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go for it. What is up everybody and

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welcome to the WAN Show. I am coming at

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you live from a Microsoft Teams AI

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replace background. Just kidding, Luke.

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It's real. I can prove it.

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>> Oh yeah, look at that.

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>> Look at the effects. Look at the amazing

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effects. I am in beautiful Connecticut

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today where I've been attending a secret

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event that actually like has a live

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website. Uh it was really cool. I got to

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meet some incredible creators. I met the

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one and only Alec from Technology

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Connections. I also met Michael Reeves

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for the first time. That was awesome.

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Got to catch up with Tom Scott. It's

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been an amazing amazing couple days. So

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I'll be talking about that a little bit.

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And I will also be talking about oh I

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don't know maybe the fact that sorry

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GameStop has offered $56 billion for

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eBay even though GameStop does not have

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56 billion. So I definitely have some

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thoughts on that. What else have we got

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this week sir?

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>> Well I I mean I offer 57 billion. So

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>> now it's a bidding war.

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>> Thank you. That's helpful. Yes, it's

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just it's just as legitimate of as an of

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an offer. Uh, did you mention the Valve

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thing? I don't think so. Valve imported

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50 tons of something just being called

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game consoles for now. We'll have to

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speculate on what that might be because

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there's at least a couple things. Um,

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and Toyota built a $10 billion private

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utopia tech city. What is what does that

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even mean? And I got to throw one more

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in here because our headline topic

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wasn't actually in our uh our four. AMD

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is prepping full HDMI 2.1 implementation

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for Linux. This is super exciting for

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anyone who's a big gamer on Linux who or

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who just loves high resolution and high

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refresh rate displays over HDMI. AMD

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just keeps being chatted and I

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absolutely love it. Roll that intro.

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missing my Razor chair right now. There

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is negative lumbar support on the like

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couch that I'm sitting in right now and

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it is it is extremely uncomfortable. Uh

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can't can't wait to get back to it. But

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why don't we jump right into our first

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topic for today, which has got to be the

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big news that AMD is prepping full HDMI

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2.1 implementation for Linux. They

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submitted patches to add HDMI fixed rate

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link or FRL support to their open-source

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Linux GPU drivers, which is a huge step

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toward full HDMI 2.1 support on Linux.

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enables the higher bandwidth that's

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needed for higher resolution and refresh

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rates. This is all notable because in

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2024, the HDMI forum rejected AMD's

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earlier attempt to bring HDMI 2.1 to its

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open source drivers over, you guessed

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it, concerns about exposing proprietary

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details of the standard, which ain't

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that the always way? Anytime someone

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tries to do something really cool and

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just do the work for somebody on Linux,

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the Feronx forums that a full

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implementation is on the way, pending

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compliance testing, and that display

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stream compression support will follow

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in a later patch. and this change and

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the timing of it are,

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interesting in light of one of our other

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headline topics, which is, of course,

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the uh supposed what what was it? 50

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tons. Are these metric tons? Are these

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imperial tons? um the 50 tons of game

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consoles that uh Valve has apparently

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just imported because it was a a major

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announcement of the Steam Machine that

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compliance and the timing of all of this

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at all, but just given how chatted

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they've been about all of this, nothing

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would really surprise me. Luke, do you

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want to jump right into the speculation

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around the um

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very very soon upcoming Steam Machine

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Bra Lynch, who was uh correct about the

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Steam Controller import documents a

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couple weeks ago, posted that the United

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game consoles from Valve. It is unclear

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it wouldn't it wouldn't be too weird.

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think. The steam machine was confirmed

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about 20,000 units, which

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and then it's just instantly sold out.

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going to fly. Um, so yeah, I I I mean I

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they're just going to fly out

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the math to figure out that it was

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weight and CC can weight and things like

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controller selling out in 30 minutes.

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history with, you know, the Steam Deck,

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unavoidable, or should a company of

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Valve scale have been better prepared?

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US market, is Valve being kind of

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irresponsible in launching it with such

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limited inventory, or is it possible

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first shipment and, you know, the next

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five CC cans coming in are going to mean

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reasonable amount of of launch

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inventory. Like if they launch this with

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think it's low personally, but if you're

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choosing the stock for this, I can

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understand being a little bit concerned

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compared to the Steam Deck. Even

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compared to the Steam controller, people

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expensive and Steam hardware seemed just

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be like whatever, people are gonna pay

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kind of a don't you have kind of a

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responsibility to to make your products

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available when you say they're available

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and stop acting like a small company? I

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think the Steam Deck, if I remember

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correctly, sold out pretty much

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immediately, but then had fairly rapid

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shipments that were sort of in various

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ocean at the time. Um, it's also

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this, but it is a pretty common strategy

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of the ocean and one that was just

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wrapping production. Sometimes what'll

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warehouse. So you can kind of you can

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had to air freight them rather than seaf

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freight them just because the demand is

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so ridiculous. Um but I just I don't

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the controller is not really giving me a

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ton of faith that Valve is adequately

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stocking this thing. And at a certain

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point, I've actually had a Valve

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but like, you know, we're a small

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company, so blah blah blah. And I go,

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small company at all. As as a hardware

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company, they don't ship

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business is is relatively small, but

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it's it's like scalper bait. Um, there's

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there's tons of these controllers on

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like eBay and elsewhere. Uh, I it's it's

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tough because I I I wish that they did

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more to fight against that, but I don't

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necessarily know what they do.

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Steam Controller, which is causing a lot

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of OG Steam controllers to be sold at

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scalper prices by, you know, to confused

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relatives or giftgivers right now.

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That's um

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>> That's true. That's a really frustrating

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situation that was completely avoidable

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that I raised with Valve when they did

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the unveiling and I was like, "Hey, this

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is a really bad idea." I raised it again

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in the review and then I just I don't

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know. I was feeling kind of sassy and I

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sent them and I told you so as well. I

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was like I basically linked them like a

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bunch of scalper eBay listings and I was

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like hey so just a you know third time

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this was super avoidable and you guys

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didn't have to do this. You could have

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just named it in a way that wasn't

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confusing.

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>> Yeah. People are now calling it the

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Valve Steam Controller 2026 model.

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>> And if Valve had called it that, I

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wouldn't have even been that mad.

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>> Would have been a little bit better.

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But they just called it Steam

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Controller. Like guys, so avoidable. And

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so I guess I'm just I guess I'm just

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kind of This is just kind of a run of

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avoidable issues from them. And I and I

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hope that like a I hope we give Nintendo

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enough appreciation for what they did

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with the Switch 2 launch. They took the

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time. They delayed the launch. They

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built up inventory to make sure that if

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you wanted to switch to pretty much at

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launch, you could go and get one. And

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that's that's something that is not

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necessarily good for their cash flow.

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And to your point, can be a risky thing

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to do, but it's good for your customers.

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And I I I want Valve to stop behaving

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like a scrappy startup and act like a

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real company when it comes to their

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product launches. And I realize this is

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kind of rich coming from the guy who

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can't keep his cables in stock for more

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than flipping 20 minutes, right? I get

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that. But come on, man. I definitely

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operate with constraints that Valve does

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not have.

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Just doesn't have.

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>> Yeah.

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Um,

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with all of that said, hey, where are

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you at for Steam Machine? Like I I feel

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like in the initial launch window,

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people were super excited. The uh

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excitement kind of waned as we made our

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way into the RAM apocalypse and and a

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lot of the pricing estimates for the

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Steam machine started to go up. Um Valve

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clearly has gotten their hands on enough

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RAM to manufacture the thing cuz they

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haven't actually delayed the launch

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outside of Q2, which means it's coming

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in the next 7 to 8 weeks. Where's your

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bullishness right now? I still think

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it's super cool. I I uh I don't think

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the lack of interest due to ramp

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apocalypse has anything to do with Steam

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Machine. I think a very very significant

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amount of people are just not interested

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in computers right now because they are

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in a lot of ways kind of boring. Like

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the most interesting news in computer

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land right now is people running away

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from Windows. It's not it's not

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hardware. And then hardware is super

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super super expensive. Uh it's it's just

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a terrible time to be into computers

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unfortunately. So I think that is what

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reduced the interest in the Steam

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Machine. Nothing to do with the actual

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Steam Machine itself. Um

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>> really

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>> I I think so. When when you look at

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handhelds, people prefer the Steam Deck

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mostly over pretty much all the

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alternatives, even though the Steam Deck

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is pretty old and underperformant

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compared to alternatives at this point.

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Um, and I I think there will be a market

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of people that will really like a Steam

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machine. People like Steam hardware.

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It's another push forward for for Linux,

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for Steam OS. I think both of these

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things are good. I wouldn't be surprised

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at all if the Steam Machine is at least

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part of the kick in the pants that that

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pushed AMD to try again to push for the

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HDMI 2.1 thing. Um, I I think it it just

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keeps progressing this same thing that

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we've been trying to push for for a

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while now, which is which is Linux for

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more people. Um, and that's great. I

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think people will buy it. I suspect if

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it's 20,000 units, it's going to

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disappear immediately. Um,

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>> I I don't suspect it's going to be like,

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oh my god, this like incredible value

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option that a bunch of people seem to

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think that it was going to be. Um,

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>> does it need to be?

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>> I don't think so. I wish it was too, but

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does it need to be in the grand scheme

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of things if what the Steam Machine can

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accomplish is it can

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>> is it can make PC gaming a more

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consolelike experience, something that's

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easier to to get into, even if it even

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if the money barrier is still there,

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something that requires less sort of

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technical knowhow. If it takes people

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out of their comfort zone and puts them

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into Linux, if it creates an install

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base for Linux that incentivizes

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developers to target this hardware

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platform, like can we then can we then

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forgive Valve if the Steam machine

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ultimately is not that affordable?

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>> I like there there's some people in

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Flowplane chat. Uh Mick Bane said that

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the Steam Machine will need to be cheap.

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Um Deox said the deck hit a value

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proposition.

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>> I hear what you guys are saying. That's

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very true. The controller sure as heck

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didn't. Sold out in 30 minutes. Um, I I

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don't think the machine is as compelling

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as the controller. I don't think the

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machine is as compelling as the deck. I

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think Valve knows both of these things.

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I think for the people who kind of want

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a home theater machine and it would be

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pretty cool to have a Steam OS powered

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home theater machine.

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>> Yeah. paired with the knowledge that is

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kind of weird and a little bit

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uncomfortable for me, but the knowledge

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that an incredible amount of people just

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buy pre-builds. This is a cool Steam

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powered pre-build that is trendy because

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it's Linux and Steam OS and it can play

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all your freaking Steam games and it's

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on your TV and your cool new Steam

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controller works with it and your Steam

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Deck and your Steam Machine are kind of

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in the same ecosystem. Neat. I still

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think it has all of those things. I

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don't think it's going to be super price

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competitive. I think for a lot of

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people, it's going to price them out

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because any computer right now is

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basically going to price out a massive

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amount of people. It just is a fact at

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the moment. Um, but especially if

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they're bringing in low volume, I think

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it's going to do well for them. And I

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welcome anything that uh is honestly

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going to keep spicing up the competition

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in the operating system space right now

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because

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even if Microsoft is waking up a little

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bit, I need them to wake up a lot. Um

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>> yeah, I um this is going to sound crazy.

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Okay, bear with me for a second here.

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So far, I like the new leadership at

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Xbox.

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>> Yeah,

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>> one of the first things she did was

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slash the price of Game Pass. Um, yes,

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removed day one access to COD, which is,

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you know, a a big boatload of suck for

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people who bought Xbox, bought Game Pass

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just for COD, but in my opinion,

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actually a boon for everyone who enjoys

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the variety of Game Pass and appreciates

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that aspect of it more and wants the

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subscription to be more affordable. So,

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I I can actually I can I can get on

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board with that move, especially as

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someone who doesn't play COD. So, so

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take that take that for what it is.

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>> Um

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I already like what they're doing with

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changes to the branding, changes to the

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messaging, whole that that whole this is

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an Xbox campaign where like a TV's an

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Xbox, an iPad's an Xbox, everything's an

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Xbox.

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>> I understood where they were. I

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understood what that meant, right? I

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didn't know anyone,

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>> but like you know

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how long was Microsoft going to beat

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that drum that the Xbox is not a game

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console? I mean after the disastrous

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launch of the Xbox One with the connect

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module and then eventually unbundling

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the connect module and going, "Oh, okay.

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So it's not

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the center of your digital life or home

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media hub or, you know, whatever." What

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it feels like to like how long are they

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going to keep trying that? And it seems

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like she's saying not anymore.

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>> She's also saying, this isn't in the

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doc, but I wanted to bring this up

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anyways. I'm going to share my screen. I

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don't think we can see it, but I'll I'll

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I'll speak to it. Uh, Microsoft gives up

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on Xbox co-pilot AI.

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>> New Xbox CEO Asha Chararma continues to

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make her mark. Windows is winding down.

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>> Here's where I'm going with this. Here's

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where I'm going with this. So far,

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I like her. And I think both you and I

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were really skeptical. Yeah,

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>> because we were just like, "Okay, so

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what?" She comes from like the AI side

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of the business. What her gaming street

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credit is functionally

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>> other than other than reducing the price

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of Game Pass, a lot of it right now is

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words.

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>> So, I like I like the words,

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>> but they're good words.

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>> They're good words, but I'm still kind

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of holding

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>> powerful words.

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Tears streaming down their face.

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>> Uh I like these words. They said, "These

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are the finest words that any man or

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woman alive has ever has ever said.

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>> I don't know if I'll ever taste words

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like this again."

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>> So, so I like her. And

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I'm going to make a bold prediction

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right now. With Sony being unwilling to

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just shoulder the cost of selling

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consoles at a loss, they in an

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unprecedented move, they raised the

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price of the PS5. Sony has never raised

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the price of a console before. You and

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you can make the argument that when they

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when they did the uh the slim for the

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PS5, they effectively raised the price.

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And in some ways they like kind of did

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depending on what configuration you were

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buying, but they also like didn't. Um

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Sony raised the price of a current

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generation PlayStation 5. Never been

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done before. Uh Nintendo, this is in the

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dock for this week. Nintendo is raising

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the price of the Switch, too. That one I

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don't know if it's never been done

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before, but it certainly is not common.

536
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:43,200
Valve has moved away. They they or at

537
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:45,600
least it looks like they have signaled a

538
00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:47,200
strong intent to move away from what

539
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,159
they did with the Steam Deck. With the

540
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,840
Steam Deck, they got really aggressive.

541
00:21:50,159 --> 00:21:53,520
And from what I've heard, they weren't

542
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,000
selling it at a loss. That's not my

543
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:58,480
understanding. But what they did do was

544
00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:01,120
they made a huge commitment to AMD. They

545
00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,559
did that custom silicon and that enabled

546
00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:04,240
them, that was a big part of what

547
00:22:02,559 --> 00:22:06,480
enabled them to hit a hyperaggressive

548
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,720
price point and really build an install

549
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:11,200
base for this machine so that developers

550
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:15,360
would have a reason to care about it.

551
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:18,799
So, so far everyone

552
00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:20,480
except Microsoft is kind of on defense

553
00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:21,840
right now. Do you kind of are you kind

554
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,400
of picking up what I'm throwing down

555
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,400
right now?

556
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,320
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

557
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:29,600
>> Microsoft doesn't have much to defend

558
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:32,880
right now. What if Microsoft

559
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:34,720
is the one who comes in with Project

560
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:39,120
Helix, which is the code name for the

561
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:40,720
nextG Xbox, and does the like

562
00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:43,600
299

563
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:46,480
and walks off stage. And to be clear,

564
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:49,120
it's not going to be 299. Don't Don't

565
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,640
live in a diluted la land where you

566
00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,919
think you're going to get a console for

567
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,880
>> You said it.

568
00:22:51,919 --> 00:22:56,720
>> No, I know. I don't mean literally $299,

569
00:22:54,880 --> 00:23:01,039
>> but honestly, you know, against the

570
00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:03,120
backdrop of of rising technology prices,

571
00:23:01,039 --> 00:23:05,600
I think if they walked on stage and even

572
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:08,799
said $4.99 at this point, that would be

573
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:10,000
a mic drop moment. Um, I I I'm not I'm

574
00:23:08,799 --> 00:23:12,000
not sure how much hope I should have

575
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:15,200
because Microsoft has actually also said

576
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:18,320
prior to Asha Sharma's leadership that

577
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:20,559
the nextG Xbox will be very expensive.

578
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:23,360
But like Microsoft has also done a

579
00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:26,880
two-tiered strategy already twice. So

580
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:28,640
just because the the X skew is really

581
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,679
expensive, that doesn't mean that there

582
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:34,799
won't be a really compelling value

583
00:23:31,679 --> 00:23:37,039
option. We don't know that. So do you

584
00:23:34,799 --> 00:23:39,360
have Luke, can you find Check your

585
00:23:37,039 --> 00:23:41,360
pinky. Can you just look at check your

586
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:44,799
pinky?

587
00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:46,880
Can you find even like a single tiny

588
00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:52,080
bone in your body? like a pinky sized

589
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:53,919
bone that contains any hope for Xbox to

590
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:59,080
be the savior of the next generation of

591
00:23:53,919 --> 00:23:59,080
consoles. Can you find that hope?

592
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:05,120
>> He's trying. He's trying, folks. He's Oh

593
00:24:01,919 --> 00:24:07,039
my god, the the brow furrow. Oh, I'm

594
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:09,919
watching I'm watching in real time as

595
00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:12,640
you're as you're trying so hard. Oh man,

596
00:24:09,919 --> 00:24:15,039
>> my my gut says no. But you are saying

597
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,640
one singular bone and I have I have a

598
00:24:15,039 --> 00:24:20,000
lot of bones. Um

599
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:22,720
>> yeah, can you bone this?

600
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:25,120
>> Uh I don't know. I can I can hope. I

601
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:28,159
seriously doubt though. If you look at

602
00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:32,880
>> Microsoft's path with Xbox for so long

603
00:24:28,159 --> 00:24:35,520
now, the answer from them is for sure

604
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:39,840
no. Um,

605
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:41,760
>> but you know, she's also clearly down to

606
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,799
try to change the path and change the

607
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,000
strategy.

608
00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:46,000
>> Um,

609
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,760
>> so maybe they figure out I think it

610
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,080
really depends on like what are the

611
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,799
goals that have been given to her?

612
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:54,559
>> Is she supposed to make it so that Xbox

613
00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:57,279
isn't the laughingtock of consoles

614
00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:58,640
anymore in regards to like when you're

615
00:24:57,279 --> 00:24:59,919
saying like, "Oh, the other people are

616
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,279
raising their prices." And I'm sitting

617
00:24:59,919 --> 00:25:03,840
here being like, "Yeah, and Xbox is

618
00:25:01,279 --> 00:25:04,799
raising their price on what?" Like They

619
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,000
don't have to raise their price. No

620
00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:09,039
one's buying their consoles. It doesn't

621
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,279
matter. Um like the what what is that?

622
00:25:09,039 --> 00:25:13,120
What was that random thing that outsold

623
00:25:11,279 --> 00:25:14,480
Xboxes for Christmas?

624
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:17,760
>> Oh, the uh Next Cube.

625
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,480
>> Not the Ouya. The Yeah, next Cube or

626
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,080
whatever it's called.

627
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,279
>> Is that Is that what it's called? I Oh,

628
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,159
man. What What is it called? Is it

629
00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:25,279
called Next Cube?

630
00:25:22,159 --> 00:25:26,720
>> Definitely not the Ouya.

631
00:25:25,279 --> 00:25:29,679
>> Next cube.

632
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,679
>> I'm not.

633
00:25:29,679 --> 00:25:33,440
>> Uh what am I thinking? So, we don't even

634
00:25:31,679 --> 00:25:36,000
know the name of it, dude. And it

635
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:38,400
outsold Xbox. That's That's my point.

636
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,880
So, like is is

637
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:39,840
>> from

638
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,279
>> Next Playground.

639
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,760
>> Next Playground.

640
00:25:41,279 --> 00:25:44,559
>> NEX, not NEX. So, you were you were

641
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,039
close.

642
00:25:44,559 --> 00:25:49,679
>> They they Xbox connected better than

643
00:25:47,039 --> 00:25:51,919
Microsoft was ever able to Xbox Connect

644
00:25:49,679 --> 00:25:53,679
and managed to outsell the Xbox with a

645
00:25:51,919 --> 00:25:56,320
console that effectively requires a

646
00:25:53,679 --> 00:26:00,240
subscription. It's freaking wild that

647
00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:02,080
that thing is has found that market that

648
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,679
it has and absolutely killed it the way

649
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:06,000
that they have. Kudos to them.

650
00:26:03,679 --> 00:26:08,559
>> Yeah. And it's stomped. So like is is

651
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:11,600
the goal from higher than her that was

652
00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:13,600
given to her like her KPI for for her

653
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:16,080
not even Microsoft but for her was her

654
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,679
KPI, hey we want to be taken seriously

655
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,120
in the console space again. We want to

656
00:26:17,679 --> 00:26:21,200
sell some freaking consoles and get our

657
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:24,240
name out there and be a big player again

658
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:27,760
cuz we're honestly not right now. or was

659
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:30,159
it just revenue line go up? Cuz if it

660
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:32,720
was just revenue line go or profit line

661
00:26:30,159 --> 00:26:35,200
go up maybe cuz if it was just that she

662
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,960
might be incentivized to focus on what

663
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,360
she's technically been focusing on so

664
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,440
far at least publicly which is game pass

665
00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:42,480
and and and pushing Game Pass even

666
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,240
harder and getting game pass

667
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,159
>> and not including COD in Game Pass

668
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,960
because that cost them a whole bunch of

669
00:26:46,159 --> 00:26:49,440
revenue.

670
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,120
>> Yeah. Um, so like is it is it those

671
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:55,760
things

672
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:57,760
or is it make Xbox a console that people

673
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,520
actually buy again? Because if it if

674
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,720
it's this one, if it's, hey, we're going

675
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,840
to try to invest in the future. We're

676
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,679
going to try to get our market share

677
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,279
back in the in the console space. We're

678
00:27:03,679 --> 00:27:08,159
going to do these things. We're we're

679
00:27:05,279 --> 00:27:09,840
going to um

680
00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:12,400
double down on consoles continuing to

681
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,799
exist. cuz it felt like in the era of

682
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,480
like metaverse, VR, all that kind of

683
00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:17,760
stuff, Microsoft was just going like,

684
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,960
"No one's even going to have consoles

685
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,880
anymore. Let's ditch them." Um, but that

686
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,960
seems to be going away. Yeah. What's up?

687
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:27,440
>> Okay. Okay. Okay. Here's what I want to

688
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,600
know. This I'm actually like hyper

689
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,240
interested in your perspective on

690
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:35,120
because I think that you almost have

691
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:39,120
like two competing fragments of your

692
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:43,039
soul in your body that are almost uh

693
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:45,120
that have goals that are almost in in

694
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:48,159
perfect conflict with each other because

695
00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:50,720
on the one side you were an Xbox kid and

696
00:27:48,159 --> 00:27:52,400
when you see a green Xbox logo that

697
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:56,720
makes a little lizard part of your brain

698
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,720
light up and go, "Yeah, Xbox." Yep.

699
00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:02,480
Yeah. Yeah. Exactly right. Okay. Okay.

700
00:28:00,399 --> 00:28:04,480
Other side other side of your other

701
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:08,080
fragment of your soul

702
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:09,600
>> is PC gamer. Why would I game on

703
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:12,399
anything that I didn't build with my own

704
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,320
two hands or or Lionus' children built

705
00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:16,159
me built it for me or you know whatever

706
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,520
you know some some variant of

707
00:28:16,159 --> 00:28:19,120
>> why would I play on a computer that

708
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,760
wasn't it didn't have child labor

709
00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:24,799
involved? What are we talking about?

710
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:26,240
Good news, Luke. You don't have to. Um,

711
00:28:24,799 --> 00:28:26,640
>> none of us do if we're being very

712
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,760
honest.

713
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,240
>> Yeah.

714
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:32,240
>> Dang. Oh.

715
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,440
>> Uh, okay. Let's move on from that really

716
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,960
really fast.

717
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,440
>> Um,

718
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:41,360
and and and and rooting for the

719
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:43,840
customizability and the DIY spirit of of

720
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:46,320
PC gaming. And I think that part of you

721
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:49,679
has really embraced the way that

722
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:52,399
Microsoft is has is making the PC more

723
00:28:49,679 --> 00:28:54,240
Xbox like and buying a single license of

724
00:28:52,399 --> 00:28:58,080
an Xbox game gives you the right to play

725
00:28:54,240 --> 00:29:00,000
on PC and and I I I suspect you're also

726
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:02,159
pretty down for like the Xbox full

727
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,600
screen experience and how it, you know,

728
00:29:02,159 --> 00:29:04,960
makes your PC run slightly more

729
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,520
efficiently and less like a Windows

730
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:11,520
machine and more like a gaming machine.

731
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:14,159
How do those two pieces of you reconcile

732
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:16,240
with each other when we know when we

733
00:29:14,159 --> 00:29:19,760
know in our heart of hearts that the

734
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:22,640
thing that makes a console generation

735
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:24,240
successful more than any other more than

736
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,200
any other rule in the playbook

737
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,279
>> exclusives

738
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,039
>> is exclusive. Yeah. See, you knew

739
00:29:27,279 --> 00:29:31,120
exactly where I was going with it.

740
00:29:29,039 --> 00:29:35,760
That's what sells consoles. So, how can

741
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:38,799
Xbox be come back to its former glory

742
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:42,399
without like Dead Rising and without

743
00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:45,120
Halo exclusives and without without all

744
00:29:42,399 --> 00:29:47,039
these things that made the 360 era the

745
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,720
peak of Xbox?

746
00:29:47,039 --> 00:29:52,159
What What would it look like for you?

747
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:54,880
>> Yeah, it's tough. I The exclusives one

748
00:29:52,159 --> 00:29:57,760
is interesting because Sony and Xbox

749
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:59,279
both started pushing games to Steam. Um,

750
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,640
you can there's a there's a chart that I

751
00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:02,640
saw recently that was super interesting

752
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:06,159
which was like PlayStation exclusives

753
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:09,760
and how they performed on Steam and like

754
00:30:06,159 --> 00:30:11,120
Hell Divers was way up there and but a

755
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,600
lot of other things did pretty well but

756
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:15,120
you know Hell Divers killed it. Um, but

757
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,960
a lot of people

758
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:20,640
>> like that that's a lot of PlayStation

759
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,840
games on PC.

760
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,440
People are still buying tons of

761
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:26,559
PlayStations.

762
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:28,720
So, like I I kind of feel like

763
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:31,760
>> uh you know them them putting Microsoft

764
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:34,000
exclusives on PlayStation might be the

765
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:37,039
the too far move in terms of exclusives,

766
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,399
but I don't know 100%. I also don't know

767
00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:40,080
if this is just my brain trying to

768
00:30:38,399 --> 00:30:41,760
convince me this is true or if I

769
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:46,080
actually believe it's true. But I don't

770
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:48,640
know that putting games on PC ruins your

771
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:52,880
console attractiveness. Now, I would

772
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:54,559
also have to dive deeper into the time.

773
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,880
dive first or can I counterpoint that

774
00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:59,039
first? It's up to you. I was going to

775
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,320
add really quick thing basically that I

776
00:30:59,039 --> 00:31:01,279
don't know how PlayStation has done it.

777
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,640
I don't know if there's like an

778
00:31:01,279 --> 00:31:05,039
exclusive window at the beginning and

779
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,799
then they released it or or not.

780
00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:10,080
>> That's exactly what I was going to bring

781
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:11,919
up is that the PlayStation 5 generation

782
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,720
has been one of

783
00:31:11,919 --> 00:31:17,039
>> shifting strategies for Sony. At the

784
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:20,039
beginning of the generation,

785
00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:20,039
there's

786
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:27,440
never going to come to another platform

787
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,919
or at the very least there was literally

788
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:33,520
no given timeline.

789
00:31:29,919 --> 00:31:34,960
Then Sony kind of started to do this

790
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:38,080
thing where it turned out they were

791
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:40,880
actually selling like, you know, a lot

792
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:43,039
of PlayStation games on Steam and they

793
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:45,039
started to talk about, you know, when

794
00:31:43,039 --> 00:31:46,640
the window is going to open and when

795
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:48,960
you'll be able to buy these PlayStation

796
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:51,279
games on other platforms. Now, I don't

797
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:54,000
think this has actually been confirmed

798
00:31:51,279 --> 00:31:55,519
formally. Um, and someone can correct me

799
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,399
if I'm wrong. Hit me up in the chat,

800
00:31:55,519 --> 00:32:02,240
guys. But from my understanding, Sony

801
00:31:58,399 --> 00:32:05,039
has now sort of started to look at these

802
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:08,320
numbers in the gear up to PlayStation 6

803
00:32:05,039 --> 00:32:11,600
and gone, "Okay, well, hold on a second.

804
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:15,279
Maybe we need to dial back this

805
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:17,200
exclusives on PC, on Steam strategy

806
00:32:15,279 --> 00:32:20,320
because are we selling enough

807
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:22,799
PlayStation fives right now?" Um, I

808
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:25,600
would say we're not.

809
00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:29,279
That's that's my understanding of kind

810
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:30,640
of where it where it's at right now.

811
00:32:29,279 --> 00:32:32,720
>> Um,

812
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:36,000
>> so could you see a future where there's

813
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:38,320
a window where where Xbox exclusives

814
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,640
exist on Xbox exclusively for some

815
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:43,360
period of time, a year, year and a half,

816
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,880
two years even, and then they kind of

817
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,039
open up the floodgates and go, "Okay,

818
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,799
let's grab some more extra revenue now

819
00:32:47,039 --> 00:32:51,039
that this has moved as many consoles as

820
00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:53,279
it as it will." I honestly think even 6

821
00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:55,039
months is would be completely fine. The

822
00:32:53,279 --> 00:32:56,640
world moves so fast. Now, one thing that

823
00:32:55,039 --> 00:33:02,240
I want to throw out there is this chart

824
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:05,760
from uh the Alina Insight newsletter. Uh

825
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:09,519
Alina analytics substack. Um copy sold.

826
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:11,360
Top PlayStation Studios games by copy

827
00:33:09,519 --> 00:33:14,000
sold. You see Hell Divers 2 is way way

828
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,440
way up here. This is sold on Steam. I

829
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,720
don't have the stats for on PlayStation.

830
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,720
And as far as my understanding goes,

831
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:22,159
this game sold

832
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:25,200
gang busters on PlayStation 2. Uh, well,

833
00:33:22,159 --> 00:33:27,760
>> PlayStation as well. Um, thank you.

834
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:30,640
>> It was released simultaneously on PC and

835
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:32,880
PlayStation 5. It did release on Xbox,

836
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,000
but it was way delayed on Xbox.

837
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,600
>> Um, okay.

838
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,279
>> Oh, but closer to the window I was

839
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,480
talking about. Not a year or two years.

840
00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:40,799
It looks like it was released on

841
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:43,360
PlayStation and PC in February, and it

842
00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:47,039
was released on Xbox in August. Same

843
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:48,640
year. No, not same year.

844
00:33:47,039 --> 00:33:49,039
Next year. So, it was a pretty big

845
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,559
window.

846
00:33:49,039 --> 00:33:52,080
>> Okay. So, like 18 months almost.

847
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:53,919
>> That's huge.

848
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:56,159
>> I mean, we're in pretty uncharted

849
00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:59,760
territory right now. Uh, pun kind of

850
00:33:56,159 --> 00:34:02,960
intended here. Um, where this whole

851
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:05,519
thing with exclusive, but like not

852
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:08,639
exclusive, but maybe timed, but maybe

853
00:34:05,519 --> 00:34:10,399
sometimes not timed. Um, you know, I

854
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:13,760
think it's I think it's pretty pretty

855
00:34:10,399 --> 00:34:16,399
obvious that Nintendo has has drawn a

856
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:19,679
clear line in the sand. They allow their

857
00:34:16,399 --> 00:34:21,520
IPs in other, you know, forms of media

858
00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:24,800
now, like you you know, there's that um

859
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:26,399
there's that mobile Mario Kart game. Um,

860
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:30,320
and and you know what, actually, I mean,

861
00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:32,320
their IPs have actually I remember um

862
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:35,919
what's what was it? Mario is Missing was

863
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:38,639
like a PC a PC Nintendo IP game back

864
00:34:35,919 --> 00:34:40,800
from when like I was a kid. Um, so they

865
00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:43,520
they allow their IPs on other platforms,

866
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:45,200
but Nintendo seems pretty clear that if

867
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:47,200
you want to play a Nintendo game, you

868
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:51,040
will play it on a Switch console or they

869
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:53,359
will come after you. Um, yeah. Is this

870
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,879
Did I imagine this? Maybe it was

871
00:34:53,359 --> 00:34:57,280
something else.

872
00:34:54,879 --> 00:34:59,440
No, it I mean it shows Super NES as the

873
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,200
as the image, but it says platforms MS

874
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,599
DOSs,

875
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,000
>> Macintosh, Windows, NES, and Snoop Super

876
00:35:03,599 --> 00:35:05,440
Ness.

877
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,240
>> I remember seeing it for sale at London

878
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,480
Drugs.

879
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:10,320
>> I've never heard of this before.

880
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,280
>> Anyway, I I never actually played it. I

881
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,720
just remember seeing it.

882
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:15,680
>> Did not like it so much.

883
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:17,359
>> Oh, well, okay. Maybe maybe maybe that

884
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,040
was the one. Maybe that was what chased

885
00:35:17,359 --> 00:35:19,680
them off the PC in the first place.

886
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,599
>> Maybe.

887
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,839
>> Um,

888
00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:26,079
>> but okay. So, you've laid out your ideal

889
00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:28,400
strategy, which is that Microsoft

890
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:30,079
doubles down on the Xbox hardware being

891
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,520
affordable, right? I where I don't know

892
00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:31,920
if you actually said that, but it was

893
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:32,400
kind of

894
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:33,680
>> Yeah,

895
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,599
>> I asked question.

896
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,280
>> If they want consoles to if they want

897
00:35:35,599 --> 00:35:39,920
their console to continue to exist in a

898
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,440
meaningful way, they need to make a

899
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:44,160
splashback cuz they're going to have to

900
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:48,000
win everyone that went to PlayStation 5

901
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:48,480
back, which is going to be tough.

902
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,680
>> Yeah.

903
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,280
>> So, they're going to need to come in

904
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:54,720
swinging with something big. They It

905
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:58,400
would be real good for him if they had a

906
00:35:54,720 --> 00:36:01,520
Halo like game, which

907
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,960
What What's the last like Microsoft

908
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:05,359
Studio game?

909
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,920
>> Forza, I guess would be the last one

910
00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:09,119
standing.

911
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:10,720
>> Forza Horizon 6 is coming.

912
00:36:09,119 --> 00:36:12,000
>> It'll be it'll be too early for the

913
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:14,640
console launch. Um,

914
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:18,720
>> but in terms of like blockbuster first

915
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:22,560
party Microsoft game

916
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:26,640
or even exclusive game like I I'm having

917
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:29,280
a hard time even even thinking of any.

918
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:32,400
Yeah, Lightning XCE in chats like I

919
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:33,760
don't know Halo 2 remake again.

920
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,599
>> Yeah. Like

921
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:38,560
>> yikes, man. So, I don't I don't know

922
00:36:35,599 --> 00:36:42,640
what they have to like really bring

923
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:44,560
people in. And and Halo has

924
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,599
diminished pretty hard.

925
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,920
>> Uh yeah,

926
00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:50,480
>> I don't I honestly don't know if they're

927
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:52,960
capable of bringing it back. Starfield

928
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,680
was kind of

929
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,079
>> um

930
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,400
>> Yeah,

931
00:36:54,079 --> 00:36:58,560
>> I'm not confident in Bethesda being able

932
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,400
to release a good game.

933
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:02,000
>> Don't worry, Activision Blizzard will do

934
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:05,200
it.

935
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:08,640
>> Uh yeah. Okay. Uh,

936
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:11,599
sure. Uh, I don't know. They sure spent

937
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:13,599
a lot of money buying some stuff.

938
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:14,800
>> Okay. Noi put together a comprehensive

939
00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:15,839
list for us. Here we go.

940
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,119
>> Cool.

941
00:37:15,839 --> 00:37:22,160
>> Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

942
00:37:19,119 --> 00:37:24,000
Gears of War Reloaded. I can You look

943
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,280
like You look like I I know it didn't

944
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,000
happen because I'm not in the room with

945
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:29,440
you, but you look like someone farted.

946
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,040
>> And that's what you look like.

947
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:33,520
>> I know it didn't happen cuz I'm not in

948
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:36,000
the room with you. Is hilarious.

949
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:39,400
He farts on wros so much and you guys

950
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,400
have no idea.

951
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:45,680
>> Age of Empires 2 definitive edition.

952
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:48,680
>> Is that helping?

953
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,680
>> Uh

954
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,280
new fable.

955
00:37:50,079 --> 00:37:52,720
>> You know what?

956
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:55,680
>> A killer,

957
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:58,240
>> dude. The new fable that doesn't have uh

958
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,359
uh character physical changes based on

959
00:37:58,240 --> 00:37:59,839
karma status.

960
00:37:59,359 --> 00:38:00,240
>> What?

961
00:37:59,839 --> 00:38:01,680
>> Really?

962
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,480
>> Yeah. Did you hear about that? How's it

963
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,960
even Fable,

964
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:06,560
>> right? Like, what are you doing? Uh, new

965
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,400
Fable won't have

966
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:10,480
>> we made a different game and slapped the

967
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,640
name on it.

968
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:14,400
This is one of those things that I just

969
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:16,320
kind of I look at and I go, look, I

970
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,960
understand from a game developer

971
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,560
standpoint and even from like a fan and

972
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:23,280
community standpoint, you know, the

973
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:25,680
sequel shouldn't just be like slap a

974
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:28,160
coat of paint on it, Force Awakens it,

975
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:32,640
and just make the same thing again, you

976
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:34,800
know, but how can you not

977
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:38,240
Yeah. How can you how can you take

978
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:39,839
something that was like like a core

979
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:42,320
standout

980
00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:44,000
differentiating feature of the original

981
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,680
and just go eh

982
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,440
>> dude when when people would tell me

983
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,839
about Fable when Fable was first coming

984
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:53,040
out that was the thing that they would

985
00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:55,119
tell you. That was it. It's an RPG

986
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,800
>> and the actions that you do physically

987
00:38:55,119 --> 00:38:58,560
change your character based on karma

988
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,720
status. It's like oh wow interesting.

989
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:04,000
Uh, Boom pointed out it's like Civ 7

990
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:07,359
forcing you to switch civs all the time.

991
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:10,000
Amazing example of just like what are

992
00:39:07,359 --> 00:39:12,160
you doing? Like I I honestly have no

993
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:14,160
interest in ever launching Civ 7 again.

994
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,040
That that game is just cooked in my

995
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,599
mind.

996
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:19,440
>> Like I don't even care about cosmetics.

997
00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:22,640
Like you know this. I've never spent a

998
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:26,480
dollar on cosmetics in my life. And just

999
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:28,720
just out of silent protest towards horse

1000
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,560
armor and everything that followed it. I

1001
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:32,560
mean, you know this too. I played a

1002
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,880
bunch of Halo Infinite. I earned a bunch

1003
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:38,079
of helmets and armor and like what

1004
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:41,040
skins. And I stubbornly played with the

1005
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:42,240
stock skin no matter what my rank was. I

1006
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,240
actually even did the same thing in

1007
00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:46,240
Clare Obscure where they're not even

1008
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:48,240
they're they're not even purchasable. I

1009
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:50,640
just I played with the stock outfits the

1010
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:52,640
whole game because I'm just like I don't

1011
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,640
know whether I'm old school or whether I

1012
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:56,480
just like can't stand the idea of

1013
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,640
microtransactions and cosmetics in my

1014
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:02,160
game. I just I don't I don't want to

1015
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:04,079
even allow myself to assign a value to

1016
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:07,200
my character looking a little bit

1017
00:40:04,079 --> 00:40:09,839
different and I'm probably yeah I'm

1018
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:12,320
probably I've gone too far and that

1019
00:40:09,839 --> 00:40:14,960
that's that's like that's totally fine.

1020
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:18,720
But even for someone like me who goes

1021
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:22,640
out of my way to proudly publicly not

1022
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:25,920
care about cosmetics in Fable, there

1023
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:28,160
would have been times when I was like,

1024
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:30,400
"This quest would be easier or this

1025
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:32,960
situation would be easier if I just

1026
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:36,160
murdered the crap out of everyone and I

1027
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:38,079
didn't because I didn't want to like

1028
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:41,599
senator Palpatine myself."

1029
00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:44,800
>> Yeah. And I and I wanted to so so tying

1030
00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:48,720
the moral choice to your physical

1031
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:52,400
appearance in that way really impacted

1032
00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:55,920
gameplay for me in a way that I think

1033
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:58,240
would actually be even more impactful in

1034
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,839
the era of in-game cosmetics and in-game

1035
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:04,319
outfits

1036
00:40:59,839 --> 00:41:06,560
and and to to not do that is like

1037
00:41:04,319 --> 00:41:07,359
>> actual insanity. People are saying

1038
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,599
>> crazy to me,

1039
00:41:07,359 --> 00:41:12,000
>> by the way, that apparently Foraxis has

1040
00:41:09,599 --> 00:41:13,599
announced that they are going to maybe

1041
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,680
be walking

1042
00:41:13,599 --> 00:41:16,880
>> the the force changing of civs back or

1043
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,800
something.

