know, 773 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,560 Speaker 1: just waiting there, and all of a sudden you hear 774 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 1: this thing like, oh, let me, let me tell them. 775 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,319 Speaker 1: I mean there, it is really cool. Or in a 776 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: case of tornado, like take cover. 777 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, And we just had that big tornado in Nashville 778 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,720 Speaker 2: that yes, created a bunch of it was a station. 779 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it was like at least nine deaths 780 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:55,920 Speaker 1: when I saw which. 781 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,080 Speaker 2: Is it's grown up, it's I think it's in the twenties. 782 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: Oh my, I mean, it's it's crazy to think that happens. 783 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: But like I remember, And here's the thing, Like some 784 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: people were discussing like, well, how do they not know 785 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 1: that this thing was approaching? You don't know with tornadoes, 786 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 1: you know, there may be there could be one in 787 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: your area. You have no idea where it's gonna touch down. 788 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: You have no idea the path, and you have no 789 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 1: idea the destruction. They can predict as much as they want, 790 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: but the reality is it's really tricky. Yeah, And I 791 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 1: saw this firsthand because like I remember going through, you know, 792 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: as a reporter and shre report. We'd go through these 793 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 1: neighborhoods that were, you know, where there's a tornado that 794 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: came through, and you couldn't know with certainty. Now, with 795 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: all the cell phones, you probably would know more than 796 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: be forks or so many cameras everywhere, but back in 797 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 1: the day, it's like, oh, this area and you could 798 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 1: just tell by the way the trees were twisted. Oh wow, 799 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: if it was actually a twister, yeah, you know, call 800 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,720 Speaker 1: them anyway. So that's the Alexa one, which I thought 801 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 1: was really cool. So set that up and see how 802 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,040 Speaker 1: it is. I don't know how well it works, but 803 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,799 Speaker 1: it's kind of cool. And Google Assistant meanwhile on Android 804 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: has a really cool new feature that can read any 805 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: web page. And I tried this this morning and it 806 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: is just one of those features that is just it's brilliant. 807 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,239 Speaker 1: And I personally don't really have a need for this 808 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,719 Speaker 1: per se, but I think for as an assistive technology, 809 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: if you have low vision, or if you're losing your 810 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: vision or any sort of disability. When it comes to that, 811 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,239 Speaker 1: I think that this is amazing. All you have to 812 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: say when you're on a web page, is h Google 813 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 1: read this page, and Google Assistant springs into action and 814 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: it starts reading the whole page. It'll be like from 815 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 1: the New York Times. It'll say the title and it'll 816 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 1: just start reading the page, and it reads it in 817 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 1: a voice that is pretty impressive, like you would think 818 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: it's a robot. Overlord, how good this thing can? It 819 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,359 Speaker 1: can read better than I can. Let's put it out way. 820 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: I mean, seriously, it really sounds really good. 821 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,760 Speaker 2: I mean, we've come such a long way from remember 822 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,400 Speaker 2: on the old PCs the text to speech and you 823 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,279 Speaker 2: could type in something and then yes, it would read 824 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 2: it back in a weird voice. But now it's like 825 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,919 Speaker 2: you can't almost not even tell it's actual. 826 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,000 Speaker 1: Let me hear here we go. 827 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:59,240 Speaker 2: This is the one plus. We'll now repair your device 828 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 2: on your doorstep, but only in India by Damian Wilde. 829 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 2: One plus is really. 830 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,719 Speaker 1: Pumping resources and investment into the Indian market with exclusive 831 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,799 Speaker 1: features for fans and device owners in the region. So 832 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 1: that's it. Reading cool. Okay, Now here's another feature that's 833 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: really cool. And I show this off on my Twitter 834 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 1: at Rich DeMuro. If you are looking at a web page, 835 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: say in Spanish. Oh, by the way, it will just 836 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 1: read it in English two to zero colo colo of 837 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: Chile on data. So this is some sort of step 838 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: football match and it's written in a different language. I 839 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: think it's Spanish translating, and she's just reading it in 840 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,240 Speaker 1: English in real time, and you can choose what language 841 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,360 Speaker 1: you want to be read in. I mean, talk about 842 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,120 Speaker 1: the idea of you stumble upon and Google Chrome has 843 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:46,799 Speaker 1: done this for a long time, but you stumble upon 844 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: a web page that's written in a different language, and 845 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,719 Speaker 1: you know how it says, would we like to translate? 