WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.640 The following program is produced by the Tech Talk Radio Network. Hi, 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.719 I'm Rick Darringer, Rock and Roll hoo Chiku, and you're 3 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:11.960 listening to tech Talk Radio. Welcome to another episode of 4 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:16.079 tech Talk Radio. I'm Andy Taylor, I'm and I'm Justin Lemmey. 5 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:19.079 We have the show that talks about computers, technology and 6 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.519 the Internet. How you guys doing doing great? Thanks for 7 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.120 joining us. Yeah, it's good. Everybody good. 8 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:29.440 Everybody's you know, we're getting to the end of the semester, 9 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:31.320 so I'm just counting the days. 10 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.880 I loving it because in last week's show we heard 11 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:37.479 how Sean was playing around with the wise bulbs. You're 12 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:38.560 still having a good time with that? 13 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:39.840 Oh yeah, I actually so. 14 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.640 They came off of pre orders only, and I bought 15 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:44.920 four more to fill out the rest of my basement 16 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.039 with four more. I had bought four more to fill 17 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:49.200 out the rest of my cam lights in the basement. 18 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:57.240 So how many you have now? Seventeen twelve? Now, okay, 19 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.679 I wasn't too far off. Can you control like a 20 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:02.920 set of four or one? How do you control them 21 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:03.399 with the app? 22 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:05.040 In the app? 23 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:07.359 In the app you can put them into groups, so 24 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:09.560 like I have the ones that are directly behind me 25 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:13.400 over my office, over my computer called my computer desk, right, 26 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:16.680 and I can control just those those four. But then 27 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:18.560 the rest I have on what I call the theater, 28 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.519 which I can then control just those ones. I've written 29 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.599 to wise already because I'm a little frustrated at some 30 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.280 of the UI with the app. Based on how new 31 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.480 the bulbs are and stuff. There are scenes you can build, 32 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:30.959 So I can build a scene and I can like 33 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:34.359 have this bullbi dimmed to fifty percent, but this bab 34 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:38.599 seventy five different colors, and I can set up a mood. Essentially, 35 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.560 you can't you can't make a rule within the app 36 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:44.879 that says push this button to load this scene. I 37 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:47.359 can load a color or a white balance, but I 38 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:49.239 can't load a scene. So I have to go into 39 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.439 the group, pick the group, pick the scene, because I 40 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:55.920 want to be able to make two moods or one 41 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.319 mood for both both scene groups down here. So I 42 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:01.280 can hit the button and say go to this mood 43 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.439 for the basement, and the basement will be in that mood. 44 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:05.959 But right now I have to go to each group 45 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:06.920 and do it individually. 46 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:08.919 Wow, that would be a little confusing, I would think. 47 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:10.280 Now I can do a white out. 48 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:12.560 So I made one called whiteout, which sets it to 49 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:15.240 the standard white balance that my basement is like, and 50 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:16.039 I can hit white out. 51 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:17.159 It doesn't because I can. 52 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.439 I can pick and make rules based on the white colors, 53 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:24.840 but I can't make a rule based on the scene. 54 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.400 They look great and they're bright. They are very functional, 55 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:30.840 and I've had no issues with them. They're super easy 56 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:32.879 to set up. I can make scenes, like I said, 57 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.560 I can make these scenes. I can build whatever colors 58 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:37.840 I want and then load, save them, and load them. 59 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.879 But I just can't use rules to make them happen. 60 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:43.080 Like I can't say if I had a home assistant 61 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:47.759 or Alexa, I could say, hey, Alexa, load Sean's gaming scene. 62 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:50.159 It can't do that because there's no rule involved. 63 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:51.960 Yeah. I was about to say, why don't you get 64 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.439 like home assistant or something? Yeah, that would do that. Yeah, 65 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:56.439 you know. Hector sent us a note because he heard 66 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:59.400 the show last week and he actually wanted to know 67 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:04.919 why isn't Wise available in retail locations? Are they because 68 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:06.360 they hasn't been able to find them? 69 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:11.039 Well, there are some select home depots have WISE products. 