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<v Speaker 1>The following program is produced by the Tech Talk Radio Network.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, this is a Colin Macria. Whose line is it?

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<v Speaker 3>Anyway you're listening to tech talk Radio. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>how it works. It's all magical stuff to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to another episode of tech Talk Radio. I'm Andy Taylor,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Shonda Weird, and I'm Justin Lemey.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome. Look at that we got Justin. But you've been

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<v Speaker 3>gone for a while. How you doing, dude, I'm doing.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just I've been busy, man, I've been busy with work.

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<v Speaker 3>And then, as I was mentioned in a pre show, man,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm getting old. Man, I'm going to bed. I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to bed by the time you guys start recording. But

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<v Speaker 3>now that we're on daily savings time, you know, it

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<v Speaker 3>actually helps me because I'm like, hey, I can do

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<v Speaker 3>this now, but no to bed.

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<v Speaker 4>You know the number of times that I've missed the

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<v Speaker 4>show because I've fallen asleep with my kids.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, yes, happened.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it happens. It happened one time when it

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<v Speaker 1>was just you and me. I was sitting here, correct,

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<v Speaker 1>where is he?

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<v Speaker 4>Where is he?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm actually falling asleep at the microphone when I was

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<v Speaker 3>working at KLPX. I fell asleep at the microphone. I

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<v Speaker 3>think I remember.

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<v Speaker 1>Hearing about that. That was quite We got quite a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of fodder for that one.

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<v Speaker 3>That was good. Yeah, you hear about that overnight guy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>Jonas had to call in and I was like, I

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<v Speaker 3>was like answering the phone, and I'm like, He's like like,

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<v Speaker 3>first off, like why are you calling me so late?

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<v Speaker 3>And You're like, why are you sleeping?

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<v Speaker 1>This supposed to be on the air of one of

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<v Speaker 1>the many stations that I work at, or have worked at.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll say it that way.

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<v Speaker 1>One day I was driving into record Yeah, not this show,

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<v Speaker 1>another show, and I noticed that the top of the

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<v Speaker 1>hour came by and I didn't hear the DJ on

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<v Speaker 1>the air, and matter of fac it was twenty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>in my drive. I'd never heard the DJ once and

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<v Speaker 1>there was certain parts that that DJ had to do.

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<v Speaker 1>So I called the boss and apparently she had forgot

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<v Speaker 1>to come in and her shift.

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<v Speaker 3>Was at two. This was at four. Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 3>They didn't realize it for two hours. Computer systems nowadays

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<v Speaker 3>do they just keep on just going right? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Radio automation is interesting because if you're in the studio. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and like this show that we do here, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course my show that I do in the afternoon and

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the day, we.

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<v Speaker 3>Have live d days.

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<v Speaker 1>They're they're, they're in there, and you know, yes, you

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<v Speaker 1>could say, all right, I wanted to play the next

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<v Speaker 1>three songs without having to interact with them, but generally

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<v Speaker 1>you you just play each one. I mean, we're there live,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's rare these days unless.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a morning show.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was working for one of the big network groups,

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<v Speaker 1>I could say Westwood One, I was on seventy stations,

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<v Speaker 1>and while is while I was working here as well,

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<v Speaker 1>seventy stations. I go home and I would record. And

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<v Speaker 1>the thing is, you'd record two hours ahead. But if

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<v Speaker 1>something happened in that radio town, you know, whether it

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<v Speaker 1>was in you know, Florida or Pitty News.

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<v Speaker 3>I was in Pittsburgh, it was in DC. I was everywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>But if something happened, how what am I gonna do?

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<v Speaker 3>There's nothing you had. Everything had to be recorded an

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<v Speaker 3>hour ahead of time. That's that's That's the one thing

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<v Speaker 3>I never understood about canning. Like, Okay, I understand, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>radio stations they want to save money. A lot of

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<v Speaker 3>it is canned. Now. When I say canned, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>like pre recorded. But the thing is is, if you

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<v Speaker 3>go back in history, radio DJs are technically I mean

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<v Speaker 3>they started out as journalists. I mean they they were

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<v Speaker 3>there to provide you news and entertainment. And radio used

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<v Speaker 3>to be just simply news.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was in broadcasting school, we had to go

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<v Speaker 1>rip the news off the teletype.

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<v Speaker 3>They actually had a teletype and.

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<v Speaker 1>It would it would, you know, give you news, the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest news stories, and then you would always have to

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<v Speaker 1>do the news at the top of the hour.

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<v Speaker 3>How do sit back in the Old West? Are you

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<v Speaker 3>you making a reference to my age young man? Maybe

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<v Speaker 3>just a little bit, No, But I mean, seriously, you

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<v Speaker 3>think about it. This is what they were designed to do.

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<v Speaker 3>They were They weren't designed to just simply do like,

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<v Speaker 3>uh music. They were you know, radio DJs were there

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<v Speaker 3>to uh one, run a station. Make sure that you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you take your meter readings and make sure the towers,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, all lights are everything's yeah, the lights are on,

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<v Speaker 3>and the towers are broadcasting at the right frequency and

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<v Speaker 3>the right wattage. You're there to provide news, you provide

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<v Speaker 3>entertainment and then music in between and then eventually just

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<v Speaker 3>kind of got less and less news and more and

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<v Speaker 3>more entertainment radio, more and more commercials, more and more commercials.

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<v Speaker 3>And then and then everything became automated, so then you

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<v Speaker 3>don't have to take your readings anymore. Everything was automatically

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<v Speaker 3>logged by a computer. And then and then it just

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<v Speaker 3>got to eventually was like, oh, we don't even need

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<v Speaker 3>DJs anymore. And and now some radio stations are even

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<v Speaker 3>using AI DJs.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's face it, guys, it's getting really good. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>the some of the stuff they're able to do is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty amazing. And you know, one of the big worries

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<v Speaker 1>that some radio people that you know, I know have

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<v Speaker 1>is that you think about all the audio we've recorded

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<v Speaker 1>over the years, that's an audio print, it's you, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that could be manipulated now using AI to say the time,

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<v Speaker 1>the weather, the song that was just played, the song

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<v Speaker 1>that's being played. AI is is scary not only for

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<v Speaker 1>radio but also for television. There is it's gotten so

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<v Speaker 1>good that you know, at some point those that are

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<v Speaker 1>delivering the news on TV have to be concerned.

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<v Speaker 3>But have you also heard about and this is this

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<v Speaker 3>is starting to make kind of waves in the tech industry,

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<v Speaker 3>is this thing that they they're calling the AI bubble.

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<v Speaker 3>They're they're talking about this as if this is going

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<v Speaker 3>to be another one of the dot com busts, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>back from the two thousands, you know, when everybody was

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<v Speaker 3>all in on the internet and the Internet was the

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<v Speaker 3>big thing, and then all of a sudden, boom, everything

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<v Speaker 3>just failed. And all these companies are putting so much

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<v Speaker 3>money into AI, you know, open Ai getting like a

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<v Speaker 3>five hundred billion dollar investment from like Nvidia, and then

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<v Speaker 3>blah blah blah blah blah. People are saying this is

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<v Speaker 3>this is a yeah, like this, it's gonna fail. And

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of think that's the way I think. I

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<v Speaker 3>think the hype has just gotten too big and AI

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<v Speaker 3>is really not going to do what everybody thinks it's

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, granted, maybe in I don't know, five, ten, twenty years, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe we'll all be redundant. But I think right now,

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's a bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's it's I think people are gonna get burned, well,

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<v Speaker 1>if they're not already burned out, because every time you

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<v Speaker 1>turn around, oh ai AI, somebody wrote on and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna just say I saw this on next door and

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<v Speaker 1>it was AI with a round circle and a slash

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<v Speaker 1>through it, you know, And so I went ahead and asked,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, just wondering what facet of AI do you

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<v Speaker 1>dislike the most, And the person responded said everything.

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<v Speaker 3>I dislike how it's incorporated into every app.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I just like how many people were fired. Let's face it,

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<v Speaker 1>that's happened because they were replaced by AI. I just

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<v Speaker 1>like how people normalizing it when it shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 4>I just like it's coming from toys. Right. We talked

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<v Speaker 4>about this a couple of months ago. Right, has Bro

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<v Speaker 4>is looking at putting AI and toys, Yes, and that

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<v Speaker 4>just doesn't sit right for me. We talked about this

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<v Speaker 4>a couple months ago. There was an article that came

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<v Speaker 4>out that said Hasbro is looking at incorporating AI into toys.

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<v Speaker 3>Right for what reason? Yeah? This is it's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 4>My frustration with AI is you are sucking the creativity

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<v Speaker 4>and the artistic vision out of the human soul. And

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<v Speaker 4>when you start taking that away from people, what's left?