1044
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,880
>> I don't know the details. No one linked

1045
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,000
an article, but multiple people said

1046
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,119
this um

1047
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,240
>> look like

1048
00:41:23,119 --> 00:41:27,760
>> I don't know. People are saying it might

1049
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:30,720
be a different mode now. Um yeah, they

1050
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:32,720
did with the time of update something

1051
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:34,160
test of time. I I don't know, but some

1052
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:35,520
something may have changed or be

1053
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,839
changing or something like that. But

1054
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:41,760
honestly, like

1055
00:41:37,839 --> 00:41:44,079
I I played one match of Civ 7 and every

1056
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:46,079
single Civ game that I remember playing

1057
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:48,240
since I think Civ 4,

1058
00:41:46,079 --> 00:41:49,359
>> you play it on launch and it's like it's

1059
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:51,359
a little rough,

1060
00:41:49,359 --> 00:41:52,960
>> but I see the bones. This will be cool.

1061
00:41:51,359 --> 00:41:54,640
We'll come back in some updates. They

1062
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,400
release some expansions and it becomes

1063
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,760
really, really good. And then you wait

1064
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,520
and the next game comes out and the same

1065
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,720
thing happens. Civ 7 was the first time

1066
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:03,119
that I played it and was like, "The

1067
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:05,359
bones are rotten." This

1068
00:42:03,119 --> 00:42:07,839
>> Oh, here it is. pcgamer.com.

1069
00:42:05,359 --> 00:42:09,839
Civ 7 players can once again play as a

1070
00:42:07,839 --> 00:42:11,760
single civilization in a massive

1071
00:42:09,839 --> 00:42:12,720
overhaul update that is tentatively

1072
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,000
coming in spring.

1073
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:16,240
>> So, it's not here yet.

1074
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:19,280
>> These these updates are similar in scope

1075
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:22,000
to an expansion. So, there's hope, Luke.

1076
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:25,280
Maybe I I won't completely give up. But

1077
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:26,960
I will say

1078
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,800
>> like I I specifically remember playing

1079
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,319
Civ 6 and being like, "Oo, I don't like

1080
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,000
a lot of these systems. I don't like how

1081
00:42:30,319 --> 00:42:33,040
this works." But, you know, they do this

1082
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,119
every time. I'll just wait and then

1083
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:38,319
it'll get good. And then I like Civ 6

1084
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:40,720
now. I didn't have that reaction playing

1085
00:42:38,319 --> 00:42:42,800
Civ 7. And you know, if they can pull it

1086
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:43,920
out, they don't have Luigi anymore, so

1087
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,160
that'll be rough.

1088
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:48,000
>> If they can pull Jeez,

1089
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,839
>> that'll be rough. they can pull it off.

1090
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,160
I think it would be considered a win

1091
00:42:49,839 --> 00:42:52,079
though.

1092
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,800
>> They lost their ace in a hole. They lost

1093
00:42:52,079 --> 00:42:54,160
their their

1094
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:57,599
>> I don't want to talk about I don't want

1095
00:42:54,160 --> 00:43:00,800
to talk about Xbox forever. Uh that was

1096
00:42:57,599 --> 00:43:04,000
that was crazy what you just said and

1097
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:06,079
I'm glad I was talking over it. Um, I

1098
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,839
want to play a fun game before we before

1099
00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:11,119
we finally move on from like talking

1100
00:43:07,839 --> 00:43:13,200
about Xbox, but Amir in Floatplane chat

1101
00:43:11,119 --> 00:43:14,480
kind of inspired a little short

1102
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:18,880
conversation that I want to have with

1103
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:21,680
chat here and said, "If Microsoft bought

1104
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:24,880
Project Red and made the Cyberpunk

1105
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:26,800
sequel an exclusive to Xbox, I would

1106
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:29,040
definitely go back. I think that's

1107
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:31,599
literally the only title I can think of

1108
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:33,680
that would bring me back to Xbox." And I

1109
00:43:31,599 --> 00:43:36,880
actually want chat I want you guys to

1110
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:39,680
kind of give me your line. Give me your

1111
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:41,599
bribe that it would take for Microsoft

1112
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,040
to to to win you back.

1113
00:43:41,599 --> 00:43:45,040
>> An interesting question. Yeah.

1114
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:49,599
>> Force you back to Xbox.

1115
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:53,119
>> Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2087 or

1116
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:55,520
something. Both coming to the new Xbox

1117
00:43:53,119 --> 00:43:57,359
console would be pretty that would be a

1118
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,680
pretty big pull. One of

1119
00:43:57,359 --> 00:44:01,280
>> GTA 6. It's not happening. It's not

1120
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,359
relevant. I shouldn't say it's not

1121
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,960
relevant. It's very relevant. It's not

1122
00:44:03,359 --> 00:44:06,160
relevant to this conversation.

1123
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:06,960
>> Yeah. Give me something a little more

1124
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,119
realistic.

1125
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,720
>> I I think something that's kind of funny

1126
00:44:09,119 --> 00:44:12,160
about that argument to me is the thing

1127
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:16,480
that would bring you back to Xbox is

1128
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:17,119
them buying another game studio.

1129
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:18,720
>> Yeah.

1130
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:20,720
>> And seeing how they've handled the ones

1131
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:22,720
that they have like

1132
00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:24,640
>> I I would prefer that just doesn't

1133
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:26,240
happen. I think, you know, okay, they

1134
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,400
have new leadership. I need to I need to

1135
00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:30,240
try to remember that and have some hope

1136
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:32,560
cuz she's been doing, you know, she's

1137
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:36,319
been saying good things and has done a

1138
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:39,280
good thing so far. Um, but yeah, Peter,

1139
00:44:36,319 --> 00:44:42,240
just one more hit, bro.

1140
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:45,359
>> Yeah, I don't know. I don't know, man.

1141
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:47,599
>> Oh, man. Uh, Elijah says Elder School 6

1142
00:44:45,359 --> 00:44:50,000
being exclusive might.

1143
00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:52,079
>> Katos is like Portal 3. Okay, we all

1144
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:55,040
know that's never happening.

1145
00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:58,000
>> Uh, people got me, man. Titanfall 3.

1146
00:44:55,040 --> 00:45:00,400
Titanfall 3. If they actually made a

1147
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,960
genuinely good successor to Titanfall 2,

1148
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,440
>> let's go.

1149
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:05,359
>> That That would be my hook 100%. I would

1150
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:08,480
be done. I'd be cooked immediately cuz

1151
00:45:05,359 --> 00:45:10,560
that's the in my opinion, Titanfall 2 is

1152
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:12,960
I I don't know how nobody freaking

1153
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:15,200
played it cuz EA is dumb and never

1154
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:17,359
marketed it. But you look at reviews on

1155
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:19,119
Steam, overwhelmingly positive. Everyone

1156
00:45:17,359 --> 00:45:21,359
loved it. The community is super strong.

1157
00:45:19,119 --> 00:45:22,880
That's the like Halo.

1158
00:45:21,359 --> 00:45:25,680
>> That's their halo. If they market

1159
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:27,760
Titanfall 3 properly and they get the IP

1160
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:29,520
somehow and they get some of the the

1161
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:32,000
spirit that actually made Titanfall 2

1162
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,280
and they make a genuinely good successor

1163
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,800
to it, that game would

1164
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,839
>> combat is so fun.

1165
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:38,319
>> It's so fun.

1166
00:45:35,839 --> 00:45:40,400
>> That game is just and and it's it's one

1167
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:42,000
of those things where it's like um like

1168
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:44,079
you know how you know how wine

1169
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:46,319
connoisseurs will talk about the body

1170
00:45:44,079 --> 00:45:48,240
and the aroma and the whatever you know

1171
00:45:46,319 --> 00:45:50,000
I we can be the same about games, right?

1172
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:51,839
where we start to kind of pick them

1173
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:54,000
apart and we talk about the innovative

1174
00:45:51,839 --> 00:45:55,520
mechanics and the stunning visuals and

1175
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,920
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

1176
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:59,839
blah blah blah blah,

1177
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:02,480
but at the end of the day, does any of

1178
00:45:59,839 --> 00:46:05,280
it matter unless it's fun?

1179
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:07,200
>> Titanfall 2, I could say a lot of really

1180
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,960
sort of pretentious

1181
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:12,240
things that are really good about it,

1182
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:14,000
but at the end of the day, it's fun.

1183
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:16,720
Sometimes you're in a mech and it's

1184
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,960
never not fun. the weight and the like

1185
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:20,720
the momentum of this mech. You can like

1186
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:22,640
feel it. I was never even like a mech

1187
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:23,280
warrior kid, but it was like neither

1188
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:24,400
>> satisfying

1189
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:26,960
>> and it was great.

1190
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:28,640
>> And and and those combat sequences made

1191
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:31,200
sense. You had big weapons and you

1192
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:33,280
fought big stuff. And then you kind of

1193
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:36,240
it's kind of like like power '90s Power

1194
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:37,440
Rangers, man, where then that didn't

1195
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:39,280
mean that you could just solve every

1196
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:41,520
problem with your big mech. Sometimes

1197
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:44,640
you had to fight on the ground and like

1198
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:46,800
cool like mirror's edge like uh parkour

1199
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:49,280
and like running and sliding and like

1200
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:52,079
really satisfying gun combat too. It's

1201
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:53,599
just such a fun game. Okay. Okay. I

1202
00:46:52,079 --> 00:46:56,480
think I think we're starting to lay a

1203
00:46:53,599 --> 00:46:59,440
groundwork here, Luke. So, they need to

1204
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:01,440
actually somehow turn around Bethesda

1205
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:03,359
and make a good Elder Scrolls game.

1206
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:05,839
>> That would be massive as well.

1207
00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:07,200
>> They need to they need to do Titanfall

1208
00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:10,000
2.

1209
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:12,000
Um, you know, COD is going to be COD,

1210
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:14,160
right? So, you know, but I don't I don't

1211
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:16,400
think I don't think at this point you

1212
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:18,640
can make COD Xbox exclusive. I don't

1213
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:20,319
think there's any putting

1214
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,839
closing that Pandora's box again.

1215
00:47:20,319 --> 00:47:24,319
>> Yeah, I don't think they should, to be

1216
00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:25,200
honest. Just

1217
00:47:24,319 --> 00:47:25,760
keep saying

1218
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,280
>> um

1219
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:29,839
>> like if I'm trying to think if I'm

1220
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:31,040
trying to fully put my Microsoft hat on,

1221
00:47:29,839 --> 00:47:32,160
I don't think they should do that with

1222
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,839
COD.

1223
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,680
>> I don't think so either. Yeah,

1224
00:47:33,839 --> 00:47:36,720
>> take taking COD off PC would be crazy

1225
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:41,119
work at this point.

1226
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:42,880
>> Obsidianbased New Vegas sequel.

1227
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:44,720
I don't think they can do I don't think

1228
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,480
they even should do a New Vegas sequel,

1229
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:48,880
to be honest. I think just doing an

1230
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:50,960
Obsidian-based Fallout though could be

1231
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:53,280
pretty sick if if they if they get

1232
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:57,200
Bethesda to just really actually make a

1233
00:47:53,280 --> 00:48:01,040
good game again and they focus on on uh

1234
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:01,839
Elder Scrolls 6 and just leave them

1235
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:06,400
there.

1236
00:48:01,839 --> 00:48:09,119
>> Yeah. and take get Obsidian to wake up

1237
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:12,720
and make things and make Fallout. That'd

1238
00:48:09,119 --> 00:48:14,880
be awesome. If they somehow get the IP

1239
00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:16,720
and actually do right by it with

1240
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:18,960
Titanfall, that would be amazing cuz

1241
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:21,960
honestly, I don't think they can make

1242
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,960
Halo.

1243
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:27,520
I feel like Halo's like aged out.

1244
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:29,920
>> I don't know how you fix it. I think may

1245
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:32,160
maybe if you get off of Spartans or

1246
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:33,760
something like if you if you focus on

1247
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,640
>> what is even Halo without Spartans

1248
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,720
though like come on.

1249
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:39,359
>> Yeah. If if you somehow focus on like

1250
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:40,720
>> without planets too

1251
00:48:39,359 --> 00:48:41,680
>> you know like what are we even what are

1252
00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:43,599
we even talking about?

1253
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:45,599
>> Yeah. I'm not sure. Yeah. People said

1254
00:48:43,599 --> 00:48:47,680
ODST. There's ODST.

1255
00:48:45,599 --> 00:48:49,359
>> We should move on. Uh Madscribe says,

1256
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:51,440
"Hey, Steam Controller has a reservation

1257
00:48:49,359 --> 00:48:53,040
queue now. So if you want one, uh that's

1258
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:55,599
probably the way to do it if you don't

1259
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:57,599
want to get scalped on that." And uh

1260
00:48:55,599 --> 00:48:59,839
man, don't pay $300 for a Steam

1261
00:48:57,599 --> 00:49:02,240
controller. It's a good controller. At

1262
00:48:59,839 --> 00:49:06,000
$100, it was kind of hard for me to

1263
00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:08,319
wholeheartedly recommend. At $300, it is

1264
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:09,599
impossible for me to recommend.

1265
00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:12,800
>> Um

1266
00:49:09,599 --> 00:49:15,200
>> go go sign up for the queue. Give Valve

1267
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:17,280
your money. Not predatory scalpers. I

1268
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:19,119
don't know why I have to say this. If we

1269
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,800
all just got together and never paid a

1270
00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:22,559
scalper for anything, they wouldn't

1271
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:26,160
exist anymore and it would be a better

1272
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:27,920
world. Um, don't do that. Uh, but let's

1273
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:29,280
uh let's let's let's move on. Uh, we

1274
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:31,440
should probably get some sponsors done.

1275
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:32,880
Hey, Dan, I can't see your your thing.

1276
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,720
Or why don't I jump into the CW

1277
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:37,839
announcements first. We actually have a

1278
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:40,800
a pretty loaded up week for CW. Some of

1279
00:49:37,839 --> 00:49:43,359
you have noticed this already, but to

1280
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:44,960
celebrate our new website,

1281
00:49:43,359 --> 00:49:45,599
Dbrand, uh, Luke, do you want to share

1282
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,839
your screen?

1283
00:49:45,599 --> 00:49:51,440
>> Uh, yeah. Let me get there.

1284
00:49:47,839 --> 00:49:56,160
Dbrand products. Select Dbrand products

1285
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:59,920
are now available on ltstore.com

1286
00:49:56,160 --> 00:50:03,200
with exclusive colorways,

1287
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:06,319
ghost and green circuit that look

1288
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:09,599
absolutely flipping amazing. And the

1289
00:50:06,319 --> 00:50:12,000
best part is that unlike if you order

1290
00:50:09,599 --> 00:50:14,960
these products from Dbrand's website,

1291
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:19,040
you will actually get both the ghost

1292
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:21,599
circuit skin and the green circuit skin

1293
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:24,960
for the product that you select. So,

1294
00:50:21,599 --> 00:50:28,960
we've got skins for uh Switch 2 as well

1295
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:32,720
as for um Steam Deck for key modern

1296
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:34,559
phones. Uh I've actually gotten a ton of

1297
00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:36,400
comments. Uh where is it? Where's my

1298
00:50:34,559 --> 00:50:39,920
phone? There it is. I've gotten a ton of

1299
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:43,440
comments on my green circuit skin here.

1300
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:45,200
It's got just like very OG classic

1301
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:47,920
circuit board vibes. And then we've got

1302
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:50,800
the uh the white one. The ghost circuit

1303
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:52,400
has like a super cool kind of prismatic.

1304
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:54,559
Uh you'll have to find maybe another

1305
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:56,319
shot to Dan has some shots on his

1306
00:50:54,559 --> 00:50:58,319
computer that show how it kind of

1307
00:50:56,319 --> 00:50:59,920
catches the light. Uh Dan, do you want

1308
00:50:58,319 --> 00:51:03,040
to just uh do you want to show those and

1309
00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:04,640
just go back to uh Yeah, you can kind of

1310
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:07,520
see it on the on kind of the bottom

1311
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:08,720
there. What else you got? Hit me. Yeah,

1312
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:13,000
you can see it kind of at the bottom of

1313
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:13,000
the phone there. Yeah, super cool.

1314
00:51:13,359 --> 00:51:16,800
>> Dude was up in Floatplane chat says, "I

1315
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:18,480
knew you were using a skin that wasn't a

1316
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:20,319
thing before. You ignored me for a

1317
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:21,839
reason. I understand. I'm not mad at you

1318
00:51:20,319 --> 00:51:24,800
anymore. I'm glad we're good. I'm glad

1319
00:51:21,839 --> 00:51:27,440
we're good." Dude was up.

1320
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:29,760
Anyway, freaking excited about this

1321
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:33,119
partnership. Uh so now if you wanted to

1322
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:35,440
get a a Dbrand case for uh for your

1323
00:51:33,119 --> 00:51:37,359
device, then you can also pick up some

1324
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:39,839
awesome stuff from ltstore.com at the

1325
00:51:37,359 --> 00:51:41,760
same time. And I've got a couple of

1326
00:51:39,839 --> 00:51:44,000
things that you can uh that you can pick

1327
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:47,200
up that are new. For this week, we're

1328
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:50,559
launching our LT precision multi-bit

1329
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:53,680
standard kit. So, a little while ago, we

1330
00:51:50,559 --> 00:51:55,440
rebranded the Precision Kit Pro, and

1331
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:58,000
that was in preparation for this because

1332
00:51:55,440 --> 00:52:00,240
we now have two tiers of our precision

1333
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:02,079
multi-bit screwdrivers. This one is

1334
00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:04,319
designed for everyday repairs, upgrades,

1335
00:52:02,079 --> 00:52:06,640
and tinkering. It covers the most useful

1336
00:52:04,319 --> 00:52:09,200
precision bits in one compact package.

1337
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:10,960
Has the same premium LT build quality

1338
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,960
with an anodized aluminum handle,

1339
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:14,640
magnetic bit retention, a stainless

1340
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:16,559
steel internal shaft, and an end cap

1341
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:18,720
that spins suspiciously well for

1342
00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:21,040
something meant to be a screwdriver. It

1343
00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:22,640
builds on the bestselling Precision Pro,

1344
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:25,119
and it packs the most useful bits, a

1345
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:27,440
removable crossbar for stubborn screws,

1346
00:52:25,119 --> 00:52:30,240
that's new, and a magnetic organizer

1347
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:33,040
case into one compact everyday kit. So,

1348
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:35,359
the main difference here, guys, is that

1349
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:37,599
it um

1350
00:52:35,359 --> 00:52:39,119
it

1351
00:52:37,599 --> 00:52:41,200
hold on, I'm actually trying to think.

1352
00:52:39,119 --> 00:52:44,079
Uh how many how many bits are bit

1353
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:46,800
changes? So, this one has 31 and the big

1354
00:52:44,079 --> 00:52:48,880
one has 61. And then Luke, if you zoom

1355
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,720
in, you can actually see there's a hole

1356
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:53,680
through the driver now that you can use

1357
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:55,599
that torque bar on. Um, and so it

1358
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:57,680
doesn't have the internal bit storage in

1359
00:52:55,599 --> 00:53:01,599
the driver anymore. But some people

1360
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:03,680
actually prefer this style anyway. So,

1361
00:53:01,599 --> 00:53:06,000
uh, we've got that launching this week.

1362
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:08,480
And then finally, we're adding new

1363
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:10,240
colors to the blank t-shirt lineup. Uh,

1364
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:15,280
we're getting a seasonal refresh with

1365
00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:17,760
grape, jade gray, and cafe. Oh, excuse

1366
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:19,520
me. Coffee. Same lightweight fabric,

1367
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:21,119
refined fit, and all the overthinking

1368
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:24,079
that went into making a genuinely good

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00:53:21,119 --> 00:53:26,240
blank tea. And

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also available in tall because finding

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00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:30,400
basics that actually fit shouldn't feel

1372
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:32,160
like a side quest. Love that. Love that

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00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:35,119
tagline. So guys, you can check out the

1374
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:36,880
new blank tease.

1375
00:53:35,119 --> 00:53:40,880
I think that's it for creator warehouse

1376
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:43,760
stuff. Oh, okay. This is interesting. We

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have a new mailing list. We're offering

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1386
00:54:04,079 --> 00:54:09,599
Uh oh, I guess we should jump into uh a

1387
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:10,880
few comms. Uh, we believe that when you

1388
00:54:09,599 --> 00:54:12,240
throw money at your screen, when you're

1389
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:14,160
watching your favorite creators or

1390
00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:15,839
podcasts or whatever else it is, that

1391
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:18,079
you should get more than just the

1392
00:54:15,839 --> 00:54:20,240
self-satisfaction of supporting a show

1393
00:54:18,079 --> 00:54:22,160
that you like, you should get quality

1394
00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:24,720
products in the mail. So, we did away

1395
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:27,040
with super chats and Twitch bits and all

1396
00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:29,119
that other stuff. And we consolidated

1397
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:31,200
all the contributions to the show into

1398
00:54:29,119 --> 00:54:32,800
checkout messages. All you got to do to

1399
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:35,440
send a checkout message is what Luke's

1400
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:37,920
doing. He's presumably adding something

1401
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:39,280
to his cart. There he goes. He's adding

1402
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,800
something to his cart and he's going to

1403
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:44,559
show you guys the interface. Once you're

1404
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:46,720
in the checkout, you will see the box to

1405
00:54:44,559 --> 00:54:48,800
type up a little checkout message. There

1406
00:54:46,720 --> 00:54:51,119
it is. You can choose your color. You

1407
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:54,000
can make your name show up if you wanted

1408
00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:55,280
to um if I don't know if you want your

1409
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:58,079
name to show up on screen, you can make

1410
00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:59,680
it anonymous. And then when you guys are

1411
00:54:58,079 --> 00:55:02,800
done typing up your message while we're

1412
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:06,079
live, it'll go to producer Dan.

1413
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:08,160
There he is. who will respond to it or

1414
00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:09,680
curate it for me and Luke to respond to

1415
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:11,200
and we'll show you guys how that works.

1416
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:12,559
You want Do we Do you have a couple uh

1417
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:14,960
check out messages for us, Dan?

1418
00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:17,760
>> I do. Yes, I got a few here.

1419
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:19,760
>> Hello, LLD live leaks and damage

1420
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:21,760
control. How many times have you blamed

1421
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:23,920
a company for a product not working when

1422
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:26,000
it's because of you and you will not

1423
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:28,000
admit it?

1424
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:30,400
>> Uh,

1425
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:32,800
I've definitely blamed companies for

1426
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:35,520
things not working.

1427
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:37,040
um because and and it turned out to be

1428
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:41,680
user error.

1429
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:46,559
>> Um I I can't I I am open to a time that

1430
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:47,119
I have done that and not followed up.

1431
00:55:46,559 --> 00:55:48,720
>> Uh

1432
00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:51,680
>> can you think of can you think of the

1433
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:53,520
most maybe interesting one when it was

1434
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:56,079
it wasn't Jimmy Fallon show? That one

1435
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:57,200
just actually didn't work. Um, can you

1436
00:55:56,079 --> 00:56:00,240
can you think of maybe the most

1437
00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:03,040
interesting one where it was user error

1438
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:06,400
and you ended up figuring out later?

1439
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:09,359
>> Uh, let me think. I'd say that happens a

1440
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:11,359
lot more like live on WHow where I'll be

1441
00:56:09,359 --> 00:56:13,040
like, "Oh, I can't get my, you know, my

1442
00:56:11,359 --> 00:56:15,599
iPhone to do this because I'm I'm not

1443
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:17,760
facteing everything for Wow,

1444
00:56:15,599 --> 00:56:19,839
>> yeah, yeah, that's true. I don't fact

1445
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:23,960
fact check everything in my life

1446
00:56:19,839 --> 00:56:23,960
anyway." Um,

1447
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:27,680
oh yeah, of course, of course chat's

1448
00:56:26,079 --> 00:56:30,000
going to go there. Billet Labs, question

1449
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:32,000
mark. I mean, my my issue with Billet

1450
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:33,920
Labs was not that the temperatures

1451
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,920
weren't good, though. Um, the reason

1452
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:37,440
that I was dismissive of the product is

1453
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:39,680
for all the reasons that it failed

1454
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:41,680
anyway, which is that it was expensive.

1455
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:42,720
It didn't fit in any case that existed

1456
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:44,559
or would ever exist.

1457
00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:47,119
>> Based on your technical thing, you were

1458
00:56:44,559 --> 00:56:48,559
saying that you didn't because you guys

1459
00:56:47,119 --> 00:56:50,079
did use it wrong, right? You used it on

1460
00:56:48,559 --> 00:56:52,319
the wrong card or something. We used it

1461
00:56:50,079 --> 00:56:54,319
on the So, so they told us it might work

1462
00:56:52,319 --> 00:56:57,200
on this GPU, but it's designed for this

1463
00:56:54,319 --> 00:56:59,440
other one. And I put it on the GPU that

1464
00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:01,920
it didn't work on, and the temperature

1465
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:03,839
sucked. But by that time, I had already

1466
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:07,760
had to modify my motherboard to get it

1467
00:57:03,839 --> 00:57:10,960
to fit. I had already determined that it

1468
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:16,640
was not actually like good to put in any

1469
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:18,720
case anywhere ever. Um, I had already

1470
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:21,760
be from my experience as a water cooling

1471
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:23,440
product product manager, I had already

1472
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:25,040
determined that there was never going to

1473
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,720
be a follow-up to this thing cuz that

1474
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:28,400
that I don't think people even like

1475
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:30,799
remember this video at this point.

1476
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:32,960
They're just like mad, right? Um, so

1477
00:57:30,799 --> 00:57:35,200
part of the pitch for it was like, hey,

1478
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:36,640
if your GPU changes, but you keep your

1479
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:38,160
CPU, you don't have to throw away the

1480
00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:40,240
whole thing. You could like you could

1481
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:42,559
like have like a GPU replacement. They

1482
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:44,319
never made that because that was never

1483
00:57:42,559 --> 00:57:46,480
>> All I was trying to bring up was that I

1484
00:57:44,319 --> 00:57:49,599
think we did talk on W show about how

1485
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:51,520
you technically didn't use the the fully

1486
00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:53,119
appropriate card. So it wasn't it wasn't

1487
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:54,880
that you didn't address that.

1488
00:57:53,119 --> 00:57:56,720
>> Oh yeah. No, we Oh, we totally addressed

1489
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:58,000
that. It just wasn't the problem with

1490
00:57:56,720 --> 00:58:00,000
the product. The problem with the

1491
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:01,760
product was that it was a bad product

1492
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:05,359
and it didn't matter how how it

1493
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:07,359
performed because there's a you can only

1494
00:58:05,359 --> 00:58:10,160
you can only get water cooling to

1495
00:58:07,359 --> 00:58:12,559
ambient temperature, right? And water

1496
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:14,880
cooling CPUs and GPUs has been mostly an

1497
00:58:12,559 --> 00:58:16,240
optimization problem for like many years

1498
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:18,799
at this point. We saw this when we did

1499
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:22,640
water cooling through the ages. So no

1500
00:58:18,799 --> 00:58:24,240
amount of of narrowing of of reducing

1501
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:26,079
that sort of that narrow performance

1502
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:31,599
band was going to make this totally

1503
00:58:26,079 --> 00:58:33,680
senseless product make any sense. So

1504
00:58:31,599 --> 00:58:35,280
and I've been completely validated on

1505
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:38,480
that. They did one production run and

1506
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:40,559
then never made it again. uh in spite of

1507
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:42,559
all of the attention that it got like

1508
00:58:40,559 --> 00:58:43,839
millions upon millions upon millions of

1509
00:58:42,559 --> 00:58:44,799
impressions for this product.

1510
00:58:43,839 --> 00:58:46,079
>> I mean, I still don't think it was

1511
00:58:44,799 --> 00:58:48,960
handled properly, but

1512
00:58:46,079 --> 00:58:51,040
>> No, no, it wasn't. No question. No

1513
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:53,520
question, but it was doomed from the

1514
00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:56,559
start. And I just I don't think I need

1515
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:57,119
to go over it all again.

1516
00:58:56,559 --> 00:58:59,200
>> Um,

1517
00:58:57,119 --> 00:59:03,280
>> how about another one?

1518
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:05,119
>> What else we got? Anyone got anything?

1519
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:07,440
There was, wasn't there some time you

1520
00:59:05,119 --> 00:59:10,319
said something about a drive on like the

1521
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:13,440
PlayStation or something and uh

1522
00:59:10,319 --> 00:59:15,760
>> Oh, yeah. But we did a whole video.

1523
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:17,920
>> No, I'm not. No, no, no. I'm I The core

1524
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:19,920
question because we got way off track

1525
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:22,720
here. The core question was what do you

1526
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:24,319
think was the most interesting time that

1527
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:26,240
something went wrong because of user

1528
00:59:24,319 --> 00:59:28,160
error and then,

1529
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:29,680
>> you know, we we addressed it or whatever

1530
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,880
cuz it's going to happen many many

1531
00:59:29,680 --> 00:59:32,559
times. We've been making content for way

1532
00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:34,240
too many years. So, what do you think is

1533
00:59:32,559 --> 00:59:37,359
the most interesting one? I I don't need

1534
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:38,480
you to like defend something. It's just

1535
00:59:37,359 --> 00:59:39,839
what what do you think was the most

1536
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:42,240
interesting one?

1537
00:59:39,839 --> 00:59:43,520
>> I mean, I don't think the uh the

1538
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,880
>> PlayStation one might not be a good

1539
00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:46,640
example. I was just trying to throw

1540
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:48,960
options out there. When I'm when I'm

1541
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:51,440
thinking interesting, I'm thinking like

1542
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:53,119
it was, you know, the reason why the

1543
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:55,440
user error happened might have been

1544
00:59:53,119 --> 00:59:57,280
because they did something in a in an

1545
00:59:55,440 --> 01:00:00,240
interesting but non-standard way. So, it

1546
00:59:57,280 --> 01:00:02,480
kind of like was intriguing when you

1547
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:04,319
figured out that it it was it was user

1548
01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:06,400
error and it ended up making the product

1549
01:00:04,319 --> 01:00:08,480
like cooler potentially,

1550
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:10,480
>> not temperature- wise, like interest.

1551
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:12,079
>> I mean, it wasn't user error, but I

1552
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:14,160
think my favorite product that I was

1553
01:00:12,079 --> 01:00:16,960
ever completely wrong about was probably

1554
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:18,880
the Logitech G-Cloud.

1555
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:21,280
I just

1556
01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:23,599
completely underestimated what a great

1557
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:25,839
experience that product would be for the

1558
01:00:23,599 --> 01:00:28,240
right for the right user. And it's still

1559
01:00:25,839 --> 01:00:30,559
not something that I find myself using.

1560
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:34,079
Like there's one in our warehouse. I I

1561
01:00:30,559 --> 01:00:36,400
don't use it. But um when I did take it

1562
01:00:34,079 --> 01:00:38,880
home and use it for a while, I was like,

1563
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:41,920
"Oh, I get it now." Cuz it was like so

1564
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:45,520
light and um the battery life was so

1565
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:50,200
great. And I had been so so dismissive

1566
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:50,200
of that. Um,

1567
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:58,640
I think that's probably

1568
01:00:55,440 --> 01:01:01,280
I think that's probably the the the

1569
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:04,799
coolest product that I've ever been like

1570
01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:06,799
totally totally wrong about.

1571
01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:07,920
Can you think of any like are there are

1572
01:01:06,799 --> 01:01:09,920
there any that you were just like,

1573
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:11,599
"Yeah, this this thing is useless and

1574
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:14,559
stupid." But like

1575
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:16,240
>> I mean we've disagreed on on things many

1576
01:01:14,559 --> 01:01:18,799
a time over the years, but that makes

1577
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:21,799
sense. I I I can't really think of like

1578
01:01:18,799 --> 01:01:21,799
um

1579
01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:28,559
again that isn't really at the core of

1580
01:01:26,319 --> 01:01:31,119
the the question. So I think I think we

1581
01:01:28,559 --> 01:01:32,799
just move on to the next one.

1582
01:01:31,119 --> 01:01:34,720
>> Sure. Yeah. And you know what?

1583
01:01:32,799 --> 01:01:38,000
Realistically there's probably something

1584
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:40,799
that I've gotten wrong um that I just

1585
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:42,240
don't even know yet. like if if anyone

1586
01:01:40,799 --> 01:01:43,839
that's why I kind of wanted to go to

1587
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:47,520
chat because if there was something that

1588
01:01:43,839 --> 01:01:49,760
you guys saw that uh that that we kind

1589
01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:51,200
of that we got that we got wrong that I

1590
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:55,000
have not acknowledged yet then I'm I'm

1591
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:55,000
happy to I'd like to

1592
01:01:56,000 --> 01:02:01,200
bring back Kickarted. Kickstarter is not

1593
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:03,440
like the same anymore. It still exists

1594
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:05,119
but it's it's a totally different world.

1595
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:06,880
It's honestly

1596
01:02:05,119 --> 01:02:09,520
>> I'm assuming more like a marketing

1597
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:12,559
>> probably better now. Yeah. It it used to

1598
01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:14,160
be like the freaking wild west and now

1599
01:02:12,559 --> 01:02:16,640
there's there's a lot of companies that

1600
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:18,960
like are Kickstarter companies kind of

1601
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:20,240
like they they almost exclus like they

1602
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:21,680
they barely even have their own

1603
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:24,240
websites. They basically just function

1604
01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:26,160
through Kickstarter. Um Kickstarter is

1605
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:28,640
where they launch every product product

1606
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:31,760
that they make. Um like these are these

1607
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:33,920
are totally a thing. Um

1608
01:02:31,760 --> 01:02:37,359
which is which is cool. It just makes it

1609
01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:38,559
less interesting in a kick farted

1610
01:02:37,359 --> 01:02:39,680
stance. For people that don't know what

1611
01:02:38,559 --> 01:02:40,880
we're talking about, we used to have a

1612
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:42,000
series called Kickarted and I don't

1613
01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:42,720
think there was a I think there's maybe

1614
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:44,720
like three of them.

1615
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,760
>> We did like two episodes or three or

1616
01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:47,440
something like that. Yeah.

1617
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:49,760
>> Yeah. But it was we would we would back

1618
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:52,079
a Kickstarter and the idea was that we'd

1619
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:54,319
actually hope that it did ship

1620
01:02:52,079 --> 01:02:56,240
>> which was another flaw with the plan

1621
01:02:54,319 --> 01:02:58,240
because sometimes they just wouldn't end

1622
01:02:56,240 --> 01:03:00,400
up shipping at all. U but we would back

1623
01:02:58,240 --> 01:03:02,240
a Kickstarter, hope that it would ship

1624
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:05,200
and then

1625
01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:06,480
>> you know our bet basically was that it

1626
01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:07,760
was going to be junk.

1627
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:09,760
>> Yeah. Yeah, if it's good, then it's a

1628
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:11,359
review of a cool product. And then if

1629
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:12,480
it's bad, then it's kickarted.

1630
01:03:11,359 --> 01:03:14,960
>> Kickfarted.

1631
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:17,119
>> But it turns out the the the overlap

1632
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:20,960
between ideas that were good enough to

1633
01:03:17,119 --> 01:03:24,240
eventually get manufactured, but so bad

1634
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:25,039
that they were completely dead on

1635
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:27,520
arrival

1636
01:03:25,039 --> 01:03:29,920
>> and just worth crashing basically.

1637
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:30,799
>> Is Yeah. It's like really really really

1638
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:33,920
small.

1639
01:03:30,799 --> 01:03:36,079
>> Yeah. Yeah.

1640
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:37,440
Yeah. It was fun to make those. I had a

1641
01:03:36,079 --> 01:03:39,359
they were they were fun to shoot. They

1642
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,880
were fun to write for. Uh it was

1643
01:03:39,359 --> 01:03:45,599
actually kind of fun testing those types

1644
01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:48,640
of products. Um but yeah, it's just the

1645
01:03:45,599 --> 01:03:50,079
like limited inventory of what types of

1646
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:53,520
things you can actually do that with

1647
01:03:50,079 --> 01:03:55,760
just sort of kind of ran out. I'm sure

1648
01:03:53,520 --> 01:03:57,599
there's been examples since then, but we

1649
01:03:55,760 --> 01:04:00,160
haven't paid enough attention that you

1650
01:03:57,599 --> 01:04:02,000
would have to to be able to do that over

1651
01:04:00,160 --> 01:04:06,799
time. And I don't think really anyone

1652
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:10,799
has like Kickstarter was had this like

1653
01:04:06,799 --> 01:04:14,799
super super powerful moment uh of of

1654
01:04:10,799 --> 01:04:17,839
relevance and I I think it's kind of in

1655
01:04:14,799 --> 01:04:19,760
the past now.

1656
01:04:17,839 --> 01:04:21,680
>> Yeah. I mean there are still things that

1657
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:22,160
just go freaking gang busters on

1658
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:25,200
Kickstarter.

1659
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:27,359
>> No, dude. I mean I'm holding one.

1660
01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:29,119
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good example.

1661
01:04:27,359 --> 01:04:33,839
Um, like Kickstarter is still a really

1662
01:04:29,119 --> 01:04:35,599
big deal. It's just not um,

1663
01:04:33,839 --> 01:04:37,920
>> you know, it's not in the news like

1664
01:04:35,599 --> 01:04:39,359
every freaking

1665
01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:42,000
week like it was before. Like, yeah,

1666
01:04:39,359 --> 01:04:44,640
this the Slay the Spire Downfall board

1667
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:48,319
game uh, campaign.

1668
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:52,960
>> It's it's a it's a board game

1669
01:04:48,319 --> 01:04:56,240
that raised $7.6 million.

1670
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:57,839
>> Wow. But then I mean that's like that's

1671
01:04:56,240 --> 01:04:59,200
an established IP too.

1672
01:04:57,839 --> 01:05:00,480
>> That's what I'm saying. A lot of

1673
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:02,319
Kickstarter now.

1674
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:05,280
>> Yeah. Just using it as using it as

1675
01:05:02,319 --> 01:05:07,359
marketing slash as a as a cash flow

1676
01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:10,319
exercise. like we've got a product

1677
01:05:07,359 --> 01:05:12,880
coming. It's the one that I was alluding

1678
01:05:10,319 --> 01:05:15,359
to that

1679
01:05:12,880 --> 01:05:18,559
in order for us to manufacture enough of

1680
01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:21,039
them um

1681
01:05:18,559 --> 01:05:23,599
probably the best way to raise that

1682
01:05:21,039 --> 01:05:25,359
money outside of like you know taking

1683
01:05:23,599 --> 01:05:27,200
private equity or venture capital or

1684
01:05:25,359 --> 01:05:31,599
whatever out outside of taking outside

1685
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:34,559
capital would probably be to essentially

1686
01:05:31,599 --> 01:05:38,480
you crowdfund the the costs of the first

1687
01:05:34,559 --> 01:05:39,920
production run um by announcing it early

1688
01:05:38,480 --> 01:05:41,839
and and like doing a Kickstarter

1689
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:44,240
campaign. I don't think that we would

1690
01:05:41,839 --> 01:05:45,920
bother to use the Kickstarter platform

1691
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:48,000
if it was us. Like I got to imagine

1692
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:49,920
there's like a Shopify plugin for that,

1693
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:53,520
right?

1694
01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:56,880
>> But just pre-orders basically.

1695
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:58,640
>> I mean, essentially, but part of the fun

1696
01:05:56,880 --> 01:06:00,000
of Kickstarter is that it's at like

1697
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:01,599
different tiers. So, if you get in

1698
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:04,720
really really early, it's at like a

1699
01:06:01,599 --> 01:06:06,319
crazy good price. Or it comes with extra

1700
01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:08,319
it comes with a hat that's like, "Yeah,

1701
01:06:06,319 --> 01:06:09,359
I backed it first." like building these

1702
01:06:08,319 --> 01:06:11,280
kind of these bundles.

1703
01:06:09,359 --> 01:06:12,960
>> We have the ability to do that.

1704
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:14,400
>> Yeah. Yeah. I think we could do that.

1705
01:06:12,960 --> 01:06:15,839
>> Remember the wave system that we had for

1706
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:17,280
the backpack?

1707
01:06:15,839 --> 01:06:18,960
>> Yeah, I wave system.

1708
01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:21,680
>> Pretty sure you could just use that to

1709
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:23,280
to like change it as it goes.

1710
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:25,039
>> Master of Nun says, "Aren't there strict

1711
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:26,079
rules regarding the use of crowdfunding

1712
01:06:25,039 --> 01:06:27,680
capital? I don't believe you're allowed

1713
01:06:26,079 --> 01:06:28,960
to spend that money." No, no, no. But we

1714
01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:31,200
would be spending the money to make the

1715
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:32,960
product, so that would be fine. So that

1716
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:34,960
that's what I mean when by like raising

1717
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:36,880
money to do the first production run. It

1718
01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:38,799
would be

1719
01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:40,559
to to make the product that people are

1720
01:06:38,799 --> 01:06:43,520
are buying. Uh you're just you're

1721
01:06:40,559 --> 01:06:46,559
selling it at a discount so that you can

1722
01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:48,319
um so that you can scale it up faster.

1723
01:06:46,559 --> 01:06:51,359
Uh so that you can get the money in

1724
01:06:48,319 --> 01:06:53,599
ahead of time so that you can produce it

1725
01:06:51,359 --> 01:06:55,520
all all in one go rather than doing a

1726
01:06:53,599 --> 01:06:57,200
small production run and then selling

1727
01:06:55,520 --> 01:06:59,119
that and then using that cash to buy

1728
01:06:57,200 --> 01:07:00,640
twice as many and then selling that and

1729
01:06:59,119 --> 01:07:02,240
then using that cash to buy twice as

1730
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:05,240
many which is like a many monthsl long

1731
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:05,240
process.

1732
01:07:06,079 --> 01:07:10,720
Yeah, like I'm going through the

1733
01:07:07,599 --> 01:07:12,079
technology section on Kickstarter right

1734
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:13,280
now. I'm

1735
01:07:12,079 --> 01:07:13,920
>> Yeah, bring it up. Let's see.