846 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: Just that feature is amazing on your desktop. But now 847 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,480 Speaker 1: the fact that anyone can just be on a web 848 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,879 Speaker 1: page and had the and have it read to them 849 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,920 Speaker 1: in their language is just This is the kind of 850 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: stuff that just is truly amazing. And Google continues to 851 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,399 Speaker 1: push the envelope with this artificial intelligence and the way 852 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,240 Speaker 1: that it parses the article. I mean, it read the title, 853 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,439 Speaker 1: it read who it was from, and then it read 854 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 1: the article. Now I did notice it kind of stumbled 855 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,480 Speaker 1: when there was an embedded tweet in the article. It 856 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,760 Speaker 1: kind of read the tweet, which you would do anyway, 857 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 1: as a human, but it just kind of it didn't 858 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:26,160 Speaker 1: really get there's a difference between there. I guess see exactly. Okay, 859 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,759 Speaker 1: Producer Bobby, I think this is your last question. Oh 860 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,759 Speaker 1: last question. Let's make it make it a good one. 861 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:38,799 Speaker 2: Let's see how about this one from Kim Kim is 862 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 2: asking about job apps. She says there's an increasing issue 863 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:46,120 Speaker 2: with finding legit jobs on sites and apps. She keeps 864 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 2: getting contacted by people in other countries. She sends her resume, 865 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 2: they never contact her. She's an independent contractor. She works 866 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:57,480 Speaker 2: in IT fieldwork like migrations, imaging, and installation, and she 867 00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 2: doesn't think it should be this hard. So she's wondering 868 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 2: about any legitimate job apps where she'll have luck and 869 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 2: not get weird spammy calls from this is she really 870 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 2: stumbled upon a very good point here. And I don't 871 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 2: know if this happens to you with the because you 872 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 2: manage the podcasts, and every podcast has like an email 873 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 2: address on like iTunes that's associated. Do you get like 874 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,440 Speaker 2: a bunch of random emails from time to time? I do? 875 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 2: From time to time, I do. I get a lot 876 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,960 Speaker 2: of weird It's it's tough to tell because because my 877 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 2: podcasts are linked to my work email, and even through 878 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 2: our work emails sometimes we get just like weird, weird emails, 879 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:36,879 Speaker 2: but yeah, I do. I did kind of notice an 880 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 2: increase of just strange. 881 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,160 Speaker 1: It's just strange, and it's tough because we have to 882 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,400 Speaker 1: kind of go through them and figure out is this legit? 883 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 1: Is this not legit? I got I got a couple. 884 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 1: I got one yesterday and one today. One yesterday was 885 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 1: saying that there was an image on my website that hey, 886 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,320 Speaker 1: we love that you're using our image on your website, 887 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,239 Speaker 1: but that's actually ours and she have to pay us 888 00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: for that. And I was like, oh, that's interesting because 889 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 1: I got that image from Google, so like Google sent 890 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: it to me like the press people, and so I 891 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: was like, that's weird, said to a little research, and 892 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: I googled where this email address came from. And it's 893 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,280 Speaker 1: totally a shell blog. It's totally bogus. And I realized, 894 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:16,239 Speaker 1: think about it. They send that automated email to a 895 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,680 Speaker 1: million people a day, and one person goes, oh my gosh, 896 00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, let me pay or let me take it down, 897 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: or let me, you know, fix that, or send you 898 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: money exactly, and it's just it's such a brilliant scam 899 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,520 Speaker 1: and this is happening. So to get back to her 900 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 1: question about the jobs, it's really tough. My dad runs 901 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,799 Speaker 1: a small business and so I get his emails for 902 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: a small business, and it is unbelievable how much spam 903 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 1: he gets from people purporting to be yelp. Hey, let 904 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,319 Speaker 1: me help you get a better YELP rating people being 905 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,719 Speaker 1: on Google. Hey, do you want to be on the 906 00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:47,920 Speaker 1: first search? We work with Google? Yeah, you know, they 907 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,280 Speaker 1: don't necessarily say they are Google. We work with Google. 908 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 1: Well what does that mean? And for him, he's running 909 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,560 Speaker 1: his business, he's busy. Of course he'd like more calls 910 00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,640 Speaker 1: or of course he'd like more clicks to his website. 