70 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.599 Oh really? Now, oh that's kind of cool all right 71 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.400 the place, but they wouldn't think about getting smart tech 72 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:19.120 would be home depot. Actually, yeah, they've been you know what, 73 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:22.039 they've been pretty advanced. They've been pretty forward thinking in 74 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:25.599 that stuff, especially with the home thermostats. But I have 75 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:27.800 not been able to see I have not seen Wise 76 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.039 technology anywhere in retail. And that's I think what That's 77 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:33.280 what Hector was thinking about that you only had to 78 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:34.759 go online to be able to get it. But if 79 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:36.120 you can get it in retail, that's good. 80 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:36.919 You can. 81 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.599 I saw them at my local home depot here in 82 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:44.479 northern Indiana, and on their website, I can't. I can 83 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:48.159 get the Version three camera, the outdoor camera, the Version two, 84 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:52.520 the pan, the pan and tilt one, the WISE plugs, 85 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.479 the WISE light bulbs, not the color ones yet because 86 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:57.719 they're not super available still at the WISE lock, the 87 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:02.080 outdoor plug, the SPRINKLERK controller. I mean, it's all right 88 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:02.759 there on their website. 89 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.039 What about price? What about pricing though, because I'm wondering 90 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:08.080 are they the same deal? Because what you get when 91 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.599 you go online direct through why is it's pretty good. 92 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:13.759 The Version three outdoor camera is thirty eight bucks on 93 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:15.879 home Depot. It's about eight or nine bucks more. 94 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.680 No, that's well, I mean home Depot, yeah, exactly, Home 95 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.720 Deepo's got to make some money off it. Yeah, and 96 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:23.439 then but the nice thing about that way is if 97 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:25.240 you do have an issue with it, you could take 98 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:27.000 it back to home Depot. You don't have to worry 99 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.879 about shipping and sending it back in that way. So 100 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.920 that's going to be that's gonna be real nice. You know. Actually, 101 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:35.959 the verg you know you guys ever go to the Verge. 102 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.279 They did a really good article because a lot of people, 103 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.560 especially in the last year, let's face it, a lot 104 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:45.720 of people have been ordered online. And you order online 105 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.959 and sometimes you don't know what you're gonna get. Like 106 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.759 you might go, Okay, I'm gonna go ahead, take a chance. 107 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.560 I've seen this ad on Instagram. I'm gonna go ahead 108 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.160 and buy this. And then you order and what you 109 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:01.959 get sometimes either take it's way too long, sometimes it's 110 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.480 not the right color, not the right product, or sometimes 111 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.839 it never arrives. So the big question is what do 112 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:11.360 you do when this happens. You're not always protected depending 113 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.160 on who you've bought through, you know, PayPal. When you 114 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.079 buy through PayPal, you can get a guarantee, somewhat of 115 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:22.399 a guarantee, and again, how you pay for it when 116 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:24.120 you buy something else, you know, you never want to 117 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:28.240 use a debit card. Never, never, because you're gonna get 118 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:31.199 protected that way. But Verge had a really good article 119 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:34.279 about that which kind of played in well with a 120 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:36.959 product that I there's been two products. So I bought 121 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.959 a product. It was about two and a half months ago. 122 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:43.439 I'm online, I'm on. I want to say it was Instagram. 123 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.759 I saw it and it talked about this green screen 124 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:48.839 that you can put on the back of your chair 125 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:54.319 and it has the bel coast straps, it's around green screen. 126 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:57.439 It's fifty six inches and I thought, wow, look at that. 127 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.560 It's being advertised. You know, you look and you're thinking, 128 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:03.079 that looks like a cool product. And I go. I 129 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.519 clicked through and it's was thirty five dollars for this 130 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:08.800 green screen. I know the price has been a little 131 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.720 higher for those. Okay, So I ordered two. I'm gonna 132 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:14.399 get two. I get one for the studio and one 133 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:18.279 for my office. Right, and would you know, I finally 134 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.680 got it. Now I will say it is well done construction, 135 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:25.040 it's built well, it's got a great green fabric. It 136 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:27.399 is huge. It fits to the back of the chair. 