1736
01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:15,520
>> I don't

1737
01:07:13,920 --> 01:07:18,799
>> I can see your screen share.

1738
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:19,920
>> Oh, really? Cool. There's like a calima.

1739
01:07:18,799 --> 01:07:22,319
>> What's a calima?

1740
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:23,520
>> It's a musical. You You push down the

1741
01:07:22,319 --> 01:07:24,480
like metal prong.

1742
01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:25,760
>> It goes.

1743
01:07:24,480 --> 01:07:26,559
>> Yeah. Um

1744
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:29,280
>> Okay.

1745
01:07:26,559 --> 01:07:30,960
>> So, okay. There's a 3D printing modular

1746
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:32,640
arm system.

1747
01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:35,440
>> Neat. I mean, I'm assuming you're just

1748
01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:37,200
>> I want to see the kale limba actually

1749
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:37,839
>> cuz it looks like an electronic calimbo.

1750
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:38,480
>> It is

1751
01:07:37,839 --> 01:07:38,880
>> sick.

1752
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:42,160
>> Yeah.

1753
01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:43,920
>> Okay. That raised half a million USD.

1754
01:07:42,160 --> 01:07:45,200
>> But are like is Lionus Tech Tips going

1755
01:07:43,920 --> 01:07:46,960
to make a video about an electronic

1756
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:48,960
Calima? Probably not. Heck no.

1757
01:07:46,960 --> 01:07:52,640
>> So that's not it's not really like topic

1758
01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:54,400
relevant for for us. Um

1759
01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:57,119
>> if it makes Dan happy, it's relevant for

1760
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:59,119
us. Luke, come on. Is that a granular

1761
01:07:57,119 --> 01:08:00,240
delay? What what is all this cool audio

1762
01:07:59,119 --> 01:08:01,760
crap on on

1763
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:05,039
>> It seems like there's a decent amount of

1764
01:08:01,760 --> 01:08:09,880
interesting uh audio stuff. Floor

1765
01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:09,880
washing robot. Um

1766
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:13,039
I don't know, man.

1767
01:08:12,079 --> 01:08:15,359
>> Wow. A table

1768
01:08:13,039 --> 01:08:17,199
>> RC tank. Like a lot of this isn't stuff

1769
01:08:15,359 --> 01:08:20,159
that I would see and be like, "Oh, yeah.

1770
01:08:17,199 --> 01:08:22,799
Kick farted. Cool. May maybe some AI

1771
01:08:20,159 --> 01:08:23,520
glasses." This all looks like relatively

1772
01:08:22,799 --> 01:08:25,199
competent,

1773
01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:26,560
>> but then there's so many AI glasses

1774
01:08:25,199 --> 01:08:29,759
coming out that I feel like we'd be

1775
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:32,159
better off just making videos about AI

1776
01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:33,920
glasses in general. Yeah. Like it it

1777
01:08:32,159 --> 01:08:36,560
doesn't really scream that it needs a

1778
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:38,799
kick farted. There's a keyboard.

1779
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:39,920
>> Look at this lens. That is comical

1780
01:08:38,799 --> 01:08:41,600
sticking off of that phone.

1781
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:43,120
>> Lens. Yeah.

1782
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:45,120
>> Okay.

1783
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:46,640
>> So, it's just like ah I don't know, man.

1784
01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:49,839
I don't see Kickfarter making sense

1785
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:51,920
here. Mick Bane says, "Uh, LMG doesn't

1786
01:08:49,839 --> 01:08:53,600
need Kickstarter, just use pre-orders."

1787
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:56,480
So, pre-orders have always been kind of

1788
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:59,279
an uncomfortable thing for me. And

1789
01:08:56,480 --> 01:09:01,359
>> isn't it kind of the same deal?

1790
01:08:59,279 --> 01:09:03,199
>> Oh, it's totally the same deal, but

1791
01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:04,560
we've we've always shied away from it.

1792
01:09:03,199 --> 01:09:05,839
Like, if you recall, like even the

1793
01:09:04,560 --> 01:09:07,679
screwdriver in the backpack where we

1794
01:09:05,839 --> 01:09:11,279
made major bets, we we basically were

1795
01:09:07,679 --> 01:09:13,040
like, "You should never pre-order." Um,

1796
01:09:11,279 --> 01:09:14,319
you know, I don't know for sure that

1797
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:17,279
you'll like it. you should wait for

1798
01:09:14,319 --> 01:09:22,080
third party, you know, uh, evaluations.

1799
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:23,839
Um, at this point, I am I am starting to

1800
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:26,319
recognize that at the scale that we're

1801
01:09:23,839 --> 01:09:29,279
operating at and at the experience that

1802
01:09:26,319 --> 01:09:30,799
our team has, um, I'm a lot more

1803
01:09:29,279 --> 01:09:33,040
confident

1804
01:09:30,799 --> 01:09:37,040
taking people's money ahead of time for

1805
01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:39,759
something that is on track, that is is

1806
01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:41,600
hitting all of its milestones. Um, and

1807
01:09:39,759 --> 01:09:42,960
the project, which is no, is not the

1808
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:46,560
battery bank. It's actually a different

1809
01:09:42,960 --> 01:09:51,000
one. The project is coming along really,

1810
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:51,000
really well to the point where

1811
01:09:51,759 --> 01:09:59,600
if I know that this thing is going to

1812
01:09:55,120 --> 01:10:00,800
absolutely be super super exciting for

1813
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:03,120
people and they're going to absolutely

1814
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:06,239
freaking love it. And if there's some

1815
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:08,000
something else that we could do uh or

1816
01:10:06,239 --> 01:10:09,199
even nothing else that we could do. I

1817
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:12,159
was thinking like we could do like a

1818
01:10:09,199 --> 01:10:15,040
satisfaction guaranteed uh policy or

1819
01:10:12,159 --> 01:10:16,960
something like that. But I I don't think

1820
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:18,239
for sanitary reasons this would be a

1821
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:20,960
good product for us to take a bunch of

1822
01:10:18,239 --> 01:10:22,480
returns for anyway. Uh so that could get

1823
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:23,520
complicated. I don't know. I'll have to

1824
01:10:22,480 --> 01:10:25,679
think about it some more.

1825
01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:28,719
>> Interesting question from McBain. Why

1826
01:10:25,679 --> 01:10:29,760
not enable pre-orders for the cables?

1827
01:10:28,719 --> 01:10:31,280
>> You've already shipped a ton.

1828
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:33,199
>> Okay. All right. Yeah. And you know

1829
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:35,840
what? I could do that. I could I could

1830
01:10:33,199 --> 01:10:38,400
take realistically I could probably have

1831
01:10:35,840 --> 01:10:41,120
like millions of dollars sitting in the

1832
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:46,560
LMG coffers right now who want to wait

1833
01:10:41,120 --> 01:10:49,920
for a cable. But riddle me this right

1834
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:51,840
right now. McBain, you're probably a

1835
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:54,480
little irritated that you'd like to buy

1836
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:57,280
this cable and you can't get it.

1837
01:10:54,480 --> 01:10:59,840
>> But what if it takes 6 months?

1838
01:10:57,280 --> 01:11:02,960
>> What if I had your money

1839
01:10:59,840 --> 01:11:04,640
then? and how irritated are you?

1840
01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:07,280
And that's always that's always been the

1841
01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:10,280
challenge for me. Like we're our

1842
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:10,280
manufact

1843
01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:21,920
is is completely beyond the expectations

1844
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:25,040
that we had and that they had. Um

1845
01:11:21,920 --> 01:11:26,560
and so I don't know

1846
01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:28,560
I like we're we're in uncharted

1847
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:32,560
territory here. I don't know how long

1848
01:11:28,560 --> 01:11:34,800
it's going to take us to to be able to

1849
01:11:32,560 --> 01:11:39,679
meet the demand that is there for these

1850
01:11:34,800 --> 01:11:42,320
these freaking cables. And so I um

1851
01:11:39,679 --> 01:11:44,320
I don't know how to I don't know man.

1852
01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:45,920
Yeah. So, so it comes back to me saying

1853
01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:47,280
the same taking the same principled

1854
01:11:45,920 --> 01:11:49,120
stance I had before, which is I really

1855
01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:52,320
don't want to have your money and be in

1856
01:11:49,120 --> 01:11:53,920
a position where, you know,

1857
01:11:52,320 --> 01:11:55,840
there could be a mismatch between what

1858
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:57,679
I'm promising and what you're expecting

1859
01:11:55,840 --> 01:12:03,239
both in terms of timeline and in terms

1860
01:11:57,679 --> 01:12:03,239
of of product quality, right? So, I uh

1861
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:07,679
Yeah. And and someone had a good

1862
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:10,000
suggestion. Uh I I missed whose uh I

1863
01:12:07,679 --> 01:12:12,000
missed the username for it, but it was

1864
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:13,440
um

1865
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,640
uh you know, you could just take like a

1866
01:12:13,440 --> 01:12:16,159
little bit of pre-order. What about a

1867
01:12:14,640 --> 01:12:18,560
little bit of pre-order? So, we actually

1868
01:12:16,159 --> 01:12:21,199
did that. Uh remember when there was

1869
01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:23,120
like a second wave that like went up for

1870
01:12:21,199 --> 01:12:25,360
sale? That was someone else in the

1871
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:28,239
company making a decision that we were

1872
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:30,560
going to take pre-orders on the cables

1873
01:12:28,239 --> 01:12:33,120
we were going to make out of the extra

1874
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:37,440
cable stock that we had that was like

1875
01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:41,199
sitting staged ready to go.

1876
01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:43,280
people still lost their minds waiting

1877
01:12:41,199 --> 01:12:44,880
for those and it causes a whole bunch of

1878
01:12:43,280 --> 01:12:46,159
tickets to customer service who

1879
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:48,320
otherwise just wouldn't have to deal

1880
01:12:46,159 --> 01:12:50,960
with that. And and what I said when I

1881
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:53,120
was kind of lecturing not one person but

1882
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:56,080
like the team that made that decision on

1883
01:12:53,120 --> 01:13:00,520
like why I had decided we weren't going

1884
01:12:56,080 --> 01:13:00,520
to do that was guys

1885
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:04,880
why did we make this decision? Did it

1886
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:06,239
lead to a better experience for our

1887
01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:08,800
customer? Yes or no?

1888
01:13:06,239 --> 01:13:10,880
>> Is it just a communications problem? Um,

1889
01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:12,239
>> yeah. Well, that's part of it, but

1890
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:13,679
communication's hard. You can put as

1891
01:13:12,239 --> 01:13:14,960
much communication on a web page as you

1892
01:13:13,679 --> 01:13:18,000
want. People won't read it. It doesn't

1893
01:13:14,960 --> 01:13:19,440
matter. So, so did this make did this

1894
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:22,400
make the experience better for our

1895
01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:24,000
customer? Yes or no? It no or neutral

1896
01:13:22,400 --> 01:13:26,159
basically was the response. I'm like,

1897
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:27,840
okay, did this make us more money?

1898
01:13:26,159 --> 01:13:29,840
Right? Like that motivates businesses,

1899
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:33,600
right? Businesses make decisions to make

1900
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:34,880
more money. And the answer again is no

1901
01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:36,400
because we were going to sell those

1902
01:13:34,880 --> 01:13:37,920
cables the second that they reached our

1903
01:13:36,400 --> 01:13:39,600
dock regardless of whether we took

1904
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:41,199
people's money ahead of time or whether

1905
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:44,320
we take people's money when they arrive.

1906
01:13:41,199 --> 01:13:45,760
So again, the answer is no. So all we're

1907
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:47,520
doing is we're putting a little bit of

1908
01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:51,840
cash in our bank account from our

1909
01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:54,480
customers today and we're holding it. So

1910
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:55,840
why don't we let them keep it?

1911
01:13:54,480 --> 01:13:57,840
Um,

1912
01:13:55,840 --> 01:14:01,360
>> is it a communication thing because the

1913
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:03,360
backpacks I I don't I don't remember if

1914
01:14:01,360 --> 01:14:04,880
people were upset or not, but it as the

1915
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:05,280
waves went on.

1916
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:07,040
>> Yeah.

1917
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:09,760
>> We would just tell people the estimated

1918
01:14:07,040 --> 01:14:11,120
shipping time. Uh, from from my

1919
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:13,280
interpretation of the story that you

1920
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:14,560
just told is we didn't tell people that

1921
01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:16,320
there would be a different shipping

1922
01:14:14,560 --> 01:14:18,480
time. Um,

1923
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:22,480
>> um, we did, but maybe we could have done

1924
01:14:18,480 --> 01:14:24,480
it like even more in your face. Um,

1925
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:26,000
>> but even then, you know, you still get

1926
01:14:24,480 --> 01:14:28,000
even with the wave system, we still had

1927
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:29,760
people who were upset about that like

1928
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:32,960
and who just felt it was really

1929
01:14:29,760 --> 01:14:35,760
ridiculous. I get that. I get that. Um,

1930
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:38,560
and so I've just I've always had uh, you

1931
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:41,760
know, sitting next to shout out Corbin

1932
01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:43,360
from NCIX. All right. I I I worked in

1933
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:45,199
customer service sometimes in the early

1934
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:47,199
days, not because it was necessarily in

1935
01:14:45,199 --> 01:14:50,080
my job description, but because when we

1936
01:14:47,199 --> 01:14:51,679
had like holiday rushes and and big sale

1937
01:14:50,080 --> 01:14:53,440
events or big launches and stuff like

1938
01:14:51,679 --> 01:14:55,600
that, uh customer service would get

1939
01:14:53,440 --> 01:14:57,920
overwhelmed and they would just kind of

1940
01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:59,199
call on random people who knew our

1941
01:14:57,920 --> 01:15:00,640
system well enough and were technical

1942
01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:02,480
enough and I happened to be one of them.

1943
01:15:00,640 --> 01:15:05,760
So, you know, sometimes I would work in

1944
01:15:02,480 --> 01:15:08,560
customer service and I would I I would

1945
01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:11,600
sit there. I'd sit in the bullpen and,

1946
01:15:08,560 --> 01:15:15,760
you know, I'd hear the exasperated voice

1947
01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:18,480
of Mr. Corbin uh explaining to someone

1948
01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:20,560
for the for the for the 13th time on

1949
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:24,560
this call that, hey, when you ordered

1950
01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:25,840
this, it said ships in 7 8 to 11 days,

1951
01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:29,040
or you know, whatever. It says special

1952
01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:31,840
order ships in 8 to 11 days. uh we

1953
01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:33,440
shipped it on the 10th day. Shipping's

1954
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:34,480
not magic. It's still going to be a

1955
01:15:33,440 --> 01:15:36,000
little while. That doesn't mean

1956
01:15:34,480 --> 01:15:38,480
delivered in that number of days. And

1957
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:40,159
the site was so clear. It said ships in

1958
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:43,520
or like like whatever whatever the word

1959
01:15:40,159 --> 01:15:46,480
was. Um but people they they don't they

1960
01:15:43,520 --> 01:15:48,400
don't read and now that's customer

1961
01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:50,239
services problem and it causes it causes

1962
01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:52,719
stress and frustration. And what if we

1963
01:15:50,239 --> 01:15:54,640
just avoided all of that?

1964
01:15:52,719 --> 01:15:57,440
>> I I don't want to out the company, but I

1965
01:15:54,640 --> 01:15:58,719
had a I I bought a thing. I was going to

1966
01:15:57,440 --> 01:16:01,840
say recently. It's not even recently

1967
01:15:58,719 --> 01:16:04,159
anymore. Uh, a while ago and I was

1968
01:16:01,840 --> 01:16:05,360
emailing them monthly asking for updates

1969
01:16:04,159 --> 01:16:08,400
because they weren't giving me any

1970
01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:10,000
updates and their their website didn't

1971
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:12,880
say anything about delays or anything. I

1972
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:14,159
think it might have said I I ended up

1973
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:15,920
looking at their website and I couldn't

1974
01:16:14,159 --> 01:16:17,120
find it, but I think at the time that I

1975
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:20,159
ordered it, it might have said that it

1976
01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:23,199
might take a month. Uh, and we we passed

1977
01:16:20,159 --> 01:16:25,120
the 3month point of again, they never

1978
01:16:23,199 --> 01:16:28,480
sent any form of update. I kept reaching

1979
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:30,320
out to them. Um, and they they emailed

1980
01:16:28,480 --> 01:16:31,440
back I think it was like yesterday or

1981
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:33,040
something and we're like, "Yeah,

1982
01:16:31,440 --> 01:16:34,080
>> really?" Oh, this is like right now.

1983
01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:35,920
>> Yeah. They're like, "Yeah, we're

1984
01:16:34,080 --> 01:16:38,000
shipping we're shipping it Monday." I'm

1985
01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:39,199
like, "Cool. Thanks." It's been it's by

1986
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:40,800
the time it gets here, it will have been

1987
01:16:39,199 --> 01:16:43,280
like three and a half months for one

1988
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:45,760
thing. That didn't warn me of that at

1989
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:47,679
all. It's very annoying at this point.

1990
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:49,199
It's a It's I think it's the longest

1991
01:16:47,679 --> 01:16:51,600
I've

1992
01:16:49,199 --> 01:16:54,960
waited for something that I've ordered

1993
01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:56,719
that didn't have like a very specific,

1994
01:16:54,960 --> 01:16:58,800
you know, this product is not ready yet.

1995
01:16:56,719 --> 01:17:00,159
It will release at whatever time. Cuz

1996
01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:03,280
there are there are definitely things

1997
01:17:00,159 --> 01:17:06,560
that um

1998
01:17:03,280 --> 01:17:08,800
I'm trying to think. Um

1999
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:10,480
you know, like a shirt that was made for

2000
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:11,520
some event that

2001
01:17:10,480 --> 01:17:13,360
>> it's a Trump phone, right?

2002
01:17:11,520 --> 01:17:16,159
>> But Oh my goodness. No, it's not a Trump

2003
01:17:13,360 --> 01:17:17,920
phone. Um it's f equipment. I just don't

2004
01:17:16,159 --> 01:17:18,480
want to call out the brand because like

2005
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,159
>> equipment,

2006
01:17:18,480 --> 01:17:21,920
>> whatever.

2007
01:17:20,159 --> 01:17:24,560
>> Uh, what are we supposed to be doing

2008
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:25,760
right now? Oh my gosh, was that one

2009
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:27,600
comm.

2010
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:30,800
>> Okay, hit me with another Dan.

2011
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:33,360
>> Sure. Um, I am looking this year to

2012
01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:36,560
upgrade my TV from a 77in OLED to

2013
01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:39,760
something in the 98 to 100 in range.

2014
01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:43,840
Currently looking at the TCL X11L

2015
01:17:39,760 --> 01:17:47,679
or wait for what Sony True RGB brings.

2016
01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:49,920
Uh, will I regret going away from OLED?

2017
01:17:47,679 --> 01:17:54,640
>> Okay, so you're clearly a mad baller

2018
01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:55,120
because you're upgrading a 77 in OLED.

2019
01:17:54,640 --> 01:17:57,360
So,

2020
01:17:55,120 --> 01:17:58,800
>> honestly, the biggest thing that that's

2021
01:17:57,360 --> 01:18:00,560
piqued my interest on that is you have

2022
01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:01,199
the throw distance for this to make any

2023
01:18:00,560 --> 01:18:04,560
sense.

2024
01:18:01,199 --> 01:18:07,040
>> Yeah. First up, congratulations. Um, TV.

2025
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:10,719
>> You have you have achieved

2026
01:18:07,040 --> 01:18:13,840
much and uh and my and hats off to you.

2027
01:18:10,719 --> 01:18:19,760
Um, second of all,

2028
01:18:13,840 --> 01:18:22,000
right now is kind of we're I hate to be

2029
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:25,840
that guy, right? Because I think that

2030
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:28,239
for for a long time I have beat the drum

2031
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:30,320
of if you wait if you're always waiting

2032
01:18:28,239 --> 01:18:32,719
for the next thing, then you will never

2033
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:34,159
just get to enjoy anything because

2034
01:18:32,719 --> 01:18:35,520
you'll always be waiting for the one

2035
01:18:34,159 --> 01:18:39,120
that's right around the corner that's

2036
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:42,800
better, right? Um, however, the time is

2037
01:18:39,120 --> 01:18:45,760
now May, which is exactly when the new

2038
01:18:42,800 --> 01:18:47,760
models are starting to trickle into

2039
01:18:45,760 --> 01:18:51,840
stores that were like first unveiled at

2040
01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:55,120
CES this year. Um, and as we head into

2041
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:57,120
back to school and especially Black

2042
01:18:55,120 --> 01:18:59,760
Friday,

2043
01:18:57,120 --> 01:19:02,480
there will be deals. Now, as someone

2044
01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:04,320
who's upgrading a 77in OLED, you sound

2045
01:19:02,480 --> 01:19:06,560
like you might be the sort of person who

2046
01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:09,120
doesn't care about getting a deal.

2047
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:14,080
If that's the case, I haven't actually

2048
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:19,440
tried the X11L series yet. What I have

2049
01:19:14,080 --> 01:19:22,560
done is I have used TCL's like last last

2050
01:19:19,440 --> 01:19:25,520
generation kind of similar class of TV

2051
01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:26,960
in the form of the that 115 in that is

2052
01:19:25,520 --> 01:19:30,480
still in my theater room in spite of

2053
01:19:26,960 --> 01:19:32,960
everything else that exists. And TCL at

2054
01:19:30,480 --> 01:19:36,159
their very high end makes a very fine

2055
01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:38,239
TV. I haven't seen the X11L yet. I I'm

2056
01:19:36,159 --> 01:19:39,920
hoping to soon. The other thing that

2057
01:19:38,239 --> 01:19:41,840
I'll say, and this is probably going to

2058
01:19:39,920 --> 01:19:44,800
complicate your decision more than help

2059
01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:49,920
it, is that I have seen Sony's RGB back

2060
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:52,800
lit LED um LCDs, and they are

2061
01:19:49,920 --> 01:19:56,000
absolute fire. They are

2062
01:19:52,800 --> 01:19:58,480
so cool. Um, it was in a pretty

2063
01:19:56,000 --> 01:20:01,280
controlled environment and I didn't

2064
01:19:58,480 --> 01:20:04,239
actually get a chance to look side by

2065
01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:06,159
side with an OLED.

2066
01:20:04,239 --> 01:20:07,520
Oh, actually uh Oh, yeah. No, I didn't

2067
01:20:06,159 --> 01:20:11,360
get a chance to look side by side with

2068
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:13,120
an OLED. But if I was a betting man and

2069
01:20:11,360 --> 01:20:16,960
I didn't have a budget, which you might

2070
01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:19,360
not, uh, I would say that True RGB is

2071
01:20:16,960 --> 01:20:21,600
going to be pretty killer. And take this

2072
01:20:19,360 --> 01:20:23,600
all for what it is, right? like Sony

2073
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:26,560
sponsored our trip to go check it out.

2074
01:20:23,600 --> 01:20:29,840
So, full disclosure, everything. Um, and

2075
01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:31,760
you know, we saw it within the confines

2076
01:20:29,840 --> 01:20:33,920
of of their controlled environment. So,

2077
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:36,320
take that all for what it is. Uh, but it

2078
01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:39,719
looks really good. It looks really,

2079
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:39,719
really good.

2080
01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:44,880
>> Okay, moving on to some more topics.

2081
01:20:43,360 --> 01:20:46,080
>> All right, Luke, do you want to pick one

2082
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:50,640
or two?

2083
01:20:46,080 --> 01:20:54,000
>> Sure. Let's see what we got here.

2084
01:20:50,640 --> 01:20:55,440
Oh, yeah. Let's go over this

2085
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:57,120
charade. Um,

2086
01:20:55,440 --> 01:20:58,080
>> yeah. Oh, I knew it. I knew it. I was

2087
01:20:57,120 --> 01:20:58,400
hoping you were going to pick that.

2088
01:20:58,080 --> 01:21:02,400
Nice.

2089
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:05,679
>> Yeah. GameStop offers 56 billion

2090
01:21:02,400 --> 01:21:08,000
in value for eBay, but struggles to

2091
01:21:05,679 --> 01:21:10,560
explain how it'll

2092
01:21:08,000 --> 01:21:12,800
gather up all that value. Uh, on May

2093
01:21:10,560 --> 01:21:14,480
4th, GameStop, because they try to use

2094
01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:16,159
the force to make this happen, I I don't

2095
01:21:14,480 --> 01:21:19,920
know. Whatever. Uh GameStop made an

2096
01:21:16,159 --> 01:21:22,880
entirely unsolicited $56 billion offer

2097
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:24,719
to buy eBay at $125 a share. The offer

2098
01:21:22,880 --> 01:21:27,040
letter stipulated that the amount would

2099
01:21:24,719 --> 01:21:30,800
be paid half in cash, half in GameStop

2100
01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:33,600
stock. GameStop's operational/ strategic

2101
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:35,679
plan was that its roughly 1,600 US

2102
01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:37,679
retail stores would become eBay drop off

2103
01:21:35,679 --> 01:21:39,679
intake, fulfillment, and live commerce

2104
01:21:37,679 --> 01:21:42,640
hubs, which actually sounds kind of

2105
01:21:39,679 --> 01:21:45,920
smart. uh with CEO Ryan Cohen promising

2106
01:21:42,640 --> 01:21:48,080
$2 billion a year in cost cuts,

2107
01:21:45,920 --> 01:21:51,199
including $1.2 billion from eBay's

2108
01:21:48,080 --> 01:21:53,120
marketing budget alone. The bid seemed

2109
01:21:51,199 --> 01:21:56,560
weird because the market valuation of

2110
01:21:53,120 --> 01:22:00,960
GameStop is around 11 billion, while

2111
01:21:56,560 --> 01:22:04,159
eBay is roughly worth $48 billion.

2112
01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:08,159
>> Is this is this like me um you know,

2113
01:22:04,159 --> 01:22:10,480
offering to uh I've got my uh I've got

2114
01:22:08,159 --> 01:22:13,280
my Floatplane shirt on here. Okay. Is

2115
01:22:10,480 --> 01:22:14,320
this like me offering to buy YouTube?

2116
01:22:13,280 --> 01:22:14,639
You know,

2117
01:22:14,320 --> 01:22:16,239
>> uh,

2118
01:22:14,639 --> 01:22:17,920
>> like this isn't even a merger.

2119
01:22:16,239 --> 01:22:20,080
>> The scale isn't even close to be honest.

2120
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:21,920
>> This, but you get what I mean, right?

2121
01:22:20,080 --> 01:22:24,480
Like they're a lot closer, but

2122
01:22:21,920 --> 01:22:26,560
>> they're the smaller company and they're

2123
01:22:24,480 --> 01:22:28,159
not even offering a merger of peers.

2124
01:22:26,560 --> 01:22:29,600
They're like, "We're going to acquire."

2125
01:22:28,159 --> 01:22:32,080
What are you even talking about? Anyway,

2126
01:22:29,600 --> 01:22:35,520
sorry. Flow plane trying to buy

2127
01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:37,679
YouTube's toe. Um,

2128
01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:39,199
yeah. I mean, there's a lot of funny

2129
01:22:37,679 --> 01:22:41,040
stuff with this. I I think it's

2130
01:22:39,199 --> 01:22:42,719
literally just a stunt, but we'll we'll

2131
01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:44,560
we'll get into that. Uh about

2132
01:22:42,719 --> 01:22:46,159
>> Why do you Why Why can't Why are you

2133
01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:47,600
feel so compelled to spoil the

2134
01:22:46,159 --> 01:22:47,920
punchlines for things, Luke? I can't

2135
01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:49,600
help.

2136
01:22:47,920 --> 01:22:51,360
>> But there's so many good reasons why,

2137
01:22:49,600 --> 01:22:53,760
and people got to absorb it as we go

2138
01:22:51,360 --> 01:22:57,440
through. About 9 billion of the Which

2139
01:22:53,760 --> 01:22:59,040
has me interested in if GameStop's

2140
01:22:57,440 --> 01:23:01,840
valuation includes their cash. But

2141
01:22:59,040 --> 01:23:03,679
anyways, about 9 billion of the cash for

2142
01:23:01,840 --> 01:23:05,760
the offer would come from GameStop's War

2143
01:23:03,679 --> 01:23:08,800
Chest with the rest being raised through

2144
01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:12,000
a debt instrument from TD Securities.

2145
01:23:08,800 --> 01:23:15,440
Uh, a subsidiary of TD Bank provided a

2146
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:18,560
highly confident letter

2147
01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:21,040
indicating a potential commitment to

2148
01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:25,520
provide approximately 20 billion of the

2149
01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:28,400
cash. Um, half of the offer in debt

2150
01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:29,840
financing.

2151
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:32,560
What? Okay, I'm a little bit lost here.

2152
01:23:29,840 --> 01:23:34,080
But anyways, um yeah, it's it feels like

2153
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:35,920
Sam Alman being like, "Yeah, I'll buy

2154
01:23:34,080 --> 01:23:37,440
all the RAM." It's like that level of

2155
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:39,199
like I don't I don't think they actually

2156
01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:41,440
technically have to do it, but they've

2157
01:23:39,199 --> 01:23:44,560
said that they probably will. Um, Cohen

2158
01:23:41,440 --> 01:23:46,239
went on CNBC's Squawkbox where the hosts

2159
01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:49,760
flagged that the value of all of

2160
01:23:46,239 --> 01:23:53,520
GameStop's stock is just over 11 billion

2161
01:23:49,760 --> 01:23:56,639
and half of the stock um half of the

2162
01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:58,880
stock, half of the acquisition offer

2163
01:23:56,639 --> 01:24:00,960
about 28 billion stock. Yeah,

2164
01:23:58,880 --> 01:24:04,480
>> basically there isn't enough equity or

2165
01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:06,880
enough cash to make this make sense. And

2166
01:24:04,480 --> 01:24:09,520
half stock half cash also doesn't really

2167
01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:12,960
make any sense. And if we go check out

2168
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:15,840
uh GameStop stock and we look at the

2169
01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:17,760
last five days, I mean, it even went

2170
01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:19,840
down.

2171
01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:20,400
>> So, it's worth less today than it was uh

2172
01:24:19,840 --> 01:24:23,440
when

2173
01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:25,040
>> a month it's it's up. Yeah, it's down 4%

2174
01:24:23,440 --> 01:24:27,760
because because people saw this and were

2175
01:24:25,040 --> 01:24:29,760
like, yikes. Uh which is kind of funny.

2176
01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:33,280
Um

2177
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:35,679
>> yeah, the the the the CEO apparently

2178
01:24:33,280 --> 01:24:37,360
just kept on saying when asked like,

2179
01:24:35,679 --> 01:24:38,560
"How does this make any sense?" like

2180
01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:40,880
where are you getting all that value

2181
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:42,960
from? He just kept saying uh half cash,

2182
01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:44,639
half stock. Uh and then saying it's on

2183
01:24:42,960 --> 01:24:48,000
the website. Go check it out there. It

2184
01:24:44,639 --> 01:24:48,800
it it gets explained on the website. Um

2185
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:50,400
yeah, amazing.

2186
01:24:48,800 --> 01:24:52,159
>> I missed this part. He eventually told

2187
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:56,000
the host, I don't understand your

2188
01:24:52,159 --> 01:24:58,560
question. It's like, dude,

2189
01:24:56,000 --> 01:25:00,719
okay, sorry, carry on. He was framing

2190
01:24:58,560 --> 01:25:04,320
the I don't understand your question as

2191
01:25:00,719 --> 01:25:06,159
if there was enough stock and cash

2192
01:25:04,320 --> 01:25:08,960
available. Therefore, the question

2193
01:25:06,159 --> 01:25:12,800
didn't make any sense, but clearly there

2194
01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:14,960
isn't. Um, fantastic. Morgan Stanley

2195
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:16,800
analyst then piled on with a research

2196
01:25:14,960 --> 01:25:18,719
note calling GameStop and eBay

2197
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:20,960
fundamentally different businesses with

2198
01:25:18,719 --> 01:25:22,960
no real overlap and noted that if the

2199
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:25,760
deal somehow closed, it would be the

2200
01:25:22,960 --> 01:25:28,560
largest leveraged buyout in history.

2201
01:25:25,760 --> 01:25:30,639
Then on May 6, Cohen created a new eBay.

2202
01:25:28,560 --> 01:25:33,199
This is my favorite part. He created a

2203
01:25:30,639 --> 01:25:34,960
Cohen, the CEO of GameStop, created a

2204
01:25:33,199 --> 01:25:36,719
new eBay account under the username

2205
01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:39,679
Ryan5050.

2206
01:25:36,719 --> 01:25:41,760
You know, 50 cash, 50 stock. Um,

2207
01:25:39,679 --> 01:25:43,520
presumably a nod Oh, yep, there it is.

2208
01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:45,120
Presumably a nod to the halfcash, half

2209
01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:48,000
stock split. And they started listing

2210
01:25:45,120 --> 01:25:50,800
personal items in his words to help fund

2211
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:54,159
the eBay acquisition. uh including if I

2212
01:25:50,800 --> 01:26:00,040
remember correctly some socks and and

2213
01:25:54,159 --> 01:26:00,040
other things. Um Frank Sedali

2214
01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:05,679
Safali, I don't know. um of the Video

2215
01:26:03,679 --> 01:26:07,600
Game History Foundation, then flagged on

2216
01:26:05,679 --> 01:26:10,800
Blue Sky, that several of Cohen's

2217
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:12,800
listings appeared to come from the the

2218
01:26:10,800 --> 01:26:15,760
Game Informer vault, which housed

2219
01:26:12,800 --> 01:26:17,840
decades of rare gaming memorabilia that

2220
01:26:15,760 --> 01:26:19,679
GameStop kept after shutting the Game

2221
01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:20,719
Informer magazine down.

2222
01:26:19,679 --> 01:26:23,600
>> Okay. Yikes.

2223
01:26:20,719 --> 01:26:25,120
>> Uh then late that same night, eBay

2224
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:28,159
suspended Cohen's account, citing

2225
01:26:25,120 --> 01:26:30,800
concerns that his activity um was was

2226
01:26:28,159 --> 01:26:32,560
putting the eBay community at risk. As

2227
01:26:30,800 --> 01:26:34,480
far as my understanding goes, they have

2228
01:26:32,560 --> 01:26:36,560
reinstated his account. I don't think

2229
01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:38,400
that's in here. Um, analysts have

2230
01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:40,159
pointed out that the whole thing likely

2231
01:26:38,400 --> 01:26:42,480
comes down to Ryan Cohen trying to

2232
01:26:40,159 --> 01:26:44,800
trigger a performance gate in his

2233
01:26:42,480 --> 01:26:49,199
compensation package, which would unlock

2234
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:51,199
35 billion in potential stock options if

2235
01:26:49,199 --> 01:26:53,840
he increases the company's market value

2236
01:26:51,199 --> 01:26:58,679
to hundred billion and achieves 10

2237
01:26:53,840 --> 01:26:58,679
billion in cumulative ebida.

2238
01:26:58,960 --> 01:27:05,679
You know what's funny is that is so much

2239
01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:07,520
better analysis, I guess, of what he's

2240
01:27:05,679 --> 01:27:10,080
doing. See, I thought this was as simple

2241
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:13,280
as GameStop hasn't been in headlines

2242
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:16,880
enough lately. I need GameStop in the

2243
01:27:13,280 --> 01:27:19,120
headlines so that people like pump it as

2244
01:27:16,880 --> 01:27:22,080
a meme stock again. I like I was

2245
01:27:19,120 --> 01:27:25,840
thinking like 3D chess. That's like

2246
01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:28,880
that's like 4 D chess. So if I need to

2247
01:27:25,840 --> 01:27:33,280
reach a revenue target,

2248
01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:36,000
>> I just go out and I borrow enough money

2249
01:27:33,280 --> 01:27:38,560
to buy a company that already has that

2250
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:39,600
much revenue.

2251
01:27:38,560 --> 01:27:43,280
>> It's brilliant.

2252
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:45,280
>> I don't think I think if anything

2253
01:27:43,280 --> 01:27:47,679
leaking that like that was the goal

2254
01:27:45,280 --> 01:27:48,960
might have been part of the 3D chess

2255
01:27:47,679 --> 01:27:50,239
because I don't think this was ever

2256
01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:51,840
going to happen. Um,

2257
01:27:50,239 --> 01:27:54,320
>> well, no, it was it was never going to

2258
01:27:51,840 --> 01:27:56,719
happen. But like maybe he is del I mean

2259
01:27:54,320 --> 01:28:00,960
we have no idea how much ketamine the

2260
01:27:56,719 --> 01:28:05,880
average CEO is on, right? So like maybe

2261
01:28:00,960 --> 01:28:05,880
in his mind this is serious.

2262
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:12,639
>> You should just you should cold call

2263
01:28:09,440 --> 01:28:14,960
Taran and ask him.

2264
01:28:12,639 --> 01:28:16,239
>> Oh, hey Lionus. You need a plug or what?

2265
01:28:14,960 --> 01:28:18,000
>> We're we're concerned that you're not

2266
01:28:16,239 --> 01:28:20,400
taking enough ketamine. Um,

2267
01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:22,560
>> all right. I'll ask him. We're We're

2268
01:28:20,400 --> 01:28:24,080
looking at We're looking at LMG's

2269
01:28:22,560 --> 01:28:25,040
trajectory and we're thinking you might

2270
01:28:24,080 --> 01:28:27,360
need to take more ketamine.

2271
01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:29,440
>> I I forgot where I worked and that he

2272
01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:31,440
would actually do that.

2273
01:28:29,440 --> 01:28:32,639
>> Oh, I I I knew he was going to do it.

2274
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:33,600
>> What have I done?

2275
01:28:32,639 --> 01:28:35,760
>> Hey, how's it going?

2276
01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:36,800
>> Uh, hey, you're live on the WAN Show.

2277
01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:39,040
Hold on. I'm just trying to figure out

2278
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:40,400
where the speaker hole on my phone is

2279
01:28:39,040 --> 01:28:41,440
here. Uh, can can you guys hear him?

2280
01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:41,760
Okay.

2281
01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:43,040
>> Yes.

2282
01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:45,440
>> Yeah, he's coming through.

2283
01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:49,199
>> Okay, you guys got him. Um, so we're

2284
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:53,440
just having a a conversation right now

2285
01:28:49,199 --> 01:28:55,920
um about sort of like CEOs and and their

2286
01:28:53,440 --> 01:28:57,679
typical ketamine consumption and we were

2287
01:28:55,920 --> 01:29:01,360
just wondering like

2288
01:28:57,679 --> 01:29:03,679
>> how much ketamine do you consume?

2289
01:29:01,360 --> 01:29:05,760
>> I've had no ketamine so far. I have

2290
01:29:03,679 --> 01:29:06,719
asked doctors for ketamine and they said

2291
01:29:05,760 --> 01:29:09,840
no.

2292
01:29:06,719 --> 01:29:12,080
>> Really? What did they explain why they

2293
01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:14,960
said no? I mean I if this is getting too

2294
01:29:12,080 --> 01:29:17,120
personal then feel free to to to nope

2295
01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:19,440
out but like I I

2296
01:29:17,120 --> 01:29:20,960
>> like is this for recreational use or is

2297
01:29:19,440 --> 01:29:22,320
there a medical condition? I'm like

2298
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:23,120
recreational and then that's when they

2299
01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:26,080
hang on.

2300
01:29:23,120 --> 01:29:28,080
>> Okay. All right. Understood. Um that's

2301
01:29:26,080 --> 01:29:30,960
actually really Oh, you know what?

2302
01:29:28,080 --> 01:29:33,120
Chad's got a question for you. Um Denrix

2303
01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:36,400
asks, "Did you tell them that you've

2304
01:29:33,120 --> 01:29:38,480
been diagnosed with CEO?"

2305
01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:41,199
>> Oh, no, I haven't. Is Is that a Is that

2306
01:29:38,480 --> 01:29:44,480
a real condition? Well, that's what we

2307
01:29:41,199 --> 01:29:47,040
think because because of how how how

2308
01:29:44,480 --> 01:29:49,360
people are CEOs and are being treated

2309
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:51,280
with ketamine, we assume that that was a

2310
01:29:49,360 --> 01:29:53,520
causation relationship rather than just

2311
01:29:51,280 --> 01:29:55,760
a correlation.

2312
01:29:53,520 --> 01:29:57,840
>> Can I ask can I ask questions as well?

2313
01:29:55,760 --> 01:29:59,679
>> Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. This is an

2314
01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:02,800
open This is a safe space.

2315
01:29:59,679 --> 01:30:04,880
>> Oh, when I when I'm at work, does it

2316
01:30:02,800 --> 01:30:07,600
seem like I'm under the influence?

2317
01:30:04,880 --> 01:30:10,000
>> Um,

2318
01:30:07,600 --> 01:30:12,639
thank you everyone. Uh Taran Taran Tong,

2319
01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:16,480
CEO of Linus Media Group. Bye Taran. Uh

2320
01:30:12,639 --> 01:30:18,080
I'll see you next week. Um wow, what a

2321
01:30:16,480 --> 01:30:20,480
great what a great conversation. That

2322
01:30:18,080 --> 01:30:22,800
was tremendous. Uh should we go ahead

2323
01:30:20,480 --> 01:30:24,320
and maybe do whatever it is that Dan

2324
01:30:22,800 --> 01:30:27,120
wants us to do?

2325
01:30:24,320 --> 01:30:27,520
>> Dan is currently flagging two more.

2326
01:30:27,120 --> 01:30:28,880
>> Let's

2327
01:30:27,520 --> 01:30:30,000
>> Dan is currently flagging two more

2328
01:30:28,880 --> 01:30:31,520
topics.

2329
01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:33,520
>> Yeah, let's let's do some more topics.