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<v Speaker 4>And it if kids are now just going to be know,

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<v Speaker 4>they're going to be entertained by AI? What why do

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<v Speaker 4>they need to be creative anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>That's good.

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<v Speaker 4>Did they need why did they Why do they need

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<v Speaker 4>to think anymore?

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<v Speaker 3>This is exactly what I was having a conversation with

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<v Speaker 3>my family about. This is that, you know, with AI

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<v Speaker 3>and what we weren't centered on the AI aspect of it,

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<v Speaker 3>but we were more centered on the creativity portion of childhood.

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<v Speaker 3>And Eric, you know, Eric is constantly like, I'm bored.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm bored. And I saw a post. I didn't remember

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<v Speaker 3>it was read it or Facebook or whatever, but it

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<v Speaker 3>was like talking about it. It's like, it's okay to

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<v Speaker 3>be bored. Children should be bored because that's what sparks creativity.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what makes them go, hmm, what can I make?

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<v Speaker 3>What can I do? You know? And if they have

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<v Speaker 3>a screen in front of them the whole time, it's

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<v Speaker 3>never gonna spark that creativity. It's gonna just give that

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<v Speaker 3>dopamine hit and then that's it. And and so now

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<v Speaker 3>then they're gonna be addicted to the dopamine hit, which

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<v Speaker 3>is the screen. You know. My My also concern is reading.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, let's face it, there's stories that kids aren't reading

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<v Speaker 1>as much as they used to. Teachers will say that

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<v Speaker 1>as well, And now we're finding books that will read

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<v Speaker 3>Now they're reading along. But I don't know that that

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<v Speaker 3>that makes me.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes me nervous as well. You want your kids

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<v Speaker 1>to learn the words and learn how how that sentence

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<v Speaker 1>is going and read, and now it's just reading it

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<v Speaker 1>to them.

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<v Speaker 4>And I just just think of like even just from

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<v Speaker 4>like the safeguard, get to put into place, like what's okay,

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<v Speaker 4>So let's say this children's toy has AI in it.

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<v Speaker 4>Does it connect to the cloud? Does it? Is it

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<v Speaker 4>learning connect? Right? So it's like we all know that

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<v Speaker 4>everybody has a recording device in their phone, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>in their pocket with their phones, like it's always listening

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<v Speaker 4>to your TV's, listening your whatever. But now just adding

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<v Speaker 4>all these other kids toys in kids spaces, listening to

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<v Speaker 4>what your kids are doing, listening to what I just it,

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<v Speaker 4>It's just freaks me out.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm starting to see TV commercials where and I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're becoming a little more attuned to what artificial intelligence

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<v Speaker 1>is in the media. And I'm seeing TV commercials where

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<v Speaker 1>they'll cut to a shot of a couple sitting around

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<v Speaker 1>a table. I can tell right away, well that's AI.

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<v Speaker 1>You know it's the filmmaking.

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<v Speaker 4>You see. Coca Cola released their new AI generated holiday commercial.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, they did it again, so.

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<v Speaker 4>Last year, so they've they've Last year they did it

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<v Speaker 4>and it was really bad. You could truly tell this

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<v Speaker 4>year's just not any better. The animals look awful, the

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<v Speaker 3>I just I just watched that Coca Cola ad. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, honestly, I don't know, man, it feels Coca Cola.

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<v Speaker 3>it or AI. But but the thing about Coca Cola ads,

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<v Speaker 4>It's just it's just pushing the boundaries of that uncanny

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<v Speaker 4>that's just a fundamental fact. But this just pushes it

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<v Speaker 3>I watch the end.

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<v Speaker 4>Watch people tell you that Semi does not run over people.

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<v Speaker 4>Just watch the end and tell me it does not

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Oh my gosh, this is Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm telling you, dude, it's it's and and okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>the wide shot of the crowd, all of the people

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<v Speaker 3>in the last wide shot, right, their their legs.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's probably up on YouTube or will they take

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<v Speaker 3>Say no, way to the official Coca Cola channel on

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<v Speaker 3>Holidays are coming.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, we're a subject of media and I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to hear from you our listeners. You're listening to this,

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<v Speaker 1>you're thinking, you know, guys, I'm tired of it too.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to I want to get your thoughts or

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<v Speaker 1>if you do use it, you know I've had fun

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<v Speaker 1>which you know I use Chat GPT. It was weird

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<v Speaker 3>See if it used to be?

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<v Speaker 1>It was baked right into chat GPT, and I asked,

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<v Speaker 1>all would do was give me the stills, And I asked,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, well, where's the video and they said, oh, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Not incorporated anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>And it base lied to me because it is with

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<v Speaker 1>a CHATGBT account open AI. It's just you have to

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<v Speaker 1>go to the full web length. And I thought, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of where I found that out the next

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<v Speaker 1>day when I was doing some research, Sora too is

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<v Speaker 1>I found it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now Sora is a part of my Android. And the

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<v Speaker 3>other day my grandson was over.

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<v Speaker 1>He brought up one of those you remember those little

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<v Speaker 1>horses that have the stick, They have the head and

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<v Speaker 1>then they have the stick they run around with. So

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<v Speaker 1>of course I asked Sora to put them on a

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<v Speaker 1>horse with a picture of head, and it did and

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<v Speaker 1>it was great. You couldn't have told I mean, it

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<v Speaker 1>did not look AI generated. So again it's it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>frustrating because now we're seeing so many tools coming out

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<v Speaker 1>on so many different sites that do so many different things.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to wonder, like, really, this is where we're going.

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<v Speaker 4>I wanted to get Justin's opinion on this, right, So

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<v Speaker 4>with the Sora stuff, you mentioned the Sora the video generator, right,

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<v Speaker 4>have you seen the stuff where Studio Ghibli is suing

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<v Speaker 4>Sorrow because that copyright in fringement.

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<v Speaker 3>Not necessarily just Sora, but I knew know that about

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<v Speaker 3>eight nine months ago, chat GPT was in hot water

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<v Speaker 3>with Studio Ghibli because people were basically taking photos and

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<v Speaker 3>saying make this in a style of Studio Ghibli. And

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<v Speaker 3>I even have some photos of my family in the

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<v Speaker 3>studios a police. Remember you did that, and it does

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<v Speaker 3>the very very good job. Now, I don't know about

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<v Speaker 3>the Sora aspects. So if again, if you're trying to

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<v Speaker 3>if you're listening to this, you're like, what is Sora?

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<v Speaker 3>Sora is the video generating application built into chat GPT,

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<v Speaker 3>so it uses AI to generate video instead of just

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<v Speaker 3>text or photos. Yeah. No, I had not heard about

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<v Speaker 3>the video aspect of it.

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<v Speaker 4>So the content oversees distribution Association, which represents a ton

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<v Speaker 4>of Japanese anime. Yeah, is basically written a very strongly

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<v Speaker 4>worded letter to open AI and Sora saying you got

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<v Speaker 4>to stop using our stuff to train your models. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>because it's pumping out copyrighted content. So yeah, that's the

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<v Speaker 4>kind of stuff that is inevitable.

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<v Speaker 3>We're talking about media.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's let's talk a little bit about something we've

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<v Speaker 3>Justin was out. Justin said, hey, I found this website.

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<v Speaker 1>This website is really cool. I would love to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>give my thoughts on it. And of course that website

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<v Speaker 1>TV Garden. Justin, you finally got a chance to check

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<v Speaker 1>it out, right?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Actually, uh yeah I did. You guys were talking

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<v Speaker 3>about it. I missed lost a couple of shows, but no.

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<v Speaker 3>I also I also check out TV Garden and it's

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<v Speaker 3>actually really cool. I mean, you know, it's I like

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<v Speaker 3>how you're you're presented with a map, colored map of

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<v Speaker 3>the globe and you just pick on the country and

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<v Speaker 3>then it lists what channels are available. I'm personally right

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<v Speaker 3>now as we're doing the show, I'm watching a Japanese

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<v Speaker 3>news channel, isn't that. Yeah, And it's all and it's

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<v Speaker 3>done via YouTube, so it's like a YouTube embedded channel,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's streaming live. And yeah, I mean there's there's

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<v Speaker 3>there's like at least thirty channels from just Japan alone,

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<v Speaker 3>not to mention the other countries. But yeah, TV dot

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<v Speaker 3>Garden is really cool.