137 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.560 But I only got one. I ordered two, So basically 138 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.480 I paid sixty nine dollars for one. Well, the company 139 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.360 is in China, of course, I didn't know that until 140 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:42.279 I placed that order a company. See did you get 141 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:45.959 it from Amazon? I didn't know. I went through a 142 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:50.279 link and I ordered it directly and paid through PayPal. Okay, yeah, 143 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:53.319 see that's that's a then of the reason why I 144 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:58.839 never buy anything except reputable sellers unless I buy it 145 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:01.040 from Amazon. And then when I do buy it from Amazon, 146 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:05.680 it says shipped and fulfilled by Amazon. Yeah, otherwise you 147 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:07.439 could be paying for something and then it's like, oh, 148 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:09.439 six weeks later. Here it is a month and a 149 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:12.120 half in where I had not received any information as 150 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.439 far as this product. I emailed them and I never 151 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.120 heard back from them. Suddenly one day I get this one, 152 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:21.319 this one green screen in about now. It's well constructed. 153 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:23.639 But then, so you figure I paid sixty nine bucks 154 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.439 for it, I'm probably not going to get a second one. 155 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:27.560 I know that nobody's going to follow through. I know 156 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:29.120 that's going to be the case. You use your credit 157 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.000 card to dispute it maybe I could. I don't know, 158 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:34.759 but as you could. I went online to BH Photo, 159 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:37.839 which if you've never been a BH photo video, some 160 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:41.399 great stuff on. There's a company named Bescor. They make 161 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:46.240 them fifty dollars, so they maybe they've fulfilled it from 162 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:50.480 them and you know, made nineteen bucks out. I don't know, maybe, 163 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:54.120 but I mean, seriously, if you pay with a credit card, 164 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.519 contact a credit card company, file a dispute, that's the 165 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:59.839 last you're going to hear of it, because what from there, 166 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:01.959 they're going to go after the retailer, and if the 167 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:06.120 retailer doesn't respond, well, then the credit card company just 168 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:08.399 takes care of it, and no matter what, no matter what, 169 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:10.920 you're going to get your sixty nine dollars back or 170 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:14.480 thirty nine dollars or whatever you claim, you'll get that 171 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:19.879 back immediately. But if the retailer comes back and tells 172 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:24.120 the credit card company, hey, no, we sent this blah 173 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.199 blah blah, then the credit card company will take back 174 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:29.639 the refund that they gave you, and then you'll go 175 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:32.960 into like arbitration. But normally, if it's something like that, 176 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:36.840 those companies never respond and it doesn't matter because they 177 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:41.399 still get their money. Who gets messed over is the 178 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.159 credit card company. Yeah, because they have insurance on it, 179 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.080 but they still pay you back yet they've already paid 180 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:51.679 the merchant. The merchant gets their money, you don't get 181 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:54.759 your product. The credit card company gets gets left holding 182 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.960 the bag. Did you see this one on Facebook and 183 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:03.200 Instagram a couple of weeks ago? It was ninety nine 184 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:08.519 dollars from a company called by Best. I think that 185 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:11.639 was it. I think it was by Best, and it 186 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:18.519 was for a fifteen inch HP laptop brand new in 187 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:21.000 the box. They had an overstock of him, so they 188 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:25.440 were selling him for ninety nine dollars. You said it 189 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.279 was called by Best. I think it was called by Best. 190 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.519 I saw, I saw that it was very similar from 191 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:37.240 from Zonoma. I didn't hear about that one. Emma, what 192 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:43.360 is that? Oh it took me a second I thinking 193 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:48.639 about it. He's like, what's that mean? Anyway? So it 194 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:50.879 was for I mean, this is a full on laptop, 195 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:53.720 you know, and it's a it's a double laptops. You 196 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.759 fuller over use it as a tablat ninety right, said 197 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:02.159 the edit overstock. Ah, I went ahead and pulled the trigger. 198 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:05.159 I do not know I did. I did I wanted 199 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:08.519 to see if this really if this is going to 200 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:10.960 be some kind of a scam or some kind of 201 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:12.639 a deal, and how this is going to work. I 202 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:17.080 screencapped everything, took photos just just so this kind of 203 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:19.960 an experiment on my part to throw away ninety nine bucks, 204 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.720 but to see, really is this going to be fulfilled? 