2330
01:30:31,520 --> 01:30:36,719
>> We can do this other weird one. This is

2331
01:30:33,520 --> 01:30:39,760
Good news show. Toyota built a10 billion

2332
01:30:36,719 --> 01:30:42,239
private utopia tech city. Last week, RS

2333
01:30:39,760 --> 01:30:44,639
Technica got an inside tour of Toyota's

2334
01:30:42,239 --> 01:30:47,120
woven city. The 10 billion dollar

2335
01:30:44,639 --> 01:30:50,480
private city of the future sounds very

2336
01:30:47,120 --> 01:30:52,639
Disney. The company has been in Japan

2337
01:30:50,480 --> 01:30:54,400
has built in Japan. Yeah, there we go.

2338
01:30:52,639 --> 01:30:57,600
That makes a lot more sense. Uh and the

2339
01:30:54,400 --> 01:31:00,080
picture they painted was a mix uh was

2340
01:30:57,600 --> 01:31:02,880
mixed at best. So, Toyota chairman Akio

2341
01:31:00,080 --> 01:31:05,679
Toyota uh first announced Woven City at

2342
01:31:02,880 --> 01:31:09,280
CES 2020 as part of a pivot from car

2343
01:31:05,679 --> 01:31:12,000
maker to mobility company and the first

2344
01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:15,199
100 residents handpicked alpha testers

2345
01:31:12,000 --> 01:31:18,320
that Toyota calls Weavers moved in 6

2346
01:31:15,199 --> 01:31:21,360
months ago. Despite the city branding,

2347
01:31:18,320 --> 01:31:23,600
only about 10% of the planned 175 acre

2348
01:31:21,360 --> 01:31:26,159
site is actually built so far, although

2349
01:31:23,600 --> 01:31:29,600
these things take time. residents act as

2350
01:31:26,159 --> 01:31:32,800
alpha and beta testers for a rotating

2351
01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:35,199
slate of Toyota tech. Interesting.

2352
01:31:32,800 --> 01:31:36,320
Toyota's stated rationale for the heavy

2353
01:31:35,199 --> 01:31:38,080
surveillance is

2354
01:31:36,320 --> 01:31:38,960
>> yeah, this is where things get a little

2355
01:31:38,080 --> 01:31:42,560
dystopian.

2356
01:31:38,960 --> 01:31:46,480
>> The with the woven city

2357
01:31:42,560 --> 01:31:48,800
telling ours uh that onboard car sensors

2358
01:31:46,480 --> 01:31:51,360
can't reliably spot a kid darting out

2359
01:31:48,800 --> 01:31:55,040
from behind a truck. So, street level

2360
01:31:51,360 --> 01:31:58,880
cameras everywhere is part of how Toyota

2361
01:31:55,040 --> 01:32:01,360
plans to hit its zero accidents goal.

2362
01:31:58,880 --> 01:32:04,080
In practice, the camera density is

2363
01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:06,880
striking with ours counting eight at a

2364
01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:09,760
single intersection and a halfozen even

2365
01:32:06,880 --> 01:32:12,239
in small coffee shops, all feeding into

2366
01:32:09,760 --> 01:32:14,560
Toyota's AI vision engine, which can

2367
01:32:12,239 --> 01:32:17,199
track people across cameras based on

2368
01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:19,840
their clothing. Toyota built a cons a

2369
01:32:17,199 --> 01:32:22,639
consent system called data fabric that

2370
01:32:19,840 --> 01:32:26,719
lets residents opt in or out per service

2371
01:32:22,639 --> 01:32:28,480
and 98% of weavers

2372
01:32:26,719 --> 01:32:30,880
I'm paraphrasing because they were

2373
01:32:28,480 --> 01:32:34,960
handpicked have agreed to camera

2374
01:32:30,880 --> 01:32:36,880
equipped robots in their apartments.

2375
01:32:34,960 --> 01:32:38,239
>> I guess we all have robot vacuums. Not

2376
01:32:36,880 --> 01:32:39,920
all of us, but a lot of people do.

2377
01:32:38,239 --> 01:32:41,920
Mine's been broken for a year, but it is

2378
01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:44,400
what it is. Uh, the company's longerterm

2379
01:32:41,920 --> 01:32:47,040
plan is to refine the AI vision engine

2380
01:32:44,400 --> 01:32:50,159
inside Woven City and then sell it to

2381
01:32:47,040 --> 01:32:52,719
actual municipalities.

2382
01:32:50,159 --> 01:32:56,000
Toyota also confirmed that chairman AO

2383
01:32:52,719 --> 01:33:02,639
Toyota has been uploaded

2384
01:32:56,000 --> 01:33:05,440
to the city's cloud as AO Toyota AI,

2385
01:33:02,639 --> 01:33:09,960
a chatbot trained on a decade of his

2386
01:33:05,440 --> 01:33:09,960
speeches and writings. Really?

2387
01:33:10,639 --> 01:33:16,400
Wow.

2388
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:17,040
>> I think this has got to be

2389
01:33:16,400 --> 01:33:18,239
>> Wow.

2390
01:33:17,040 --> 01:33:20,800
>> Wow.

2391
01:33:18,239 --> 01:33:24,080
>> We have no idea what to spend our

2392
01:33:20,800 --> 01:33:24,880
copious amounts of money on.

2393
01:33:24,080 --> 01:33:26,560
>> Wow.

2394
01:33:24,880 --> 01:33:29,199
>> So,

2395
01:33:26,560 --> 01:33:33,199
let's do this. And this is coming from

2396
01:33:29,199 --> 01:33:36,320
someone who just attended an event that

2397
01:33:33,199 --> 01:33:38,639
was held in

2398
01:33:36,320 --> 01:33:42,719
an abandoned

2399
01:33:38,639 --> 01:33:45,040
power plant because a billionaire

2400
01:33:42,719 --> 01:33:47,760
saw that it was like kind of an eyes

2401
01:33:45,040 --> 01:33:52,840
sore for his neighbors and decided to

2402
01:33:47,760 --> 01:33:52,840
buy it to turn it into a park.

2403
01:33:53,840 --> 01:34:01,679
>> Wow. Very nice.

2404
01:33:56,320 --> 01:34:06,080
>> Yeah. This is like this is actually peak

2405
01:34:01,679 --> 01:34:10,960
my my my steak is too juicy. My my

2406
01:34:06,080 --> 01:34:13,760
family is too perfect. My money my money

2407
01:34:10,960 --> 01:34:17,280
bushels are overflowing. I simply have

2408
01:34:13,760 --> 01:34:19,600
no idea what to do with it. This is like

2409
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:21,040
you know

2410
01:34:19,600 --> 01:34:22,800
might be a lot of what what was the

2411
01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:26,000
Disney thing? What was the Disney thing?

2412
01:34:22,800 --> 01:34:28,159
The like city Disney city thing. Oh, the

2413
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:29,679
town of tomorrow, right? Yeah. Yeah.

2414
01:34:28,159 --> 01:34:34,080
Yeah. Disney.

2415
01:34:29,679 --> 01:34:34,800
>> This feels like like modern that Epcot.

2416
01:34:34,080 --> 01:34:37,679
>> That's the one.

2417
01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:38,320
>> Epcot. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

2418
01:34:37,679 --> 01:34:41,360
>> Yeah.

2419
01:34:38,320 --> 01:34:43,280
>> Did Epcot have like insane surveillance?

2420
01:34:41,360 --> 01:34:45,280
>> I don't know if I don't know if our

2421
01:34:43,280 --> 01:34:45,760
corporate overlords had imagined that

2422
01:34:45,280 --> 01:34:48,480
yet

2423
01:34:45,760 --> 01:34:49,280
>> cuz this to me feels like I know what

2424
01:34:48,480 --> 01:34:50,800
you're saying. We don't know what to

2425
01:34:49,280 --> 01:34:52,480
spend our money on. I I don't think

2426
01:34:50,800 --> 01:34:53,840
that's true at all. To be honest, I I

2427
01:34:52,480 --> 01:34:54,960
don't get that read from this in the

2428
01:34:53,840 --> 01:34:57,040
slightest. Really?

2429
01:34:54,960 --> 01:35:01,040
>> No, not even a little bit. I get flock

2430
01:34:57,040 --> 01:35:02,800
from this. I get uh Toyota attempting to

2431
01:35:01,040 --> 01:35:03,840
make technology to sell the governments,

2432
01:35:02,800 --> 01:35:05,120
which is literally what they're saying.

2433
01:35:03,840 --> 01:35:07,920
They're planning on selling this to

2434
01:35:05,120 --> 01:35:11,360
municipalities. Uh they want to be

2435
01:35:07,920 --> 01:35:13,040
flock. They want to have AI enabled

2436
01:35:11,360 --> 01:35:14,719
cameras all over the place tracking

2437
01:35:13,040 --> 01:35:16,639
everyone, measuring everything, and then

2438
01:35:14,719 --> 01:35:18,880
selling it to governments and probably

2439
01:35:16,639 --> 01:35:21,760
also companies for advertisement and

2440
01:35:18,880 --> 01:35:24,719
everything else. I this Yeah, I I don't

2441
01:35:21,760 --> 01:35:28,000
get the same read as you on this. So, so

2442
01:35:24,719 --> 01:35:29,840
basically it sounds like because we're

2443
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:31,760
neither of us is what they're saying

2444
01:35:29,840 --> 01:35:33,520
it's for. They're saying it's for, you

2445
01:35:31,760 --> 01:35:34,239
know, connected cities for like, you

2446
01:35:33,520 --> 01:35:37,440
know, reducing

2447
01:35:34,239 --> 01:35:38,960
>> No, they're saying it's for what I said.

2448
01:35:37,440 --> 01:35:40,639
>> Well, no. I mean, they didn't say

2449
01:35:38,960 --> 01:35:41,840
anything about crime. They said, you

2450
01:35:40,639 --> 01:35:42,639
know, like car accidents, basically.

2451
01:35:41,840 --> 01:35:45,040
>> Yeah. But they said they're going to

2452
01:35:42,639 --> 01:35:47,199
sell it to municipalities.

2453
01:35:45,040 --> 01:35:51,520
>> No, no, I I No, I got that part. But

2454
01:35:47,199 --> 01:35:54,239
like flock is is uh is is for

2455
01:35:51,520 --> 01:35:54,719
surveillance and and like uh suspect

2456
01:35:54,239 --> 01:35:56,239
tracking.

2457
01:35:54,719 --> 01:35:56,800
>> Sell it to municipalities. What are you

2458
01:35:56,239 --> 01:35:58,560
going to use for?

2459
01:35:56,800 --> 01:36:00,159
>> No, no, I know. I know. But the part is

2460
01:35:58,560 --> 01:36:01,679
that I said they didn't say that though.

2461
01:36:00,159 --> 01:36:03,760
They did. So they haven't said the quiet

2462
01:36:01,679 --> 01:36:06,239
part out loud. What they're saying is

2463
01:36:03,760 --> 01:36:09,440
we're a mobility company and this is

2464
01:36:06,239 --> 01:36:12,480
about mobility and making it like so

2465
01:36:09,440 --> 01:36:15,520
that every car it has a brain on board

2466
01:36:12,480 --> 01:36:18,239
it that is being fed data from these AI

2467
01:36:15,520 --> 01:36:19,920
enabled cameras so that it would never

2468
01:36:18,239 --> 01:36:21,840
like accidentally hit a kid who's like

2469
01:36:19,920 --> 01:36:24,960
darting out from between two cars or you

2470
01:36:21,840 --> 01:36:27,840
know chasing a ball or whatever. Um, so

2471
01:36:24,960 --> 01:36:31,040
your theory then is that whether Toyota

2472
01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:34,560
intends it or not, this will be this

2473
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:35,600
will be sold as a as a as just a mass

2474
01:36:34,560 --> 01:36:37,920
surveillance tool.

2475
01:36:35,600 --> 01:36:39,280
>> Yeah. I mean, cuz it the the whole cars

2476
01:36:37,920 --> 01:36:40,719
angle doesn't make sense when there's

2477
01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:44,080
cameras inside of coffee shops and

2478
01:36:40,719 --> 01:36:48,480
inside of your home. So, I I read the RS

2479
01:36:44,080 --> 01:36:52,159
article and um they go into a little bit

2480
01:36:48,480 --> 01:36:55,360
more depth about how, you know, Toyota's

2481
01:36:52,159 --> 01:36:57,600
culture and Japanese culture and and

2482
01:36:55,360 --> 01:36:59,760
like privacy are are sort of really

2483
01:36:57,600 --> 01:37:01,679
central to this and what their plan is

2484
01:36:59,760 --> 01:37:04,239
for anonymizing things. Like that's

2485
01:37:01,679 --> 01:37:05,679
that's part of why the individual

2486
01:37:04,239 --> 01:37:09,280
tracking is based on the clothing that

2487
01:37:05,679 --> 01:37:12,800
you're wearing. It does not use facial

2488
01:37:09,280 --> 01:37:16,239
identification, for instance. However, I

2489
01:37:12,800 --> 01:37:18,400
think that anyone as technical as

2490
01:37:16,239 --> 01:37:20,320
anybody at Toyota working on this

2491
01:37:18,400 --> 01:37:22,560
project or anyone from ours Technica or

2492
01:37:20,320 --> 01:37:24,639
anyone in our audience is going to know

2493
01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:26,320
that there's it's like just because

2494
01:37:24,639 --> 01:37:28,159
you're not using facial tracking doesn't

2495
01:37:26,320 --> 01:37:30,400
mean that you can't pin this down to an

2496
01:37:28,159 --> 01:37:33,440
individual, especially if you've got a

2497
01:37:30,400 --> 01:37:35,360
large enough set of data monitoring like

2498
01:37:33,440 --> 01:37:37,600
a fixed number of local residents,

2499
01:37:35,360 --> 01:37:39,600
right? Like whether we're talking about

2500
01:37:37,600 --> 01:37:41,040
the outfits that they normally wear or

2501
01:37:39,600 --> 01:37:43,199
whether we're talking about gate

2502
01:37:41,040 --> 01:37:44,719
analysis, looking at how they walk,

2503
01:37:43,199 --> 01:37:46,480
right? Like it's um

2504
01:37:44,719 --> 01:37:48,239
>> there's a lot of ways like an actually

2505
01:37:46,480 --> 01:37:48,800
pretty wild amount of ways to identify

2506
01:37:48,239 --> 01:37:51,360
people.

2507
01:37:48,800 --> 01:37:53,600
>> Tell me this.

2508
01:37:51,360 --> 01:37:57,840
Okay, this is a hypothetical to be very

2509
01:37:53,600 --> 01:38:01,760
very clear. Tell me this. If Toyota

2510
01:37:57,840 --> 01:38:04,719
could solve privacy for this,

2511
01:38:01,760 --> 01:38:08,400
if their pitch that this is a mobility

2512
01:38:04,719 --> 01:38:10,400
solution that does not store in any

2513
01:38:08,400 --> 01:38:14,000
accessible way, this is a huge if, I

2514
01:38:10,400 --> 01:38:16,719
know, does not store in any accessible

2515
01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:19,760
way personally identifiable information.

2516
01:38:16,719 --> 01:38:24,560
And it is purely a machine vision system

2517
01:38:19,760 --> 01:38:26,480
that sends feedback to to cars and bikes

2518
01:38:24,560 --> 01:38:29,119
and and these like smart equipped

2519
01:38:26,480 --> 01:38:30,800
vehicles to prevent accidents. Is this

2520
01:38:29,119 --> 01:38:32,800
something that you could see having any

2521
01:38:30,800 --> 01:38:35,600
kind of future?

2522
01:38:32,800 --> 01:38:38,000
>> I'm I'm going to be I need to understand

2523
01:38:35,600 --> 01:38:40,239
I know I'm gonna be super annoying for a

2524
01:38:38,000 --> 01:38:42,480
second.

2525
01:38:40,239 --> 01:38:44,480
One thing is you said they if even if

2526
01:38:42,480 --> 01:38:45,840
they don't store the data and stuff the

2527
01:38:44,480 --> 01:38:49,679
problem is there's other types of

2528
01:38:45,840 --> 01:38:51,199
attacks. So like it will be a privacy

2529
01:38:49,679 --> 01:38:53,360
nightmare because everything

2530
01:38:51,199 --> 01:38:53,840
>> if they could solve it if if

2531
01:38:53,360 --> 01:38:55,040
>> I know

2532
01:38:53,840 --> 01:38:56,800
>> this is an if.

2533
01:38:55,040 --> 01:39:00,080
>> But the problem is that if is

2534
01:38:56,800 --> 01:39:01,280
impossible. I know but try to try try

2535
01:39:00,080 --> 01:39:06,560
try to try to play

2536
01:39:01,280 --> 01:39:10,560
>> if it is the world's perfect uh given by

2537
01:39:06,560 --> 01:39:11,760
some dity not of the earth um data

2538
01:39:10,560 --> 01:39:14,480
that's what we're assuming that is

2539
01:39:11,760 --> 01:39:15,679
completely unhackable that is completely

2540
01:39:14,480 --> 01:39:18,159
literally

2541
01:39:15,679 --> 01:39:20,320
>> impossible then yeah I mean I don't I

2542
01:39:18,159 --> 01:39:21,119
don't know if I really care um

2543
01:39:20,320 --> 01:39:23,520
>> well for me

2544
01:39:21,119 --> 01:39:25,760
>> if it can never be if it is completely

2545
01:39:23,520 --> 01:39:29,199
uncorruptible and is only ever used for

2546
01:39:25,760 --> 01:39:31,520
good and is completely unhackable, then

2547
01:39:29,199 --> 01:39:33,199
it's like, okay,

2548
01:39:31,520 --> 01:39:34,320
>> so I'm actually going to argue against

2549
01:39:33,199 --> 01:39:34,800
my point now.

2550
01:39:34,320 --> 01:39:36,960
>> Okay.

2551
01:39:34,800 --> 01:39:39,440
>> And I'm going to say it has no future

2552
01:39:36,960 --> 01:39:42,320
because then nobody would want it. It

2553
01:39:39,440 --> 01:39:44,080
would be too expensive to implement

2554
01:39:42,320 --> 01:39:45,600
purely to save a handful of lives. I

2555
01:39:44,080 --> 01:39:47,840
mean, think about how many intersections

2556
01:39:45,600 --> 01:39:49,840
you drive through in a typical city that

2557
01:39:47,840 --> 01:39:51,840
obviously need better signage, but

2558
01:39:49,840 --> 01:39:54,320
because that would cost a few hundred,

2559
01:39:51,840 --> 01:39:57,679
it's not going to get implemented. So

2560
01:39:54,320 --> 01:40:00,000
this as like Toyota imagining this

2561
01:39:57,679 --> 01:40:03,040
mobility future where everything every

2562
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:05,600
object in a city is tracked. I think

2563
01:40:03,040 --> 01:40:06,960
even if they could solve it but this is

2564
01:40:05,600 --> 01:40:09,360
why I wanted to have the conversation

2565
01:40:06,960 --> 01:40:11,040
right because you know it has to kind of

2566
01:40:09,360 --> 01:40:12,800
boil down to like

2567
01:40:11,040 --> 01:40:14,560
>> if their pitch is right is there a

2568
01:40:12,800 --> 01:40:15,440
future and I still think the answer is

2569
01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:16,719
no.

2570
01:40:15,440 --> 01:40:17,920
>> Yeah. Yeah. because

2571
01:40:16,719 --> 01:40:20,400
>> I'd love to be wrong

2572
01:40:17,920 --> 01:40:21,760
>> and and

2573
01:40:20,400 --> 01:40:23,040
you know people people can say what they

2574
01:40:21,760 --> 01:40:27,440
want but ultimately when it comes down

2575
01:40:23,040 --> 01:40:28,880
to municipal budgets um

2576
01:40:27,440 --> 01:40:31,440
what are people going to vote for? I

2577
01:40:28,880 --> 01:40:34,560
mean uh looking at like Langley right

2578
01:40:31,440 --> 01:40:35,920
now for example

2579
01:40:34,560 --> 01:40:37,520
we're we're we're doing some weird

2580
01:40:35,920 --> 01:40:39,280
stuff.

2581
01:40:37,520 --> 01:40:39,840
>> Hey Luke. Okay, hold on a second though.

2582
01:40:39,280 --> 01:40:40,239
Hold on.

2583
01:40:39,840 --> 01:40:42,320
>> Yeah,

2584
01:40:40,239 --> 01:40:44,320
>> hold on. Let's um let's back up a little

2585
01:40:42,320 --> 01:40:46,080
bit here because I actually might be

2586
01:40:44,320 --> 01:40:46,560
about to argue against myself again.

2587
01:40:46,080 --> 01:40:47,920
>> That's fun.

2588
01:40:46,560 --> 01:40:48,960
>> What if we what if we didn't do this

2589
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:50,239
with cameras?

2590
01:40:48,960 --> 01:40:52,159
>> Like what if we could do this with a

2591
01:40:50,239 --> 01:40:54,880
point cloud device? Like what if we

2592
01:40:52,159 --> 01:40:57,600
could do this with LAR? You'd still be

2593
01:40:54,880 --> 01:41:02,400
able to Oh, man. No. Because you'd still

2594
01:40:57,600 --> 01:41:04,880
be able to see a blob coming out of this

2595
01:41:02,400 --> 01:41:06,480
square blob at this time every day and

2596
01:41:04,880 --> 01:41:07,760
going to the other square blob at that

2597
01:41:06,480 --> 01:41:11,199
time every day. Yeah, never mind. I

2598
01:41:07,760 --> 01:41:12,880
talked myself out of it again.

2599
01:41:11,199 --> 01:41:15,600
Because like to to me like the you know

2600
01:41:12,880 --> 01:41:16,960
the cameras and the data analysis and no

2601
01:41:15,600 --> 01:41:18,000
matter how much computed, no matter how

2602
01:41:16,960 --> 01:41:19,199
cheap cameras are going to get, they're

2603
01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:19,520
always they're always going to have some

2604
01:41:19,199 --> 01:41:21,600
cost.

2605
01:41:19,520 --> 01:41:26,080
>> You also just can't get around it. Like

2606
01:41:21,600 --> 01:41:30,080
if if surveillance is being done, it it

2607
01:41:26,080 --> 01:41:32,800
can be hacked and it you know on a

2608
01:41:30,080 --> 01:41:34,960
technical level it can be hacked. On a

2609
01:41:32,800 --> 01:41:36,880
social level it will almost certainly be

2610
01:41:34,960 --> 01:41:38,880
corrupted. There's like there's every

2611
01:41:36,880 --> 01:41:41,600
example of, you know, police officers

2612
01:41:38,880 --> 01:41:43,119
using tracking equipment to track their

2613
01:41:41,600 --> 01:41:45,360
girlfriends to see if they're cheating

2614
01:41:43,119 --> 01:41:46,960
or or or yeah, following ex-girlfriends

2615
01:41:45,360 --> 01:41:48,480
and ex-wives and whatnot. There's

2616
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:50,239
there's every example of all these

2617
01:41:48,480 --> 01:41:51,760
different things where if it if it's a

2618
01:41:50,239 --> 01:41:53,360
social system, it can and almost

2619
01:41:51,760 --> 01:41:55,520
certainly will be corrupted. And if it's

2620
01:41:53,360 --> 01:41:57,360
a technical system, it can be hacked.

2621
01:41:55,520 --> 01:41:59,520
And those things just like seem to

2622
01:41:57,360 --> 01:42:00,880
effectively be laws of the universe. So,

2623
01:41:59,520 --> 01:42:02,239
it's tough when you have a system like

2624
01:42:00,880 --> 01:42:04,080
this because you just know both of those

2625
01:42:02,239 --> 01:42:07,440
things are true. I'm going to throw

2626
01:42:04,080 --> 01:42:08,960
another wrench into the gears. Yet

2627
01:42:07,440 --> 01:42:11,199
another wrench because I just I think

2628
01:42:08,960 --> 01:42:13,199
this is just a really interesting

2629
01:42:11,199 --> 01:42:15,040
conversation. Uh it's not interesting

2630
01:42:13,199 --> 01:42:18,960
enough for me to have spent my $10

2631
01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:20,800
billion to, you know, prove that it's

2632
01:42:18,960 --> 01:42:24,840
not going to work or whatever. I'm But

2633
01:42:20,800 --> 01:42:24,840
I'm glad Toyota did it because

2634
01:42:25,040 --> 01:42:31,679
>> Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Um, I I I I have a 10

2635
01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:34,000
billion offer, $10 billion offer in to

2636
01:42:31,679 --> 01:42:37,199
buy the city. All they need is a $10

2637
01:42:34,000 --> 01:42:38,800
billion loan. But but TD TD seems like

2638
01:42:37,199 --> 01:42:38,960
their game for this sort of thing. So,

2639
01:42:38,800 --> 01:42:40,800
uh,

2640
01:42:38,960 --> 01:42:42,480
>> they totally totally do it.

2641
01:42:40,800 --> 01:42:47,360
>> Um, so yeah, let me let me throw this

2642
01:42:42,480 --> 01:42:51,280
out and go, okay, but hear me out. As

2643
01:42:47,360 --> 01:42:53,760
our methods for tracking these things

2644
01:42:51,280 --> 01:42:56,880
get more and more ubiquitous and more

2645
01:42:53,760 --> 01:42:59,600
and more precise and more and more

2646
01:42:56,880 --> 01:43:04,679
absolutely everybody has them on their

2647
01:42:59,600 --> 01:43:04,679
person at any given moment.

2648
01:43:04,800 --> 01:43:11,360
How different would the point cloud

2649
01:43:08,159 --> 01:43:13,040
system be? I think you can make a strong

2650
01:43:11,360 --> 01:43:16,000
you can make a strong argument that the

2651
01:43:13,040 --> 01:43:19,760
camera system is is different,

2652
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:21,040
>> but like it how different would it be?

2653
01:43:19,760 --> 01:43:22,639
>> Hit me up.

2654
01:43:21,040 --> 01:43:24,880
>> I mean, that's already a problem, right?

2655
01:43:22,639 --> 01:43:27,280
I I think we talked on a fairly recent

2656
01:43:24,880 --> 01:43:29,520
WAN Show about a crime scene where

2657
01:43:27,280 --> 01:43:31,600
Google got what is the right term for

2658
01:43:29,520 --> 01:43:33,520
it, subpoenaed or something. Uh for

2659
01:43:31,600 --> 01:43:35,600
information on what devices were in the

2660
01:43:33,520 --> 01:43:37,520
area at the time in this like big

2661
01:43:35,600 --> 01:43:39,360
window. Um,

2662
01:43:37,520 --> 01:43:41,119
>> so they were poking around in the phones

2663
01:43:39,360 --> 01:43:42,639
of people and we know from

2664
01:43:41,119 --> 01:43:44,400
>> there was no reason to suspect them.

2665
01:43:42,639 --> 01:43:46,080
>> We know from the Snowden era, I don't

2666
01:43:44,400 --> 01:43:47,840
know if he's still doing public stuff,

2667
01:43:46,080 --> 01:43:50,960
uh, but we know from when he was like a

2668
01:43:47,840 --> 01:43:52,159
a big deal in the news um that when when

2669
01:43:50,960 --> 01:43:56,480
he was roaming around, you know, he's

2670
01:43:52,159 --> 01:43:58,400
throwing phones in in uh freezers and

2671
01:43:56,480 --> 01:44:00,480
stuff like that to try to Faraday cage

2672
01:43:58,400 --> 01:44:03,679
them um because they were already a

2673
01:44:00,480 --> 01:44:05,440
problem. So, it's like it's it yeah, I

2674
01:44:03,679 --> 01:44:08,480
mean, that's definitely part of it, but

2675
01:44:05,440 --> 01:44:09,760
it's I don't know, adding more fuel to

2676
01:44:08,480 --> 01:44:11,440
the fire because the phones aren't

2677
01:44:09,760 --> 01:44:13,600
perfect. You could decide to leave it at

2678
01:44:11,440 --> 01:44:15,119
home. Um I remember when we talked about

2679
01:44:13,600 --> 01:44:17,199
that story of the Yeah, someone said

2680
01:44:15,119 --> 01:44:18,800
geofencing warrant. When we talked about

2681
01:44:17,199 --> 01:44:20,239
the story of the geoencing warrant, it

2682
01:44:18,800 --> 01:44:21,600
was kind of like astonishing to me that

2683
01:44:20,239 --> 01:44:23,600
you would bring your cell phone to a

2684
01:44:21,600 --> 01:44:25,920
crime scene because it's like, yeah, I

2685
01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:28,080
mean, you can obviously be tracked. What

2686
01:44:25,920 --> 01:44:29,920
are you doing? Um

2687
01:44:28,080 --> 01:44:32,719
>> well, that's the thing with criminals,

2688
01:44:29,920 --> 01:44:34,960
Luke. Yeah.

2689
01:44:32,719 --> 01:44:37,679
>> Yeah. Um,

2690
01:44:34,960 --> 01:44:39,280
so yeah, it's tough. It's tough. It's

2691
01:44:37,679 --> 01:44:41,119
also

2692
01:44:39,280 --> 01:44:42,719
ultimately

2693
01:44:41,119 --> 01:44:45,440
our opinion on it isn't really going to

2694
01:44:42,719 --> 01:44:48,480
matter, I think. Uh, like every single

2695
01:44:45,440 --> 01:44:50,719
person I've ever heard of who has talked

2696
01:44:48,480 --> 01:44:52,639
about Flock in any way has been like,

2697
01:44:50,719 --> 01:44:56,000
"Wow, this is obviously bad and evil and

2698
01:44:52,639 --> 01:44:59,119
a terrible system." Um, and they're all

2699
01:44:56,000 --> 01:45:01,199
over the place. So,

2700
01:44:59,119 --> 01:45:03,520
I don't know.

2701
01:45:01,199 --> 01:45:04,719
>> All right. Uh, well, it's Good news

2702
01:45:03,520 --> 01:45:07,280
show, so we're not going to linger on

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2768
01:47:24,239 --> 01:47:26,719
>> All right,

2769
01:47:24,880 --> 01:47:30,000
>> some Floatplane announcements. Do we

2770
01:47:26,719 --> 01:47:31,440
have any of those? Uh, we probably do. I

2771
01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:33,440
assume we do. All right, we got some

2772
01:47:31,440 --> 01:47:36,480
Floatplane announcements. We received

2773
01:47:33,440 --> 01:47:39,040
an anonymous report that one of the two

2774
01:47:36,480 --> 01:47:42,320
Why is when late competitors thinks that

2775
01:47:39,040 --> 01:47:45,440
the other is not trying so hard? I

2776
01:47:42,320 --> 01:47:46,639
wonder who it could be. I try I try

2777
01:47:45,440 --> 01:47:48,159
hard. What do you mean? What do you mean

2778
01:47:46,639 --> 01:47:49,360
you don't think I'm trying hard?

2779
01:47:48,159 --> 01:47:49,920
>> Nope.

2780
01:47:49,360 --> 01:47:51,119
>> So,

2781
01:47:49,920 --> 01:47:53,199
>> I think you try hard to cheat. I think

2782
01:47:51,119 --> 01:47:54,000
you try hard to push Sammy to cheat for

2783
01:47:53,199 --> 01:47:56,400
you.

2784
01:47:54,000 --> 01:47:59,360
>> No, I actually I actually don't. Um, so

2785
01:47:56,400 --> 01:48:01,679
to spice it up, Luke promised that if

2786
01:47:59,360 --> 01:48:05,679
this week's why is Wan late video got

2787
01:48:01,679 --> 01:48:08,080
2,000 likes, he will ride a unicycle to

2788
01:48:05,679 --> 01:48:11,199
Wan. To answer the question once and for

2789
01:48:08,080 --> 01:48:14,239
all, what is easier? Lionus getting to

2790
01:48:11,199 --> 01:48:17,440
set on time or Luke learning to ride a

2791
01:48:14,239 --> 01:48:18,159
unicircle unic unicycle to get to the

2792
01:48:17,440 --> 01:48:21,199
WAN Show,

2793
01:48:18,159 --> 01:48:23,440
>> which I cannot do.

2794
01:48:21,199 --> 01:48:25,040
Yeah, I will not succeed at

2795
01:48:23,440 --> 01:48:27,119
>> I I don't know if you will ever be able

2796
01:48:25,040 --> 01:48:28,400
to do that. No offense, but not with

2797
01:48:27,119 --> 01:48:30,159
that mindset.

2798
01:48:28,400 --> 01:48:33,679
>> You're not like

2799
01:48:30,159 --> 01:48:35,040
>> I don't think I have the

2800
01:48:33,679 --> 01:48:35,840
very topheavy.

2801
01:48:35,040 --> 01:48:38,239
>> Yeah.

2802
01:48:35,840 --> 01:48:40,400
>> Um I I don't mean this in like a I don't

2803
01:48:38,239 --> 01:48:41,840
mean this in like an offensive way. I

2804
01:48:40,400 --> 01:48:43,679
just mean it in like

2805
01:48:41,840 --> 01:48:47,119
>> I just mean it in like an objective

2806
01:48:43,679 --> 01:48:48,639
observation way that I I don't you

2807
01:48:47,119 --> 01:48:50,560
didn't put that you put a lot of points

2808
01:48:48,639 --> 01:48:52,480
in strength and not that many in

2809
01:48:50,560 --> 01:48:53,199
dexterity like you got some in there

2810
01:48:52,480 --> 01:48:55,119
>> I think

2811
01:48:53,199 --> 01:48:56,719
>> but like unicycle dexterity

2812
01:48:55,119 --> 01:48:59,840
>> for explorer of a person

2813
01:48:56,719 --> 01:49:02,320
>> yeah I'm not sure I'm not sure

2814
01:48:59,840 --> 01:49:04,239
>> uh explorer please excursion is more

2815
01:49:02,320 --> 01:49:06,560
like it

2816
01:49:04,239 --> 01:49:08,080
>> uh okay in other news

2817
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:10,400
>> I don't think that's quite accurate to

2818
01:49:08,080 --> 01:49:12,239
be completely honest but An excursion's

2819
01:49:10,400 --> 01:49:13,040
not a That's not That's a powerful

2820
01:49:12,239 --> 01:49:14,880
vehicle, sir.

2821
01:49:13,040 --> 01:49:17,280
>> No, I just Does it tip over when you

2822
01:49:14,880 --> 01:49:19,360
turn around a corner?

2823
01:49:17,280 --> 01:49:22,320
>> Uh,

2824
01:49:19,360 --> 01:49:25,199
okay. You know what? That's fair. Uh,

2825
01:49:22,320 --> 01:49:27,920
map in Floatplane chat says, "Unicycle

2826
01:49:25,199 --> 01:49:30,239
not that hard to learn." And Charcoal

2827
01:49:27,920 --> 01:49:32,159
says he has to ride a unicycle, not ride

2828
01:49:30,239 --> 01:49:36,159
it. Well,

2829
01:49:32,159 --> 01:49:39,119
>> I haven't even been on a bike in many

2830
01:49:36,159 --> 01:49:40,960
years. Apparently, I I read this online,

2831
01:49:39,119 --> 01:49:43,520
so take it with a grain of salt. You

2832
01:49:40,960 --> 01:49:44,239
don't forget.

2833
01:49:43,520 --> 01:49:46,080
>> Well,

2834
01:49:44,239 --> 01:49:46,639
>> like a unicycle, but he never learned a

2835
01:49:46,080 --> 01:49:48,239
unicycle.

2836
01:49:46,639 --> 01:49:49,440
>> No, he he he said he hasn't ridden a

2837
01:49:48,239 --> 01:49:51,679
bicycle in a long time.

2838
01:49:49,440 --> 01:49:52,400
>> Oh, well, yeah. Thank you, Dan. That's

2839
01:49:51,679 --> 01:49:54,239
very helpful.

2840
01:49:52,400 --> 01:49:56,239
>> You're welcome. I appreciate your

2841
01:49:54,239 --> 01:49:59,440
compliment.

2842
01:49:56,239 --> 01:50:01,360
>> Uh, yeah. Okay,

2843
01:49:59,440 --> 01:50:03,040
so this will be interesting. We also

2844
01:50:01,360 --> 01:50:05,520
have Wait, how many likes is the video

2845
01:50:03,040 --> 01:50:09,199
at now?

2846
01:50:05,520 --> 01:50:10,719
Oh my goodness. It's at 1,400 likes with

2847
01:50:09,199 --> 01:50:11,520
zero dislikes.

2848
01:50:10,719 --> 01:50:14,880
>> Yeah. For

2849
01:50:11,520 --> 01:50:16,320
>> it's it got it it got like 16 likes in

2850
01:50:14,880 --> 01:50:16,880
the time it took me to refresh this

2851
01:50:16,320 --> 01:50:18,080
page.

2852
01:50:16,880 --> 01:50:19,440
>> Yeah. You can be the first one to

2853
01:50:18,080 --> 01:50:21,280
dislike it.

2854
01:50:19,440 --> 01:50:24,080
>> Uh no, I'm going to like it right now.

2855
01:50:21,280 --> 01:50:25,520
Okay. Now it has 1461. Hold on. I'm

2856
01:50:24,080 --> 01:50:28,320
going to refresh it again from your

2857
01:50:25,520 --> 01:50:32,719
account cuz it's the same account.

2858
01:50:28,320 --> 01:50:34,400
>> You didn't. How dare you? How dare you?

2859
01:50:32,719 --> 01:50:34,960
I was the first person to download it.

2860
01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:38,480
Let's go.

2861
01:50:34,960 --> 01:50:40,000
>> I would I would unbelievable. Let's go.

2862
01:50:38,480 --> 01:50:41,679
>> All right. Uh Luca, you'll have to do

2863
01:50:40,000 --> 01:50:44,159
screen cap for this. Uh in other news,

2864
01:50:41,679 --> 01:50:46,159
we also have badges now. Designed by the

2865
01:50:44,159 --> 01:50:48,719
one and only Ashley from the Creator

2866
01:50:46,159 --> 01:50:51,360
Warehouse team. Floatplane now supports

2867
01:50:48,719 --> 01:50:54,400
badges so you can flex your vanity

2868
01:50:51,360 --> 01:50:56,239
cosmetics. Right now, we only have

2869
01:50:54,400 --> 01:50:58,800
length of active subscription, but we're

2870
01:50:56,239 --> 01:51:00,239
looking to add more cool things like if

2871
01:50:58,800 --> 01:51:03,360
you were subscribed during big events

2872
01:51:00,239 --> 01:51:05,520
like Scrapyard Wars or what tier of sub

2873
01:51:03,360 --> 01:51:08,560
you're on and even badges to rec to

2874
01:51:05,520 --> 01:51:12,560
recognize super active members of the

2875
01:51:08,560 --> 01:51:15,280
community. We should make it a crystal.

2876
01:51:12,560 --> 01:51:16,960
It should just be Dan, can you send that

2877
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:19,760
over to Ashley? It should just be like a

2878
01:51:16,960 --> 01:51:22,960
gem because I don't I can't think of a

2879
01:51:19,760 --> 01:51:24,639
more ludicrously oh my god get a life

2880
01:51:22,960 --> 01:51:27,280
active member of our community than

2881
01:51:24,639 --> 01:51:30,560
Crystal Fier8. Don't take this the wrong

2882
01:51:27,280 --> 01:51:33,199
way Crystal just

2883
01:51:30,560 --> 01:51:36,239
wow. Um

2884
01:51:33,199 --> 01:51:38,880
anywh who uh some badges can be added

2885
01:51:36,239 --> 01:51:40,480
retroactively so be sure to join. If you

2886
01:51:38,880 --> 01:51:42,800
have some suggestions you can go ahead

2887
01:51:40,480 --> 01:51:44,800
leave them in the comments. Um someone

2888
01:51:42,800 --> 01:51:46,560
said Langley House cats and the vessel

2889
01:51:44,800 --> 01:51:50,119
logo for OG. So, yeah, we're definitely

2890
01:51:46,560 --> 01:51:50,119
working on some stuff.

2891
01:51:53,119 --> 01:51:56,719
Crystal, I don't I don't I don't mean

2892
01:51:54,719 --> 01:51:58,880
this I don't I don't mean this in in any

2893
01:51:56,719 --> 01:52:02,560
way other than you spend a lot of your

2894
01:51:58,880 --> 01:52:06,679
life on LMG. It's great. I'll see you at

2895
01:52:02,560 --> 01:52:06,679
the next I'll see you at the next whale.

2896
01:52:07,760 --> 01:52:14,000
Uh, we also have a video of the damage

2897
01:52:11,920 --> 01:52:16,880
that Sammy did to that monitor that he

2898
01:52:14,000 --> 01:52:18,000
brought on to WAN Show last week. U, I

2899
01:52:16,880 --> 01:52:19,679
don't know if Luke is launching that or

2900
01:52:18,000 --> 01:52:21,199
if it's already launched. And we promise

2901
01:52:19,679 --> 01:52:22,639
to improve Floatplane and we're looking

2902
01:52:21,199 --> 01:52:24,400
to provide more benefits for subscribers

2903
01:52:22,639 --> 01:52:26,239
at LMG.gg/flatlane.

2904
01:52:24,400 --> 01:52:30,719
So now is a great time to join. Can't

2905
01:52:26,239 --> 01:52:33,119
wait to see you there. All right.

2906
01:52:30,719 --> 01:52:35,199
PK7 says, "Get a life respectfully, but

2907
01:52:33,119 --> 01:52:37,440
we do enjoy having you here for real."

2908
01:52:35,199 --> 01:52:39,679
Yeah. Yeah, dude. It's great. It's

2909
01:52:37,440 --> 01:52:41,440
great. No, I mean, we do. We do. We We

2910
01:52:39,679 --> 01:52:44,440
enjoy Crystal's company. We legitimately

2911
01:52:41,440 --> 01:52:44,440
do.