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<v Speaker 4>So I will mention that Andy and I talked about

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<v Speaker 4>this about two weeks ago, and when we watched it,

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<v Speaker 4>it had every available ESPN channel.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh really, it does not anymore.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, so for we're talking about tv TV dot Garden,

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<v Speaker 4>which is a great resource for fighting local televisions just

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<v Speaker 4>really kind of niche TV stations around the world, but

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of people this past weekend. Yeah, we're really

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<v Speaker 4>we're really upset, specifically Notre Dame football fans. So Notre

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<v Speaker 4>Dame's game was on ESPN this past weekend. If you

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<v Speaker 4>have had YouTube TV, you lost access to ESPN the

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<v Speaker 4>night before the football game, yep.

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<v Speaker 3>And also Monday Night football. I wanted to watch Monday

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<v Speaker 3>Night FOOTBA last night because I like to watch the

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<v Speaker 3>Peyton and Eli Manning cast on ESPN two, and they

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<v Speaker 3>I just like Baker and he was on it, and

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't watch it because ESPN and well Disney, Disney

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<v Speaker 3>and YouTube are just having a spat. And the craziest

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<v Speaker 3>part is I heard a story this morning or maybe

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<v Speaker 3>yesterday yesterday yesterday morning talk about how Disney approached YouTube

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<v Speaker 3>TV and said, look, well, actually Google, because that's the

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<v Speaker 3>parent company. They said, look, we got elections, We got

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<v Speaker 3>elections on Tuesday. We want our viewers to be able

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<v Speaker 3>to know what's going on with the elections. Can you

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<v Speaker 3>please just put our channels back on at least at

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<v Speaker 3>least just for Tuesday, May May maybe Wednesday morning. And

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<v Speaker 3>YouTube was like nope, wow, wow, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And the a lot of the driving for this decision

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<v Speaker 4>was that ESPN launched their own complete content streaming application.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so a lot of people were just like, like,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to like what is happening with the

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<v Speaker 4>streaming world right now, Like we're just it's worse than

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<v Speaker 4>it was when cables a thing. It's more this is

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<v Speaker 3>That ever mentioned in the beginning.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's it's more confusing, it's more frustrating, it's more expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been contemplating making the change to YouTube TV,

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<v Speaker 1>and people are saying, oh, wait, you might want to

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<v Speaker 1>wait a little bit because you may not get all

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<v Speaker 3>That's been my problem with the cable company.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't spending two hundred dollars a month, and yet

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<v Speaker 4>I want to go back, go back, go back seven

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<v Speaker 4>months ago when my or eight months ago, maybe a

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<v Speaker 4>year ago, when my in laws got YouTube TV. If

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<v Speaker 4>we go back and listen to that episode, you should

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<v Speaker 4>pull a clips to that episode. Yeah, because it was like,

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<v Speaker 4>they're gonna save a ton of money because they're cutting cable,

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<v Speaker 4>they're not using it, they're bundling out the Internet. It's

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<v Speaker 4>gonna be fantastic. They're paying seventy bucks a month or

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<v Speaker 4>whatever for everything. It's like over one hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, oh yeah, I pay like one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 3>five just for YouTube TV.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and they're even going at it like this was

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<v Speaker 4>a good deal when we got it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Now that's how they do it. That's how they

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<v Speaker 3>gettin I kind of wonder if it's corporate greed.

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<v Speaker 1>If people decide, Okay, I'm gonna leave you to TV,

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<v Speaker 1>then their options are well. Of course the antenna and

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<v Speaker 1>ATSC three might change some of that for some people.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm thinking, okay, so maybe TV Garden it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be that's gonna be the next place to fall fall

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<v Speaker 1>down the rabbit hole with. I want to talk a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about this because I've never been, and I

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<v Speaker 1>want to go justin you did take a little vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh you made a trip to Aspen, Colorado, and I've

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<v Speaker 1>never been to Aspen. I've always thought that's where the

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<v Speaker 1>celebrities skied, that's where you know you went.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, is it really like a ski town to

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<v Speaker 3>go there. I'm a celebrity. Of course I'm gonna go there.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>He's the voice of the Voice of the water World.

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<v Speaker 5>The co host of tech Talk Radio. No, people say, wait,

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<v Speaker 5>tech talk radio, what's that a water world? Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 5>and I have your autograph.

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<v Speaker 3>So how was it? It was interesting. Uh. We went

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<v Speaker 3>up there on a Friday, and I expected, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>traffic was going to be bad. So from from our

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<v Speaker 3>by car because you got to take I seventy up

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<v Speaker 3>south into Aspen and that's about an hour from Glenwood Springs.

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<v Speaker 3>So I expected it. I was like, okay, it says

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<v Speaker 3>four and a half hours, it's probably gonna be more

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<v Speaker 3>like six, you know, because of the traffic. There was

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<v Speaker 3>no traffic. It was great. It was no traffic. The

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<v Speaker 3>weather was beautiful. The colors. Everybody also said, oh, you

424
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<v Speaker 3>missed all the fall colors. They are all gone. No,

425
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<v Speaker 3>it was great. It was awesome. The colors were amazing.

426
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<v Speaker 3>We got into Aspen on the afternoon of a Friday

427
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<v Speaker 3>and Mesa and her friend wanted to go walk around

428
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<v Speaker 3>and do some shopping. They wanted to go to some

429
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<v Speaker 3>of the high end stores. I mean, there's it really

430
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<v Speaker 3>truly is. I mean, there's there's a lot of high

431
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<v Speaker 3>end stores there. Now, I gotta say, though, I do

432
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<v Speaker 3>think that when I went there, I kind of imagined

433
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<v Speaker 3>aspen As being more like a picturesque mountain town with

434
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<v Speaker 3>like Rodeo drive of LA with all the shops lined up. No,

435
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<v Speaker 3>it's not it. It truly feels like just a normal

436
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<v Speaker 3>like mountain town. I mean, with just people living there.

437
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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't feel like a rich escape. You know, there

438
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<v Speaker 3>is one street that has a lot of the high

439
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<v Speaker 3>end shops, but there's also just a lot of regular

440
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<v Speaker 3>shops mixed in too. So it was very interesting to

441
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<v Speaker 3>be where we're at, and I was just kind of like, wow,

442
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<v Speaker 3>this it doesn't feel like a rich person's place. So

443
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<v Speaker 3>me and me and the the husband of of of

444
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<v Speaker 3>of Mysa's friend, you know, we walked around with the kids,

445
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<v Speaker 3>We went out to lunch, we got some beers, and

446
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<v Speaker 3>we we we we met up with Mesa then and

447
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<v Speaker 3>her friend at a I don't know what the name

448
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<v Speaker 3>of what was called. There was a high end leather

449
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<v Speaker 3>store of something like like Italian leather, like bags and

450
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<v Speaker 3>shoes and things like that. Anyway, she was looking at

451
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<v Speaker 3>buying something there, and I was talking to the storekeeper

452
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<v Speaker 3>and I was like, oh, I bet you guys serve

453
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<v Speaker 3>a lot of you know, a lot of celebrities around.

454
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<v Speaker 3>She's like, oh yeah all the time. She's like, as

455
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<v Speaker 3>a matter of fact, if you were here, just just

456
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<v Speaker 3>like a couple hours ago, Leo was in here. WHOA.

457
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<v Speaker 3>I was like, wait, Leo me like Leo DiCaprio, and

458
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<v Speaker 3>she's like, yeah, he was.

459
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<v Speaker 2>She was.

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<v Speaker 3>He was in here with his girlfriend and they were shopping.

461
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<v Speaker 3>And I was like, wait, Leo's in town. That's cool.

462
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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, we got you know, that was really cool,

463
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<v Speaker 3>and then kind of fast forward, went out to dinner.

464
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<v Speaker 3>We had a good dinner. Walking back to our hotel,

465
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<v Speaker 3>we had to walk across a large park. They called

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<v Speaker 3>it a rugby pitch. I'm sure they probably play a

467
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<v Speaker 3>lot of rugby up there. But anyway, walking across this

468
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<v Speaker 3>rugby pitch, I really wasn't paying attention, and I'm approaching

469
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<v Speaker 3>this black object in the middle of this rugby field

470
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<v Speaker 3>and I finally look up and I focused my eyes

471
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<v Speaker 3>on it, and it is a black bear. Oh did

472
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<v Speaker 3>you turn around an aisle? A juvenile black bear. Now

473
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<v Speaker 3>I'm not talking about a baby, because baby is the

474
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<v Speaker 3>most dangerous, because that means mom was around. Yeah, this

475
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<v Speaker 3>was a juvenile black bear just strolling through the park. Wow.

476
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<v Speaker 3>And he just kept on walking. He just kept on walking.