205 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.480 And we'll see now what happens. But it doesn't come 206 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:28.440 in if you ordered it with your credit card, yes, 207 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:30.559 and it doesn't come in or it doesn't come in 208 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.240 as expected. And it was another one a dispute. It 209 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:36.799 was another one that directed through PayPal, so again so 210 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:40.720 but still you used your credit card, right, So then 211 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:42.879 in that case credit the credit card will go through 212 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:46.080 PayPal as the paintent processor. PayPal will then go after 213 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:49.639 you know, the merchant. But the worst case scenario what's 214 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:54.519 going to happen is that in the future, anybody that 215 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:57.120 tries to buy with that same credit card that you 216 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:01.600 used with this same company, the purchase will get declined immediately, 217 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.879 right because they're not willing to take any more chances 218 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:06.200 as a credit card company. Well yeah, it makes sense, 219 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.720 but still still was I was like, Okay, this has 220 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:11.720 got to be some kind of a scam. I got 221 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.399 to find out where this leads. So again a little 222 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:16.879 investigative reporting there. Did you get anything back in terms 223 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:19.639 of like shipping or no, it said we'll ship in 224 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:23.679 twenty days, So that'll the twentieth day will be about 225 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:31.360 right around the time you forget about it. I think 226 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.919 that's what they're hoping for right the time. We've done 227 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:38.159 some we've done some laboratory studies. It's about the twenty 228 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.480 day mark when you forget what you purchased, especially if 229 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:43.960 you purchase at like after ten pm right and then 230 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:48.080 or been drinking yeah or yeah, well or both, you know. 231 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.519 And then I was thinking, when you buy a technology 232 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:53.519 like this, how do you know what you're getting inside 233 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.799 that technology? Are you? Oh, you can accept this, but 234 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:01.000 we're going to be tracking every single thing that you're chasing, visiting, 235 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:06.519 et cetera. P much what all technology is nowadays? I mean, 236 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:09.320 think about why things are so cheap, you know, smart TVs. 237 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:12.279 Let's say they take smart TVs for instance, why do 238 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:15.120 you think you can buy a four K seventy five 239 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:18.720 inch TV for less than two thousand dollars. It's because 240 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:23.120 they track everything you do with that television and sell 241 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.519 it to advertisers. This is a proven fact. This is 242 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.480 how they make their money on the back end is 243 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:32.639 by tracking everything you do. Now, some people listening will go, oh, 244 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:35.600 come on, that's ridiculous. How try how they get improve it? 245 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.879 How are they going to be able to do it 246 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.799 with every single person and to know what they're watching. 247 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.679 I can prove it because when I got my smart TV, 248 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.960 I also have and I've mentioned this on other podcasts, 249 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:47.679 and yes, go ahead and queue up the laughter. But 250 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:51.000 I have a pie hole right, Yes, it's a Raspberry 251 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:55.799 Pie computer that runs a DNS forwarder. So everything that's 252 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:59.679 on my home network I forward to the raspberry Pie first, 253 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.120 and then if it's on its blacklist like things like 254 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:08.600 ad tracking, cookies, malware viruses, whatever, it will deny my 255 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:12.080 request to go to that website. It's actually shoving it 256 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:14.360 into like a room. It's a black hole. Yeah, it's 257 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.200 a black hole. Boo. I send it down to a 258 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:17.919 black hole and then you never hear you never hear 259 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:21.200 from it again. But I've been monitoring my pie hole 260 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.480 for a while and I see all the different DNS 261 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:27.559 requests that come through, and most of them are from 262 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:30.399 my computer. But then the moment. The day that I 263 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:32.840 hooked up my TV and I got it on my network, 264 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:40.440 the DNS requests skyrocketed tenfold, Wow, ten times the amount 265 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:42.919 of DNS requests. And when I looked into it, it 266 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.639 was all of the Samsung partners, and it wasn't even 267 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:51.639 just Samsung dot Com, you know whatever. They bought thousands 268 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:54.120 of domains that are just made up of random letters 269 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.320 