2912
01:52:44,800 --> 01:52:50,639
>> Oh my goodness. Okay. Well, no, no, no.

2913
01:52:48,719 --> 01:52:51,920
I found I I'm ignoring you entirely. I

2914
01:52:50,639 --> 01:52:55,480
found the part of the video where the

2915
01:52:51,920 --> 01:52:55,480
monitor gets impaled.

2916
01:52:56,080 --> 01:53:02,800
>> Ashley is very confused.

2917
01:53:00,080 --> 01:53:05,760
>> What What exactly am I messaging? Just

2918
01:53:02,800 --> 01:53:07,679
just the the one for for engagement for

2919
01:53:05,760 --> 01:53:09,599
like hyper engagement. It should be like

2920
01:53:07,679 --> 01:53:12,400
a a gem. It should be it should be a

2921
01:53:09,599 --> 01:53:15,040
crystal.

2922
01:53:12,400 --> 01:53:18,159
>> Do we have more than one Ashley?

2923
01:53:15,040 --> 01:53:19,199
>> Uh yeah, Ashley W. We we actually have

2924
01:53:18,159 --> 01:53:20,560
Yeah, we definitely

2925
01:53:19,199 --> 01:53:24,000
>> Ashley.

2926
01:53:20,560 --> 01:53:25,760
>> Way to go. Way to go, Dan. That moment

2927
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:28,320
when you really do need a company

2928
01:53:25,760 --> 01:53:29,679
directory because it has gotten to a

2929
01:53:28,320 --> 01:53:30,560
point where you can't know everybody.

2930
01:53:29,679 --> 01:53:32,159
>> Didn't check.

2931
01:53:30,560 --> 01:53:33,360
>> Yeah. Don't you actually didn't you like

2932
01:53:32,159 --> 01:53:34,800
work on it?

2933
01:53:33,360 --> 01:53:36,400
>> Yeah, sort of.

2934
01:53:34,800 --> 01:53:38,639
>> Dan, what the heck?

2935
01:53:36,400 --> 01:53:40,719
>> I don't update it. That's That's HR

2936
01:53:38,639 --> 01:53:43,840
doesn't maintain it.

2937
01:53:40,719 --> 01:53:48,480
>> Okay. All right. That's good. Love it.

2938
01:53:43,840 --> 01:53:49,760
Um Oh, hey. Uh Polar Eiz asks, "Are you

2939
01:53:48,480 --> 01:53:51,520
guys participating in the Boink

2940
01:53:49,760 --> 01:53:54,560
Pentathlon?" I haven't put anything into

2941
01:53:51,520 --> 01:53:56,800
it yet other than some prizing. So Chewy

2942
01:53:54,560 --> 01:53:58,400
messaged me earlier this week and he was

2943
01:53:56,800 --> 01:54:00,320
all like, "Hey, you mentioned on Wan

2944
01:53:58,400 --> 01:54:02,719
Show that you like want to do prizing

2945
01:54:00,320 --> 01:54:04,560
for Boink Pentathon?" And I was like,

2946
01:54:02,719 --> 01:54:08,000
"Yeah, sure. Can we do that?" And he was

2947
01:54:04,560 --> 01:54:09,920
like, "Okay, are you good with $1,000

2948
01:54:08,000 --> 01:54:13,440
worth of LT store gift cards?" And I was

2949
01:54:09,920 --> 01:54:15,440
like, "Sure." So we're doing 10 $100 LT

2950
01:54:13,440 --> 01:54:17,280
store gift cards as part of the prizing

2951
01:54:15,440 --> 01:54:20,000
for the Boink Pentathlon over on the

2952
01:54:17,280 --> 01:54:22,159
linest.com forum. If you don't if you're

2953
01:54:20,000 --> 01:54:23,920
not familiar with it, Boink is a

2954
01:54:22,159 --> 01:54:26,400
distributed computing project that helps

2955
01:54:23,920 --> 01:54:29,040
contribute to science. So, you can use

2956
01:54:26,400 --> 01:54:30,560
idle cycles from your computer to help

2957
01:54:29,040 --> 01:54:32,639
make the world a better place. It's

2958
01:54:30,560 --> 01:54:35,360
pretty cool and you should go check it

2959
01:54:32,639 --> 01:54:38,239
out. Maybe Dan could throw a link in the

2960
01:54:35,360 --> 01:54:40,639
uh in the video description.

2961
01:54:38,239 --> 01:54:42,480
>> Uh yes, sorry, I was just sending a a

2962
01:54:40,639 --> 01:54:42,960
group message to all the Ashleys that I

2963
01:54:42,480 --> 01:54:45,760
work with.

2964
01:54:42,960 --> 01:54:48,560
>> All right, cool. Nice. By the way,

2965
01:54:45,760 --> 01:54:50,960
Dbrand sent out a thing during the show.

2966
01:54:48,560 --> 01:54:52,639
I think probably when we announced it. I

2967
01:54:50,960 --> 01:54:55,360
don't know if they were watching or not,

2968
01:54:52,639 --> 01:54:57,520
but I I just noticed this in my email.

2969
01:54:55,360 --> 01:54:59,599
Uh

2970
01:54:57,520 --> 01:55:01,520
the the subject is now available on a

2971
01:54:59,599 --> 01:55:04,480
worse website. And then they have like a

2972
01:55:01,520 --> 01:55:06,480
stock going down emoji.

2973
01:55:04,480 --> 01:55:09,480
If you open it, it says now available on

2974
01:55:06,480 --> 01:55:09,480
ltdstore.com.

2975
01:55:09,599 --> 01:55:17,520
you know, without spoiling anything, I

2976
01:55:13,679 --> 01:55:20,239
may get my opportunity to to to to to

2977
01:55:17,520 --> 01:55:22,239
fire back. Um,

2978
01:55:20,239 --> 01:55:23,440
but I'm not going to spoil anything.

2979
01:55:22,239 --> 01:55:24,719
>> Oh man,

2980
01:55:23,440 --> 01:55:26,400
>> these guys.

2981
01:55:24,719 --> 01:55:29,360
>> God, I love Dant. Okay,

2982
01:55:26,400 --> 01:55:31,920
>> they're out of control.

2983
01:55:29,360 --> 01:55:33,679
>> Completely out of control.

2984
01:55:31,920 --> 01:55:35,440
>> Yeah. What's next?

2985
01:55:33,679 --> 01:55:37,199
>> All right, let's uh let's have a look

2986
01:55:35,440 --> 01:55:38,800
here. Let's have a look here. Uh we kind

2987
01:55:37,199 --> 01:55:42,400
of already talked about the Steam

2988
01:55:38,800 --> 01:55:44,719
controller being uh sold out after 30

2989
01:55:42,400 --> 01:55:47,119
minutes. You can join a queuing system

2990
01:55:44,719 --> 01:55:49,360
to make sure Oh, to make sure that you

2991
01:55:47,119 --> 01:55:50,400
get one from them at at MSRP rather than

2992
01:55:49,360 --> 01:55:51,679
at scalper prices.

2993
01:55:50,400 --> 01:55:52,639
>> Scalpers are lame. Don't buy it from

2994
01:55:51,679 --> 01:55:54,800
scalpers.

2995
01:55:52,639 --> 01:55:56,719
>> The last bit is Valve released the CAD

2996
01:55:54,800 --> 01:55:58,320
files for the external shell of the

2997
01:55:56,719 --> 01:55:59,840
Steam Controller and the Steam

2998
01:55:58,320 --> 01:56:01,520
Controller Puck under a creative common

2999
01:55:59,840 --> 01:56:03,360
license, which is super cool. if you for

3000
01:56:01,520 --> 01:56:05,440
whatever reason wanted to like make

3001
01:56:03,360 --> 01:56:06,719
accessories that it, you know, like a

3002
01:56:05,440 --> 01:56:08,159
little cradle for it to sit in or

3003
01:56:06,719 --> 01:56:12,960
anything cool like that and you always

3004
01:56:08,159 --> 01:56:18,800
love to see it. Okay, this is cool. TCL

3005
01:56:12,960 --> 01:56:22,880
um unveiled a 0.01

3006
01:56:18,800 --> 01:56:26,159
hertz laptop display earlier this week.

3007
01:56:22,880 --> 01:56:28,719
This is so cool. It's designed to extend

3008
01:56:26,159 --> 01:56:32,080
battery life by drastically reducing how

3009
01:56:28,719 --> 01:56:34,639
often the screen redraws static content.

3010
01:56:32,080 --> 01:56:37,920
It was showcased at SID display week in

3011
01:56:34,639 --> 01:56:41,280
Los Angeles in a 14in 1920 x 1200

3012
01:56:37,920 --> 01:56:46,719
laptop. So, this panel can refresh as

3013
01:56:41,280 --> 01:56:48,880
slowly as one frame every 100 seconds,

3014
01:56:46,719 --> 01:56:50,320
far below the one herz screens that have

3015
01:56:48,880 --> 01:56:53,199
previously been developed by companies

3016
01:56:50,320 --> 01:56:55,920
like Intel and LG. The coolest part

3017
01:56:53,199 --> 01:56:58,320
though, and this is where it gets real,

3018
01:56:55,920 --> 01:57:01,280
is that the display is divided into 12

3019
01:56:58,320 --> 01:57:06,320
zones that can independently shift

3020
01:57:01,280 --> 01:57:09,119
between 120 Hz and 0.01

3021
01:57:06,320 --> 01:57:12,320
hertz, allowing you to have high refresh

3022
01:57:09,119 --> 01:57:14,560
rate in areas like an active video

3023
01:57:12,320 --> 01:57:17,440
window, while the rest of the screen

3024
01:57:14,560 --> 01:57:19,040
remains nearly static, not being

3025
01:57:17,440 --> 01:57:21,440
updated.

3026
01:57:19,040 --> 01:57:24,080
TCL estimates that the technology or TCL

3027
01:57:21,440 --> 01:57:26,880
sees specifically estimates that the

3028
01:57:24,080 --> 01:57:29,679
technology can add over an hour of video

3029
01:57:26,880 --> 01:57:32,239
playback time and the LCD panel uses the

3030
01:57:29,679 --> 01:57:35,920
company's proprietary oxide TFT back

3031
01:57:32,239 --> 01:57:38,159
plane. Um our discussion question is is

3032
01:57:35,920 --> 01:57:40,719
12 zone refresh switching switching

3033
01:57:38,159 --> 01:57:42,159
enough for a seamless UI or will the

3034
01:57:40,719 --> 01:57:44,239
lack of granularity cause noticeable

3035
01:57:42,159 --> 01:57:46,080
artifacts? I mean, I I think the answer

3036
01:57:44,239 --> 01:57:48,800
to that is probably just going to come

3037
01:57:46,080 --> 01:57:52,000
down to driver and operating system

3038
01:57:48,800 --> 01:57:54,639
management so that you just if you have

3039
01:57:52,000 --> 01:57:56,400
a window like an active video window or

3040
01:57:54,639 --> 01:57:59,280
something like that that slightly

3041
01:57:56,400 --> 01:58:00,800
overlaps one of the control zones, it'll

3042
01:57:59,280 --> 01:58:02,880
just activate everything that's around

3043
01:58:00,800 --> 01:58:05,040
it. Um, so just yeah, as long as you're

3044
01:58:02,880 --> 01:58:08,159
not using the entire screen, there will

3045
01:58:05,040 --> 01:58:12,880
be some savings and I'm here for it.

3046
01:58:08,159 --> 01:58:14,960
more battery life in devices is like

3047
01:58:12,880 --> 01:58:16,480
honestly been like kind of life-changing

3048
01:58:14,960 --> 01:58:17,840
over the last couple generations of

3049
01:58:16,480 --> 01:58:20,719
laptops for me. Whether I've been using

3050
01:58:17,840 --> 01:58:23,679
a MacBook Neo or whether I've been using

3051
01:58:20,719 --> 01:58:25,599
uh like a Stricks Halo or uh man like

3052
01:58:23,679 --> 01:58:28,560
Panther Lake is freaking incredible for

3053
01:58:25,599 --> 01:58:32,719
battery life. I just now that I dock at

3054
01:58:28,560 --> 01:58:34,080
work, I just not that kind. Never think

3055
01:58:32,719 --> 01:58:35,199
about the battery life of my laptop

3056
01:58:34,080 --> 01:58:36,560
pretty much because it'll work for like

3057
01:58:35,199 --> 01:58:38,560
an entire weekend without me having

3058
01:58:36,560 --> 01:58:39,520
>> You're so distracted talking.

3059
01:58:38,560 --> 01:58:40,960
>> Yeah, buddy. I mean,

3060
01:58:39,520 --> 01:58:41,840
>> you don't need your laptop battery life

3061
01:58:40,960 --> 01:58:42,400
anymore.

3062
01:58:41,840 --> 01:58:46,320
>> That's right.

3063
01:58:42,400 --> 01:58:49,360
>> Moved on to bigger and better things,

3064
01:58:46,320 --> 01:58:52,480
>> especially better. Better is key.

3065
01:58:49,360 --> 01:58:53,520
>> Safer, even safe harbor.

3066
01:58:52,480 --> 01:58:56,560
Um,

3067
01:58:53,520 --> 01:58:59,040
>> that felt wrong. It's sticky.

3068
01:58:56,560 --> 01:59:01,520
Jibus.

3069
01:58:59,040 --> 01:59:02,800
Uh, hey, why don't we talk about why

3070
01:59:01,520 --> 01:59:06,320
don't we talk about something that I

3071
01:59:02,800 --> 01:59:08,239
actually missed um last week.

3072
01:59:06,320 --> 01:59:10,880
Uh, this was announced uh last week I

3073
01:59:08,239 --> 01:59:12,400
believe, but on May 1st,

3074
01:59:10,880 --> 01:59:15,280
ask.com

3075
01:59:12,400 --> 01:59:17,599
was officially shut down. I know, I know

3076
01:59:15,280 --> 01:59:21,920
this is supposed to be good news when

3077
01:59:17,599 --> 01:59:26,520
and this is truly tragic, but formerly

3078
01:59:21,920 --> 01:59:26,520
Ask Jeieves the butler

3079
01:59:26,639 --> 01:59:31,920
is no more. And uh I don't know. I don't

3080
01:59:29,920 --> 01:59:35,840
know. This actually this actually kind

3081
01:59:31,920 --> 01:59:38,080
of kind of hit me in a uh more than I

3082
01:59:35,840 --> 01:59:40,480
expected it to. Like I don't know, Luke,

3083
01:59:38,080 --> 01:59:42,239
do you remember the early days of using

3084
01:59:40,480 --> 01:59:44,400
search engines? like back when Alta

3085
01:59:42,239 --> 01:59:46,639
Vista was king and also Ask Jeieves.

3086
01:59:44,400 --> 01:59:49,679
>> I always really like dog pile.

3087
01:59:46,639 --> 01:59:52,560
>> Yeah. So, Ask Jeie's claim to fame was

3088
01:59:49,679 --> 01:59:55,280
that it was, I believe, the first

3089
01:59:52,560 --> 01:59:57,760
natural language search engine because

3090
01:59:55,280 --> 01:59:59,840
you know how you can kind of switch you

3091
01:59:57,760 --> 02:00:03,360
can put on your like I am an advanced

3092
01:59:59,840 --> 02:00:08,000
search wizard hat and you can use like

3093
02:00:03,360 --> 02:00:10,639
boolean operators and you can um uh and

3094
02:00:08,000 --> 02:00:12,880
you can sort of go into like power user

3095
02:00:10,639 --> 02:00:14,560
mode using a search engine uh rather

3096
02:00:12,880 --> 02:00:16,000
than just asking it a natural language

3097
02:00:14,560 --> 02:00:19,440
question. That was like how they all

3098
02:00:16,000 --> 02:00:22,000
just worked back in the day except for

3099
02:00:19,440 --> 02:00:24,239
Ask Jeves. They had this this cute

3100
02:00:22,000 --> 02:00:26,880
butler mascot and you would just type in

3101
02:00:24,239 --> 02:00:29,119
a natural language question and it was

3102
02:00:26,880 --> 02:00:30,639
like actually pretty good. Um, little

3103
02:00:29,119 --> 02:00:33,679
bit of history in our notes here. It

3104
02:00:30,639 --> 02:00:36,080
launched in 1996 out of Berkeley with a

3105
02:00:33,679 --> 02:00:39,920
now familiar pitch. Type a full question

3106
02:00:36,080 --> 02:00:42,000
in plain English and get an answer. IA

3107
02:00:39,920 --> 02:00:46,159
bought it for over a billion dollars in

3108
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:49,760
2005, dropped Jeeves in 2006, rebranding

3109
02:00:46,159 --> 02:00:52,239
to ask.com, but never seriously caught

3110
02:00:49,760 --> 02:00:55,119
up to Google or even Yahoo despite

3111
02:00:52,239 --> 02:00:55,760
multiple relaunches.

3112
02:00:55,119 --> 02:00:58,400
Um,

3113
02:00:55,760 --> 02:00:59,679
>> dropping the Chiefs was a mistake in my

3114
02:00:58,400 --> 02:01:01,199
opinion. I don't think they were ever

3115
02:00:59,679 --> 02:01:05,199
going to catch up, but I think they

3116
02:01:01,199 --> 02:01:06,719
should have, if they wanted to make uh,

3117
02:01:05,199 --> 02:01:09,920
you know, a zone for themselves, they

3118
02:01:06,719 --> 02:01:12,560
should have, I think, laid into the Jeve

3119
02:01:09,920 --> 02:01:16,000
side of things even more, especially in

3120
02:01:12,560 --> 02:01:17,920
a world where like

3121
02:01:16,000 --> 02:01:19,440
I feel like one of the things that's

3122
02:01:17,920 --> 02:01:23,040
almost

3123
02:01:19,440 --> 02:01:25,040
holding back the the relation the the

3124
02:01:23,040 --> 02:01:28,639
emotions that people feel towards their

3125
02:01:25,040 --> 02:01:31,840
their AI chat bots is the lack of a of a

3126
02:01:28,639 --> 02:01:34,639
of an avatar like uh like a Jes. I think

3127
02:01:31,840 --> 02:01:37,119
if anything the timing for Jeves could

3128
02:01:34,639 --> 02:01:37,679
be better than ever if it was powered by

3129
02:01:37,119 --> 02:01:40,159
AI

3130
02:01:37,679 --> 02:01:41,280
>> almost agentic search. So you should you

3131
02:01:40,159 --> 02:01:42,880
could tell it to go look for something

3132
02:01:41,280 --> 02:01:44,400
and it might actually even take a bit

3133
02:01:42,880 --> 02:01:45,840
but it goes and like tries to gather

3134
02:01:44,400 --> 02:01:48,000
things for you. I

3135
02:01:45,840 --> 02:01:50,159
>> even room for it. Yeah.

3136
02:01:48,000 --> 02:01:54,000
>> Like it goes and it tries to find you

3137
02:01:50,159 --> 02:01:56,880
know the which VPN. Hey Jeeves. Uh,

3138
02:01:54,000 --> 02:01:58,960
which regional VPN do I have to use in

3139
02:01:56,880 --> 02:02:00,880
order to get the best price on this

3140
02:01:58,960 --> 02:02:02,560
ticket? Uh, please make sure you're

3141
02:02:00,880 --> 02:02:03,920
using an IP other than mine to search

3142
02:02:02,560 --> 02:02:06,639
because like I'm sure you've run into

3143
02:02:03,920 --> 02:02:09,520
this loop where the second time you look

3144
02:02:06,639 --> 02:02:11,280
at something the price goes up, right?

3145
02:02:09,520 --> 02:02:13,599
And it doesn't matter like, you know,

3146
02:02:11,280 --> 02:02:15,520
which region you pretend to be from or

3147
02:02:13,599 --> 02:02:18,320
like what computer you like somehow they

3148
02:02:15,520 --> 02:02:20,560
follow you and they know, oh yeah,

3149
02:02:18,320 --> 02:02:23,440
they've looked at it twice, they're

3150
02:02:20,560 --> 02:02:24,800
going to book it. Like I'd be I'd be so

3151
02:02:23,440 --> 02:02:27,800
down for that.

3152
02:02:24,800 --> 02:02:27,800
>> Yeah.

3153
02:02:29,599 --> 02:02:33,040
>> Um Bolster says, "You're saying you

3154
02:02:31,199 --> 02:02:35,040
don't like Cortana?" No, I mean what I

3155
02:02:33,040 --> 02:02:35,840
didn't like about Cortana was that it

3156
02:02:35,040 --> 02:02:38,639
was just useless.

3157
02:02:35,840 --> 02:02:40,400
>> It just sucked. The honestly the idea I

3158
02:02:38,639 --> 02:02:41,760
was really excited when Cortana was

3159
02:02:40,400 --> 02:02:42,719
first announced.

3160
02:02:41,760 --> 02:02:44,480
>> Yeah, me too.

3161
02:02:42,719 --> 02:02:46,239
>> And then it was just terrible. The

3162
02:02:44,480 --> 02:02:47,840
problem wasn't the packaging. The

3163
02:02:46,239 --> 02:02:49,280
problem was the product. The packaging

3164
02:02:47,840 --> 02:02:51,199
was actually fantastic.

3165
02:02:49,280 --> 02:02:53,280
>> The little circle was good.

3166
02:02:51,199 --> 02:02:57,599
>> The Cortana voice was like obviously

3167
02:02:53,280 --> 02:03:00,400
fantastic and then just

3168
02:02:57,599 --> 02:03:02,560
garbage product.

3169
02:03:00,400 --> 02:03:05,119
>> Yeah, once again just the timing for the

3170
02:03:02,560 --> 02:03:09,520
branding and the usefulness of the

3171
02:03:05,119 --> 02:03:11,920
product just didn't quite line up.

3172
02:03:09,520 --> 02:03:15,760
Okay, this is going to be a

3173
02:03:11,920 --> 02:03:17,280
controversial take. Are you ready?

3174
02:03:15,760 --> 02:03:20,320
>> No.

3175
02:03:17,280 --> 02:03:21,840
What happened to Good News Wow. No, no,

3176
02:03:20,320 --> 02:03:23,360
>> it doesn't feel like it's been in full

3177
02:03:21,840 --> 02:03:25,360
force this show.

3178
02:03:23,360 --> 02:03:26,480
>> The good news. No, no, no. Oh, dude,

3179
02:03:25,360 --> 02:03:28,880
there's lots of good news coming.

3180
02:03:26,480 --> 02:03:31,840
There's good news. All right. Okay.

3181
02:03:28,880 --> 02:03:33,920
>> Nintendo is joining its competition in

3182
02:03:31,840 --> 02:03:35,520
raising the price of their consoles.

3183
02:03:33,920 --> 02:03:37,199
>> There's lots of good news coming. You'll

3184
02:03:35,520 --> 02:03:38,800
pay more for consoles.

3185
02:03:37,199 --> 02:03:41,599
>> No, no, this is the good news part. The

3186
02:03:38,800 --> 02:03:44,800
good news is that Nintendo is giving

3187
02:03:41,599 --> 02:03:47,840
several months of warning before the

3188
02:03:44,800 --> 02:03:49,760
change in price goes into effect. So

3189
02:03:47,840 --> 02:03:52,000
basically, here's a quote. In light of

3190
02:03:49,760 --> 02:03:54,480
changes in market conditions, Nintendo

3191
02:03:52,000 --> 02:03:56,960
has revised the MSRP of the Switch 2

3192
02:03:54,480 --> 02:03:58,400
around the world and the Switch One

3193
02:03:56,960 --> 02:04:00,639
along with playing cards and the

3194
02:03:58,400 --> 02:04:02,239
Nintendo online membership in Japan. The

3195
02:04:00,639 --> 02:04:05,119
price of the Switch 2 is going to go up

3196
02:04:02,239 --> 02:04:06,719
around $50 globally. Uh complete pricing

3197
02:04:05,119 --> 02:04:07,679
is in the Nintendo link if you want to

3198
02:04:06,719 --> 02:04:10,080
show it.

3199
02:04:07,679 --> 02:04:12,080
>> That's a smaller increase than both Sony

3200
02:04:10,080 --> 02:04:15,920
and Microsoft put in place for their

3201
02:04:12,080 --> 02:04:17,280
2020 hardware. So, like hardware that

3202
02:04:15,920 --> 02:04:20,719
theoretically they paid the development

3203
02:04:17,280 --> 02:04:23,199
cost on a long time ago.

3204
02:04:20,719 --> 02:04:25,040
Outside of Japan though, consumers, even

3205
02:04:23,199 --> 02:04:26,880
though it's a $50 increase compared to

3206
02:04:25,040 --> 02:04:28,880
the much higher ones from Sony and

3207
02:04:26,880 --> 02:04:31,360
Microsoft, consumers will have until

3208
02:04:28,880 --> 02:04:33,360
September 1st to buy one at the current

3209
02:04:31,360 --> 02:04:37,280
price.

3210
02:04:33,360 --> 02:04:39,840
As far as price increases go, giving

3211
02:04:37,280 --> 02:04:43,920
people what what do we got here? Yeah,

3212
02:04:39,840 --> 02:04:46,639
we've got over 3 months to save up and

3213
02:04:43,920 --> 02:04:50,560
buy a Switch 2 if we want it at the

3214
02:04:46,639 --> 02:04:53,040
current price. That is I mean, is that

3215
02:04:50,560 --> 02:04:56,239
worth nothing? It's not like Nintendo

3216
02:04:53,040 --> 02:04:58,480
chose for component costs to go up.

3217
02:04:56,239 --> 02:05:01,280
>> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Why is the

3218
02:04:58,480 --> 02:05:01,520
online subscription going up?

3219
02:05:01,280 --> 02:05:02,880
Uh,

3220
02:05:01,520 --> 02:05:04,880
>> is that I think that's only in Japan,

3221
02:05:02,880 --> 02:05:06,560
though, right?

3222
02:05:04,880 --> 02:05:10,719
Uh,

3223
02:05:06,560 --> 02:05:14,400
>> the say Japan. Yeah, maybe

3224
02:05:10,719 --> 02:05:17,880
that doesn't line up though.

3225
02:05:14,400 --> 02:05:17,880
Open price.

3226
02:05:19,520 --> 02:05:22,719
>> I don't know what open price means.

3227
02:05:20,960 --> 02:05:25,440
>> It's one interesting thing from this is

3228
02:05:22,719 --> 02:05:27,760
that the European and American pricing

3229
02:05:25,440 --> 02:05:31,679
is matching up. Now, the current price

3230
02:05:27,760 --> 02:05:34,080
was cheaper in the US by 20 bucks. Um,

3231
02:05:31,679 --> 02:05:36,159
and they're now aligning. Canada are,

3232
02:05:34,080 --> 02:05:40,199
you know, we still suck, so it is what

3233
02:05:36,159 --> 02:05:40,199
it is. Um,

3234
02:05:40,560 --> 02:05:45,040
yeah. Interesting.

3235
02:05:43,520 --> 02:05:47,360
If they were going to do it, I

3236
02:05:45,040 --> 02:05:49,280
appreciate the heads up.

3237
02:05:47,360 --> 02:05:51,679
>> Yeah. I mean, that I guess that's that's

3238
02:05:49,280 --> 02:05:52,400
that's the most silver lining thing that

3239
02:05:51,679 --> 02:05:55,440
I can

3240
02:05:52,400 --> 02:05:57,840
>> It's not the silver lining show, Lionus.

3241
02:05:55,440 --> 02:06:00,639
>> It's a show.

3242
02:05:57,840 --> 02:06:02,639
But the good news is that they gave us

3243
02:06:00,639 --> 02:06:04,480
warning and so I need to make sure I

3244
02:06:02,639 --> 02:06:06,560
talk about it on WAN Show so that if you

3245
02:06:04,480 --> 02:06:09,199
really wanted to switch too then you can

3246
02:06:06,560 --> 02:06:11,760
get it now still for the original price

3247
02:06:09,199 --> 02:06:14,480
before it goes up. That's the good news

3248
02:06:11,760 --> 02:06:17,119
Luke because if we didn't talk about

3249
02:06:14,480 --> 02:06:20,400
this and someone got blindsided by it on

3250
02:06:17,119 --> 02:06:21,440
September the second that's on us.

3251
02:06:20,400 --> 02:06:22,719
>> No,

3252
02:06:21,440 --> 02:06:24,800
>> we got to give people a shot.

3253
02:06:22,719 --> 02:06:27,199
>> I'm not shouldering that responsibility.

3254
02:06:24,800 --> 02:06:28,800
We can't we we got to bring We got to

3255
02:06:27,199 --> 02:06:30,800
bring the people We got to bring the

3256
02:06:28,800 --> 02:06:33,840
people the news they need to know. Okay,

3257
02:06:30,800 --> 02:06:37,040
this is important news cuz like 50 bucks

3258
02:06:33,840 --> 02:06:38,239
is 50 bucks is 50 bucks, man.

3259
02:06:37,040 --> 02:06:41,760
>> Like

3260
02:06:38,239 --> 02:06:43,679
>> if you were going to do it anyway, then

3261
02:06:41,760 --> 02:06:45,360
>> if No, I mean, if you were going to buy

3262
02:06:43,679 --> 02:06:47,760
one anyway, then I'm sure you'd rather

3263
02:06:45,360 --> 02:06:50,480
buy it for $50 less. That's like

3264
02:06:47,760 --> 02:06:51,920
>> that's like half a Nintendo game. Dude,

3265
02:06:50,480 --> 02:06:53,440
all this informs me is if you were

3266
02:06:51,920 --> 02:06:56,639
thinking about selling your Switch 2

3267
02:06:53,440 --> 02:06:57,520
that you should wait a little bit.

3268
02:06:56,639 --> 02:06:58,079
>> True, true.

3269
02:06:57,520 --> 02:07:00,480
>> Yeah,

3270
02:06:58,079 --> 02:07:01,840
>> true, true.

3271
02:07:00,480 --> 02:07:03,599
>> Do you Is there anything that would

3272
02:07:01,840 --> 02:07:03,920
compel you to buy a Switch 2 yet at this

3273
02:07:03,599 --> 02:07:05,760
point?

3274
02:07:03,920 --> 02:07:07,280
>> I have one.

3275
02:07:05,760 --> 02:07:09,520
>> Oh, sorry. Compel you to use it

3276
02:07:07,280 --> 02:07:12,159
>> and I'm upset about it. Um, I still

3277
02:07:09,520 --> 02:07:14,000
haven't busted out Donkey Kong. Uh, I've

3278
02:07:12,159 --> 02:07:14,239
been busy with other things, but that

3279
02:07:14,000 --> 02:07:15,440
that

3280
02:07:14,239 --> 02:07:17,199
>> Did you buy it though? Like you own it

3281
02:07:15,440 --> 02:07:19,840
already? I I bought it mostly for Emma

3282
02:07:17,199 --> 02:07:22,320
cuz she was a really big fan of the like

3283
02:07:19,840 --> 02:07:22,880
>> um old school Nintendo era Donkey Kong

3284
02:07:22,320 --> 02:07:24,639
games.

3285
02:07:22,880 --> 02:07:26,800
>> Um

3286
02:07:24,639 --> 02:07:29,040
>> but I mean I was I would say I was

3287
02:07:26,800 --> 02:07:31,119
interested in it. We my family was real

3288
02:07:29,040 --> 02:07:32,560
big into the yellow cartridge Donkey

3289
02:07:31,119 --> 02:07:34,480
Kong 64 game.

3290
02:07:32,560 --> 02:07:37,040
>> Uh that game was sick, but I didn't

3291
02:07:34,480 --> 02:07:38,880
really play many of the other ones. Um

3292
02:07:37,040 --> 02:07:41,599
and other than that, I haven't

3293
02:07:38,880 --> 02:07:44,719
personally heard of a Nintendo game that

3294
02:07:41,599 --> 02:07:46,719
has been super attractive yet. There

3295
02:07:44,719 --> 02:07:49,719
hasn't been a

3296
02:07:46,719 --> 02:07:49,719
uh

3297
02:07:50,320 --> 02:07:54,239
yeah, I don't think so. Modern Pokemon

3298
02:07:52,560 --> 02:07:56,639
games are not that interesting to me. I

3299
02:07:54,239 --> 02:07:59,520
haven't seen a I I could see a like

3300
02:07:56,639 --> 02:08:01,679
Breath of the Wild style Zelda game

3301
02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:03,360
coming out and being like, "Nice, I'm

3302
02:08:01,679 --> 02:08:05,920
happy." No,

3303
02:08:03,360 --> 02:08:09,119
>> the um the conspiracy theory is that

3304
02:08:05,920 --> 02:08:12,159
Star Fox was uh or Fox Mc, whatever his

3305
02:08:09,119 --> 02:08:14,320
name is, was shoehorned into the uh

3306
02:08:12,159 --> 02:08:16,000
Mario Galaxy movie because there's a

3307
02:08:14,320 --> 02:08:17,840
game coming ended up being true. So, the

3308
02:08:16,000 --> 02:08:19,119
the Star Fox announcement just came out.

3309
02:08:17,840 --> 02:08:21,119
>> Oh, I didn't even know that was a thing,

3310
02:08:19,119 --> 02:08:21,440
but it just makes sense. Um

3311
02:08:21,119 --> 02:08:23,679
>> yeah,

3312
02:08:21,440 --> 02:08:25,679
>> I didn't know any part of that story.

3313
02:08:23,679 --> 02:08:28,800
Yeah, without people knowing anything

3314
02:08:25,679 --> 02:08:31,199
else, just Star Fox being in that movie

3315
02:08:28,800 --> 02:08:35,040
was like, "Okay, this is an IP that

3316
02:08:31,199 --> 02:08:37,199
Nintendo has not made a game about. Not

3317
02:08:35,040 --> 02:08:37,760
made a game with in like a very long

3318
02:08:37,199 --> 02:08:39,440
time."

3319
02:08:37,760 --> 02:08:41,280
>> Dude, I never played the original Star

3320
02:08:39,440 --> 02:08:43,520
Fox, but I I think I would be interested

3321
02:08:41,280 --> 02:08:44,239
in picking this up.

3322
02:08:43,520 --> 02:08:46,000
>> Um

3323
02:08:44,239 --> 02:08:49,920
>> Oh, it looks kind of sweet, actually.

3324
02:08:46,000 --> 02:08:51,520
Original Star Star Fox was like

3325
02:08:49,920 --> 02:08:54,719
revolutionary

3326
02:08:51,520 --> 02:08:58,719
and a game that I just could not get

3327
02:08:54,719 --> 02:08:59,599
into. I was a Pilot Wings kid 100%.

3328
02:08:58,719 --> 02:09:01,840
>> Yeah.

3329
02:08:59,599 --> 02:09:03,599
>> No Star Fox for me.

3330
02:09:01,840 --> 02:09:05,679
>> You'd love the new one. The gameplay is

3331
02:09:03,599 --> 02:09:07,599
incredibly tight and satisfying. What

3332
02:09:05,679 --> 02:09:09,599
have you played it? Have people there

3333
02:09:07,599 --> 02:09:13,719
like a

3334
02:09:09,599 --> 02:09:13,719
somewhere that you could play this?

3335
02:09:14,400 --> 02:09:19,119
Wait,

3336
02:09:16,560 --> 02:09:20,880
it's a Star Fox 64 remake.

3337
02:09:19,119 --> 02:09:22,719
>> Remake.

3338
02:09:20,880 --> 02:09:27,159
>> Oh,

3339
02:09:22,719 --> 02:09:27,159
>> that's honestly disappointing.

3340
02:09:27,599 --> 02:09:30,599
>> Okay.

3341
02:09:31,119 --> 02:09:36,239
>> Oh, no. Nintendo says it's based on the

3342
02:09:34,239 --> 02:09:39,440
classic.

3343
02:09:36,239 --> 02:09:41,520
Hold on a second. Oh, wait. based on the

3344
02:09:39,440 --> 02:09:43,280
classic space shooter Star Fox 64, but

3345
02:09:41,520 --> 02:09:45,920
with redesigned characters and upgraded

3346
02:09:43,280 --> 02:09:47,920
visuals.

3347
02:09:45,920 --> 02:09:49,360
All righty then. Well, that was a cool

3348
02:09:47,920 --> 02:09:51,520
conversation while it lasted. All right.

3349
02:09:49,360 --> 02:09:54,480
>> So, this went from that makes me excited

3350
02:09:51,520 --> 02:09:56,000
to have had a switch to to considering

3351
02:09:54,480 --> 02:09:56,639
it's probably going to be full fat price

3352
02:09:56,000 --> 02:09:58,000
or close.

3353
02:09:56,639 --> 02:09:58,880
>> I'm going to do better. I'm going to do

3354
02:09:58,000 --> 02:09:59,840
better.

3355
02:09:58,880 --> 02:10:01,679
>> All right.

3356
02:09:59,840 --> 02:10:06,159
>> On Monday,

3357
02:10:01,679 --> 02:10:08,480
BlackBerry's stock jumped 13%.

3358
02:10:06,159 --> 02:10:10,560
Yes, that BlackBerry,

3359
02:10:08,480 --> 02:10:11,199
>> is it still a Canadian company?

3360
02:10:10,560 --> 02:10:11,840
>> Yes.

3361
02:10:11,199 --> 02:10:14,639
>> Really?

3362
02:10:11,840 --> 02:10:16,400
>> 13% in pre-market trading after a Wall

3363
02:10:14,639 --> 02:10:18,719
Street Journal feature reminded everyone

3364
02:10:16,400 --> 02:10:22,639
that BlackBerry, a decade after ditching

3365
02:10:18,719 --> 02:10:25,920
phones, does in fact still exist and is

3366
02:10:22,639 --> 02:10:28,000
profitable again. What

3367
02:10:25,920 --> 02:10:31,360
>> the driver of the new profit, pun

3368
02:10:28,000 --> 02:10:34,159
intended, is QNX, a real-time operating

3369
02:10:31,360 --> 02:10:35,679
system that BlackBerry acquired in 2010

3370
02:10:34,159 --> 02:10:36,719
that uh I was reading a couple articles

3371
02:10:35,679 --> 02:10:39,360
about this. I kind of went down the

3372
02:10:36,719 --> 02:10:41,840
rabbit hole cuz I was like, "What?" So

3373
02:10:39,360 --> 02:10:44,880
that BlackBerry acquired in 2010 and

3374
02:10:41,840 --> 02:10:47,679
that just was like kind of quietly doing

3375
02:10:44,880 --> 02:10:50,560
their own thing, being mostly ignored by

3376
02:10:47,679 --> 02:10:53,199
BlackBerry, but that now accounts for

3377
02:10:50,560 --> 02:10:57,199
about half of the company's revenue and

3378
02:10:53,199 --> 02:11:00,800
is embedded in roughly 275 million cars

3379
02:10:57,199 --> 02:11:02,800
on the road today. So this is separate

3380
02:11:00,800 --> 02:11:05,599
from the like you know Android

3381
02:11:02,800 --> 02:11:07,599
Automotive or like whatever operating

3382
02:11:05,599 --> 02:11:10,159
system

3383
02:11:07,599 --> 02:11:13,119
interface with in your car. This is

3384
02:11:10,159 --> 02:11:14,960
running things like collision warnings,

3385
02:11:13,119 --> 02:11:17,840
blind spot monitoring. So like when when

3386
02:11:14,960 --> 02:11:21,280
the LED lights up on your mirror,

3387
02:11:17,840 --> 02:11:25,199
>> QNX is doing that, adaptive cruise,

3388
02:11:21,280 --> 02:11:27,679
>> lane keep assist. um they they knew they

3389
02:11:25,199 --> 02:11:29,840
were going to lose the infotainment war

3390
02:11:27,679 --> 02:11:33,520
like a decade ago, so they've pivoted

3391
02:11:29,840 --> 02:11:35,440
deeper and deeper into like real time

3392
02:11:33,520 --> 02:11:36,239
safety critical features.

3393
02:11:35,440 --> 02:11:39,599
>> Yeah. Sweet.

3394
02:11:36,239 --> 02:11:44,400
>> Um BlackBerry's Q4 revenue, and this

3395
02:11:39,599 --> 02:11:46,960
blew my mind, hit $156 million, up 10%

3396
02:11:44,400 --> 02:11:51,760
year-over-year with QNX itself bringing

3397
02:11:46,960 --> 02:11:53,360
in 78.7 million, up 20%. Um although it

3398
02:11:51,760 --> 02:11:56,880
is worth noting that the stock is still

3399
02:11:53,360 --> 02:11:59,360
down about 96% from its 2008 peak uh

3400
02:11:56,880 --> 02:12:00,880
when it topped 83 billion.

3401
02:11:59,360 --> 02:12:01,679
>> They're on top of the world. That's kind

3402
02:12:00,880 --> 02:12:03,280
of whatever.

3403
02:12:01,679 --> 02:12:03,920
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But

3404
02:12:03,280 --> 02:12:04,320
still

3405
02:12:03,920 --> 02:12:06,400
>> interesting.

3406
02:12:04,320 --> 02:12:08,639
>> I mean that's pretty cool. What a

3407
02:12:06,400 --> 02:12:10,719
turnaround story. The fact that they are

3408
02:12:08,639 --> 02:12:12,880
making money again is pretty

3409
02:12:10,719 --> 02:12:14,480
>> What is the rest of their money? Where

3410
02:12:12,880 --> 02:12:16,800
are they making the rest of the 70

3411
02:12:14,480 --> 02:12:18,320
whatever million dollars?

3412
02:12:16,800 --> 02:12:20,880
>> Uh I don't know. For a while they were

3413
02:12:18,320 --> 02:12:22,960
in like secure messaging. Um,

3414
02:12:20,880 --> 02:12:23,920
>> they still have secure communications.

3415
02:12:22,960 --> 02:12:25,599
Okay.