477
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<v Speaker 3>He walked right down the shopping street and people were

478
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<v Speaker 3>coming out of the shops and they were like, oh

479
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<v Speaker 3>my god, you know, like screaming and running back in

480
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<v Speaker 3>the shops and they were locking the doors. And the

481
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<v Speaker 3>bear was just like dude, yeah, yeah, do doo. Like

482
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<v Speaker 3>he was just walking around town.

483
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<v Speaker 2>Man.

484
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<v Speaker 3>He was just chilling, having a good times. Cool. And

485
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<v Speaker 3>it was like the closest I ever come. I probably

486
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<v Speaker 3>came within about I want to say, probably within about

487
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<v Speaker 3>fifty yards of a black bear. That's cool. And I

488
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<v Speaker 3>didn't even realize it. That could have been bad, but

489
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<v Speaker 3>it's good. That could have been really bad. Yeah, all right,

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<v Speaker 3>we got to.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a quick break. We come back. We talked more.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got some great lengths. We've got a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>listener questions and some news and of course you had

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<v Speaker 1>a problem with the laptop, which will play nicely to

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<v Speaker 1>one of our questions as well when we come back.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Andy Taylor, I'm Sean Twird, and I'm Justin. Let

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<v Speaker 3>me find us on the web at Tech talk radio

498
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<v Speaker 3>dot Com. We'll be right back now back to tip

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<v Speaker 3>talk Radio. So y'all know that I have a smart home.

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<v Speaker 3>I run Home Assistant, which is an open source, free

501
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<v Speaker 3>home smart home management software, and I've got a lot

502
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<v Speaker 3>of smart home devices.

503
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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I've got Zeus, I've got Loutron, I've got a little

505
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<v Speaker 3>bit of phillups. I've got a lot of different things

506
00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:09.079
<v Speaker 3>that operate different light switches, mostly light switches and light bulbs.

507
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<v Speaker 3>But I've been yearning to just get back into the

508
00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:16.359
<v Speaker 3>smart home thing because it's been a long time since

509
00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:18.759
<v Speaker 3>I built my smart home and it just kind of

510
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<v Speaker 3>it does its thing, but I'm like, I just want

511
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<v Speaker 3>to make it better. We even reached out at one point.

512
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<v Speaker 3>This is a couple of years ago. We reached out

513
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<v Speaker 3>to Reed's Smart Home, who's a YouTuber. He was actually

514
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<v Speaker 3>gonna come on the show. I just never followed up

515
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<v Speaker 3>with him. I really need to reach back out to him.

516
00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:38.359
<v Speaker 3>But anyway, there's this new thing that is really taking

517
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<v Speaker 3>the smart home world by storm, and it's this little

518
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<v Speaker 3>sensor and it's called an ESP thirty two. Now, this

519
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<v Speaker 3>little this little microcontroller is the brains of the sensor.

520
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<v Speaker 3>Now you can build whatever kind of sensor you want,

521
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<v Speaker 3>but this is the brains of it. So what you

522
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<v Speaker 3>do is you plug that into your Raspberry Pie or

523
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<v Speaker 3>wherever you're running your home assistant. You set it up.

524
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<v Speaker 3>Then you introduce the sensor that you want. Now, it

525
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<v Speaker 3>could be a temperature humidity sensor. In my case, I

526
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<v Speaker 3>bought five of these what are they called here, capacitive

527
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<v Speaker 3>soil moisture sensors. Oh wow. So what this does is

528
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<v Speaker 3>I basically stick this sensor in a plant, a potted plant,

529
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<v Speaker 3>with my ESP thirty two next to it. Now, I

530
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<v Speaker 3>can run the ESP thirty two off of a small

531
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<v Speaker 3>solar panel, or I can run off a battery pack,

532
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<v Speaker 3>or I can just find an outlet and plug it into.

533
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<v Speaker 3>But anyway, you stick this capacitive soil sensor into a plant,

534
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<v Speaker 3>and then you program the ESP thirty two to say, hey,

535
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<v Speaker 3>when soil moisture reaches less than twenty percent, send me

536
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<v Speaker 3>an alert that tells me, hey, it's time to water

537
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<v Speaker 3>the plate. So you don't overwater, you don't underwater. It's exactly.

538
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<v Speaker 3>And then there's other sensors you can do. Like I said,

539
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<v Speaker 3>you can do temperature humidity. A lot of people do that.

540
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<v Speaker 3>And if you try to buy like a temperature humidity

541
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<v Speaker 3>sensor off of Amazon that's off the shelf, that basically

542
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<v Speaker 3>is an ESP thirty two chip built in with a sensor,

543
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<v Speaker 3>you're looking at spending thirty forty to fifty sixty bucks

544
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<v Speaker 3>even on a single sensor. You can build an ESP

545
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<v Speaker 3>thirty two with a temperature humidity sensor for a total

546
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<v Speaker 3>of fourteen dollars. Oh wow, that's amazing. That's great. And

547
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<v Speaker 3>so I've got these capacitive soil sensors. I've also got

548
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<v Speaker 3>I got some millimeter wave sensors. Now, what that does

549
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<v Speaker 3>millimeter wave is a is a presence detection. But it's

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<v Speaker 3>not like a true motion detector. Because motion detectors they'll

551
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<v Speaker 3>read anything across the room. A cat, a cat thirty

552
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<v Speaker 3>free away, walks across boom, it triggers the motion sensor.

553
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<v Speaker 3>Your alarm goes off. No no, no, no, no, no no,

554
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<v Speaker 3>you don't want that. A millimeter wave sensor uses millimeter waves,

555
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<v Speaker 3>that's why it's called that, and it's very accurate and

556
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<v Speaker 3>it's very short range. So what I can do, for instance,

557
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<v Speaker 3>is I put a millimeter wave sensor just around the

558
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<v Speaker 3>corner of my stairwell leading up to the upstairs, just

559
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<v Speaker 3>kind of out of view of anybody walking around the

560
00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:31.759
<v Speaker 3>living room. But the moment that I crossed that threshold

561
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<v Speaker 3>onto the stairwell, that millimeter wave sensor says, hey, there's

562
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<v Speaker 3>somebody here, and it sends a signal to home assistant says,

563
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<v Speaker 3>my sensor just went off. Now Home assistant says, okay,

564
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<v Speaker 3>I've been programmed to say that when this millimeter wave

565
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<v Speaker 3>sensor goes off or on, excuse me, I'm supposed to

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<v Speaker 3>turn on the stairway lights. Wow, and it does that.

567
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<v Speaker 1>Could this be used in a case too, and you

568
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<v Speaker 1>dealt with this unfortunately flooding in a basement.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, absolutely yes, Now not the ones I have here.

570
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<v Speaker 3>The capacity of soil moisture will not work for that.

571
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<v Speaker 3>But there are just straight moisture sensors that you can

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<v Speaker 3>just simply lay on the floor. And I just you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the one that I had with my with my flooding

574
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<v Speaker 3>thing that I had a year ago or a little

575
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<v Speaker 3>bit over a year ago. I ended up buying a

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<v Speaker 3>two d and fifty dollars sensor that also has an

577
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<v Speaker 3>automatic shut off, so like if it detects moisture on

578
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<v Speaker 3>the ground. It will automatically shut off the hot water

579
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<v Speaker 3>of the hot water heater, the tankless water heater, it'll

580
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<v Speaker 3>shut off the supply line to that water heater. That

581
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<v Speaker 3>was two hundred and fifty bucks. Now that I look

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<v Speaker 3>at this with an ESP thirty two, I probably could

583
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<v Speaker 3>have built that same thing with an actual physical device

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<v Speaker 3>to turn off the valve. I probably could have built

585
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<v Speaker 3>that for about eighty bucks. Wow, that's pretty good. I'd

586
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<v Speaker 3>never heard of this technology. What is it again, it's

587
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<v Speaker 3>called E S E SP Now, I don't know what

588
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<v Speaker 3>ESP stands for. Maybe Sean has done some wiggle ESP

589
00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:14.359
<v Speaker 3>dash thirty two and again they are they are powered

590
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<v Speaker 3>by USB. So I got the ones with the USB

591
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<v Speaker 3>C connector because it's just a little bit easier because

592
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<v Speaker 3>everything's USB C now. And they have pinouts just like

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<v Speaker 3>a g P IO. I don't know if you can

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<v Speaker 3>see this on the screen. I'm trying to put it

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<v Speaker 3>on here, but yeah, little little pinouts that you can

596
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<v Speaker 3>then put into a bread board to program it or

597
00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:38.000
<v Speaker 3>put it into your own circuit. But but now that

598
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<v Speaker 3>I also have a three D printer, I can print

599
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<v Speaker 3>custom cases for these little sensors nice and then put

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<v Speaker 3>them wherever I want.