911 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 1: So sometimes he'll respond to these people and I'm like, now, 912 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 1: this is totally bogus. These people are literally just trying 913 00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,000 Speaker 1: to get you on pay them, give them a credit 914 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: card fee, whatever it is. And just so it's the 915 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,200 Speaker 1: same thing with its job stuff. It's really tough because 916 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:11,799 Speaker 1: you've got to put yourself out there and put your 917 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 1: resume and your information to get these leads, especially as 918 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,439 Speaker 1: an independent contractor. But then you're going to get all 919 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,120 Speaker 1: the garbage as well, people just slamming you with all 920 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,879 Speaker 1: kinds of crap that you don't need to. You know 921 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,640 Speaker 1: that you shouldn't be taxed with going through, but you 922 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: have to. And that's kind of the name of the 923 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:29,920 Speaker 1: game with the Internet is that you really need to 924 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,960 Speaker 1: be on your toes. And I actually emailed this person 925 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,359 Speaker 1: back and ask them if they read what they were 926 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,080 Speaker 1: using like LinkedIn or you know whatever, and they said, 927 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: it happens across all these sites. So and I'm on 928 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,920 Speaker 1: LinkedIn and I get spammed on there. You know, people 929 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,840 Speaker 1: just hey, we saw your article. Can you do a 930 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,040 Speaker 1: story on this? Now? It looks like it's a pitch, 931 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:49,840 Speaker 1: but it's really not. It's just like spam most of 932 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,920 Speaker 1: the time. So I don't really have good advice, except 933 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: my main advice is, whenever you're writing your email address 934 00:42:56,719 --> 00:43:00,560 Speaker 1: on these different things, I always write out Rick at 935 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,319 Speaker 1: KTLA dot com, like the word at at and then 936 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,960 Speaker 1: KTLA and then dot com. And the reason I always 937 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,040 Speaker 1: send that whenever I'm typing out my email address to 938 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,160 Speaker 1: someone or putting it on a website or sending it 939 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,440 Speaker 1: through a message, is that if there's a spider out 940 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,960 Speaker 1: there that's that's crawling for email addresses, it's gonna be 941 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,200 Speaker 1: a little bit trickier for them to figure out that 942 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: that's my email address. Good tip, And I don't mind. 943 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,359 Speaker 1: Like I said, I just gave it out on here. 944 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,840 Speaker 1: I don't care if you email me because a human 945 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:28,680 Speaker 1: has to listen to that now and say, oh, I'm 946 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,680 Speaker 1: gonna email Rich. That's fine. But if it's now, if 947 00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,600 Speaker 1: a transcript of this makes it out somewhere, it's gonna say, 948 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:39,880 Speaker 1: you know Rich at KTLA dot com. And that doesn't 949 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,320 Speaker 1: mean as much to a spider. Right now, these spiders 950 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,560 Speaker 1: might have gotten more sophisticated, and maybe it does mean more. 951 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:50,640 Speaker 1: And so I just kind of gave oh now, I'm 952 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,600 Speaker 1: just kidding, but I think that's kind of my best 953 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,040 Speaker 1: advice is really just protect your personal information. You have 954 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,120 Speaker 1: to put it out there to be on these sites, 955 00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:00,239 Speaker 1: but just protect it as best you can. So that's 956 00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,480 Speaker 1: a that's a good question. Okay, real quick, because I 957 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,839 Speaker 1: did I did tease this and I want to mention 958 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,800 Speaker 1: this story before we go, but this just blew my mind. 959 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:14,640 Speaker 1: This company, Wolfcom one zero, did an exclusive with the 960 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,520 Speaker 1: kind of showing what they're what technology they are selling 961 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,840 Speaker 1: to police departments and the bottom line is it is 962 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:24,279 Speaker 1: that terminator technology where when they're looking at someone through 963 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,600 Speaker 1: their police cam, it circles the person's face, scans against 964 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:33,440 Speaker 1: the database of known offenders, and identifies says like outstanding warrant, 965 00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,879 Speaker 1: wanted for felony, missing person, And so you can see 966 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,120 Speaker 1: how this could be good for the missing person thing. 967 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,560 Speaker 1: But if you're the person with the outstanding warrant, you 968 00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 1: wanted felony, I mean, look at that. It's crazy. But 969 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:46,839 Speaker 1: this is the future. I mean, I have no doubt 970 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,680 Speaker 1: with facial recognition, it is going to be the wild West. 971 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:50,759 Speaker 2: It's like RoboCop. 972 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:54,239 Speaker 1: It's like, that's the word. I was RoboCop, not terminator. 