3416
02:12:23,920 --> 02:12:28,560
>> Yeah. All I really cared about was this

3417
02:12:25,599 --> 02:12:31,440
QX thing and like, sorry, who are these

3418
02:12:28,560 --> 02:12:34,639
guys? Where did this come from? How is

3419
02:12:31,440 --> 02:12:37,760
this worth $78.7

3420
02:12:34,639 --> 02:12:38,320
million a quarter? Yeah, it just blew my

3421
02:12:37,760 --> 02:12:40,719
mind.

3422
02:12:38,320 --> 02:12:43,040
>> Yeah, they do like sovereign onrem

3423
02:12:40,719 --> 02:12:45,679
infrastructure for like governments,

3424
02:12:43,040 --> 02:12:47,920
NATO stuff.

3425
02:12:45,679 --> 02:12:49,840
Yeah. Okay. I mean, Blackberry was known

3426
02:12:47,920 --> 02:12:51,199
for that. They were known for security.

3427
02:12:49,840 --> 02:12:52,320
>> Yeah.

3428
02:12:51,199 --> 02:12:54,159
>> Um All right.

3429
02:12:52,320 --> 02:12:56,079
>> And I just I thought I thought it was

3430
02:12:54,159 --> 02:12:59,840
pretty cool that Blackberry's back,

3431
02:12:56,079 --> 02:13:01,280
baby. More like Backberry.

3432
02:12:59,840 --> 02:13:03,840
>> Okay. I got another one. I got another

3433
02:13:01,280 --> 02:13:06,719
one you're going to like. Uh a

3434
02:13:03,840 --> 02:13:10,400
scientific team in China mounted a

3435
02:13:06,719 --> 02:13:12,639
prototype 10 megawatt nuclear power unit

3436
02:13:10,400 --> 02:13:14,480
to a truck.

3437
02:13:12,639 --> 02:13:17,040
This thing is designed to act as a

3438
02:13:14,480 --> 02:13:18,320
portable power bank. that is expected to

3439
02:13:17,040 --> 02:13:21,520
last

3440
02:13:18,320 --> 02:13:22,719
>> several decades without requiring a

3441
02:13:21,520 --> 02:13:25,599
recharge.

3442
02:13:22,719 --> 02:13:28,079
>> So to put it in context, 10 megawatt is

3443
02:13:25,599 --> 02:13:31,599
about the power of a medium-sized AI

3444
02:13:28,079 --> 02:13:34,239
data center. And this could be just like

3445
02:13:31,599 --> 02:13:35,280
on the back of a truck. Uh applications

3446
02:13:34,239 --> 02:13:35,920
include,

3447
02:13:35,280 --> 02:13:39,040
>> sorry,

3448
02:13:35,920 --> 02:13:42,239
>> pretty wild. Yeah. Applications include

3449
02:13:39,040 --> 02:13:45,119
powering remote regions, emergency power

3450
02:13:42,239 --> 02:13:47,760
restoration during disasters, and

3451
02:13:45,119 --> 02:13:50,639
propelling maritime vehicles.

3452
02:13:47,760 --> 02:13:53,599
Imagine that for a second, Luke. We have

3453
02:13:50,639 --> 02:13:58,239
nuclear sub at home.

3454
02:13:53,599 --> 02:14:01,360
Like, what are you kidding me?

3455
02:13:58,239 --> 02:14:03,520
Uh the team has spoken uh about similar

3456
02:14:01,360 --> 02:14:05,760
systems for use at the microwatt level

3457
02:14:03,520 --> 02:14:07,840
for healthcare applications like

3458
02:14:05,760 --> 02:14:10,719
pacemakers. Oh, apparently they're also

3459
02:14:07,840 --> 02:14:12,400
being considered for space systems.

3460
02:14:10,719 --> 02:14:14,320
There is growing private interest in

3461
02:14:12,400 --> 02:14:15,760
nuclear with Amazon investing in modular

3462
02:14:14,320 --> 02:14:18,159
reactors while Google builds a small

3463
02:14:15,760 --> 02:14:20,960
reactor in Tennessee. Amazon, Google

3464
02:14:18,159 --> 02:14:24,159
Meta, and Microsoft have all joined the

3465
02:14:20,960 --> 02:14:27,760
World Nuclear Association. I could see

3466
02:14:24,159 --> 02:14:31,840
that being a really cool outcome of the

3467
02:14:27,760 --> 02:14:34,800
AI boom and crash is if all these tech

3468
02:14:31,840 --> 02:14:36,960
companies use all of their buckets and

3469
02:14:34,800 --> 02:14:40,000
buckets and buckets of money to build a

3470
02:14:36,960 --> 02:14:41,760
bunch of clean nuclear power and then

3471
02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:44,719
the market crashes and they don't need

3472
02:14:41,760 --> 02:14:46,159
it anymore and then we would just have a

3473
02:14:44,719 --> 02:14:49,520
lot of really clean power

3474
02:14:46,159 --> 02:14:50,000
infrastructure. To be clearly

3475
02:14:49,520 --> 02:14:51,520
regulated,

3476
02:14:50,000 --> 02:14:53,599
>> I don't think that's going to happen.

3477
02:14:51,520 --> 02:14:54,560
That's not going to happen.

3478
02:14:53,599 --> 02:14:56,159
But

3479
02:14:54,560 --> 02:14:57,520
>> it's a girl dream.

3480
02:14:56,159 --> 02:14:59,520
>> Can a girl dream, Luke?

3481
02:14:57,520 --> 02:15:03,800
>> Then we're cool. You can dream if it's

3482
02:14:59,520 --> 02:15:03,800
heavy heavily regulated dreaming.

3483
02:15:04,159 --> 02:15:08,159
>> Oh, yeah. To be very clear, to be very

3484
02:15:06,239 --> 02:15:11,360
clear, I would like nuclear power to be

3485
02:15:08,159 --> 02:15:14,000
done with all of the regulation and all

3486
02:15:11,360 --> 02:15:16,000
of the safety checks. Uh, but I just I

3487
02:15:14,000 --> 02:15:18,079
thought the size of this the size to

3488
02:15:16,000 --> 02:15:21,920
output ratio of this thing

3489
02:15:18,079 --> 02:15:26,360
>> is so cool.

3490
02:15:21,920 --> 02:15:26,360
So cool. 10 million watts

3491
02:15:26,800 --> 02:15:31,119
on something that is portable enough to

3492
02:15:28,800 --> 02:15:32,480
be transported with a truck.

3493
02:15:31,119 --> 02:15:34,400
>> Pretty freaking unelievable.

3494
02:15:32,480 --> 02:15:37,440
>> Yeah. By truck like did you look at

3495
02:15:34,400 --> 02:15:38,000
pictures? Do they mean like semi-truck?

3496
02:15:37,440 --> 02:15:39,280
>> Uh

3497
02:15:38,000 --> 02:15:39,679
>> like what's the scale that we're talking

3498
02:15:39,280 --> 02:15:41,119
about?

3499
02:15:39,679 --> 02:15:43,040
>> We're we're talking semi-truck.

3500
02:15:41,119 --> 02:15:45,040
>> Yeah. Thought so. I mean that's still

3501
02:15:43,040 --> 02:15:46,320
insane. Like there I'm not talking. I'm

3502
02:15:45,040 --> 02:15:48,400
just trying to understand

3503
02:15:46,320 --> 02:15:52,239
>> in the back of your F-150 or whatever.

3504
02:15:48,400 --> 02:15:53,520
>> Yeah. Yeah. Strap it in.

3505
02:15:52,239 --> 02:15:56,560
Uh, okay.

3506
02:15:53,520 --> 02:15:58,800
>> Yeah, buddy. Um, all right. Okay. Hold

3507
02:15:56,560 --> 02:16:02,000
on. Hold on. I can do I can do more. I

3508
02:15:58,800 --> 02:16:04,159
can do more. Okay. This is cool. Do you

3509
02:16:02,000 --> 02:16:06,079
want to bring up the LT Labs website?

3510
02:16:04,159 --> 02:16:06,880
>> Uh, that's uh

3511
02:16:06,079 --> 02:16:07,280
>> you're cheating.

3512
02:16:06,880 --> 02:16:07,920
>> Yeah,

3513
02:16:07,280 --> 02:16:08,800
>> that's cheating.

3514
02:16:07,920 --> 02:16:13,199
>> That is cheating.

3515
02:16:08,800 --> 02:16:15,040
>> Lucas Lucas uploaded yet another really

3516
02:16:13,199 --> 02:16:17,920
cool article this week.

3517
02:16:15,040 --> 02:16:20,880
>> Freaking banger, dude. that I read top

3518
02:16:17,920 --> 02:16:23,840
to bottom because I was all like, "Yeah,

3519
02:16:20,880 --> 02:16:27,199
yeah, what is up with that?" So the

3520
02:16:23,840 --> 02:16:31,920
question that he set out to answer is

3521
02:16:27,199 --> 02:16:35,920
what's up with power supply series like

3522
02:16:31,920 --> 02:16:38,160
say for example the NZXT Core Gold

3523
02:16:35,920 --> 02:16:41,120
series where you've got what is

3524
02:16:38,160 --> 02:16:43,359
seemingly one power design or one power

3525
02:16:41,120 --> 02:16:47,679
supply design that's rated for anywhere

3526
02:16:43,359 --> 02:16:52,240
from I believe it goes from 750 W to 850

3527
02:16:47,679 --> 02:16:55,120
W to 1,000 W. But as you can see if you

3528
02:16:52,240 --> 02:16:59,200
look at them clearly all using the same

3529
02:16:55,120 --> 02:17:00,080
PCB and functionally a lot of the same

3530
02:16:59,200 --> 02:17:02,559
design.

3531
02:17:00,080 --> 02:17:05,439
>> Yeah, there are minor changes but yeah.

3532
02:17:02,559 --> 02:17:09,040
>> Yeah, there are. And Lucas dives into

3533
02:17:05,439 --> 02:17:10,880
all of them, explaining which changes

3534
02:17:09,040 --> 02:17:13,840
impact which characteristics of the

3535
02:17:10,880 --> 02:17:15,519
power supply and what they mean for

3536
02:17:13,840 --> 02:17:18,880
these different units and their ability

3537
02:17:15,519 --> 02:17:20,880
to provide different amounts of power in

3538
02:17:18,880 --> 02:17:22,880
a sustained fashion. And I just thought

3539
02:17:20,880 --> 02:17:27,679
it was a really cool read because it was

3540
02:17:22,880 --> 02:17:30,240
something that I had like had half a

3541
02:17:27,679 --> 02:17:32,240
thought about in the past, but never

3542
02:17:30,240 --> 02:17:34,080
really even gotten as far as forming the

3543
02:17:32,240 --> 02:17:36,160
full thought, let alone asking somebody

3544
02:17:34,080 --> 02:17:37,840
the answer to the question. And he just

3545
02:17:36,160 --> 02:17:41,200
did such a good job of getting right out

3546
02:17:37,840 --> 02:17:44,559
ahead of me and completely answering it

3547
02:17:41,200 --> 02:17:46,080
and asking it all in one go with great

3548
02:17:44,559 --> 02:17:47,200
pictures that illustrate the

3549
02:17:46,080 --> 02:17:48,479
differences. is and I yeah I just

3550
02:17:47,200 --> 02:17:49,920
thought it was I thought it was a really

3551
02:17:48,479 --> 02:17:51,120
cool article and I read the crap out of

3552
02:17:49,920 --> 02:17:53,519
it. I loved it.

3553
02:17:51,120 --> 02:17:55,120
>> There's also been uh there's been a lot

3554
02:17:53,519 --> 02:17:57,040
of really good stuff on the articles

3555
02:17:55,120 --> 02:17:58,559
front recently. The IBOT article which I

3556
02:17:57,040 --> 02:18:00,639
think we've maybe already called on W

3557
02:17:58,559 --> 02:18:02,719
show is fantastic. Popular Linux gaming

3558
02:18:00,639 --> 02:18:04,160
distros. Uh we kind of

3559
02:18:02,719 --> 02:18:04,719
>> we're adapting that into a video by the

3560
02:18:04,160 --> 02:18:05,040
way.

3561
02:18:04,719 --> 02:18:06,639
>> Yeah.

3562
02:18:05,040 --> 02:18:08,319
>> So I'm working on writing for it now. I

3563
02:18:06,639 --> 02:18:09,840
actually wrote one of the funniest uh

3564
02:18:08,319 --> 02:18:11,359
I'm I'm the writer for it and I wrote

3565
02:18:09,840 --> 02:18:13,120
one of the funniest intros that I think

3566
02:18:11,359 --> 02:18:15,200
I've ever written.

3567
02:18:13,120 --> 02:18:16,399
>> Nice. Yeah. Do you want to want a

3568
02:18:15,200 --> 02:18:18,479
preview?

3569
02:18:16,399 --> 02:18:19,840
>> Uh,

3570
02:18:18,479 --> 02:18:21,439
>> you can just say no. You can just say

3571
02:18:19,840 --> 02:18:22,960
you don't care about my work. That's

3572
02:18:21,439 --> 02:18:24,319
fine. You can do that.

3573
02:18:22,960 --> 02:18:26,399
>> What do you What do you mean by preview?

3574
02:18:24,319 --> 02:18:28,080
Do you mean like you have a clip of it?

3575
02:18:26,399 --> 02:18:29,599
>> No, I mean like I I can read it.

3576
02:18:28,080 --> 02:18:30,399
>> Oh, you're going to read it? Sure. Yeah.

3577
02:18:29,599 --> 02:18:33,760
Sure. Okay.

3578
02:18:30,399 --> 02:18:35,599
>> So So I'm going to have uh it just I I

3579
02:18:33,760 --> 02:18:37,280
always love the comedic value of one

3580
02:18:35,599 --> 02:18:39,920
actor playing multiple characters. So,

3581
02:18:37,280 --> 02:18:42,080
it might just be me playing both of the

3582
02:18:39,920 --> 02:18:44,479
characters or I might have someone else

3583
02:18:42,080 --> 02:18:47,280
be the like the the husband, but we're

3584
02:18:44,479 --> 02:18:49,760
going to do like uh like an altar scene

3585
02:18:47,280 --> 02:18:51,760
like for a wedding and we're going to

3586
02:18:49,760 --> 02:18:54,960
start with like the uh the officient

3587
02:18:51,760 --> 02:18:57,519
saying do you Joe gamer take Linux to be

3588
02:18:54,960 --> 02:18:59,439
your lawfully wedded operating system to

3589
02:18:57,519 --> 02:19:01,359
have until and then we're going to cut.

3590
02:18:59,439 --> 02:19:02,960
Um so we're going to have me standing in

3591
02:19:01,359 --> 02:19:04,160
front of like a crappy plate of like

3592
02:19:02,960 --> 02:19:06,960
church pews or something and I'm going

3593
02:19:04,160 --> 02:19:09,599
to stand up. going be like, "I object.

3594
02:19:06,960 --> 02:19:11,519
She's no operating system. She's a

3595
02:19:09,599 --> 02:19:13,760
colonel." And then we're going to have

3596
02:19:11,519 --> 02:19:16,479
like a crowd gasp like sound effects

3597
02:19:13,760 --> 02:19:19,920
thing. And then uh I'm going to like

3598
02:19:16,479 --> 02:19:21,280
pull back the the the the penguin suit

3599
02:19:19,920 --> 02:19:24,160
and we're going to have like a Colonel

3600
02:19:21,280 --> 02:19:25,200
Sanders mask. Uh and then we're going to

3601
02:19:24,160 --> 02:19:26,960
And then we're just going to like we're

3602
02:19:25,200 --> 02:19:29,760
going to do like a hard cut because that

3603
02:19:26,960 --> 02:19:31,439
is the dumbest joke of all time. Just be

3604
02:19:29,760 --> 02:19:33,840
Okay, jokes aside. What what if it's

3605
02:19:31,439 --> 02:19:36,399
what if it's what if it's just

3606
02:19:33,840 --> 02:19:37,439
>> the the bride is like obscured by the

3607
02:19:36,399 --> 02:19:39,519
veil

3608
02:19:37,439 --> 02:19:41,120
>> and then when when you yell the it's a

3609
02:19:39,519 --> 02:19:43,840
colonel and they they turn to the screen

3610
02:19:41,120 --> 02:19:44,639
it's just a penguin being like

3611
02:19:43,840 --> 02:19:46,000
what if you do that

3612
02:19:44,639 --> 02:19:48,160
>> oh I was going to have the bride be

3613
02:19:46,000 --> 02:19:50,240
someone in a penguin costume.

3614
02:19:48,160 --> 02:19:54,160
>> I know but you peel back the penguin

3615
02:19:50,240 --> 02:19:55,520
costume like they're they're already

3616
02:19:54,160 --> 02:19:57,200
maybe I'm being the Linux guy. I don't

3617
02:19:55,520 --> 02:20:00,080
know. Whatever. Don't worry about it.

3618
02:19:57,200 --> 02:20:01,920
Um, so, okay, but jokes aside, there is

3619
02:20:00,080 --> 02:20:03,520
a common misconception that Linux is an

3620
02:20:01,920 --> 02:20:04,960
operating system when in truth, it's

3621
02:20:03,520 --> 02:20:07,120
just one part of a fully functioning

3622
02:20:04,960 --> 02:20:10,000
operating system. Specifically, it's the

3623
02:20:07,120 --> 02:20:11,280
kernel with a K, not that one. The part

3624
02:20:10,000 --> 02:20:12,880
that's responsible for managing

3625
02:20:11,280 --> 02:20:14,240
resources and communications between the

3626
02:20:12,880 --> 02:20:16,560
operating system and your physical

3627
02:20:14,240 --> 02:20:19,200
hardware. Uh, so we so it's just kind of

3628
02:20:16,560 --> 02:20:21,280
like a it's just like a super goofy

3629
02:20:19,200 --> 02:20:25,280
opportunity to, you know, have a fun

3630
02:20:21,280 --> 02:20:28,080
costume and have a really memorable way

3631
02:20:25,280 --> 02:20:30,000
to without being all um actually and

3632
02:20:28,080 --> 02:20:32,720
insufferable about it. Remind people

3633
02:20:30,000 --> 02:20:35,200
that Linux is not in fact an operating

3634
02:20:32,720 --> 02:20:38,160
system. It is a kernel and that's one of

3635
02:20:35,200 --> 02:20:41,840
the big challenges that it faces both in

3636
02:20:38,160 --> 02:20:44,160
terms of support from game developers

3637
02:20:41,840 --> 02:20:45,520
and also in terms of choosing the right

3638
02:20:44,160 --> 02:20:47,520
one. And that's how we're ultimately

3639
02:20:45,520 --> 02:20:49,920
going to get into the meat of the video

3640
02:20:47,520 --> 02:20:52,640
which is what are the performance

3641
02:20:49,920 --> 02:20:54,479
differences for gamers between the

3642
02:20:52,640 --> 02:20:56,960
various Linux distros that are out

3643
02:20:54,479 --> 02:20:58,800
there. And that was um if you guys want

3644
02:20:56,960 --> 02:21:01,120
spoilers for the answer, the article is

3645
02:20:58,800 --> 02:21:04,800
already up on ltlabs.com

3646
02:21:01,120 --> 02:21:06,880
and you can go check it out. Let's uh

3647
02:21:04,800 --> 02:21:08,000
let's get our last sponsors out of the

3648
02:21:06,880 --> 02:21:11,200
way.

3649
02:21:08,000 --> 02:21:14,240
>> Oh yeah, we can do that. Sure. Uh the

3650
02:21:11,200 --> 02:21:16,640
show is brought to you today by MSI. If

3651
02:21:14,240 --> 02:21:18,000
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3652
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3655
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3656
02:21:26,160 --> 02:21:29,359
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3657
02:21:28,160 --> 02:21:32,560
Cyberpunk, this game's going to look

3658
02:21:29,359 --> 02:21:35,040
great. Wait, how old is this? Is this

3659
02:21:32,560 --> 02:21:37,760
current?

3660
02:21:35,040 --> 02:21:38,240
>> Did Did someone copy old talking points

3661
02:21:37,760 --> 02:21:39,920
in here?

3662
02:21:38,240 --> 02:21:42,960
>> I have no idea.

3663
02:21:39,920 --> 02:21:45,840
>> Are they Are they clearing out 14th gen

3664
02:21:42,960 --> 02:21:48,560
and 4080 supers?

3665
02:21:45,840 --> 02:21:50,160
>> Uh, well, guess we're doing a make good

3666
02:21:48,560 --> 02:21:52,479
on this one. The show is brought to you

3667
02:21:50,160 --> 02:21:55,280
by Squarespace.

3668
02:21:52,479 --> 02:21:56,640
There is an I mean No, no, they are they

3669
02:21:55,280 --> 02:21:57,120
are I think

3670
02:21:56,640 --> 02:21:58,720
>> what?

3671
02:21:57,120 --> 02:22:01,680
>> No. Yeah, I think they are. I brought up

3672
02:21:58,720 --> 02:22:04,080
their website. Yeah. Agus R14th powered

3673
02:22:01,680 --> 02:22:05,200
by Intel Core 14th gen processors.

3674
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then.

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3736
02:24:20,640 --> 02:24:24,800
>> All right. You want to pick one?

3737
02:24:23,439 --> 02:24:28,439
>> Sure.

3738
02:24:24,800 --> 02:24:28,439
Let me um

3739
02:24:30,080 --> 02:24:36,000
>> Dell and Lenovo answer Linux vendor

3740
02:24:32,560 --> 02:24:38,560
firmware services call for sponsors. Uh

3741
02:24:36,000 --> 02:24:40,960
LVFS provides seamless system and

3742
02:24:38,560 --> 02:24:44,720
component firmware updating under Linux

3743
02:24:40,960 --> 02:24:46,720
with the whooped client and web portal.

3744
02:24:44,720 --> 02:24:48,720
FWPD.org

3745
02:24:46,720 --> 02:24:50,800
is used by all major Linux

3746
02:24:48,720 --> 02:24:54,960
distributions. The project has shipped

3747
02:24:50,800 --> 02:24:57,439
more than 145 million firmware updates

3748
02:24:54,960 --> 02:24:59,439
so far. Dell and Lenovo are the first

3749
02:24:57,439 --> 02:25:03,280
two premier sponsors and will be

3750
02:24:59,439 --> 02:25:06,000
supporting LVFS with uh at least 100,000

3751
02:25:03,280 --> 02:25:09,120
US annually. Other sponsors include

3752
02:25:06,000 --> 02:25:12,160
framework investment disclosure for that

3753
02:25:09,120 --> 02:25:13,840
guy. Um the open source firmware

3754
02:25:12,160 --> 02:25:16,720
foundation, Red Hat, and the Linux

3755
02:25:13,840 --> 02:25:19,200
Foundation. This is

3756
02:25:16,720 --> 02:25:20,720
huge and awesome.

3757
02:25:19,200 --> 02:25:22,319
>> Very cool. Good info.

3758
02:25:20,720 --> 02:25:25,040
>> This is the kind of thing that is just

3759
02:25:22,319 --> 02:25:27,920
going to to give these guys more

3760
02:25:25,040 --> 02:25:29,439
resources to do what they already would

3761
02:25:27,920 --> 02:25:32,000
have done. And that's one of those

3762
02:25:29,439 --> 02:25:34,319
things that I just I believe so strongly

3763
02:25:32,000 --> 02:25:37,840
is that giving people who would have

3764
02:25:34,319 --> 02:25:42,960
done it anyway better tools and more

3765
02:25:37,840 --> 02:25:44,399
resources is and h man I I I hate to

3766
02:25:42,960 --> 02:25:46,880
make a definitive statement on this but

3767
02:25:44,399 --> 02:25:49,920
I think it might be the best way to get

3768
02:25:46,880 --> 02:25:51,439
an incredible result that is better for

3769
02:25:49,920 --> 02:25:54,080
everybody involved when you've got

3770
02:25:51,439 --> 02:25:56,720
passionate people that cared enough to

3771
02:25:54,080 --> 02:25:58,479
do it already anyway and then you can

3772
02:25:56,720 --> 02:26:01,760
give them the comfort

3773
02:25:58,479 --> 02:26:03,840
and peace of mind and security to do

3774
02:26:01,760 --> 02:26:05,680
that without having to worry about where

3775
02:26:03,840 --> 02:26:08,160
they're going to get their next meal or

3776
02:26:05,680 --> 02:26:11,359
their day job or whatever. You are just

3777
02:26:08,160 --> 02:26:14,560
going to get such a passionately

3778
02:26:11,359 --> 02:26:17,920
thoughtfully crafted end result. And I I

3779
02:26:14,560 --> 02:26:19,840
just I I love to see people I love to

3780
02:26:17,920 --> 02:26:22,000
see people rewarded for the hard work

3781
02:26:19,840 --> 02:26:25,359
that they're doing for open source. This

3782
02:26:22,000 --> 02:26:27,760
is this is really exciting.

3783
02:26:25,359 --> 02:26:30,399
>> Holy crap. What the heck? What's up?

3784
02:26:27,760 --> 02:26:32,160
>> Do we need audio for this?

3785
02:26:30,399 --> 02:26:33,920
>> Uh there. Okay.

3786
02:26:32,160 --> 02:26:35,359
>> Oh, dude, that's what you found. Okay.

3787
02:26:33,920 --> 02:26:36,160
Luke was looking for the next topic.

3788
02:26:35,359 --> 02:26:38,960
Yeah, this one's cool.

3789
02:26:36,160 --> 02:26:41,280
>> There's a subject called cool LT render

3790
02:26:38,960 --> 02:26:42,560
by I eat pizza 888 on Reddit and I was

3791
02:26:41,280 --> 02:26:44,479
like, oh, that'll be kind of neat. And

3792
02:26:42,560 --> 02:26:46,800
then I looked at it and I was like,

3793
02:26:44,479 --> 02:26:48,960
what? Uh, get ready to have your mind

3794
02:26:46,800 --> 02:26:50,479
blown. Everyone audio playing elsewhere,

3795
02:26:48,960 --> 02:26:52,880
so I need you to mute that first.

3796
02:26:50,479 --> 02:26:54,080
>> Okay, hold on. Is it just the show? Do

3797
02:26:52,880 --> 02:26:54,720
you know?

3798
02:26:54,080 --> 02:26:56,560
>> I could just

3799
02:26:54,720 --> 02:26:57,920
>> I think it's movement. I think it's the

3800
02:26:56,560 --> 02:26:58,479
show. Is it gone now?

3801
02:26:57,920 --> 02:26:59,520
>> Yes.

3802
02:26:58,479 --> 02:27:03,760
>> Got it. It was the show.

3803
02:26:59,520 --> 02:27:05,200
>> We'll do C and enable that button. Okay.

3804
02:27:03,760 --> 02:27:06,479
I don't know if LOS will be able to hear

3805
02:27:05,200 --> 02:27:09,520
this, but hopefully we will.

3806
02:27:06,479 --> 02:27:11,280
>> That's fine. I've I've heard it.

3807
02:27:09,520 --> 02:27:13,280
>> Um, I got nothing.

3808
02:27:11,280 --> 02:27:14,240
>> I accidentally paused it immediately, I

3809
02:27:13,280 --> 02:27:16,000
guessed. My bad.

3810
02:27:14,240 --> 02:27:17,520
>> Wow.

3811
02:27:16,000 --> 02:27:19,359
>> I wonder if there's Hold on. Hold on one

3812
02:27:17,520 --> 02:27:20,640
sec. Hold on one sec. No, no, no. It's

3813
02:27:19,359 --> 02:27:22,080
working. Okay, we're holding on. Are

3814
02:27:20,640 --> 02:27:25,080
there Easter eggs in here? What's in

3815
02:27:22,080 --> 02:27:25,080
here?

3816
02:27:27,200 --> 02:27:29,520
I do not have enough resolution to read

3817
02:27:29,120 --> 02:27:32,319
that

3818
02:27:29,520 --> 02:27:34,960
>> projects. Sexy segue.

3819
02:27:32,319 --> 02:27:36,960
>> Sexy segue. Tech house. Top secret AMD

3820
02:27:34,960 --> 02:27:38,560
tech upgrade shoots. There's some

3821
02:27:36,960 --> 02:27:41,800
there's some Easter eggs in there. Okay.

3822
02:27:38,560 --> 02:27:41,800
Click play.

3823
02:27:42,240 --> 02:27:45,240
Damn.

3824
02:27:50,080 --> 02:27:55,359
Is this copyrighted music, Jack? Uh,

3825
02:27:53,359 --> 02:27:56,880
well, I guess it is what it is at this

3826
02:27:55,359 --> 02:28:00,680
point.

3827
02:27:56,880 --> 02:28:00,680
We didn't check it all.

3828
02:28:02,080 --> 02:28:10,600
So cool. God dang. We're not done. Oh my

3829
02:28:06,800 --> 02:28:10,600
god, it's so good.

3830
02:28:14,560 --> 02:28:18,319
>> Wow. That's actually like just

3831
02:28:16,800 --> 02:28:20,880
fantastic.

3832
02:28:18,319 --> 02:28:24,080
>> How cool is that? And they said they

3833
02:28:20,880 --> 02:28:26,720
said all Blender,

3834
02:28:24,080 --> 02:28:30,080
all handone, no AI.

3835
02:28:26,720 --> 02:28:32,319
Um, and I'm trying to I'm trying to hold

3836
02:28:30,080 --> 02:28:34,720
on. I'm trying to remember. Did was this

3837
02:28:32,319 --> 02:28:37,680
their was this their first full

3838
02:28:34,720 --> 02:28:41,439
animation in Blender?

3839
02:28:37,680 --> 02:28:42,880
Uh, let me double check.

3840
02:28:41,439 --> 02:28:44,800
I seem to recall they said something

3841
02:28:42,880 --> 02:28:46,399
about that, but my Wi-Fi is not that

3842
02:28:44,800 --> 02:28:49,680
fast, especially when I'm streaming.

3843
02:28:46,399 --> 02:28:51,680
Personal project. Yeah. Uh my first

3844
02:28:49,680 --> 02:28:55,840
personal project in Blender.

3845
02:28:51,680 --> 02:28:58,960
>> That's so cool. Uh the 2D and the sound

3846
02:28:55,840 --> 02:29:01,680
design was done in After Effects and uh

3847
02:28:58,960 --> 02:29:03,040
they they said they used zero AI. If you

3848
02:29:01,680 --> 02:29:04,479
want to see how it was made, let me

3849
02:29:03,040 --> 02:29:07,760
know. I plan on doing a breakdown at

3850
02:29:04,479 --> 02:29:08,960
some point. How flipping cool is that? I

3851
02:29:07,760 --> 02:29:10,160
>> I didn't I didn't see this cuz they

3852
02:29:08,960 --> 02:29:11,359
embedded the video directly to Reddit,

3853
02:29:10,160 --> 02:29:14,319
but they they also have a YouTube

3854
02:29:11,359 --> 02:29:16,640
channel that they posted it on, um

3855
02:29:14,319 --> 02:29:18,080
Harun, so check that out. it doesn't

3856
02:29:16,640 --> 02:29:20,720
have that many views. So, go go there

3857
02:29:18,080 --> 02:29:23,040
and and say hi here as well. Um, I'm

3858
02:29:20,720 --> 02:29:24,560
sure if there is updates, it it might be

3859
02:29:23,040 --> 02:29:26,560
on the Reddit, but it will definitely be

3860
02:29:24,560 --> 02:29:29,600
on their YouTube channel. So, so go

3861
02:29:26,560 --> 02:29:34,319
there, get subscribed.

3862
02:29:29,600 --> 02:29:36,880
>> I It's just It's so It's so cool to see

3863
02:29:34,319 --> 02:29:39,520
the kinds of things that

3864
02:29:36,880 --> 02:29:43,600
um that people will just create

3865
02:29:39,520 --> 02:29:45,359
spontaneously like that. Like that's uh

3866
02:29:43,600 --> 02:29:47,840
it's

3867
02:29:45,359 --> 02:29:50,560
and like no offense, you know, but I'm

3868
02:29:47,840 --> 02:29:51,040
amazed at how good it is.

3869
02:29:50,560 --> 02:29:52,160
Like it's

3870
02:29:51,040 --> 02:29:54,000
>> Oh, it's incredible.

3871
02:29:52,160 --> 02:29:55,280
>> It's not that I don't What was his name

3872
02:29:54,000 --> 02:29:56,640
again? It's not that I don't believe in

3873
02:29:55,280 --> 02:29:57,439
you, sir.

3874
02:29:56,640 --> 02:29:58,880
>> Um

3875
02:29:57,439 --> 02:30:01,760
>> it's not that I don't believe in you. I

3876
02:29:58,880 --> 02:30:03,680
eat pizza 88. It's just that

3877
02:30:01,760 --> 02:30:05,439
>> you just you made it way better than I

3878
02:30:03,680 --> 02:30:07,040
would have ever thought that you could

3879
02:30:05,439 --> 02:30:10,319
make it as your first Blender project.

3880
02:30:07,040 --> 02:30:12,399
It's It's I would never know that you

3881
02:30:10,319 --> 02:30:13,760
weren't a pro

3882
02:30:12,399 --> 02:30:14,240
watching this.

3883
02:30:13,760 --> 02:30:19,439
>> It is.

3884
02:30:14,240 --> 02:30:23,040
>> Um Yeah. So cool.

3885
02:30:19,439 --> 02:30:25,359
Like it looks like a real ad.

3886
02:30:23,040 --> 02:30:29,439
>> Speaking of so cool, if you own any, uh

3887
02:30:25,359 --> 02:30:31,439
Samsung's valuation reached $1 trillion

3888
02:30:29,439 --> 02:30:35,680
on Wednesday as shares of the South

3889
02:30:31,439 --> 02:30:37,520
Korean tech giant surged more than 10%.

3890
02:30:35,680 --> 02:30:39,040
We are partially maybe losing line. I'm

3891
02:30:37,520 --> 02:30:43,359
just going to keep going. On Wednesday,

3892
02:30:39,040 --> 02:30:44,560
Samsung stock surged 15%.

3893
02:30:43,359 --> 02:30:47,200
Oh,

3894
02:30:44,560 --> 02:30:49,439
>> okay. Crossing $1 trillion and make it

3895
02:30:47,200 --> 02:30:52,319
the second Asian company past that mark

3896
02:30:49,439 --> 02:30:54,640
after TSMC. The rally followed Samsung's

3897
02:30:52,319 --> 02:30:56,880
record Q1 earnings last week where

3898
02:30:54,640 --> 02:31:00,640
operating profit jumped more than

3899
02:30:56,880 --> 02:31:03,680
eightfold and Q1 alone topped the

3900
02:31:00,640 --> 02:31:06,240
company's entire 2025 profit. Gez driven

3901
02:31:03,680 --> 02:31:09,120
by AI memory demand. Samsung's profit

3902
02:31:06,240 --> 02:31:11,439
engine is high bandwidth memory or HBM

3903
02:31:09,120 --> 02:31:13,760
where it currently trails SKH highix at

3904
02:31:11,439 --> 02:31:16,640
about 25% market share but recently

3905
02:31:13,760 --> 02:31:18,720
started mass producing HBM4 the latest

3906
02:31:16,640 --> 02:31:22,319
generation expected to power NVIDIA's

3907
02:31:18,720 --> 02:31:24,240
upcoming Vera Rubin AI architecture

3908
02:31:22,319 --> 02:31:26,080
discussion question. What impact if any

3909
02:31:24,240 --> 02:31:28,960
do you think this will have on Samsung's

3910
02:31:26,080 --> 02:31:31,840
consumer products? Uh I don't think it

3911
02:31:28,960 --> 02:31:34,720
will have any. Samsung has always been

3912
02:31:31,840 --> 02:31:36,560
very excited to be in everything ever.

3913
02:31:34,720 --> 02:31:37,840
It's It's kind of funky to walk around

3914
02:31:36,560 --> 02:31:39,280
Korea. I haven't been there in a long

3915
02:31:37,840 --> 02:31:40,640
time, but it's kind of funky to walk

3916
02:31:39,280 --> 02:31:43,200
around Korea and just see all the

3917
02:31:40,640 --> 02:31:44,960
different things labeled with Samsung.

3918
02:31:43,200 --> 02:31:45,760
>> There's Samsung tanks,

3919
02:31:44,960 --> 02:31:48,479
>> military division.

3920
02:31:45,760 --> 02:31:51,280
>> Military. Yeah. There's Samsung toilets.

3921
02:31:48,479 --> 02:31:52,960
There's Samsung insurance. Uh there's

3922
02:31:51,280 --> 02:31:54,319
Samsung whatever the heck you could

3923
02:31:52,960 --> 02:31:56,880
possibly imagine. I don't think they're

3924
02:31:54,319 --> 02:31:58,479
ever going to give that up. But um like

3925
02:31:56,880 --> 02:31:59,920
and what I mean by that is I don't think

3926
02:31:58,479 --> 02:32:01,200
they're going to do a micron where they

3927
02:31:59,920 --> 02:32:02,960
just like shut down their consumer

3928
02:32:01,200 --> 02:32:05,200
division. I don't see that happening

3929
02:32:02,960 --> 02:32:09,200
personally because they like being

3930
02:32:05,200 --> 02:32:12,240
everywhere. But they do have the weight

3931
02:32:09,200 --> 02:32:13,520
to just scale. So I do I do suspect

3932
02:32:12,240 --> 02:32:14,720
they'll probably do that where where

3933
02:32:13,520 --> 02:32:16,960
they were saying here they they started

3934
02:32:14,720 --> 02:32:18,319
mass-producing HBM4. It's like yeah I

3935
02:32:16,960 --> 02:32:19,840
see them doing stuff like that.

3936
02:32:18,319 --> 02:32:22,319
Increasing production, hiring more

3937
02:32:19,840 --> 02:32:25,920
people, expanding even further. Um they

3938
02:32:22,319 --> 02:32:27,200
like are South Korea. So yeah, I

3939
02:32:25,920 --> 02:32:30,880
wouldn't I wouldn't be too surprised if

3940
02:32:27,200 --> 02:32:31,760
they just kept going. Um, so that

3941
02:32:30,880 --> 02:32:33,840
>> come back baby.

3942
02:32:31,760 --> 02:32:35,920
>> I don't know if that fits into good news

3943
02:32:33,840 --> 02:32:39,280
either.

3944
02:32:35,920 --> 02:32:43,520
>> Uh, Samsung space.

3945
02:32:39,280 --> 02:32:45,520
>> It's good news for Samsung.

3946
02:32:43,520 --> 02:32:46,479
>> I can't do it. I can't do it. No one

3947
02:32:45,520 --> 02:32:47,760
can.

3948
02:32:46,479 --> 02:32:49,040
>> Oh, and

3949
02:32:47,760 --> 02:32:50,000
>> that's an amazing reference. If you're

3950
02:32:49,040 --> 02:32:52,080
wondering what Dan and I are

3951
02:32:50,000 --> 02:32:54,000
referencing, that's uh one of the Red

3952
02:32:52,080 --> 02:32:55,040
Alert games. I think it's two.

3953
02:32:54,000 --> 02:32:56,000
>> Oh man.

3954
02:32:55,040 --> 02:32:57,120
>> Oh, that's the wrong one.

3955
02:32:56,000 --> 02:32:58,880
>> I don't know if I want to show it on

3956
02:32:57,120 --> 02:32:59,760
screen, but it's like uh

3957
02:32:58,880 --> 02:33:01,840
>> What the hell is this?

3958
02:32:59,760 --> 02:33:05,040
>> I will I will go to the the last place

3959
02:33:01,840 --> 02:33:08,040
not corrupted by capital

3960
02:33:05,040 --> 02:33:08,040
>> space.

3961
02:33:08,800 --> 02:33:11,040
Thank you.

3962
02:33:09,200 --> 02:33:13,200
>> It's amazing. You can tell he's fighting

3963
02:33:11,040 --> 02:33:13,600
off laughter at the end there.

3964
02:33:13,200 --> 02:33:15,439
>> Just

3965
02:33:13,600 --> 02:33:17,600
>> it's uh Oh, it's Command and Conquer,

3966
02:33:15,439 --> 02:33:22,319
not Red Alert. My bad. I always mix the

3967
02:33:17,600 --> 02:33:24,479
two. It is a core part of my being.

3968
02:33:22,319 --> 02:33:24,960
>> Oh yeah, it's amazing.

3969
02:33:24,479 --> 02:33:26,160
>> A section.

3970
02:33:24,960 --> 02:33:27,600
>> Did I drop me?

3971
02:33:26,160 --> 02:33:28,399
>> You did.

3972
02:33:27,600 --> 02:33:30,160
>> You are back now.

3973
02:33:28,399 --> 02:33:32,319
>> How far did I get?

3974
02:33:30,160 --> 02:33:34,720
>> Nowhere at all.

3975
02:33:32,319 --> 02:33:35,200
>> You were You were going I hate it here.

3976
02:33:34,720 --> 02:33:35,680
>> Sick.

3977
02:33:35,200 --> 02:33:37,760
>> A

3978
02:33:35,680 --> 02:33:39,040
>> We're back. Orange bars, green bars.

3979
02:33:37,760 --> 02:33:39,359
Yeah, we can keep going.

3980
02:33:39,040 --> 02:33:40,880
>> Okay.

3981
02:33:39,359 --> 02:33:44,000
>> All right. Here's my good news spin on

3982
02:33:40,880 --> 02:33:47,280
our last story. Um, okay. Just a few

3983
02:33:44,000 --> 02:33:49,520
hours after

3984
02:33:47,280 --> 02:33:51,439
um the evening of May 5th when a large

3985
02:33:49,520 --> 02:33:54,000
chunk of Germany's internet went down,

3986
02:33:51,439 --> 02:33:56,720
it was restored.

3987
02:33:54,000 --> 02:33:57,840
Huh. Good news. The internet was

3988
02:33:56,720 --> 02:33:59,920
restored is good news.

3989
02:33:57,840 --> 02:34:01,600
>> Yeah, this is our Oh, sorry. Okay, I

3990
02:33:59,920 --> 02:34:03,600
understand.