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<v Speaker 4>So ESP just stands for Expressive Systems, which is the

602
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<v Speaker 4>company that made yem H and it's thirty two bits

603
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<v Speaker 4>p thirty two thirty two bit micro controller. They've come

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<v Speaker 4>out they can about twenty sixteen, so they've been around

605
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<v Speaker 4>for a long time. But just with the with IoT

606
00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:08.279
<v Speaker 4>and does the world of that, you could just do

607
00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:10.640
<v Speaker 4>so much more now. So there's tons of tons more

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<v Speaker 4>and I mean it's it's on the same line of

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<v Speaker 4>like Adrenocord, Raspberry Pies, et cetera. So if you're into those,

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<v Speaker 4>this is gonna be very familiar territory for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, first off, though the ESP is it does not

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<v Speaker 3>run an OS like Raspberry Pie. Raspberry Pie is much

613
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<v Speaker 3>more powerful. Yeah, yeah, so the ESP runs very basic

614
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<v Speaker 3>like a Python or a basic basic color like Python

615
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<v Speaker 3>or something like that.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, So, just to clarify though, Raspberry Pie does make

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<v Speaker 4>a Pie zero, which is essentially an EESP.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah sure, o, yes they do.

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<v Speaker 4>So there are versions of Raspberry Pie that are very

620
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<v Speaker 4>similar to ESPs, but you can't get full fledged in

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<v Speaker 4>OS zero.

622
00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:55.000
<v Speaker 3>The Pie zero even runs Linux. These ESPs cannot run

623
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<v Speaker 3>Linux correct, all right, Yeah, so so they're even even

624
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<v Speaker 3>the zero is a little bit more powerful than ESP.

625
00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:03.680
<v Speaker 3>But yes, Sean is correct. One other thing I can

626
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<v Speaker 3>do with this is, you know I have an outdoor freezer, well,

627
00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:10.079
<v Speaker 3>I mean well garage freezer. Yeah. I can buy a

628
00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:13.839
<v Speaker 3>temperature sensor, mount an ESP controller on the side of

629
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<v Speaker 3>the freezer, and I can monitor the temperature of my freezer.

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<v Speaker 3>So and like what happens, Like, oh my god, I

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<v Speaker 3>left the freezer door open accidentally. I'll get an alert saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>the temperature has risen in the outdoor freezer. Oh shoot,

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<v Speaker 3>I need to go close the door to the freezer, right,

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<v Speaker 3>Like those are the kind of things you can do

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<v Speaker 3>with this. That is pretty cool. I like that. Where

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<v Speaker 3>would somebody find this? Amazon? Amazon? Nice Amazon.

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<v Speaker 4>You can buy a six pack for twenty dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, all right, cool. I just bought a five pack

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<v Speaker 3>for like fifteen. Yeah all right. We got a listener

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<v Speaker 3>email and from Rick in Selwarita.

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<v Speaker 1>Rick says, Hey, I'm wanting to get a new PC

642
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<v Speaker 1>with Windows eleven for the house. A friend told me

643
00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:56.359
<v Speaker 1>to build it myself, and I'm not that tech oriented.

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<v Speaker 1>Would that be too much of a challenge. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>play games, only use it to read news stories and

646
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<v Speaker 1>check out videos on YouTube. Should I try it? Or

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<v Speaker 1>am I better off buying ready to Go at Costco

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<v Speaker 1>or best Buy? If so, which is a brand to

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<v Speaker 1>look at?

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<v Speaker 3>Rick? Rick? If all you do is to read news

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<v Speaker 3>stories and check out videos on YouTube, you don't need

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<v Speaker 3>to build a PC. Just go buy a Chromebook really chromebook, or.

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<v Speaker 4>A or a relatively inexpensive bottom end of your budget laptop.

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<v Speaker 3>Dude, he's talking about using it to browse the web.

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<v Speaker 3>He doesn't need to build a PC for that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's true. That's true.

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<v Speaker 4>So on the topic of building computers, have you seen

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<v Speaker 4>RAM prices recently?

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<v Speaker 3>No? Are they up or down?

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<v Speaker 4>So RAM prices have tripled in price over the last

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<v Speaker 4>three or four weeks. Yes, No, it's the it's the AI.

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<v Speaker 4>It's it's all of the d d R five rand

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<v Speaker 4>that's being eaten up for AI computing and all the GPU.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just any RAM.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. So I mean you just go and look at

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<v Speaker 4>PC par picker, New Wag and look at the trending

667
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<v Speaker 4>prices for RAM, and you are gonna see double, if

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<v Speaker 4>not triple.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a story we talked about this Sean. If

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<v Speaker 1>you remember this that people are ditching the desktop. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you had that desktop, you had that tower. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we all started with. You had that Square one that's sat.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a laser one eight I think it is

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<v Speaker 1>what it was.

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<v Speaker 4>We had a Hewett packard at home.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and then you went to a tower gateway, oh

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<v Speaker 1>the gateways yeah, uh and then uh. But people are

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<v Speaker 1>ditching them now to have a laptop because you can

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<v Speaker 1>put a laptop on your desk if you want, buy

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<v Speaker 1>a monitor attached another monitor, or.

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<v Speaker 3>You buy the station.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, buy a docuentation and get two monitors on it.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're saying that they're pretty happy with it because

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<v Speaker 1>it does what they needed to do if you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to game. Though, I wouldn't. I wouldn't do that for

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<v Speaker 1>a gaming situation. No, I know about that, dude. I

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<v Speaker 1>got you know that new Hpomen. I'm going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about my problem with that Hpomen.

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<v Speaker 3>But that Hpomen's got a fifty seventy in it, an

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<v Speaker 3>RTX fifty seventy with thirty two gigs a ram Man.

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<v Speaker 3>I can run any game I want on that line.

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<v Speaker 4>And I've got I've got an older a sus Rog

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<v Speaker 4>that's got a twenty eighty in it so twenty eighty

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<v Speaker 4>mobile in it, and that was great for what it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, I think I got a twenty eighty TI

696
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<v Speaker 3>in my desktop that I'm doing the show with. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't play games on this computer anymore. I basically

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<v Speaker 3>just play them on the laptop.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, yeah, and that's the thing. We play

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<v Speaker 1>them on the laptop or our phones. I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 1>the whole bit.

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<v Speaker 4>They're even saying that computer literacy is down.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's not good with.

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<v Speaker 4>How how little, how little children interact with computers now,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like when I grew up and I had

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<v Speaker 4>computer lab, like we had a lot of computer this

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<v Speaker 4>week in typing, yeah maybe speaking type a Mario Mario

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<v Speaker 4>racing type, Like you were interacting with computer a day

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<v Speaker 4>to day basis, typing, writing, you know, whatever, Internet, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 4>Now everybody does on their phones. So you're you're getting

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<v Speaker 4>into this newer generation with.

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<v Speaker 3>The kids that are in there bell correct.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, the kids that are into into their teens don't

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<v Speaker 4>know how to navigate an operating system on a computer.

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<v Speaker 4>They don't know how to do keyboard shortcuts, they don't

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<v Speaker 4>know how to do basic functions on a computer. Because

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<v Speaker 4>they're always on a mobile or a tablet or another

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<v Speaker 4>handheld device that has a completely different functioning operating system.

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<v Speaker 3>That's exactly what I went through when I was, you know,

720
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<v Speaker 3>when I was working back at Fox five in San Diego,

721
00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:42.360
<v Speaker 3>you know, being an IT person. We would get remember

722
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<v Speaker 3>remember remember the girl, the reporter girl that came in

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<v Speaker 3>and I was like, here's your laptop and then here's

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00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:53.960
<v Speaker 3>your USB hotspot dongle, and she's like us B. That

725
00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:56.559
<v Speaker 3>was like a famous little story because she's like us B,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what USB is. And I was like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh my god, like what what this is? Back in

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<v Speaker 3>like twenty twelve, it's even gotten worse, But now I

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<v Speaker 3>understand it. You know, I was like, how can you

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<v Speaker 3>be in the year of twenty twenty five and not

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<v Speaker 3>know how to use a computer? Sean just perfectly summed

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<v Speaker 3>it up right there. Yeah, yeah, you're seeing you're seeing it.

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<v Speaker 4>So with some of my younger, young, younger cousins or

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<v Speaker 4>my friends that have kids that are, you know, fifteen, sixteen,

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<v Speaker 4>seventeen years old, it's it's bizarre how they just don't

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<v Speaker 4>know how to navigate a computer.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's gonna get worse with Ai.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we have somebody new at the station and uh,

739
00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:41.840
<v Speaker 1>she needed to get her laptop configured for our printer.