973 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:56,759 Speaker 2: They do too. It's all those kind of. 974 00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,920 Speaker 1: But if you look at this, uh, the little video 975 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,239 Speaker 1: is just phenomenal and it's just it's wild, but it's 976 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,840 Speaker 1: the reality of what's happening. It's already happening with license plates. 977 00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:09,320 Speaker 1: As police are driving through cities, their cars are scanning 978 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:11,520 Speaker 1: license plates and it's like, oh, flag that one, flag, 979 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:12,839 Speaker 1: that one, that one's a stolen car. 980 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 2: That there was just a story that we had the 981 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:16,920 Speaker 2: other day. I don't remember what the crime was, but 982 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:20,560 Speaker 2: that's how they caught. The guy was just an officer 983 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,560 Speaker 2: driving along in his car. There's a license plate that 984 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:24,319 Speaker 2: we've been looking for. 985 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,640 Speaker 1: But just extrapolate that onto everything. Yeah, I mean faces 986 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,960 Speaker 1: and just it's just it's so wild. I mean, I 987 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,799 Speaker 1: love it in certain extents because it does make our 988 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:38,880 Speaker 1: world safer, but it's also really scary because the implications 989 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,839 Speaker 1: of used to be you could evade things a little bit. 990 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,719 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying people should evade the cops if 991 00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,000 Speaker 1: they're wanted or whatever, but it used to be like 992 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,839 Speaker 1: there was some work involved. But it always goes back 993 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:51,160 Speaker 1: to this example that I had as a kid. I 994 00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:54,200 Speaker 1: always thought, in the future, when you sped on a freeway, 995 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,560 Speaker 1: what's going to keep technology from knowing that your car 996 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,680 Speaker 1: is speeding, reporting that to the law enforcement, and outspits 997 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,759 Speaker 1: a ticket from your dashboard? What is keeping us from 998 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,680 Speaker 1: having that? Nothing? Right now, your car knows how fast 999 00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,280 Speaker 1: you're going, so does Google Map, so does. 1000 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,200 Speaker 2: Your GPS everything. 1001 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,320 Speaker 1: So what's the only thing keeping that from happening is 1002 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:16,319 Speaker 1: that nobody's implemented that. Now do we need laws against that? 1003 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,640 Speaker 1: I don't know, Because what's the rule about speeding? Is 1004 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,720 Speaker 1: it only when you're caught that you get the ticket 1005 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,520 Speaker 1: or is it that I don't know. Yeah, I mean 1006 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:25,839 Speaker 1: it's really it's these kind of things that technology will 1007 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,040 Speaker 1: enable us to do, but should we do them? 1008 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:30,280 Speaker 2: Science fiction is science reality? 1009 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:33,000 Speaker 1: Now exactly? You said it. You said it very well, 1010 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,399 Speaker 1: Producer Bobby. Oh my gosh, can you believe it? That's 1011 00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:37,839 Speaker 1: gonna do it for this episode of the show. If 1012 00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:39,279 Speaker 1: you want links to what we talked about, you can 1013 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,759 Speaker 1: take a look at the show notes, and if you 1014 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,120 Speaker 1: have a question for me, you can go to rich 1015 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,520 Speaker 1: on Tech dot tv hit that contact button and we 1016 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:50,799 Speaker 1: would appreciate it if you rate and review this podcast. 1017 00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,640 Speaker 1: It helps other people discover it. Just go to rate 1018 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:59,640 Speaker 1: this podcast dot com, slash rich on tech and just 1019 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:02,960 Speaker 1: put in your little review. Producer Bobby. Tell folks how 1020 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,240 Speaker 1: they can find you and your podcast. They can find 1021 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,160 Speaker 1: me on Instagram. I'm at sounds like Bobby and all 1022 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:11,719 Speaker 1: our podcasts are at KTLA dot com, slash podcast I 1023 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,840 Speaker 1: do Spoken Dreams. You can find that on the website 1024 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:18,440 Speaker 1: or on Apple podcast, Google podcast, Stitcher, everywhere that you 1025 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:20,960 Speaker 1: find this podcast, you can find all our kt l 1026 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:25,239 Speaker 1: A podcasts. And thanks for that. I'm looking at some 1027 00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,520 Speaker 1: of the reviews and Tony the Great One said, Wow, 1028 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,600 Speaker 1: one of the greatest tech guys out there and absolutely 1029 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,799 Speaker 1: must listen to, even if you're not tech savvy. He 1030 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,520 Speaker 1: explains it in English. Kudos to you, Rich, thanks for 1031 00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,160 Speaker 1: all that you do. That'll probably be better if you 1032 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,279 Speaker 1: read that, Bobby right. 1033 00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:43,560 Speaker 2: A little self congratulated, but hey, that's okay. 1034 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:46,839 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for doing this, Bobby, I do appreciate it. 1035 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,520 Speaker 1: I'm Richidmiro. Thanks so much for listening. We'll talk to 1036 00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:50,279 Speaker 1: you real soon.