and numbers, and they forward all of your statistics everything 270 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:00.519 you do, from how long did you you spend on 271 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.960 the home screen, which app did you choose, how long 272 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:06.080 did you spend on that app? How many times did 273 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.879 you skip the commercials? What were your volume settings? What 274 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:13.879 channels did you watch on local television? Everything you do, 275 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:19.600 they forward it onto these providers. Then they correlate this data. Now, 276 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:25.200 whether or not it's personally identifiable, that remains to be seen. 277 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.919 But they're tracking what you do, whether it be a 278 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:33.840 herd or just a single user, they are tracking everything 279 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:37.840 you do. So that's just one example. We've seen situations 280 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:39.639 where people have said that, you know, with the home 281 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:43.440 speakers in their homes, they will suddenly talk about needing 282 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.480 to buy, you know, a new sofa, a new share 283 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:51.759 and suddenly they're getting ants sped on their computers through 284 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:55.000 Facebook or on the social media for those type of devices. 285 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:58.679 This was This happened to me this last weekend, just Saturday. 286 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.799 We were walking through neighborhood and my neighbor pulls up 287 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:07.919 in a brand new Mercedes AMGS Class. I mean, I'm 288 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.879 talking top of the line, probably a good one hundred 289 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:14.279 and fifty thousand dollars car. Right, this thing is sweet. 290 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.919 And I said to him, and I pulled my phone 291 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:19.279 out and I got my camera open, and I said, dude, 292 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:22.200 that is a nice Mercedes, and I took a picture 293 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:26.159 of it. Not one hour later, I get one of 294 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.919 those Google surveys, because I have the Google Survey program 295 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.240 where you answer simple questions. You get like ten cents 296 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:34.360 for every question you answer. I get an ad that says, 297 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:40.320 are you interested in Mercedes Benz? What? Really? I said, no, 298 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:45.559 thank you for that ten cents. But no, that's some 299 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:49.559 scary thing is what tech is nowadays. All Right, So 300 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.960 you know we were talking about PayPal. You guys had 301 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:55.080 mentioned to me that Elon Musk that's how he made 302 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:57.679 his money. He was the guy behind PayPal pretty much 303 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:01.600 started that right yea out of PayPal and what else 304 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:04.840 did he found? Well, all sorts of stuff. Yeah, he 305 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.879 did a lot, but yeah, PayPal was where he initially 306 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:11.320 made his billions. I remember millions. When we were in 307 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.320 Palm Springs doing this show, his name started to you 308 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:16.159 would start to hear his name and it would always 309 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:19.559 be associated with something in the you know, Linux world, 310 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:23.720 you know, something along that line. It was something big 311 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.240 and grandiose that he was doing. And now you know, 312 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:29.080 he's made a statement this past week that had a 313 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:31.200 lot of people going, wait, wait, wait, what do you 314 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.480 say it? Because you know they've been talking about space travel, 315 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.320 they've been you know, they've we've seen this incredible success 316 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:40.039 with the launch. Did you guys see John Kraus's photos 317 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:44.039 this past Yes, well, amazing photos of the Crew two launch. 318 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.960 I've got a buddy that lives in Orlando, thirty miles 319 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.960 from the launch site. He got up at five am 320 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.279 or or whatever to watch it and he got to 321 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:53.399 see the rockets come down. He took pictures from his 322 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:56.679 back patio of the rockets launching and then coming back 323 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.519 down and thoy were just spectacular. Well, John did some 324 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:02.519 great photos on that. But either way, you know, it 325 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.599 was an Elon Musk thing with Crew two going up 326 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:07.799 there in the whole bit. And he made a statement 327 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:11.279 though about space travel because everybody's thinking, Oh, I want 328 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.440 to go to the Moon, They're already talking about that. 329 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:15.240 I want to go into orbit. I want to go 330 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.039 to Mars. But his comments but Mars have kind of 331 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:22.440 changed the way people are thinking. Yeah, according, I'm looking 332 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.480 at this right now. According to Popular Mechanics dot com, 333 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:28.759 they quoted him, yeah, he says, he says here, going 334 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.319 to Mars reads a lot like that ad for Shackleton 335 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:34.839 going to the Antarctic. You know, it's dangerous, it's uncomfortable, 336 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.920 it's a long journey. You might not come back alive, 337 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:39.480 but it's a glorious adventure and it will be an 338 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:43.200 amazing experience. You probably won't have any food or good food. 339 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.000 If an arduous and dangerous journey where you might not 340 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:48.720 come back alive, but it's a glorious adventure sounds appealing. 