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, well, just bring it on in and

741
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<v Speaker 1>we'll go through it. And it did not have any

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<v Speaker 1>USB A ports at all on it.

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<v Speaker 3>It was everything just two USB C ports and that

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00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.440
<v Speaker 3>was it.

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00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:54.960
<v Speaker 1>And that's the thing when you're out buying a laptop,

746
00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:57.639
<v Speaker 1>make sure you get what you're gonna need, you know,

747
00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:59.599
<v Speaker 1>And that's the thing you just go especially now we're

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<v Speaker 1>coming up to Black Friday, we're gonna see sales. Make

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<v Speaker 1>sure it has everything you need.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh basically, don't buy an Apple Apple. You don't get anything.

751
00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:09.800
<v Speaker 3>You get one port and then you have a bit

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00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:12.360
<v Speaker 3>of dongle for everything. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>They've got they've, they've they've it's historically been that way.

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<v Speaker 4>You can't get some of their newer MacBooks do have

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<v Speaker 4>a USBA, a guesty card slot and four usbcs plus

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<v Speaker 4>an plus an actual HDMI output.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we gonna take another quick break. We come

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<v Speaker 1>back with more of tech Talk Radio. I'm Andy Taylor,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Sean de Weird, and I'm justin.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me send us an X at tech Talk Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll do rep back and now back to tech Talk Radio.

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<v Speaker 4>So during the break we talked a little bit about

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<v Speaker 4>a segment that we want to talk about. This was

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<v Speaker 4>posted on the IT Humor and Memes group on Facebook.

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<v Speaker 4>Love that group between nineteen ninety one and two thousand

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<v Speaker 4>and nine. So take a trip back to the early

767
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<v Speaker 4>days of the Internet. What's the most memorable computer game

768
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<v Speaker 4>you played in that timeframe?

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<v Speaker 3>There were so many good ones.

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<v Speaker 4>So let's start with Justin. Justin, so between nineteen ninety

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<v Speaker 4>one in two thousand and nine. So that's a pretty

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<v Speaker 4>it's a pretty good chunk of time.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I see the list that you provided here,

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<v Speaker 3>These are some of the ones that were in the

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<v Speaker 3>in their their Oh yeah, we just.

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<v Speaker 4>We populated our own list of games that we played

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00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:20.920
<v Speaker 4>at that time frame. And remember PC games console games

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<v Speaker 4>is a whole different category.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah sure, yeah, a lot of a lot of this stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>but yeah, definitely PC games. I gotta say my first

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<v Speaker 3>my eyes move it right to Wolfenstein three D. That

782
00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:34.280
<v Speaker 3>was one of the very first games I ever played.

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<v Speaker 3>But my favorite, I have to say, my favorite was

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<v Speaker 3>probably either Command and Conquer or The SIMS.

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<v Speaker 1>The SIMS was fun. My daughter still you know, still

786
00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:49.639
<v Speaker 1>plays the SIMS. She has SIMS four. I think they're

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<v Speaker 1>up to now, I mean, or maybe even beyond that.

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<v Speaker 1>She still has fun with it. That was a that was.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of fun to play. I also did really

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<v Speaker 3>like Roller Coaster Tycoon. But Sean, what for you? I

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<v Speaker 3>think I know the answer? Can I can I say what?

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<v Speaker 3>I think the answer is going to be absolutely World

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<v Speaker 3>of Warcraft.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think this timeframe is a little too unfair

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<v Speaker 4>because it covers such a prop progression in the computer

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00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:20.519
<v Speaker 4>gaming world. Right, Yeah, ninety one to two thousand and nine.

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<v Speaker 4>That's that's a long time. It's almost two decades, right,

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<v Speaker 4>So I have to break this up into I think

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<v Speaker 4>three different games for this time period.

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<v Speaker 3>I just I have to because there's.

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<v Speaker 4>Just like you, I grew up getting PC Magazine with

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<v Speaker 4>the discs and the demos and stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>I still have it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a disc that is a demo disc for APIG games. Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>they made some of the best shareware games that existed.

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<v Speaker 4>You had Wolf Centred, which is a classic. But there's

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<v Speaker 4>an apergy game called Blakestone Aliens of Gold. I still

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<v Speaker 4>play that game to this day because it's on gog

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<v Speaker 4>It's if I shooter. It's just fantastic first person or

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<v Speaker 4>it's a first person shooter. Really, it's a very doom.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a very doom doom. Wolvenstein asked, you know a

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00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:14.519
<v Speaker 4>platformer it's so good. Then Diablo too, Lord of Instruction

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<v Speaker 4>probably the game I've spent the most time in my

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<v Speaker 4>life playing. Then World of Warcraft, and then into some

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<v Speaker 4>other games down the road. But those ones, the Blizzard games,

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<v Speaker 4>Blizzard North.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think you probably played a game or

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<v Speaker 1>two back then I did. Doom was one of those

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<v Speaker 1>that I played a lot. I loved Duke Nukem. Duke

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<v Speaker 1>nukemb was just an absolute blast.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh. But there's one Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was looking over the list of some of

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<v Speaker 1>the ones that people were mentioning, and Loom was on

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<v Speaker 1>the list.

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<v Speaker 3>But I don't remember Loom. I like I can.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember it was a big game, but I don't

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<v Speaker 1>remember exactly what it did.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't remember Loom, but I I'm I'm actually a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit of fan. Did that Leisure Shoot, Larry did

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<v Speaker 3>not make this list? Good old Lasry. Yeah, leisures all right,

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<v Speaker 3>So what have you got there?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, So there's a couple that I missed for sure,

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm gonna rattle off a couple in my seat.

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<v Speaker 4>I have my actual install jet Fighter.

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<v Speaker 3>To gosh, look at that.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my gosh, I've got all my I've got Oh

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<v Speaker 4>my god, I've got so many.

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<v Speaker 3>What are those shiny discs?

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<v Speaker 4>So these are gonna be some. These are a ton

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<v Speaker 4>of These are so many good memories. Jet Fighter, Super VG,

841
00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:39.760
<v Speaker 4>A Harrier nice of the Old Republic. This classic deer.

842
00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:43.000
<v Speaker 3>Hunting I remember, I remember Deer Hunters.

843
00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:46.760
<v Speaker 4>The Medal of Honor, Games worl Wind jet Fighter to

844
00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:52.280
<v Speaker 4>Battlefield nineteen forty, the Original Diablo, I've got that in

845
00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:55.960
<v Speaker 4>there too, Commanded Conquers, Age of Empires.

846
00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:58.519
<v Speaker 3>Wow, it's great if you most.

847
00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:59.840
<v Speaker 4>Of my PC childhood in there.

848
00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:03.519
<v Speaker 3>If you go to that group on Facebook again, a

849
00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:05.239
<v Speaker 3>great group. It humored memes.

850
00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:08.360
<v Speaker 1>You can see what other people have said and maybe

851
00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:10.800
<v Speaker 1>reminists a little about some of the games that you

852
00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:12.599
<v Speaker 1>played and had a good time with.

853
00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:16.800
<v Speaker 3>Speaking of video games, there is an anniversary edition of

854
00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:20.800
<v Speaker 3>a famous video game and it's actually I'm just all

855
00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:25.239
<v Speaker 3>about this series right now because of the TV show

856
00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:29.119
<v Speaker 3>second season coming out here next month. But it is

857
00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:34.039
<v Speaker 3>Fallout four fall for anniversary Edition. Now it has been

858
00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:40.920
<v Speaker 3>over ten years since Fallout four was released. Over ten years,

859
00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:43.039
<v Speaker 3>I don't want to say eleven or even twelve. Actually

860
00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:47.159
<v Speaker 3>right now comes out on November tenth. It muddles the

861
00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:50.159
<v Speaker 3>base game, yeah, Monday. It bundles the base game with

862
00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:54.000
<v Speaker 3>several expansions. Fallout four Anniversary Edition will be available digitally

863
00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:59.480
<v Speaker 3>on the Xbox Series S, X, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation five,

864
00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:03.800
<v Speaker 3>and play Station four. Now I'm actually playing Fallout four again.

865
00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.960
<v Speaker 3>So in the last few weeks. I guess maybe I

866
00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.719
<v Speaker 3>probably started this one last time. I was on the

867
00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:11.760
<v Speaker 3>show here a few weeks ago, but I really got

868
00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:14.440
<v Speaker 3>back into Fallout seventy six. Now seventy six is the

869
00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:20.000
<v Speaker 3>MMO version of Fallout. It's online, you're playing with real people.