3991
02:34:01,600 --> 02:34:06,160
I don't think that's how that works.

3992
02:34:03,600 --> 02:34:10,240
>> Yeah, that's fine. The outage ran from

3993
02:34:06,160 --> 02:34:12,080
9:57 p.m., so 2157, to a little after

3994
02:34:10,240 --> 02:34:14,080
1:00 in the morning the next morning,

3995
02:34:12,080 --> 02:34:16,720
knocking offline major sites like

3996
02:34:14,080 --> 02:34:20,720
Amazon, DHL, Steam, eBay, and German

3997
02:34:16,720 --> 02:34:24,960
news outlets. Um, only

3998
02:34:20,720 --> 02:34:28,720
um domains that were had that were

3999
02:34:24,960 --> 02:34:32,319
pushed out faulty DNS sec signatures

4000
02:34:28,720 --> 02:34:33,920
were affected. Uh, Denick,

4001
02:34:32,319 --> 02:34:37,200
which is the registry that manages the

4002
02:34:33,920 --> 02:34:40,399
company's.de domains and who apparently

4003
02:34:37,200 --> 02:34:42,000
uh pushed these faulty DNS signatures,

4004
02:34:40,399 --> 02:34:43,920
hasn't published an official root cause

4005
02:34:42,000 --> 02:34:46,319
yet, though some commentators have

4006
02:34:43,920 --> 02:34:48,560
pointed to a botched zone signing key

4007
02:34:46,319 --> 02:34:49,920
rollover. The registry says that it will

4008
02:34:48,560 --> 02:34:53,680
release more details once the

4009
02:34:49,920 --> 02:34:55,200
investigation wraps up. Um, our

4010
02:34:53,680 --> 02:34:56,960
discussion question here is, do events

4011
02:34:55,200 --> 02:34:58,880
like this make you worried about the

4012
02:34:56,960 --> 02:35:01,200
many unknown single points of failure

4013
02:34:58,880 --> 02:35:02,880
that there are for vital digital

4014
02:35:01,200 --> 02:35:06,000
infrastructure? And I mean, I think the

4015
02:35:02,880 --> 02:35:08,800
answer is a is a resounding and obvious

4016
02:35:06,000 --> 02:35:10,479
yes. Yes, it does. Um, like I'd never

4017
02:35:08,800 --> 02:35:12,479
even heard of these guys and all of a

4018
02:35:10,479 --> 02:35:14,240
sudden like, you know, Steam's not

4019
02:35:12,479 --> 02:35:16,240
accessible for an entire country. Are

4020
02:35:14,240 --> 02:35:18,880
you kidding me? What the heck?

4021
02:35:16,240 --> 02:35:20,319
>> I honestly my gut reaction was no. But

4022
02:35:18,880 --> 02:35:22,399
the only reason why my gut reaction was

4023
02:35:20,319 --> 02:35:25,399
no is cuz like man yeah there's so much

4024
02:35:22,399 --> 02:35:25,399
more.

4025
02:35:25,600 --> 02:35:29,359
It's crazy. I mean one of one of the

4026
02:35:28,080 --> 02:35:33,200
wild things that we've been seeing

4027
02:35:29,359 --> 02:35:36,560
lately is the uh the cable cutting boats

4028
02:35:33,200 --> 02:35:38,640
>> uh ships maybe I should say uh with with

4029
02:35:36,560 --> 02:35:40,720
undersea cables. I think I think China

4030
02:35:38,640 --> 02:35:43,840
literally just did this to Taiwan like

4031
02:35:40,720 --> 02:35:48,319
very recently. Uh we saw a lot of this

4032
02:35:43,840 --> 02:35:50,000
in the Ukraine and Russian war. Um I was

4033
02:35:48,319 --> 02:35:52,560
that even allegedly? I didn't think the

4034
02:35:50,000 --> 02:35:53,760
the Chinese Taiwan one was allegedly. I

4035
02:35:52,560 --> 02:35:55,120
think they just I thought they just did

4036
02:35:53,760 --> 02:35:57,359
it. Um

4037
02:35:55,120 --> 02:35:59,280
>> let me check.

4038
02:35:57,359 --> 02:36:01,600
Um

4039
02:35:59,280 --> 02:36:03,280
Taiwan detained and prosecuted Chinese

4040
02:36:01,600 --> 02:36:08,880
crews for deliberately severing

4041
02:36:03,280 --> 02:36:12,080
underseas communication cables. Um

4042
02:36:08,880 --> 02:36:15,280
BB BBC source sentenced to three years

4043
02:36:12,080 --> 02:36:16,800
in prison. It just says Chinese national

4044
02:36:15,280 --> 02:36:18,000
though.

4045
02:36:16,800 --> 02:36:19,439
I don't know if they've been able to

4046
02:36:18,000 --> 02:36:20,640
prove that the Chinese government did

4047
02:36:19,439 --> 02:36:22,080
it. So, I just wanted

4048
02:36:20,640 --> 02:36:24,160
>> deeply enough into it, but I thought it

4049
02:36:22,080 --> 02:36:25,760
was like literally a ship designed to do

4050
02:36:24,160 --> 02:36:28,160
this that they were like testing and

4051
02:36:25,760 --> 02:36:31,040
then it worked. But I I don't know. But

4052
02:36:28,160 --> 02:36:34,479
either way, there's man,

4053
02:36:31,040 --> 02:36:37,040
the internet as we know it is such a

4054
02:36:34,479 --> 02:36:38,880
crazy combination of building blocks of

4055
02:36:37,040 --> 02:36:40,640
different systems and organizations and

4056
02:36:38,880 --> 02:36:42,640
people and individuals and open source

4057
02:36:40,640 --> 02:36:45,680
software and closed source software and

4058
02:36:42,640 --> 02:36:48,479
and a massive variety of companies. And

4059
02:36:45,680 --> 02:36:52,640
the fact that it all works is all works

4060
02:36:48,479 --> 02:36:54,399
and has insane uptime as a like

4061
02:36:52,640 --> 02:36:55,840
generalized system is

4062
02:36:54,399 --> 02:36:56,720
>> the fact that I'm talking to you right

4063
02:36:55,840 --> 02:36:57,760
now

4064
02:36:56,720 --> 02:36:58,479
>> is a miracle.

4065
02:36:57,760 --> 02:37:01,520
>> Mindblowing.

4066
02:36:58,479 --> 02:37:03,280
>> Like we we should never stop believing

4067
02:37:01,520 --> 02:37:06,240
that. We should never take it for

4068
02:37:03,280 --> 02:37:08,080
granted because it's the the deeper you

4069
02:37:06,240 --> 02:37:10,800
go into it. I feel like it's it's like

4070
02:37:08,080 --> 02:37:14,399
one of those um it's like one of those

4071
02:37:10,800 --> 02:37:16,080
uh those like IQ curves. Uh what is it

4072
02:37:14,399 --> 02:37:18,000
like? Like like dumb, smart, smart,

4073
02:37:16,080 --> 02:37:19,600
dumb, smarter, like whatever. But

4074
02:37:18,000 --> 02:37:22,399
basically,

4075
02:37:19,600 --> 02:37:24,160
>> yeah. How how amazed you are by the

4076
02:37:22,399 --> 02:37:26,960
internet. Like if you're super dumb,

4077
02:37:24,160 --> 02:37:29,600
you're like super super amazed. And then

4078
02:37:26,960 --> 02:37:31,600
if you're kind of like midwit, then you

4079
02:37:29,600 --> 02:37:34,240
might not be that amazed. And then if

4080
02:37:31,600 --> 02:37:38,080
you're super smart, you're probably

4081
02:37:34,240 --> 02:37:40,399
really amazed because there there's like

4082
02:37:38,080 --> 02:37:43,359
there's so much

4083
02:37:40,399 --> 02:37:44,800
like professional grade duct tape. No, I

4084
02:37:43,359 --> 02:37:48,560
know it's called a bell curve, but it's

4085
02:37:44,800 --> 02:37:50,640
like it's like a like a midwit um

4086
02:37:48,560 --> 02:37:53,280
meme.

4087
02:37:50,640 --> 02:37:56,960
Uh bell curve. I watched a video last

4088
02:37:53,280 --> 02:38:00,319
night where uh Destin from Star was

4089
02:37:56,960 --> 02:38:03,760
talking to uh two of the astronauts on

4090
02:38:00,319 --> 02:38:04,399
the ISS and I I kind of like

4091
02:38:03,760 --> 02:38:06,399
>> No, it's not.

4092
02:38:04,399 --> 02:38:07,840
>> Mentally paused partway through just to

4093
02:38:06,399 --> 02:38:10,080
like

4094
02:38:07,840 --> 02:38:12,479
>> marvel at I understand it's not new

4095
02:38:10,080 --> 02:38:14,080
technology, not by a decent amount, but

4096
02:38:12,479 --> 02:38:16,160
I I paused for a second just to marvel

4097
02:38:14,080 --> 02:38:18,720
at the fact that they were having a

4098
02:38:16,160 --> 02:38:19,280
video call. I was just like,

4099
02:38:18,720 --> 02:38:22,240
>> "Yeah,

4100
02:38:19,280 --> 02:38:26,720
>> damn, dude. That's crazy.

4101
02:38:22,240 --> 02:38:28,399
Um, yeah, it's uh it's a wondrous thing.

4102
02:38:26,720 --> 02:38:30,960
>> So, there's a there's a version of the

4103
02:38:28,399 --> 02:38:33,439
Midwipet meme where the like cloaked

4104
02:38:30,960 --> 02:38:35,840
genius is at both ends of the

4105
02:38:33,439 --> 02:38:36,960
distribution and then the like uh dumb

4106
02:38:35,840 --> 02:38:37,920
guy is in the middle.

4107
02:38:36,960 --> 02:38:41,840
>> I knew what you

4108
02:38:37,920 --> 02:38:44,000
>> um Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

4109
02:38:41,840 --> 02:38:46,000
>> Um Oh crap.

4110
02:38:44,000 --> 02:38:47,520
>> Or or Oh, no. It's the It's So, it's

4111
02:38:46,000 --> 02:38:49,520
based on the Midwip meme. Yeah. Yeah.

4112
02:38:47,520 --> 02:38:51,359
Sydney Broke It has got it. It's the one

4113
02:38:49,520 --> 02:38:52,960
where the guys on both ends have the

4114
02:38:51,359 --> 02:38:54,479
same outward opinion, but the middle is

4115
02:38:52,960 --> 02:38:57,120
like furious. But in this case, it's

4116
02:38:54,479 --> 02:39:01,359
like the outside is like amazed and the

4117
02:38:57,120 --> 02:39:03,520
middle is like meh. Um, yeah. Cool. All

4118
02:39:01,359 --> 02:39:05,840
right, dude. That's it for topics. We're

4119
02:39:03,520 --> 02:39:07,280
ready to jump into Wancho After Dark.

4120
02:39:05,840 --> 02:39:08,560
What What all you got for us, Mr.

4121
02:39:07,280 --> 02:39:11,359
Besser?

4122
02:39:08,560 --> 02:39:14,720
>> Well, give me a second to change

4123
02:39:11,359 --> 02:39:17,040
everything over.

4124
02:39:14,720 --> 02:39:20,240
>> We know you have a life crystal. I just

4125
02:39:17,040 --> 02:39:22,080
know I just know you can take it.

4126
02:39:20,240 --> 02:39:24,319
You can handle bit a little bit of

4127
02:39:22,080 --> 02:39:28,479
ribbing. Or I don't mean it that way,

4128
02:39:24,319 --> 02:39:30,319
but like uh Okay, I'm I'm stop now.

4129
02:39:28,479 --> 02:39:33,760
>> This is also a really cool video. It's

4130
02:39:30,319 --> 02:39:34,319
from the studio. I know David ML had a

4131
02:39:33,760 --> 02:39:37,280
one of the best

4132
02:39:34,319 --> 02:39:39,120
>> to do with I'm just over you guys. Um

4133
02:39:37,280 --> 02:39:40,560
David Ml had a lot to do with this. Are

4134
02:39:39,120 --> 02:39:43,439
there really seven keys to the internet?

4135
02:39:40,560 --> 02:39:46,720
this if you want to look into more of

4136
02:39:43,439 --> 02:39:49,280
like, man, how the heck does this thing

4137
02:39:46,720 --> 02:39:50,960
keep working? This is honestly a a great

4138
02:39:49,280 --> 02:39:53,600
video. It It was stunning to me that

4139
02:39:50,960 --> 02:39:54,800
this only got 180,000 views. This is a a

4140
02:39:53,600 --> 02:39:57,040
really good video. It's really

4141
02:39:54,800 --> 02:40:00,880
interesting look into

4142
02:39:57,040 --> 02:40:02,800
uh how some of this stuff works. Um

4143
02:40:00,880 --> 02:40:06,640
yeah, anyways,

4144
02:40:02,800 --> 02:40:09,040
internet is a crazy thing. Hi, WAN team.

4145
02:40:06,640 --> 02:40:10,560
Getting the ABCs of gaming for my 10day

4146
02:40:09,040 --> 02:40:11,520
newborn boy. smiley face.

4147
02:40:10,560 --> 02:40:14,240
>> Oh, congrats.

4148
02:40:11,520 --> 02:40:16,560
>> Lus, what is your best tech tip for

4149
02:40:14,240 --> 02:40:18,399
younger babies? When should someone

4150
02:40:16,560 --> 02:40:19,359
start them out on it in your opinion?

4151
02:40:18,399 --> 02:40:21,760
Thanks.

4152
02:40:19,359 --> 02:40:24,640
>> Um, I think you should basically delay

4153
02:40:21,760 --> 02:40:26,960
it as long as you can because they're

4154
02:40:24,640 --> 02:40:30,560
going to get plenty of screen time and

4155
02:40:26,960 --> 02:40:32,720
plenty of, you know, gaming time. And

4156
02:40:30,560 --> 02:40:35,200
when they start asking for it is

4157
02:40:32,720 --> 02:40:37,760
basically when you should start even

4158
02:40:35,200 --> 02:40:40,960
beginning to ask yourself you know

4159
02:40:37,760 --> 02:40:42,800
should they have any in

4160
02:40:40,960 --> 02:40:44,800
in my opinion I mean there's always

4161
02:40:42,800 --> 02:40:47,359
going to be times when let's face it

4162
02:40:44,800 --> 02:40:49,200
being a parent is not always easy and

4163
02:40:47,359 --> 02:40:53,359
sometimes you actually just do need a

4164
02:40:49,200 --> 02:40:55,920
break. Um Kids TV123 taught my firstborn

4165
02:40:53,359 --> 02:40:59,439
the alphabet and how to count and

4166
02:40:55,920 --> 02:41:01,200
phonics. Um, it's a YouTube channel.

4167
02:40:59,439 --> 02:41:05,680
I'm not proud of it, but I'm not ashamed

4168
02:41:01,200 --> 02:41:07,040
by it. Um, as for as for getting them

4169
02:41:05,680 --> 02:41:08,560
into tech, I don't think it's really

4170
02:41:07,040 --> 02:41:11,840
like time based, but it's like

4171
02:41:08,560 --> 02:41:13,520
motivation based. So, my my kids had

4172
02:41:11,840 --> 02:41:15,600
access to all the tech that they could

4173
02:41:13,520 --> 02:41:17,920
possibly want, but they didn't really

4174
02:41:15,600 --> 02:41:19,840
start like learning 3D printing and

4175
02:41:17,920 --> 02:41:22,560
modeling until the girls wanted to make

4176
02:41:19,840 --> 02:41:24,720
toys and my eldest wanted to make some

4177
02:41:22,560 --> 02:41:28,399
money and start like a side hustle

4178
02:41:24,720 --> 02:41:29,680
selling 3D printed stuff. Um,

4179
02:41:28,399 --> 02:41:32,960
it's going to it's going to happen

4180
02:41:29,680 --> 02:41:34,720
organically and or or it might just not.

4181
02:41:32,960 --> 02:41:36,160
And here's the thing. You can't make

4182
02:41:34,720 --> 02:41:38,560
your kids be interested in the same

4183
02:41:36,160 --> 02:41:41,600
stuff that you are.

4184
02:41:38,560 --> 02:41:43,280
Just doesn't work that way.

4185
02:41:41,600 --> 02:41:45,520
Do it in front of them. That's a that's

4186
02:41:43,280 --> 02:41:46,960
a big thing. They will naturally be

4187
02:41:45,520 --> 02:41:49,359
interested in whatever it is that you're

4188
02:41:46,960 --> 02:41:52,720
doing. So, if you're always like fixing

4189
02:41:49,359 --> 02:41:54,880
up bicycles or if you're always uh you

4190
02:41:52,720 --> 02:41:56,479
know working on computers and you make a

4191
02:41:54,880 --> 02:42:00,640
point of involving them, that's your

4192
02:41:56,479 --> 02:42:02,880
best shot at um them

4193
02:42:00,640 --> 02:42:04,560
adopting like a healthy relationship

4194
02:42:02,880 --> 02:42:05,920
with, you know, whatever it is that is

4195
02:42:04,560 --> 02:42:08,399
your hobby that you want to do with

4196
02:42:05,920 --> 02:42:11,760
them.

4197
02:42:08,399 --> 02:42:14,000
Hey, Lionus. If Project Helix is a Steam

4198
02:42:11,760 --> 02:42:15,920
Machine-l like device and Windows is

4199
02:42:14,000 --> 02:42:18,800
improved, how well do you think it will

4200
02:42:15,920 --> 02:42:22,560
do against the Steam Machine?

4201
02:42:18,800 --> 02:42:25,040
>> Oh, I mean, I feel like Luke has

4202
02:42:22,560 --> 02:42:27,040
immediate thoughts on this. I could see

4203
02:42:25,040 --> 02:42:28,800
it. I could see it in his face.

4204
02:42:27,040 --> 02:42:30,319
>> Uh, I actually don't think they compete

4205
02:42:28,800 --> 02:42:32,319
that much.

4206
02:42:30,319 --> 02:42:34,960
>> Yeah.

4207
02:42:32,319 --> 02:42:36,399
Uh, yeah. I I think they're in I think

4208
02:42:34,960 --> 02:42:40,640
they're in different markets. I I think

4209
02:42:36,399 --> 02:42:43,920
Microsoft has to compete with Steam OS

4210
02:42:40,640 --> 02:42:45,520
but on a PC level. Um I think the people

4211
02:42:43,920 --> 02:42:50,640
interested in a Steam machine are

4212
02:42:45,520 --> 02:42:53,600
interested in having Steam on their TV.

4213
02:42:50,640 --> 02:42:56,160
And if if Helix is going to matter

4214
02:42:53,600 --> 02:42:57,439
basically at all, it's going to have to

4215
02:42:56,160 --> 02:43:00,800
have some like, you know, timed

4216
02:42:57,439 --> 02:43:05,680
exclusives or whatever else. Um, maybe

4217
02:43:00,800 --> 02:43:08,319
those games work on Windows, but

4218
02:43:05,680 --> 02:43:09,920
and and maybe they sort of work on

4219
02:43:08,319 --> 02:43:11,280
Linux, or maybe they do work on Linux,

4220
02:43:09,920 --> 02:43:12,960
but with some tinkering or what,

4221
02:43:11,280 --> 02:43:13,840
whatever, wherever that line ends up

4222
02:43:12,960 --> 02:43:15,520
being.

4223
02:43:13,840 --> 02:43:17,280
>> Um,

4224
02:43:15,520 --> 02:43:18,399
>> but yeah, I I I think they're different

4225
02:43:17,280 --> 02:43:21,040
devices. I think they're different

4226
02:43:18,399 --> 02:43:23,120
target audiences. And as as like cool as

4227
02:43:21,040 --> 02:43:25,040
it is, as as you know, Windows is

4228
02:43:23,120 --> 02:43:27,200
growing or sorry, Linux is growing in

4229
02:43:25,040 --> 02:43:30,240
installation

4230
02:43:27,200 --> 02:43:32,960
size, what am I trying to say? uh not

4231
02:43:30,240 --> 02:43:34,240
market cap, market share uh in in market

4232
02:43:32,960 --> 02:43:36,319
share of people that are using things

4233
02:43:34,240 --> 02:43:39,040
like Steam and whatnot. It's still a

4234
02:43:36,319 --> 02:43:41,439
tiny slice of the pie. So like Steam

4235
02:43:39,040 --> 02:43:43,120
Machine doing well is not going to be

4236
02:43:41,439 --> 02:43:46,479
the reason why Helix doesn't make it.

4237
02:43:43,120 --> 02:43:49,920
Like I I I would bet everything on that.

4238
02:43:46,479 --> 02:43:51,120
Helix might not make it because no one

4239
02:43:49,920 --> 02:43:53,120
has really cared that much about

4240
02:43:51,120 --> 02:43:55,760
Microsoft consoles in a really long time

4241
02:43:53,120 --> 02:43:57,840
because they've been not good. So, it

4242
02:43:55,760 --> 02:44:00,399
needs to like be really good and be

4243
02:43:57,840 --> 02:44:02,399
really compelling. Have good freaking

4244
02:44:00,399 --> 02:44:04,560
games for once. What are you doing? And

4245
02:44:02,399 --> 02:44:05,760
then also be priced well. And if they

4246
02:44:04,560 --> 02:44:06,960
can accomplish those things, then it

4247
02:44:05,760 --> 02:44:10,600
will matter. And if they can't, it

4248
02:44:06,960 --> 02:44:10,600
won't. That's it.

4249
02:44:10,960 --> 02:44:14,880
Hey, DLL. You've said before you

4250
02:44:13,279 --> 02:44:17,520
generally have a good sense of how a

4251
02:44:14,880 --> 02:44:20,000
video will perform pre-launch. Have

4252
02:44:17,520 --> 02:44:22,640
there been any that genuinely surprised

4253
02:44:20,000 --> 02:44:24,479
you by doing way better than expected?

4254
02:44:22,640 --> 02:44:26,560
Oh, you were going to say you're saying

4255
02:44:24,479 --> 02:44:27,600
better than expected. Uh, I thought you

4256
02:44:26,560 --> 02:44:29,760
were going a different direction with

4257
02:44:27,600 --> 02:44:33,200
that and I had one completely ready for

4258
02:44:29,760 --> 02:44:35,600
you. Uh, the video keyboard that we

4259
02:44:33,200 --> 02:44:39,359
uploaded earlier this week, the uh the

4260
02:44:35,600 --> 02:44:40,960
Flux keyboard like

4261
02:44:39,359 --> 02:44:42,880
vastly

4262
02:44:40,960 --> 02:44:45,040
uh underperformed compared to my

4263
02:44:42,880 --> 02:44:48,479
expectations. And actually, I guess

4264
02:44:45,040 --> 02:44:53,040
followup, the the TV with no smart

4265
02:44:48,479 --> 02:44:56,479
features, the the Scepter TV video, um,

4266
02:44:53,040 --> 02:44:59,600
way overperformed. We got just over half

4267
02:44:56,479 --> 02:45:02,319
a million views on this keyboard that

4268
02:44:59,600 --> 02:45:05,359
like has an entire screen under it so

4269
02:45:02,319 --> 02:45:08,560
that you can uh change languages on the

4270
02:45:05,359 --> 02:45:10,479
fly or do it's it's it's kind of like a

4271
02:45:08,560 --> 02:45:12,640
like a stream deck, but an entire

4272
02:45:10,479 --> 02:45:15,680
keyboard. You can put any icons you want

4273
02:45:12,640 --> 02:45:17,680
that control anything, any hotkeys that

4274
02:45:15,680 --> 02:45:20,720
you want in basically any software that

4275
02:45:17,680 --> 02:45:24,960
you launch. Um, it's supported by

4276
02:45:20,720 --> 02:45:26,800
Windows, macOS, and even Linux. Um, it

4277
02:45:24,960 --> 02:45:29,680
was like really cool. It raised almost

4278
02:45:26,800 --> 02:45:33,120
$4 million on Kickstarter.

4279
02:45:29,680 --> 02:45:36,160
Super neat. Um, yeah, no one cared. And

4280
02:45:33,120 --> 02:45:38,800
then we did a video on like a Scepter TV

4281
02:45:36,160 --> 02:45:40,240
that was more like a like a writer

4282
02:45:38,800 --> 02:45:42,319
meeting like, "Hey, yeah, what the heck?

4283
02:45:40,240 --> 02:45:44,399
Why aren't there more like dumb TVs?

4284
02:45:42,319 --> 02:45:46,560
Does anyone still make dumb TVs? Oh, L.

4285
02:45:44,399 --> 02:45:48,240
Scepter does. Haha. Okay, let's get one.

4286
02:45:46,560 --> 02:45:49,920
We'll like maybe just like, you know,

4287
02:45:48,240 --> 02:45:51,680
unbox it and watch it a little bit and

4288
02:45:49,920 --> 02:45:53,279
see if it's any good. Like 2 million

4289
02:45:51,680 --> 02:45:57,200
views. Like, okay. Well, I don't know

4290
02:45:53,279 --> 02:46:00,000
what the rules are anymore. So, um,

4291
02:45:57,200 --> 02:46:01,600
good luck everybody.

4292
02:46:00,000 --> 02:46:03,680
Uh, Torpedo Bench says, "I'm not

4293
02:46:01,600 --> 02:46:06,000
surprised to hear the screen keyboard

4294
02:46:03,680 --> 02:46:11,279
underperformed. The video watched like

4295
02:46:06,000 --> 02:46:14,880
an ad." That is that is like super

4296
02:46:11,279 --> 02:46:17,520
interesting feedback and I have I'm

4297
02:46:14,880 --> 02:46:19,439
gonna I'm gonna have to watch it again

4298
02:46:17,520 --> 02:46:22,960
and see if I can figure out like what

4299
02:46:19,439 --> 02:46:25,040
you mean by that because I um I have no

4300
02:46:22,960 --> 02:46:27,920
idea what you're talking about. We not

4301
02:46:25,040 --> 02:46:29,920
only is it not an ad, but they didn't

4302
02:46:27,920 --> 02:46:32,000
even send it to us. Like I didn't even

4303
02:46:29,920 --> 02:46:34,000
buy one. I borrowed it from someone who

4304
02:46:32,000 --> 02:46:37,439
backed the Kickstarter.

4305
02:46:34,000 --> 02:46:40,560
So I don't really uh Yeah, I'm okay. I'm

4306
02:46:37,439 --> 02:46:44,960
going to have to I'm I'm going to have

4307
02:46:40,560 --> 02:46:46,640
to figure out what that means exactly.

4308
02:46:44,960 --> 02:46:48,000
I mean, yeah, we're always uh we're

4309
02:46:46,640 --> 02:46:52,160
always open to feedback, but I just

4310
02:46:48,000 --> 02:46:58,560
don't really know how to have a not ad

4311
02:46:52,160 --> 02:47:00,080
um not look like an ad. Um no, I totally

4312
02:46:58,560 --> 02:47:03,399
understand it wasn't an ad. It just had

4313
02:47:00,080 --> 02:47:03,399
ad vibes.

4314
02:47:05,439 --> 02:47:09,439
Interesting. I mean, okay. Current year

4315
02:47:07,600 --> 02:47:10,880
sucks says, "Even when pointing out the

4316
02:47:09,439 --> 02:47:12,080
downsides to the keyboard, you sounded

4317
02:47:10,880 --> 02:47:16,840
super positive." I mean, I thought it

4318
02:47:12,080 --> 02:47:16,840
was really cool. Sorry.

4319
02:47:19,040 --> 02:47:22,240
Charcoal says, "It was scripted in a

4320
02:47:20,720 --> 02:47:24,399
similar way to your sponsored content."

4321
02:47:22,240 --> 02:47:26,479
It wasn't scripted.

4322
02:47:24,399 --> 02:47:30,279
It was actually unscripted. I just

4323
02:47:26,479 --> 02:47:30,279
thought it was really cool.

4324
02:47:31,760 --> 02:47:36,880
I scripted the intro. Only the intro

4325
02:47:34,800 --> 02:47:38,080
before we like roll our animated intro

4326
02:47:36,880 --> 02:47:40,319
was scripted.

4327
02:47:38,080 --> 02:47:42,399
>> That's so funny.

4328
02:47:40,319 --> 02:47:44,319
>> So maybe I So you guys think my

4329
02:47:42,399 --> 02:47:46,319
unscripted sounds like scripted and my

4330
02:47:44,319 --> 02:47:49,279
not ads sound like ads. So should I just

4331
02:47:46,319 --> 02:47:50,800
do all scripted ads?

4332
02:47:49,279 --> 02:47:52,720
>> Raikenclaw says you're supposed to be

4333
02:47:50,800 --> 02:47:55,279
cynical and dismissive. Like no, I'm not

4334
02:47:52,720 --> 02:48:00,000
going to do that. The keyboard's cool.

4335
02:47:55,279 --> 02:48:03,279
I this is man it's not only it's not

4336
02:48:00,000 --> 02:48:05,040
only um like like one person as well

4337
02:48:03,279 --> 02:48:06,560
saying like it felt like an ad like

4338
02:48:05,040 --> 02:48:08,319
there's a number of people in flow plane

4339
02:48:06,560 --> 02:48:10,080
chat that are like yeah I like I felt

4340
02:48:08,319 --> 02:48:13,359
like it had kind of like an ad vibe too

4341
02:48:10,080 --> 02:48:15,040
that's so weird to me

4342
02:48:13,359 --> 02:48:16,240
um turn your socks I to be clear I

4343
02:48:15,040 --> 02:48:17,760
didn't hate the video no I'm not saying

4344
02:48:16,240 --> 02:48:20,800
you hate the video and it's fine if you

4345
02:48:17,760 --> 02:48:22,560
hate the video like it literally our the

4346
02:48:20,800 --> 02:48:25,279
best videos on the channel still have a

4347
02:48:22,560 --> 02:48:27,920
1% dislike ratio You know, somebody

4348
02:48:25,279 --> 02:48:32,319
dislikes something, no matter how quote

4349
02:48:27,920 --> 02:48:35,120
unquote universally loved it is. Um, and

4350
02:48:32,319 --> 02:48:38,240
this is a scary comment from Birdie Num

4351
02:48:35,120 --> 02:48:41,240
Noms. They mistook your enthusiasm for

4352
02:48:38,240 --> 02:48:41,240
marketing.

4353
02:48:42,720 --> 02:48:45,840
That's kind of

4354
02:48:44,800 --> 02:48:48,000
>> sad.

4355
02:48:45,840 --> 02:48:50,240
>> A terrifying

4356
02:48:48,000 --> 02:48:52,399
world to live in

4357
02:48:50,240 --> 02:48:55,040
where you're not allowed to be. Is that

4358
02:48:52,399 --> 02:48:55,520
like Tik Tok undisclosed ad brain going

4359
02:48:55,040 --> 02:48:57,359
on?

4360
02:48:55,520 --> 02:48:59,920
>> I wonder.

4361
02:48:57,359 --> 02:49:03,080
I do wonder that. That's exactly what I

4362
02:48:59,920 --> 02:49:03,080
was thinking.

4363
02:49:07,760 --> 02:49:10,760
Huh.

4364
02:49:13,840 --> 02:49:19,920
>> Um, can you unsay that please? Because I

4365
02:49:16,640 --> 02:49:22,800
hate it. I mean, I think it's

4366
02:49:19,920 --> 02:49:24,319
I've heard I don't have Tik Tok. I've

4367
02:49:22,800 --> 02:49:25,760
heard that's a thing. I've heard that

4368
02:49:24,319 --> 02:49:27,680
there's a lot of undisclosed

4369
02:49:25,760 --> 02:49:31,680
advertisements on Tik Tok. I can't say

4370
02:49:27,680 --> 02:49:33,120
from firsthand experience. Um, but like

4371
02:49:31,680 --> 02:49:35,040
maybe maybe that's what's going on.

4372
02:49:33,120 --> 02:49:36,399
Maybe you've been trained that if

4373
02:49:35,040 --> 02:49:39,200
anyone's speaking that way about

4374
02:49:36,399 --> 02:49:40,640
basically anything that it's an ad. That

4375
02:49:39,200 --> 02:49:43,760
is funny. I haven't watched it yet, but

4376
02:49:40,640 --> 02:49:46,000
it's funny that it was unscripted, not

4377
02:49:43,760 --> 02:49:48,640
an ad. They didn't even send the

4378
02:49:46,000 --> 02:49:50,319
product, etc.

4379
02:49:48,640 --> 02:49:50,960
>> Like literally everything people hated

4380
02:49:50,319 --> 02:49:52,240
about it

4381
02:49:50,960 --> 02:49:55,279
>> the opposite

4382
02:49:52,240 --> 02:49:58,640
>> wasn't what it was.

4383
02:49:55,279 --> 02:50:00,319
>> That's very funny.

4384
02:49:58,640 --> 02:50:03,319
>> Um,

4385
02:50:00,319 --> 02:50:03,319
wow.

4386
02:50:05,279 --> 02:50:07,359
>> You're really

4387
02:50:05,840 --> 02:50:09,279
>> It's called It's called This Video

4388
02:50:07,359 --> 02:50:12,240
Raised I'm talking to Dan. This video

4389
02:50:09,279 --> 02:50:15,120
raised 3.8 million on Kickstarter.

4390
02:50:12,240 --> 02:50:15,760
>> It's dollar sign 3.8M. 8 M. You got it.

4391
02:50:15,120 --> 02:50:17,600
Okay.

4392
02:50:15,760 --> 02:50:19,359
>> Like there's definitely things I think

4393
02:50:17,600 --> 02:50:20,800
we could have done better. Um we tried

4394
02:50:19,359 --> 02:50:22,240
to do that cool thing with the packaging

4395
02:50:20,800 --> 02:50:23,840
where the thumbnail is actually the

4396
02:50:22,240 --> 02:50:26,319
first frame of the video so it just like

4397
02:50:23,840 --> 02:50:28,080
starts right away. Um cuz I really

4398
02:50:26,319 --> 02:50:29,600
wanted people to like see the keyboard

4399
02:50:28,080 --> 02:50:31,680
in action. But I think maybe we could

4400
02:50:29,600 --> 02:50:37,200
have chosen a better video. I just liked

4401
02:50:31,680 --> 02:50:40,240
the idea of like uh um playing a video

4402
02:50:37,200 --> 02:50:42,800
of a keyboard unboxing while I unbox a

4403
02:50:40,240 --> 02:50:44,319
video keyboard was just and you know

4404
02:50:42,800 --> 02:50:45,920
what?

4405
02:50:44,319 --> 02:50:50,080
Oh, I wonder if this is something

4406
02:50:45,920 --> 02:50:52,000
because I shot the intro afterward, like

4407
02:50:50,080 --> 02:50:53,760
after we'd already gotten it working and

4408
02:50:52,000 --> 02:50:54,960
I was already like super excited about

4409
02:50:53,760 --> 02:50:56,080
it. So maybe

4410
02:50:54,960 --> 02:50:58,160
>> maybe that's what's going on

4411
02:50:56,080 --> 02:51:00,000
>> for like an for like an intro. Maybe I

4412
02:50:58,160 --> 02:51:02,960
seem too excited for something that I

4413
02:51:00,000 --> 02:51:03,760
like hadn't really like explained or

4414
02:51:02,960 --> 02:51:06,960
shown yet.

4415
02:51:03,760 --> 02:51:09,760
>> Super stupid server dude, fantastic name

4416
02:51:06,960 --> 02:51:12,479
in flip plane chat said, "I get I got

4417
02:51:09,760 --> 02:51:15,479
those ad vibes too and I don't watch Tik

4418
02:51:12,479 --> 02:51:15,479
Tok."

4419
02:51:19,439 --> 02:51:24,800
And then meanwhile, like nobody's mad

4420
02:51:22,319 --> 02:51:27,840
about the sponsored video we did on LG's

4421
02:51:24,800 --> 02:51:29,439
HTA9 competitor. the their like wireless

4422
02:51:27,840 --> 02:51:32,160
surround thing, which by the way,

4423
02:51:29,439 --> 02:51:35,120
totally unsponsored right now, but is

4424
02:51:32,160 --> 02:51:36,640
really cool. Um

4425
02:51:35,120 --> 02:51:38,640
uh

4426
02:51:36,640 --> 02:51:43,439
but uh

4427
02:51:38,640 --> 02:51:44,720
Huh. For the first time in positive W

4428
02:51:43,439 --> 02:51:47,200
show era, I think you're going to have

4429
02:51:44,720 --> 02:51:49,200
to take away my bird, Dan.

4430
02:51:47,200 --> 02:51:51,200
I Yeah, I don't know how to

4431
02:51:49,200 --> 02:51:52,399
>> Torpedo Bench said, "West I don't know

4432
02:51:51,200 --> 02:51:54,319
how to process this. I'm going to think

4433
02:51:52,399 --> 02:51:55,840
about it. I'm going to fester." I feel

4434
02:51:54,319 --> 02:51:58,479
like considering how many people have

4435
02:51:55,840 --> 02:52:00,479
this feedback, I feel like that's worth

4436
02:51:58,479 --> 02:52:01,840
>> uh trying to work on and figure out.

4437
02:52:00,479 --> 02:52:03,520
Torpedo Bench said, "Wild Wild Guess,

4438
02:52:01,840 --> 02:52:04,960
you seemed almost too informed rather

4439
02:52:03,520 --> 02:52:08,080
than discovering it along with the

4440
02:52:04,960 --> 02:52:08,640
viewer." I don't know if

4441
02:52:08,080 --> 02:52:10,240
>> it's interesting.

4442
02:52:08,640 --> 02:52:12,720
>> He is left in shame.

4443
02:52:10,240 --> 02:52:14,319
>> He's gone. That is interesting. Again, I

4444
02:52:12,720 --> 02:52:15,439
haven't watched this one. Maybe I'm part

4445
02:52:14,319 --> 02:52:17,439
of the problem, but

4446
02:52:15,439 --> 02:52:19,040
>> Oh, he's gone completely.

4447
02:52:17,439 --> 02:52:19,760
>> Slide over to Luke.

4448
02:52:19,040 --> 02:52:22,880
>> Yeah,

4449
02:52:19,760 --> 02:52:24,399
>> I'm just uh getting logged in here. I'll

4450
02:52:22,880 --> 02:52:24,960
do another thing

4451
02:52:24,399 --> 02:52:26,240
>> chat.

4452
02:52:24,960 --> 02:52:30,080
>> Talk to Luke.

4453
02:52:26,240 --> 02:52:32,240
>> How's it going? You must speak to me. I

4454
02:52:30,080 --> 02:52:34,080
can maybe do merch messages if there's

4455
02:52:32,240 --> 02:52:36,640
any ready and also for me.

4456
02:52:34,080 --> 02:52:38,399
>> I have to reconnect him and do things.

4457
02:52:36,640 --> 02:52:39,840
>> That makes sense. Uh engage with our

4458
02:52:38,399 --> 02:52:40,399
community once.

4459
02:52:39,840 --> 02:52:43,920
>> No.

4460
02:52:40,399 --> 02:52:45,680
>> Oh, I mean here's one. What's up, boys?

4461
02:52:43,920 --> 02:52:47,680
Luke, what workout equipment, if any, do

4462
02:52:45,680 --> 02:52:49,600
you have at home? Looking good.

4463
02:52:47,680 --> 02:52:50,960
>> Looking good. I mean, I'm way out of sh.

4464
02:52:49,600 --> 02:52:52,319
Interestingly enough, the first time

4465
02:52:50,960 --> 02:52:53,920
I've gone to the gym in a really long

4466
02:52:52,319 --> 02:52:54,560
time was actually last night. I am

4467
02:52:53,920 --> 02:52:56,960
>> How'd it go?

4468
02:52:54,560 --> 02:52:58,720
>> Incredibly sore right now, dude. Oh my

4469
02:52:56,960 --> 02:53:00,560
god. I did the

4470
02:52:58,720 --> 02:53:01,359
>> So, you're not just waddling for no

4471
02:53:00,560 --> 02:53:03,840
reason.

4472
02:53:01,359 --> 02:53:05,200
>> No, no, no. I did I did my my chest

4473
02:53:03,840 --> 02:53:07,520
routine, so I did the whole skull

4474
02:53:05,200 --> 02:53:11,040
crushers thing and everything. Um I was

4475
02:53:07,520 --> 02:53:14,240
fairly surprised at how much I still

4476
02:53:11,040 --> 02:53:16,160
had. Um

4477
02:53:14,240 --> 02:53:17,680
>> like lateral raises was one that I was

4478
02:53:16,160 --> 02:53:20,160
expecting to lose a lot of performance

4479
02:53:17,680 --> 02:53:22,560
in. And I still I was still doing 30 lb

4480
02:53:20,160 --> 02:53:25,200
sets of 12 lateral raises which I was

4481
02:53:22,560 --> 02:53:27,439
decently happy with. Um I had been out

4482
02:53:25,200 --> 02:53:30,240
for a very long time. I had so like

4483
02:53:27,439 --> 02:53:32,640
basically honestly

4484
02:53:30,240 --> 02:53:34,479
for surprisingly close to a year. I

4485
02:53:32,640 --> 02:53:38,479
think it's like 10 months I've basically

4486
02:53:34,479 --> 02:53:40,479
been out. There was um

4487
02:53:38,479 --> 02:53:42,399
there was there was a massive rena at my

4488
02:53:40,479 --> 02:53:44,800
house. There was a bunch of moving stuff

4489
02:53:42,399 --> 02:53:46,000
that was happening and I couldn't get

4490
02:53:44,800 --> 02:53:48,319
spare time to go to the gym for a really

4491
02:53:46,000 --> 02:53:50,880
long time. And then health thing

4492
02:53:48,319 --> 02:53:52,080
happened and then minor injuries because

4493
02:53:50,880 --> 02:53:53,680
I wasn't going to the gym for a long

4494
02:53:52,080 --> 02:53:55,840
time and then I tried to start doing

4495
02:53:53,680 --> 02:53:57,279
things again and I have a lot of small

4496
02:53:55,840 --> 02:53:59,760
issues that if I'm not constantly

4497
02:53:57,279 --> 02:54:01,359
maintaining them they're problems and

4498
02:53:59,760 --> 02:54:02,800
now I've mostly moved through that and

4499
02:54:01,359 --> 02:54:04,800
I'm going back to going to the gym and

4500
02:54:02,800 --> 02:54:08,160
yeah I know I'm just now I'm just very

4501
02:54:04,800 --> 02:54:09,600
very I'm very sore. I uh I tried to man

4502
02:54:08,160 --> 02:54:11,520
there was there was a guy there I

4503
02:54:09,600 --> 02:54:13,279
haven't been in so long right and it's

4504
02:54:11,520 --> 02:54:15,840
just a little community gym that I go to

4505
02:54:13,279 --> 02:54:17,920
nothing too special. So, I walk in and I

4506
02:54:15,840 --> 02:54:20,319
used to recognize like almost everybody.