341 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.519 Mars is that place. That's the ad. That's the ad 342 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:56.440 for Mars. Honestly, a bunch of people will probably die 343 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:59.880 in the beginning. It's tough sledding over there. We're not 344 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:04.319 gonna make everyone go it's volunteers only. That's his exact quote. 345 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.359 Does that make you guys still want to go? Uh? 346 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:14.759 I'm good, I'm good. I'll let Elon go first. Yeah, Sean, 347 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.599 what do you think. 348 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.960 I would probably still go? 349 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:20.759 Really even with a premise of death. Well, you mean, 350 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.680 we all got to die at some point, but still 351 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.680 why accelerate it though if we don't have to? But 352 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.519 but then there's that also, that chance that you might 353 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:32.200 be the first person to ever walk on Mars on Mars, Yeah, exactly, 354 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:34.440 there you go. Yeah, they'll name a crater after you. 355 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:37.599 That's what I was in life, a crater named Maby. 356 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.160 I'll become a. 357 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:45.519 Well, okay, so you're becoming your own crater. And if 358 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.720 you look out your left window, you'll see the Shonda 359 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:52.319 Weird Crater. Well that's glorious. I wanted to show you 360 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.319 something that I picked up this past week. Now. Buddy 361 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.400 of mine, Buzz, who works in radio here in Tucson, 362 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:01.720 had told me about this, and I thought, you gotta 363 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:05.319 be kidnaped. It's a transistor radio, right, it's the ritechis 364 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:09.319 V one point fifteen. It has an antenna on it. 365 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:13.240 It's an AMFM radio U and so you think, okay, Well, 366 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:16.519 with this day and age of smart speakers where we 367 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:18.720 can just pull up, tune in and we can listen 368 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:21.519 to our favorite station, our local station, or even a 369 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:26.000 station out of town. You know, Sean's into getting into 370 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.680 shortwave radio, which is cool. This also has shortwave capabilities 371 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:32.839 on it for listening. It comes with the headphone jacket, 372 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:36.839 comes to the microphone jack. So with that microphone jack 373 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:39.279 and an SD it's got an SD slot on there. 374 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.599 A micro SD you can record audio if you wanted to, 375 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:45.359 Like just you suddenly have something you want to you 376 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.400 want to mention and record, you can do that with this. 377 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.000 Can you record what's coming over the airwaves? Yes, So 378 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:54.720 if you have a favorite radio station or a favorite 379 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:58.039 show or a song, you suddenly, oh that's the song 380 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:00.599 I want you hit record it'll work. Record it onto 381 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:04.640 the SD card, which is super cool, and that way 382 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.200 you can go back and listen to it. You could 383 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:08.599 take that as that micro SD card out, put it 384 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:11.039 into a reader and copy it to your PC. Now, 385 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:13.240 it only records up to one hundred and twenty eight, 386 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:15.880 so you don't get three twenty out of it. But 387 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:18.839 you know which is CD quality. But the quality is 388 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:21.920 still good. And also what I love about this and 389 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:26.400 I'll show you guys, is it has a rechargeable battery, 390 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.720 so wow, you don't have to go out and buy 391 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:31.960 you know, triple A batteries. Well can you use triple 392 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.000 as though? Like can you use real batteries in it? 393 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:36.279 Like if you're out in like the mountains or whatever. No, 394 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:40.440 it's rechargeable. It's one one thousand mili am battery. Okay, 395 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:42.039 so you're going to get some good life with that. 396 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:45.759 And the quality of the speaker is not too bad. 397 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:47.680 But that's what I love about it is you have 398 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.519 the ability to record your favorite radio stations, your favorite 399 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:54.799 radio shows, your songs. I remember doing that as a kid, 400 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.799 you know, hit and play record. One of my favorite 401 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.519