870
00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:24.320
<v Speaker 3>But I've been playing Fallout seventy six like mad. And

871
00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:28.159
<v Speaker 3>then I wanted to get Eric. I wanted Eric to

872
00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:30.480
<v Speaker 3>be able to play fall Out with me, so I

873
00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:34.320
<v Speaker 3>signed up. I got him a copy of Fallout seventy six,

874
00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:38.320
<v Speaker 3>and I put it on his computer and we launched

875
00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:43.679
<v Speaker 3>the game. And Bethesda, who's the maker of Fallout, the

876
00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:46.039
<v Speaker 3>first message as soon as he launched the game. It says,

877
00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:49.599
<v Speaker 3>we have detected this is a child account. He is

878
00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:52.480
<v Speaker 3>not allowed to play this game. Wow. And I was like,

879
00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:56.760
<v Speaker 3>wait what? So I contacted Fallout, I contacted Bethesda support

880
00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:00.559
<v Speaker 3>and I said, look, i'm his parent, I'm I am

881
00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:03.719
<v Speaker 3>granting permission for him to play this game. And because

882
00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:06.800
<v Speaker 3>you know, yes there is there's blood and gore in it,

883
00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:09.280
<v Speaker 3>but it's kind of like a cartoonish blooding gore. It's

884
00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:13.440
<v Speaker 3>not like super realist. So I was like, I allow

885
00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:15.199
<v Speaker 3>this and they're like, okay, well, you got to fill

886
00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:18.320
<v Speaker 3>out this legal document. They sent me a legal document

887
00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:22.119
<v Speaker 3>that I had to fill out, signs scan, then email

888
00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:25.679
<v Speaker 3>back to them, and then they were like okay, we'll

889
00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:29.320
<v Speaker 3>go ahead and process this and then boom, you're good. Nope.

890
00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:32.360
<v Speaker 3>Even after I said that, Bethesda was like, no, we

891
00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:34.679
<v Speaker 3>are not allowing your child to play unless he's thirteen

892
00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:37.239
<v Speaker 3>years old. Oh. And I'm like, okay, then give me

893
00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:40.559
<v Speaker 3>the reason why I have already provided you parental consent,

894
00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:43.280
<v Speaker 3>and they said, we don't care about parental consent. It's

895
00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:47.719
<v Speaker 3>because the reason why is because it has online chat.

896
00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:52.159
<v Speaker 3>There's voice chat. Okay, there's no text chat, but there's

897
00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:56.239
<v Speaker 3>voice chat in the game, right, and they cannot control

898
00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:59.079
<v Speaker 3>the voice chat because they don't have moderation.

899
00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:01.639
<v Speaker 1>Yea in some of the safeties. Now there there are

900
00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:03.719
<v Speaker 1>list faces. There are a lot of people out there

901
00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:04.840
<v Speaker 1>that are gonna pray on kids.

902
00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:07.199
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and I get that, and that's why I don't

903
00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:10.079
<v Speaker 3>allow him to play Roadblocks. So then I said, okay, fine, fine,

904
00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:12.719
<v Speaker 3>fine fine. He was really upset. He's like, I just

905
00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:14.920
<v Speaker 3>want to play Fallout with you. So what I did

906
00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:19.320
<v Speaker 3>was I installed Fallout four, which is a single player game.

907
00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:22.719
<v Speaker 3>You know, there's no multiplayer aspect single player. I installed

908
00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:25.320
<v Speaker 3>Fallout four to his computer and I said, look, Bud,

909
00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:28.360
<v Speaker 3>here you go. You can play Fallout now. He started

910
00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:34.119
<v Speaker 3>playing it. Dude, he doesn't even play Minecraft anymore. Wow,

911
00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:37.119
<v Speaker 3>that's crazy. That is his favorite game of all time.

912
00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:40.000
<v Speaker 3>He's like, nope, I want to play Fallout. Fallout is

913
00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:43.239
<v Speaker 3>so amazing. He's like, and I'm like, thank you. This

914
00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:44.760
<v Speaker 3>is this is what I'm telling you. There's so many

915
00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:47.920
<v Speaker 3>other games out there besides just Minecraft. I've never played

916
00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:52.559
<v Speaker 3>Fallout oh, like at all. God, dude, fall so good.

917
00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:55.840
<v Speaker 4>They're fun. They're not my style of game. I'm not

918
00:46:55.880 --> 00:46:58.719
<v Speaker 4>a big fan. I mean, they're good. I will give them,

919
00:46:58.840 --> 00:46:59.400
<v Speaker 4>but it's.

920
00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:02.559
<v Speaker 3>Just not it's not for me, right right. I was

921
00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:04.400
<v Speaker 3>just thinking though, when you mentioned seventy six.

922
00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:06.559
<v Speaker 1>One of the games that I used to like playing, well,

923
00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:10.239
<v Speaker 1>two of them Redneck Rampage and the other one is

924
00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:13.000
<v Speaker 1>Interstate seventy six, which was.

925
00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:15.920
<v Speaker 3>Kind of like the Mod Squad Car. You're driving around

926
00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:17.880
<v Speaker 3>in a car. It was. It was a lot of fun.

927
00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:20.239
<v Speaker 3>That one was a good game too. The reason they

928
00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:23.639
<v Speaker 3>called this one Fallout seventy six is because it's supposed

929
00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:27.039
<v Speaker 3>to be that you're in vault seventy six. Oh, that's right,

930
00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:28.639
<v Speaker 3>that's what it means. All right.

931
00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:30.119
<v Speaker 1>I want to I want to find out a little

932
00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:33.159
<v Speaker 1>bit about the problem you've been having with your HP omen,

933
00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:37.599
<v Speaker 1>which is a pretty high end HP computer laptop.

934
00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:40.280
<v Speaker 3>I just I just got this computer like six months ago,

935
00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:42.360
<v Speaker 3>and it's a it's a very high end laptop. It's

936
00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:46.960
<v Speaker 3>got the AMD Rizin nine, it's got thirty two gigs

937
00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:51.239
<v Speaker 3>of RAM, it's got the RTX fifty seventy graphics card.

938
00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:53.519
<v Speaker 3>I mean, this thing is a beast and it's been

939
00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:56.199
<v Speaker 3>great for me this whole time. And I've never really

940
00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:59.639
<v Speaker 3>been an HP fan. All of a sudden, this last Saturday,

941
00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:02.280
<v Speaker 3>I go to get my laptop at night. I'm i'm, i'm,

942
00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:04.639
<v Speaker 3>it's in my bag. I grab it out to go

943
00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:09.719
<v Speaker 3>do something, and the computer is just slow as molasses

944
00:48:10.320 --> 00:48:13.559
<v Speaker 3>to boot up. Like I finally get to the login

945
00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:16.079
<v Speaker 3>screen where I can log into Windows, and then the

946
00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:19.360
<v Speaker 3>screen goes blank and I can barely move my mouse.

947
00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:22.079
<v Speaker 3>When I move my mouse, it's like it's like one

948
00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:24.880
<v Speaker 3>frame a second, where the mouse is like it kind

949
00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:27.719
<v Speaker 3>of jumps around the screen one frame a second. And

950
00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:32.480
<v Speaker 3>then there's no Windows Explore at the bottom, like you know,

951
00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:34.800
<v Speaker 3>you got the Windows button and all the all the

952
00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:39.159
<v Speaker 3>pinned icons. Nothing was at the bottom. And it took about,

953
00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:41.880
<v Speaker 3>I want to say, about ten minutes, and then all

954
00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:45.199
<v Speaker 3>of a sudden, everything just got really smooth. And I

955
00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:48.480
<v Speaker 3>was like, Okay, think about this from an IT perspective.

956
00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:52.079
<v Speaker 3>What causes this kind of thing to happen? And I'm thinking, Okay,

957
00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:55.800
<v Speaker 3>it's got to be a bad SSD because everything is

958
00:48:55.840 --> 00:49:00.239
<v Speaker 3>being loaded into RAM, and once it gets loaded into RAM,

959
00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:04.440
<v Speaker 3>it's all nice and smooth. So I downloaded the HP

960
00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:09.039
<v Speaker 3>Diagnostics tool. I ran it within Windows. I even ran

961
00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:14.039
<v Speaker 3>it with Uefi before Windows boots. I ran all the tests,

962
00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:19.519
<v Speaker 3>everything said everything passed with flying colors and I'm like, okay, fine,

963
00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:22.320
<v Speaker 3>So then I went I ran check disc and I

964
00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:26.000
<v Speaker 3>did check disc slash C, slash F or whatever the

965
00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:29.920
<v Speaker 3>commands are. It went talk about thirty five minutes. It

966
00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:32.440
<v Speaker 3>scanned my entire tear a bit hard drive. It said

967
00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:36.719
<v Speaker 3>everything was fine. Then I'm like, okay, it's still not fixed.

968
00:49:36.760 --> 00:49:40.159
<v Speaker 3>What is going on? Why is this so slow? I

969
00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:43.039
<v Speaker 3>went to Windows Update and I noticed a couple updates,

970
00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:45.519
<v Speaker 3>but they weren't installed right around that same time. They

971
00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:48.920
<v Speaker 3>were installed a couple of days earlier. But I was like, okay,

972
00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:50.480
<v Speaker 3>well that doesn't make any sense, but I want to

973
00:49:50.519 --> 00:49:52.840
<v Speaker 3>Oh you know what, I'm just gonna uninstall the last

974
00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:57.679
<v Speaker 3>three updates that Windows made. I uninstalled those three updates.

975
00:49:57.719 --> 00:50:01.400
<v Speaker 3>I rebooted the computer, Bam, every is back again. So

976
00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:04.719
<v Speaker 3>it's a Microsoft update that didn't one one more time.

977
00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:09.639
<v Speaker 3>It's Microsoft's fault. Wow, they released a faulty dude. Microsoft

978
00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:12.719
<v Speaker 3>is getting really bad, like they're they've been releasing updates

979
00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:15.199
<v Speaker 3>lately that have just been bricking computers.

980
00:50:15.320 --> 00:50:18.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it's the SSD one. And well Microsoft said no, no,

981
00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:21.960
<v Speaker 1>that didn't really happen. Other people are saying no, no,

982
00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:24.320
<v Speaker 1>we we had this issue where it was wiping on

983
00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:25.519
<v Speaker 1>an SSD.

984
00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:28.079
<v Speaker 4>Hold on, we can't talk about about Microsoft. We might

985
00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:28.760
<v Speaker 4>get canceled.

986
00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:30.400
<v Speaker 3>Oh gosh, you.

987
00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:34.559
<v Speaker 4>Can't talk about how to bypass Windows local logins either

988
00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:36.800
<v Speaker 4>anymore because you might get booted form YouTube?

989
00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:38.079
<v Speaker 3>What really?

990
00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:43.159
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, so you're talking about the issues with Microsoft,

991
00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:49.119
<v Speaker 4>and the content creators on YouTube have been getting videos

992
00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:53.119
<v Speaker 4>removed that have been talking about how to bypass local

993
00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:56.159
<v Speaker 4>logins for Windows leven. I've talked about it on the

994
00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:59.679
<v Speaker 4>show before, so I just know that they're really cracking

995
00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:01.559
<v Speaker 4>down on anything.

996
00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:07.440
<v Speaker 1>Like RUFUS, pulling videos that talked about RUFUS. Really yep, Wow, amazing.

997
00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:09.480
<v Speaker 1>All right, we're gonna take another quick break. We come

998
00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:11.719
<v Speaker 1>back with more of tech talk Radio. I'm Andy Taylor,

999
00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:13.800
<v Speaker 1>I'm Sean de Weird.

1000
00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:16.280
<v Speaker 3>And I'm Justin. Let me find us on the facebooks

1001
00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:20.280
<v Speaker 3>at Forward Slash tech Talkers. We'll be right back and

1002
00:51:20.440 --> 00:51:22.199
<v Speaker 3>now back to tech talk Radio.

1003
00:51:22.400 --> 00:51:25.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to buy just the absolute primo system

1004
00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:27.760
<v Speaker 2>out today. That usually wastes money, So I'll be doing

1005
00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:31.400
<v Speaker 2>some digital photography, maybe some video editing, don't do any

1006
00:51:31.400 --> 00:51:33.239
<v Speaker 2>gaming at all, so I don't have that demand on

1007
00:51:33.280 --> 00:51:35.719
<v Speaker 2>the computer. It's wondering what you guys would suggest, either

1008
00:51:35.880 --> 00:51:38.440
<v Speaker 2>brands or just in general speed. And where do you

1009
00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:40.599
<v Speaker 2>go to get the maximum bang to the buck right now?

1010
00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:45.800
<v Speaker 3>Sounds like you want to max. So websites are the week.

1011
00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:48.400
<v Speaker 3>Cool websites. We found a couple. I know we normally

1012
00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:50.760
<v Speaker 3>don't do this because we never find any cool websites,

1013
00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.000
<v Speaker 3>but I found one that's kind of cool. It's a

1014
00:51:53.159 --> 00:51:57.840
<v Speaker 3>Pong style clock. Wait pong like in the game Pong. Yeah,

1015
00:51:57.880 --> 00:52:00.519
<v Speaker 3>like the game, like the game where you're basically a clock,

1016
00:52:00.599 --> 00:52:04.599
<v Speaker 3>but you're watching two computer characters just play pong, but

1017
00:52:04.719 --> 00:52:07.719
<v Speaker 3>it keeps up with the time. And so the website

1018
00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:13.960
<v Speaker 3>is big job by dot com, Big job By dot

1019
00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:18.360
<v Speaker 3>Com Forward slash Pong, and somebody actually has watched these

1020
00:52:18.360 --> 00:52:21.440
<v Speaker 3>two little ai things. They just bounce the thing back

1021
00:52:21.480 --> 00:52:24.599
<v Speaker 3>and forth and eventually, when the minute is up, one

1022
00:52:24.639 --> 00:52:27.280
<v Speaker 3>of them loses, and then the minute goes to the

1023
00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:29.599
<v Speaker 3>next minute, and then it just kind of repeats.

1024
00:52:29.159 --> 00:52:32.760
<v Speaker 1>Just like watching sports. Pretty much perfect. Okay, So the

1025
00:52:32.760 --> 00:52:37.280
<v Speaker 1>website to get to that is Big Jobby Jobby dot

1026
00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:41.920
<v Speaker 1>Com Forward slash Pong. Have some fun with that one, schun.

1027
00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:45.280
<v Speaker 4>And so we've been talking a lot about classic games,

1028
00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:49.199
<v Speaker 4>so there if you want to. So two places you

1029
00:52:49.239 --> 00:52:51.159
<v Speaker 4>can go that I know of half the time my

1030
00:52:51.199 --> 00:52:56.440
<v Speaker 4>head Internet archive. Oh yeah, and Classic reload dot com

1031
00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:58.559
<v Speaker 4>will allow you to play doss games in your browser.

1032
00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:01.039
<v Speaker 4>Doss boxes a right application if you want to.

1033
00:53:01.400 --> 00:53:03.840
<v Speaker 3>What was that Classic Reload Classic.

1034
00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:06.639
<v Speaker 4>Reload dot com? All right, so go there check those out.

1035
00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:09.960
<v Speaker 4>But during the break we were talking about being distracted

1036
00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:13.719
<v Speaker 4>on the Internet. With the TV Garden website, you can

1037
00:53:13.760 --> 00:53:18.440
<v Speaker 4>stream the NASA ISS TV, which is just basically like

1038
00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:20.639
<v Speaker 4>a live stream of the ISS going flying.

1039
00:53:20.800 --> 00:53:21.920
<v Speaker 3>Where is that one on TV?

1040
00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:26.000
<v Speaker 4>It's just scrolled down you'll see NASA TV. I've got that.

1041
00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:27.639
<v Speaker 4>I had that full screened up and I was just

1042
00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:29.239
<v Speaker 4>mesmerized of staring at it.

1043
00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:31.760
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, watching it go by a little more visual than

1044
00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:33.239
<v Speaker 3>three D punk or punk.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. So the TV Garden stuff is just incredible. We

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<v Speaker 4>talked about it a while back on the show. Another

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<v Speaker 4>one of my favorite. If you we're talking about TV,

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<v Speaker 4>we're talking about radio garden. WebSDR dot org is for

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<v Speaker 4>ham radio people. We've talked about that one. We talked

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<v Speaker 4>about it when we talked about TV Garden two weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 4>WebStar dot org. If you're in the hand radio at

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<v Speaker 4>all right, I encourage you go check that out, tune in,

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<v Speaker 4>tune into your your local net, or tune in a

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<v Speaker 4>net around the world.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all right. I got one.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about background remove dot BG last week, where

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<v Speaker 1>you can remove the background out of a photo. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>another one, cleanup dot pictures. Cleanup dot pictures, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>online image editing. So if you're looking for you just

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<v Speaker 1>want to remove somebody out of a picture real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I wouldn't say use this all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>but if you're looking for something real quick, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to test it out, play around, cleanup dot pictures might

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<v Speaker 1>work for you. All right, that's it for this week's

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<v Speaker 1>Tech Talk Radio. Thanks for tuning in. If you have questions, comments,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Andy Taylor, I'm Sean de Weird, and I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>let me have yourselves.

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<v Speaker 3>Great week, We'll see you next time.