4507
02:54:17,920 --> 02:54:21,920
And I walk in and I recognize like the

4508
02:54:20,319 --> 02:54:22,960
front desk guy and he was a little bit

4509
02:54:21,920 --> 02:54:24,800
surprised to see me and I was like,

4510
02:54:22,960 --> 02:54:26,479
"Yeah, I'm back." And that was cool. And

4511
02:54:24,800 --> 02:54:29,680
then I walk inside and not a single

4512
02:54:26,479 --> 02:54:33,840
person working out do I recognize. Um,

4513
02:54:29,680 --> 02:54:36,160
partway through my workout, however,

4514
02:54:33,840 --> 02:54:39,279
this dude walks in and I recognized him

4515
02:54:36,160 --> 02:54:41,200
and he's freaking stacked. He's like way

4516
02:54:39,279 --> 02:54:42,720
bigger than I than I remember him being.

4517
02:54:41,200 --> 02:54:44,960
And I was like, "Wow, cool." And then

4518
02:54:42,720 --> 02:54:46,479
partway through working out, I I work up

4519
02:54:44,960 --> 02:54:48,399
a little bit of courage and I and I walk

4520
02:54:46,479 --> 02:54:49,520
up to him and I start trying to talk to

4521
02:54:48,399 --> 02:54:51,279
him and I was going to say basically

4522
02:54:49,520 --> 02:54:52,640
like, "Hey man, like I you know, I used

4523
02:54:51,279 --> 02:54:53,840
to come to this gym all the time and I

4524
02:54:52,640 --> 02:54:55,120
don't know if you recognize me, but I

4525
02:54:53,840 --> 02:54:57,439
remember you from back then and like

4526
02:54:55,120 --> 02:54:59,200
it's I really like appreciate that

4527
02:54:57,439 --> 02:55:00,800
you're still coming. It's like

4528
02:54:59,200 --> 02:55:03,200
inspiration for me to see that you're

4529
02:55:00,800 --> 02:55:04,960
still here cuz nobody else is." Uh, and

4530
02:55:03,200 --> 02:55:06,640
I get like halfway into it.

4531
02:55:04,960 --> 02:55:08,800
>> I get halfway into it and he's like,

4532
02:55:06,640 --> 02:55:12,359
"Oh, I'm so sorry. No English." I'm

4533
02:55:08,800 --> 02:55:12,359
like, "Damn it.

4534
02:55:12,560 --> 02:55:16,560
like, oh no.

4535
02:55:15,040 --> 02:55:20,399
Um,

4536
02:55:16,560 --> 02:55:21,760
>> yeah. But, uh, yeah. So, I don't know.

4537
02:55:20,399 --> 02:55:26,800
What workout equipment do I have at

4538
02:55:21,760 --> 02:55:29,120
home? Uh, I ordered a weight bench and

4539
02:55:26,800 --> 02:55:30,560
it has taken over 3 months and isn't

4540
02:55:29,120 --> 02:55:31,040
here yet, but theoretically, I'll have a

4541
02:55:30,560 --> 02:55:34,000
weight bench.

4542
02:55:31,040 --> 02:55:36,479
>> In fairness, they did say that you were

4543
02:55:34,000 --> 02:55:38,479
going to have to wait for it.

4544
02:55:36,479 --> 02:55:41,600
>> My god.

4545
02:55:38,479 --> 02:55:42,960
Jeez. Uh, and then going home. I came

4546
02:55:41,600 --> 02:55:44,640
back just to do that.

4547
02:55:42,960 --> 02:55:45,439
>> I have a couple dumbbells. I'm probably

4548
02:55:44,640 --> 02:55:46,880
going to be trying to get some

4549
02:55:45,439 --> 02:55:48,319
adjustable dumbbells. And with

4550
02:55:46,880 --> 02:55:49,680
adjustable dumbbells in a weight bench,

4551
02:55:48,319 --> 02:55:51,359
you can do like an incredible amount of

4552
02:55:49,680 --> 02:55:52,880
stuff. There's this thing that I've been

4553
02:55:51,359 --> 02:55:55,680
looking into. I don't know if I want to

4554
02:55:52,880 --> 02:55:58,240
talk about it yet, but it's it's uh it's

4555
02:55:55,680 --> 02:55:59,600
a pulley attachment. So, you know, when

4556
02:55:58,240 --> 02:56:02,240
you go to the gym and you you have the

4557
02:55:59,600 --> 02:56:04,240
the um

4558
02:56:02,240 --> 02:56:05,520
the like six axis pulley thing that's

4559
02:56:04,240 --> 02:56:07,520
usually in the middle of the gym. That's

4560
02:56:05,520 --> 02:56:08,960
not the right name for it. Darn it. I

4561
02:56:07,520 --> 02:56:11,279
don't remember. Anyways, you have the

4562
02:56:08,960 --> 02:56:12,960
the the pulley machines. It you can

4563
02:56:11,279 --> 02:56:14,880
attach it. I think it attaches through

4564
02:56:12,960 --> 02:56:16,800
magnet or you can latch it in, but you

4565
02:56:14,880 --> 02:56:18,960
can attach it to basically anything. And

4566
02:56:16,800 --> 02:56:20,800
then it has a electronic pulley

4567
02:56:18,960 --> 02:56:23,279
attachment. Yeah, I think that's right.

4568
02:56:20,800 --> 02:56:24,800
Um, and then you you you just dial it to

4569
02:56:23,279 --> 02:56:26,560
a setting and then you have a pulling

4570
02:56:24,800 --> 02:56:28,479
machine basically anywhere. I don't

4571
02:56:26,560 --> 02:56:32,080
remember what it's called. No. Wow. Not

4572
02:56:28,479 --> 02:56:33,359
a Smith machine. Nope. That's if H. I

4573
02:56:32,080 --> 02:56:36,560
may have described that extremely

4574
02:56:33,359 --> 02:56:39,840
poorly. Uh, Voltra. I think that's

4575
02:56:36,560 --> 02:56:42,720
right. Ultra pulley. Cable. That's what

4576
02:56:39,840 --> 02:56:44,800
I'm thinking. Cable, not pulley.

4577
02:56:42,720 --> 02:56:48,000
Yeah, I've seen these. How much are

4578
02:56:44,800 --> 02:56:50,640
they? I don't even know.

4579
02:56:48,000 --> 02:56:52,479
My laptop just froze. There we go. They

4580
02:56:50,640 --> 02:56:53,760
might be super crazy expensive. Oh my

4581
02:56:52,479 --> 02:56:56,399
god. I'm not buying one of those. All

4582
02:56:53,760 --> 02:56:59,399
right. Sick. Sounds good.

4583
02:56:56,399 --> 02:56:59,399
>> Huh?

4584
02:57:05,040 --> 02:57:09,439
You want You want one pulley and you

4585
02:57:07,040 --> 02:57:10,080
want to spend $2,100 on it?

4586
02:57:09,439 --> 02:57:12,880
>> What?

4587
02:57:10,080 --> 02:57:13,439
>> Um, it's a really cool idea. It can go

4588
02:57:12,880 --> 02:57:14,560
up to like

4589
02:57:13,439 --> 02:57:16,479
>> put it on a tree

4590
02:57:14,560 --> 02:57:18,000
>> 200 lb or something. You can attach it

4591
02:57:16,479 --> 02:57:20,399
to like practically anything and then

4592
02:57:18,000 --> 02:57:23,760
you can have a pulley machine anywhere.

4593
02:57:20,399 --> 02:57:25,680
>> But my god, the price

4594
02:57:23,760 --> 02:57:29,200
>> attached to a pulley machine. Have a

4595
02:57:25,680 --> 02:57:30,000
pulley machine on your pulley machine.

4596
02:57:29,200 --> 02:57:32,560
Oh my

4597
02:57:30,000 --> 02:57:32,720
>> ultimate bundle. $6,000. It comes with

4598
02:57:32,560 --> 02:57:34,560
two.

4599
02:57:32,720 --> 02:57:36,000
>> Oh, it comes with two.

4600
02:57:34,560 --> 02:57:38,640
You can do both arms at the same time.

4601
02:57:36,000 --> 02:57:40,720
That's way more efficient.

4602
02:57:38,640 --> 02:57:42,960
>> If you have that kind of money you need,

4603
02:57:40,720 --> 02:57:44,399
>> honestly, not buying that is just losing

4604
02:57:42,960 --> 02:57:47,359
money if we think about it.

4605
02:57:44,399 --> 02:57:48,720
>> That sounds like financial advice.

4606
02:57:47,359 --> 02:57:51,920
>> Yeah.

4607
02:57:48,720 --> 02:57:53,840
>> Refocus, you buttthead. Sorry, my uh my

4608
02:57:51,920 --> 02:57:54,479
my camera will not refocus right now.

4609
02:57:53,840 --> 02:57:56,640
And I don't know why.

4610
02:57:54,479 --> 02:57:58,640
>> Let me see if I can force it, too.

4611
02:57:56,640 --> 02:58:00,960
>> You can't do anything. It's the camera.

4612
02:57:58,640 --> 02:58:02,640
>> Yeah, I can.

4613
02:58:00,960 --> 02:58:04,880
>> Wait, you can. How did you do that? And

4614
02:58:02,640 --> 02:58:06,160
now it's in focus. You had autofocus

4615
02:58:04,880 --> 02:58:06,880
disabled.

4616
02:58:06,160 --> 02:58:07,520
>> I did?

4617
02:58:06,880 --> 02:58:08,479
>> Yeah.

4618
02:58:07,520 --> 02:58:10,800
>> How would I do that?

4619
02:58:08,479 --> 02:58:12,560
>> I don't know.

4620
02:58:10,800 --> 02:58:14,160
>> Yeah, I can focus on the background

4621
02:58:12,560 --> 02:58:17,600
everybody's saying is fake.

4622
02:58:14,160 --> 02:58:18,880
>> I didn't touch uh I didn't I didn't

4623
02:58:17,600 --> 02:58:21,279
touch the settings. The only thing that

4624
02:58:18,880 --> 02:58:23,359
happened was my stupid horrible MediaTek

4625
02:58:21,279 --> 02:58:25,600
Wi-Fi cutout.

4626
02:58:23,359 --> 02:58:26,240
>> I didn't touch anything.

4627
02:58:25,600 --> 02:58:28,560
>> Weird.

4628
02:58:26,240 --> 02:58:30,399
>> It's your fault. Okay. More.

4629
02:58:28,560 --> 02:58:31,680
>> How did you change the focus on my

4630
02:58:30,399 --> 02:58:34,399
camera?

4631
02:58:31,680 --> 02:58:35,680
>> Yeah. That is magic. No, I I see you

4632
02:58:34,399 --> 02:58:38,560
doing it, Dan. You don't have to prove

4633
02:58:35,680 --> 02:58:41,680
you can do it. How did you do it?

4634
02:58:38,560 --> 02:58:43,520
>> I clicked on focus.

4635
02:58:41,680 --> 02:58:48,880
>> Yeah, but like how

4636
02:58:43,520 --> 02:58:50,960
>> uh the software that I use for the um uh

4637
02:58:48,880 --> 02:58:52,399
video call that we're doing here lets me

4638
02:58:50,960 --> 02:58:54,399
adjust a bunch of settings.

4639
02:58:52,399 --> 02:58:55,840
>> Yes, apparently. But explain further.

4640
02:58:54,399 --> 02:58:57,920
I'm sure I'm not the only one that's

4641
02:58:55,840 --> 02:58:59,439
like this is cool.

4642
02:58:57,920 --> 02:59:01,359
>> Uh I mean, we're not associated with

4643
02:58:59,439 --> 02:59:02,560
them, but it's called Video Ninja. Yeah,

4644
02:59:01,359 --> 02:59:05,439
that's fine. I don't care.

4645
02:59:02,560 --> 02:59:06,800
>> Um, and there's a producer section. You

4646
02:59:05,439 --> 02:59:08,720
can have multiple people. You can do a

4647
02:59:06,800 --> 02:59:11,120
whole bunch of stuff. It lets me see all

4648
02:59:08,720 --> 02:59:13,840
sorts of stats like round trip latency,

4649
02:59:11,120 --> 02:59:16,960
buffer settings, your webcam's exposure,

4650
02:59:13,840 --> 02:59:18,240
and stuff. What is it set to? 155.8. So,

4651
02:59:16,960 --> 02:59:20,240
I can do this.

4652
02:59:18,240 --> 02:59:22,479
>> You know, I can adjust your white

4653
02:59:20,240 --> 02:59:24,080
balance, your color. It really depends.

4654
02:59:22,479 --> 02:59:26,560
Say you don't know what you're doing and

4655
02:59:24,080 --> 02:59:27,359
you have the wrong audio device or

4656
02:59:26,560 --> 02:59:28,960
>> Yeah.

4657
02:59:27,359 --> 02:59:31,359
>> or something like that. I can also

4658
02:59:28,960 --> 02:59:33,040
change your audio device. I can um

4659
02:59:31,359 --> 02:59:34,160
request that you change it to a certain

4660
02:59:33,040 --> 02:59:36,160
thing. Uh

4661
02:59:34,160 --> 02:59:37,520
>> yeah, I'm just I don't recall at any

4662
02:59:36,160 --> 02:59:38,640
point like

4663
02:59:37,520 --> 02:59:41,439
>> I've never had to do it.

4664
02:59:38,640 --> 02:59:42,720
>> I gave I gave this application access to

4665
02:59:41,439 --> 02:59:46,160
my camera,

4666
02:59:42,720 --> 02:59:50,800
>> but I guess I never really thought about

4667
02:59:46,160 --> 02:59:51,200
that that meant access to my camera.

4668
02:59:50,800 --> 02:59:53,520
>> Yeah,

4669
02:59:51,200 --> 02:59:55,760
>> I thought that meant access to the video

4670
02:59:53,520 --> 02:59:58,319
feed. I I had no idea that there was

4671
02:59:55,760 --> 03:00:01,600
even like any kind of like common API

4672
02:59:58,319 --> 03:00:03,439
for webcams that would like I I'm sorry.

4673
03:00:01,600 --> 03:00:06,160
I just never thought about this before.

4674
03:00:03,439 --> 03:00:08,720
>> Yeah. And I mean I said earlier like oh

4675
03:00:06,160 --> 03:00:10,240
you've got 32 cores on your computer.

4676
03:00:08,720 --> 03:00:12,000
>> Yeah. Yeah. Know that I figured there

4677
03:00:10,240 --> 03:00:14,319
was like kind of an obvious way for you

4678
03:00:12,000 --> 03:00:15,840
to check. But in terms of like actually

4679
03:00:14,319 --> 03:00:16,160
changing settings on the camera like

4680
03:00:15,840 --> 03:00:18,080
what?

4681
03:00:16,160 --> 03:00:21,120
>> I've doxed you as well. I've got your

4682
03:00:18,080 --> 03:00:22,880
your external IP. I've got like

4683
03:00:21,120 --> 03:00:24,640
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that I mean I

4684
03:00:22,880 --> 03:00:25,279
assume again video call

4685
03:00:24,640 --> 03:00:26,160
>> like I mean

4686
03:00:25,279 --> 03:00:27,840
>> maybe

4687
03:00:26,160 --> 03:00:31,040
>> Yeah, but that's exposed to me. Yeah, I

4688
03:00:27,840 --> 03:00:32,479
don't I don't know. Um it's a

4689
03:00:31,040 --> 03:00:34,399
>> great I love it. And

4690
03:00:32,479 --> 03:00:37,439
>> what else can you change on my camera?

4691
03:00:34,399 --> 03:00:40,319
>> Um I can change the aspect ratio. I can

4692
03:00:37,439 --> 03:00:42,560
change the brightness. Uh color

4693
03:00:40,319 --> 03:00:45,200
temperature.

4694
03:00:42,560 --> 03:00:47,200
>> Height. Frame rate. Let's make you

4695
03:00:45,200 --> 03:00:50,160
>> You can make me taller.

4696
03:00:47,200 --> 03:00:51,840
>> Let's give you 21 frames a second. Well,

4697
03:00:50,160 --> 03:00:54,319
that's this is this is great. I'm glad

4698
03:00:51,840 --> 03:00:54,800
that I did this for the end of the show.

4699
03:00:54,319 --> 03:00:58,080
Um,

4700
03:00:54,800 --> 03:00:59,760
>> very cool. Um,

4701
03:00:58,080 --> 03:01:02,960
all right. Why don't we uh why don't we

4702
03:00:59,760 --> 03:01:04,960
jump into another com.

4703
03:01:02,960 --> 03:01:07,920
>> Uh, sure. I'll just leave you yellow

4704
03:01:04,960 --> 03:01:08,880
then. That works. Uh, hi LLD.

4705
03:01:07,920 --> 03:01:11,600
>> Simpson did it.

4706
03:01:08,880 --> 03:01:14,800
>> I dived out of a plane at 15,000 ft for

4707
03:01:11,600 --> 03:01:16,800
charity last month. I raised 1,200 quid.

4708
03:01:14,800 --> 03:01:18,960
Have any of you ever been skydiving?

4709
03:01:16,800 --> 03:01:22,080
Also, any recommendations for a UPS for

4710
03:01:18,960 --> 03:01:24,080
a new UG Green IDX6011

4711
03:01:22,080 --> 03:01:25,200
Pro NAS

4712
03:01:24,080 --> 03:01:29,920
may say all these numbers.

4713
03:01:25,200 --> 03:01:32,319
>> No. Uh, always been interested, but

4714
03:01:29,920 --> 03:01:34,880
never enough to bother going through

4715
03:01:32,319 --> 03:01:37,040
with it, I guess. Um, I suspect I will

4716
03:01:34,880 --> 03:01:39,040
at some point.

4717
03:01:37,040 --> 03:01:42,880
As for the UPS, I don't know. Get

4718
03:01:39,040 --> 03:01:44,880
whichever one is the APC basic one or

4719
03:01:42,880 --> 03:01:48,479
Cyberpower basic one. That is the

4720
03:01:44,880 --> 03:01:50,720
capacity that you need. Uh if you're not

4721
03:01:48,479 --> 03:01:53,279
a data center, then that's all you

4722
03:01:50,720 --> 03:01:56,640
really need to know is get one of those

4723
03:01:53,279 --> 03:01:58,000
and that'll probably be fine. That's a

4724
03:01:56,640 --> 03:02:00,560
that's a super cool experience, though.

4725
03:01:58,000 --> 03:02:04,000
I've I've never skydived. I'm not 100%

4726
03:02:00,560 --> 03:02:07,560
sure that I want to do it at all.

4727
03:02:04,000 --> 03:02:07,560
I'll I would

4728
03:02:08,080 --> 03:02:11,080
h

4729
03:02:12,000 --> 03:02:15,200
I am still thinking about it. Ivonne

4730
03:02:13,920 --> 03:02:17,600
doesn't want to though, and that's a

4731
03:02:15,200 --> 03:02:20,000
major thing for me is we like doing

4732
03:02:17,600 --> 03:02:21,439
things together. Uh Luke, are you are

4733
03:02:20,000 --> 03:02:22,880
you on board to skydive?

4734
03:02:21,439 --> 03:02:26,000
>> Yeah.

4735
03:02:22,880 --> 03:02:28,080
>> Yeah. Okay. I'd think about it then. And

4736
03:02:26,000 --> 03:02:31,600
I've never had anyone to like really

4737
03:02:28,080 --> 03:02:33,120
push me, pun intended, um to go.

4738
03:02:31,600 --> 03:02:35,680
>> That's the thing is my my desire level

4739
03:02:33,120 --> 03:02:37,680
on it has never been

4740
03:02:35,680 --> 03:02:39,840
quite that high, but I've always been

4741
03:02:37,680 --> 03:02:41,920
down. So, it just hasn't really happened

4742
03:02:39,840 --> 03:02:43,920
yet, but I'm like pretty confident it

4743
03:02:41,920 --> 03:02:46,080
will eventually. I at one point in time

4744
03:02:43,920 --> 03:02:47,680
I was like I'm going to do it but I want

4745
03:02:46,080 --> 03:02:49,600
to go like the whole way and I want to

4746
03:02:47,680 --> 03:02:51,439
get like certified and I can do solo

4747
03:02:49,600 --> 03:02:53,359
jumps and stuff and then I looked into

4748
03:02:51,439 --> 03:02:55,600
the time and the expense and was like

4749
03:02:53,359 --> 03:02:57,600
I'm not going to do it.

4750
03:02:55,600 --> 03:03:00,240
>> Yeah. And the tandem jump is not as

4751
03:02:57,600 --> 03:03:00,560
appealing to me as going by myself.

4752
03:03:00,240 --> 03:03:02,479
>> Yeah.

4753
03:03:00,560 --> 03:03:04,640
>> So the fact that I would do it once and

4754
03:03:02,479 --> 03:03:07,840
it would be the like

4755
03:03:04,640 --> 03:03:09,200
>> kind of Yeah. for babies version. To be

4756
03:03:07,840 --> 03:03:10,720
clear, I still would expect it to be

4757
03:03:09,200 --> 03:03:12,640
extremely thrilling, but I would just

4758
03:03:10,720 --> 03:03:14,000
like I would want to like, you know, do

4759
03:03:12,640 --> 03:03:16,640
it myself.

4760
03:03:14,000 --> 03:03:18,160
>> Um, by the way, Rod jumped in. And so,

4761
03:03:16,640 --> 03:03:21,600
I'm just going to go ahead and say he he

4762
03:03:18,160 --> 03:03:25,680
says go eaten for your for your UPS and

4763
03:03:21,600 --> 03:03:29,200
get an get a lithium um whatever it is.

4764
03:03:25,680 --> 03:03:31,279
>> Are there affordable FE4? Yeah. Yeah.

4765
03:03:29,200 --> 03:03:32,640
No, Eaton does have consumer really uh

4766
03:03:31,279 --> 03:03:33,680
consumer friendly products. Yep.

4767
03:03:32,640 --> 03:03:35,279
>> That's cool.

4768
03:03:33,680 --> 03:03:36,720
>> All right. I actually

4769
03:03:35,279 --> 03:03:38,479
>> thanks for jumping in with that.

4770
03:03:36,720 --> 03:03:40,000
>> Wow, they totally do. They look cool,

4771
03:03:38,479 --> 03:03:41,439
too. What?

4772
03:03:40,000 --> 03:03:44,000
>> Yeah.

4773
03:03:41,439 --> 03:03:45,760
>> Yeah, we got a lot of eating stuff. It's

4774
03:03:44,000 --> 03:03:49,160
good. It's good things.

4775
03:03:45,760 --> 03:03:49,160
>> Rod tips.

4776
03:03:49,920 --> 03:03:55,240
>> Do Did Did Did you cook chicken for it

4777
03:03:52,000 --> 03:03:55,240
first or

4778
03:03:57,120 --> 03:04:02,880
Okay, let's touch it to some merch. Uh,

4779
03:04:00,319 --> 03:04:04,800
hey DL. My wife and I know it's the

4780
03:04:02,880 --> 03:04:07,680
weekend when the WAN Show is on. What do

4781
03:04:04,800 --> 03:04:09,279
you do when with your significant other

4782
03:04:07,680 --> 03:04:11,359
that makes it feel like the weekend is

4783
03:04:09,279 --> 03:04:17,920
here?

4784
03:04:11,359 --> 03:04:22,760
>> Um, I host the WAN Show with him.

4785
03:04:17,920 --> 03:04:22,760
>> A what about Luke?

4786
03:04:24,399 --> 03:04:26,720
>> Too easy. Too easy.

4787
03:04:25,920 --> 03:04:29,200
>> That was good.

4788
03:04:26,720 --> 03:04:30,960
>> Um,

4789
03:04:29,200 --> 03:04:34,560
hey Dan, Luke and Lionus. Question for

4790
03:04:30,960 --> 03:04:37,439
Lionus. What if your most quote unquote

4791
03:04:34,560 --> 03:04:39,120
if they just do this take for a company

4792
03:04:37,439 --> 03:04:41,040
where you think they'd be super

4793
03:04:39,120 --> 03:04:43,200
successful quote unquote if they just do

4794
03:04:41,040 --> 03:04:45,359
this? Thank you all.

4795
03:04:43,200 --> 03:04:47,680
>> Oh, okay.

4796
03:04:45,359 --> 03:04:49,840
If they just do this, they'd be super

4797
03:04:47,680 --> 03:04:51,680
successful. Okay. So, this has to be a

4798
03:04:49,840 --> 03:04:53,359
company that I've heard of. So, they

4799
03:04:51,680 --> 03:04:54,880
have to already be at least reasonably

4800
03:04:53,359 --> 03:04:55,359
successful. If anyone else wants to jump

4801
03:04:54,880 --> 03:04:58,080
in with

4802
03:04:55,359 --> 03:05:00,960
>> No, they they could be they could be

4803
03:04:58,080 --> 03:05:03,359
failing but previously successful.

4804
03:05:00,960 --> 03:05:04,720
>> Like uh we could use this as our We

4805
03:05:03,359 --> 03:05:05,279
haven't talked about Oh, did you say

4806
03:05:04,720 --> 03:05:06,640
Microsoft?

4807
03:05:05,279 --> 03:05:08,720
>> I said Ubisoft.

4808
03:05:06,640 --> 03:05:10,640
>> Oh, okay. Let's Should we use this as

4809
03:05:08,720 --> 03:05:12,080
our excuse to talk about Microsoft? We

4810
03:05:10,640 --> 03:05:15,120
haven't really We haven't really dunked

4811
03:05:12,080 --> 03:05:17,359
on Microsoft yet this show. If they just

4812
03:05:15,120 --> 03:05:19,920
actually put half of the resources into

4813
03:05:17,359 --> 03:05:22,720
making Windows better that they do into

4814
03:05:19,920 --> 03:05:24,880
stuffing it full of ads and AI, um, I

4815
03:05:22,720 --> 03:05:26,720
think they'd be really successful. To be

4816
03:05:24,880 --> 03:05:28,319
clear, they could keep doing what

4817
03:05:26,720 --> 03:05:31,359
they're doing now and still be really

4818
03:05:28,319 --> 03:05:32,800
successful. I'm just saying that if they

4819
03:05:31,359 --> 03:05:34,000
did this thing, they would be really

4820
03:05:32,800 --> 03:05:36,720
successful. I'm not saying they would be

4821
03:05:34,000 --> 03:05:38,479
unsuccessful if they didn't. They also,

4822
03:05:36,720 --> 03:05:41,680
and like this one I actually don't want

4823
03:05:38,479 --> 03:05:44,560
to harp on too much because they might

4824
03:05:41,680 --> 03:05:47,439
maybe be making the right steps to doing

4825
03:05:44,560 --> 03:05:49,680
it right now,

4826
03:05:47,439 --> 03:05:51,680
but they got to figure out what the heck

4827
03:05:49,680 --> 03:05:53,680
they're going to do with their massive

4828
03:05:51,680 --> 03:05:56,399
assortment of legendary studios that

4829
03:05:53,680 --> 03:05:58,399
they have under their belt

4830
03:05:56,399 --> 03:05:59,520
>> when they are not like the publisher of

4831
03:05:58,399 --> 03:06:01,680
the moment right now. It doesn't really

4832
03:05:59,520 --> 03:06:04,560
make a lot of sense. They they have so

4833
03:06:01,680 --> 03:06:11,279
much potential there. They have so such

4834
03:06:04,560 --> 03:06:12,560
a wealth of IP and um it feels like a

4835
03:06:11,279 --> 03:06:14,479
lot of mismanagement. I don't remember

4836
03:06:12,560 --> 03:06:16,800
the name of the game, but some game came

4837
03:06:14,479 --> 03:06:18,160
out, did super well, got rated really

4838
03:06:16,800 --> 03:06:21,439
well, and then the whole team got laid

4839
03:06:18,160 --> 03:06:22,720
off. And I remember just thinking like

4840
03:06:21,439 --> 03:06:23,680
I understand

4841
03:06:22,720 --> 03:06:24,479
>> do that.

4842
03:06:23,680 --> 03:06:25,920
>> The the

4843
03:06:24,479 --> 03:06:27,600
>> the fact that you can't remember the

4844
03:06:25,920 --> 03:06:29,040
name of the game and it happens so often

4845
03:06:27,600 --> 03:06:31,760
that you're like, "Ah, which one was

4846
03:06:29,040 --> 03:06:33,920
it?" is awful. And it happens a lot with

4847
03:06:31,760 --> 03:06:36,720
Microsoft. And the the weird thing to me

4848
03:06:33,920 --> 03:06:39,040
is I understand what I've heard the

4849
03:06:36,720 --> 03:06:40,640
strategy is is that if they don't

4850
03:06:39,040 --> 03:06:42,960
necessar I think it was Hi-Fi Rush.

4851
03:06:40,640 --> 03:06:44,319
Yeah. Um if if they don't necessarily

4852
03:06:42,960 --> 03:06:46,479
have something to work on like

4853
03:06:44,319 --> 03:06:48,000
immediately and they can't ship

4854
03:06:46,479 --> 03:06:49,359
something like soon, then it looks bad

4855
03:06:48,000 --> 03:06:52,319
on the books now. So they just get rid

4856
03:06:49,359 --> 03:06:55,359
of them. But the the insanity to me is

4857
03:06:52,319 --> 03:06:58,399
that with the amount of IPs that they

4858
03:06:55,359 --> 03:07:00,240
have, like holy crap, guys, just put

4859
03:06:58,399 --> 03:07:02,720
them on something else. They clearly

4860
03:07:00,240 --> 03:07:04,960
made good game. They don't have to make

4861
03:07:02,720 --> 03:07:07,279
good game version two. They could go

4862
03:07:04,960 --> 03:07:09,760
make other good game. Like that's it's

4863
03:07:07,279 --> 03:07:11,359
okay. You could put these people on on

4864
03:07:09,760 --> 03:07:12,720
anything else. You have so many

4865
03:07:11,359 --> 03:07:14,800
different IPs that they could be working

4866
03:07:12,720 --> 03:07:17,359
on. If you don't have an idea for them

4867
03:07:14,800 --> 03:07:19,040
right now or if you think Hi-Fi Rush 2

4868
03:07:17,359 --> 03:07:21,120
would be too soon or something like

4869
03:07:19,040 --> 03:07:22,640
that, have them go help another team for

4870
03:07:21,120 --> 03:07:25,120
a while or something and then split them

4871
03:07:22,640 --> 03:07:28,080
back off. Who knows? But like just

4872
03:07:25,120 --> 03:07:31,200
constantly cycling out good talent is

4873
03:07:28,080 --> 03:07:32,960
not a strategy that is effective. Um and

4874
03:07:31,200 --> 03:07:35,359
if you know that you have a team that

4875
03:07:32,960 --> 03:07:39,120
can deliver, just deleting them for

4876
03:07:35,359 --> 03:07:42,560
short-term gain gain does not feel like

4877
03:07:39,120 --> 03:07:46,800
a Microsoft strategy. Um that feels like

4878
03:07:42,560 --> 03:07:49,600
a tiny has no money dead around the

4879
03:07:46,800 --> 03:07:52,640
corner studio strategy that is failing

4880
03:07:49,600 --> 03:07:54,640
and can't keep up. And if you want to

4881
03:07:52,640 --> 03:07:58,080
make yourself look like that, go ahead,

4882
03:07:54,640 --> 03:07:59,840
I guess. But you're trying to be big guy

4883
03:07:58,080 --> 03:08:01,840
in the room, Microsoft, and buy every

4884
03:07:59,840 --> 03:08:05,120
freaking gaming company out there. Act

4885
03:08:01,840 --> 03:08:07,279
like it. Follow through. Find the good

4886
03:08:05,120 --> 03:08:09,359
teams that are doing well and assign

4887
03:08:07,279 --> 03:08:11,040
them to something that they can do. And

4888
03:08:09,359 --> 03:08:12,640
if they can't, if you don't have another

4889
03:08:11,040 --> 03:08:14,240
thing that they can do, put them on

4890
03:08:12,640 --> 03:08:19,359
temporary assignment. But don't lose

4891
03:08:14,240 --> 03:08:20,960
that talent. Oh my god. It's like

4892
03:08:19,359 --> 03:08:22,640
groups like Microsoft that have all this

4893
03:08:20,960 --> 03:08:24,479
IP and all these employees and all this

4894
03:08:22,640 --> 03:08:27,279
kind of stuff are getting just

4895
03:08:24,479 --> 03:08:29,600
slaughtered by indies right now and and

4896
03:08:27,279 --> 03:08:32,240
and not even like

4897
03:08:29,600 --> 03:08:34,399
you you know you can't properly call

4898
03:08:32,240 --> 03:08:36,000
Larry in a AAA studio or at least you

4899
03:08:34,399 --> 03:08:38,479
couldn't maybe they're getting closer to

4900
03:08:36,000 --> 03:08:40,240
that u but you could you couldn't when

4901
03:08:38,479 --> 03:08:42,399
they dropped Balders's Gate 3 and they

4902
03:08:40,240 --> 03:08:44,800
just slaughtered everyone and a lot of

4903
03:08:42,399 --> 03:08:48,000
that is from my understanding from Laren

4904
03:08:44,800 --> 03:08:51,040
is they've just over the years grown

4905
03:08:48,000 --> 03:08:53,600
this pool of just incredibly talented

4906
03:08:51,040 --> 03:08:56,800
people that have just progressively made

4907
03:08:53,600 --> 03:08:59,120
better RPGs over and over and over again

4908
03:08:56,800 --> 03:09:00,560
over time. Just every time Larry has

4909
03:08:59,120 --> 03:09:04,160
released a game, it's just gotten

4910
03:09:00,560 --> 03:09:06,080
better, which is just insane. And you

4911
03:09:04,160 --> 03:09:08,080
have the capability. You can accomplish

4912
03:09:06,080 --> 03:09:09,840
that. You can do that. And in a lot of

4913
03:09:08,080 --> 03:09:13,520
these situations, you have some of those

4914
03:09:09,840 --> 03:09:14,720
people. Keep them.

4915
03:09:13,520 --> 03:09:17,120
Ah, anyways,

4916
03:09:14,720 --> 03:09:18,960
>> I like Oh, hi Josh's if movie studios

4917
03:09:17,120 --> 03:09:21,200
could just faithfully adapt a video game

4918
03:09:18,960 --> 03:09:24,720
to a movie, they would be successful.

4919
03:09:21,200 --> 03:09:27,200
Um, you know, or TV or a TV series or

4920
03:09:24,720 --> 03:09:29,520
whatever. Uh, like it's it's blowing my

4921
03:09:27,200 --> 03:09:33,359
mind that they're remaking Harry Potter

4922
03:09:29,520 --> 03:09:35,359
when there's so many other beloved IPs

4923
03:09:33,359 --> 03:09:38,880
that you could just, you know, go and

4924
03:09:35,359 --> 03:09:41,760
license and like do that with. You don't

4925
03:09:38,880 --> 03:09:44,319
stop remaking the same old thing. Uh,

4926
03:09:41,760 --> 03:09:46,319
with that said, I think keeping remaking

4927
03:09:44,319 --> 03:09:49,040
the same old thing does appear to be a

4928
03:09:46,319 --> 03:09:51,200
license to print money. So, uh, don't

4929
03:09:49,040 --> 03:09:53,520
don't put me in charge of a movie studio

4930
03:09:51,200 --> 03:09:55,439
anytime soon. I I would have done

4931
03:09:53,520 --> 03:09:57,600
something crazy like have people who

4932
03:09:55,439 --> 03:09:58,880
love Star Wars make Star Wars movies.

4933
03:09:57,600 --> 03:10:01,359
>> That's nuts. I don't know.

4934
03:09:58,880 --> 03:10:04,359
>> I know. So, I'm basically basically an

4935
03:10:01,359 --> 03:10:04,359
idiot.

4936
03:10:06,240 --> 03:10:12,160
Hi, DLL. Just fixed a thumb stick while

4937
03:10:09,760 --> 03:10:14,080
uh with my wife in the hospital for a

4938
03:10:12,160 --> 03:10:15,840
chronic condition. What games would you

4939
03:10:14,080 --> 03:10:18,840
recommend for people laid up in the

4940
03:10:15,840 --> 03:10:18,840
hospital?

4941
03:10:18,960 --> 03:10:23,439
Oh, wow.

4942
03:10:21,120 --> 03:10:26,720
Uh, shouldn't the doctors really be

4943
03:10:23,439 --> 03:10:28,160
fixing the thumb sticks?

4944
03:10:26,720 --> 03:10:29,840
>> That's very funny, Dan.

4945
03:10:28,160 --> 03:10:31,439
>> No, it's not. Shut up.

4946
03:10:29,840 --> 03:10:32,880
>> So, wait. They they want to play a game

4947
03:10:31,439 --> 03:10:33,840
in the hospital and they can't use their

4948
03:10:32,880 --> 03:10:35,600
thumbs. Am I understanding this

4949
03:10:33,840 --> 03:10:38,080
correctly? No, probably the controller

4950
03:10:35,600 --> 03:10:39,200
thumb stick broke and now they want to

4951
03:10:38,080 --> 03:10:40,880
be able to play games

4952
03:10:39,200 --> 03:10:41,439
>> and they're stuck up in a hospital.

4953
03:10:40,880 --> 03:10:44,319
>> Yes.

4954
03:10:41,439 --> 03:10:45,439
>> What's a what's a good um in hospital

4955
03:10:44,319 --> 03:10:46,319
game?

4956
03:10:45,439 --> 03:10:47,920
>> I mean,

4957
03:10:46,319 --> 03:10:50,080
>> are they saying system? I think they

4958
03:10:47,920 --> 03:10:52,000
mean like a system like a Steam game.

4959
03:10:50,080 --> 03:10:55,200
>> No, games games.

4960
03:10:52,000 --> 03:10:57,760
>> Yeah, I would really I think I'd be

4961
03:10:55,200 --> 03:10:59,680
>> the last time I was stuck like in a bed

4962
03:10:57,760 --> 03:11:02,399
and couldn't move. My game was Breath of

4963
03:10:59,680 --> 03:11:04,000
the Wild and a big part of what I liked

4964
03:11:02,399 --> 03:11:06,640
about maybe that's part of why I liked

4965
03:11:04,000 --> 03:11:08,240
the open world of it so much was that I

4966
03:11:06,640 --> 03:11:09,920
was like stuck in bed.

4967
03:11:08,240 --> 03:11:13,120
>> Well, it's escapism, right? So, I I

4968
03:11:09,920 --> 03:11:15,279
would go to like the the classic

4969
03:11:13,120 --> 03:11:18,560
recommendations of like Balders's Gate

4970
03:11:15,279 --> 03:11:20,479
3, Expedition 33, uh Breath of the Wild,

4971
03:11:18,560 --> 03:11:22,880
something like that where it's an RPG

4972
03:11:20,479 --> 03:11:24,399
that you can get yourself immersed into

4973
03:11:22,880 --> 03:11:26,080
and feel like you're the character so

4974
03:11:24,399 --> 03:11:28,240
you can kind of escape the area that you

4975
03:11:26,080 --> 03:11:32,040
are mentally and go have. I like that.

4976
03:11:28,240 --> 03:11:32,040
>> Some fun. Yeah.

4977
03:11:32,720 --> 03:11:37,840
>> Hi,

4978
03:11:34,479 --> 03:11:40,080
Lyra like and Dominus. I know you like

4979
03:11:37,840 --> 03:11:43,840
the Pebble watch Lionus, but have you

4980
03:11:40,080 --> 03:11:46,000
ever tried the Instinct series of Garmin

4981
03:11:43,840 --> 03:11:47,680
screen with basic features and

4982
03:11:46,000 --> 03:11:50,800
incredible battery life? Long live

4983
03:11:47,680 --> 03:11:54,479
buttons. No, but I I definitely owe it a

4984
03:11:50,800 --> 03:11:56,000
shot. Um cuz people said of my Garmin

4985
03:11:54,479 --> 03:11:58,399
ShortCircuit that I like picked the

4986
03:11:56,000 --> 03:12:00,160
worst one apparently. Uh or like the

4987
03:11:58,399 --> 03:12:01,040
worst one for me. So I'm like, "Okay,

4988
03:12:00,160 --> 03:12:03,359
all right, all right, all right, all

4989
03:12:01,040 --> 03:12:04,319
right, Garmin fans. I will I will I will

4990
03:12:03,359 --> 03:12:06,880
give it another shot."

4991
03:12:04,319 --> 03:12:08,560
>> Why does that keep happening to you?

4992
03:12:06,880 --> 03:12:10,640
>> Um

4993
03:12:08,560 --> 03:12:12,640
oh, like upsetting fandoms,

4994
03:12:10,640 --> 03:12:15,840
>> just picking the wrong thing.

4995
03:12:12,640 --> 03:12:17,120
>> Oh, I I don't I don't know.

4996
03:12:15,840 --> 03:12:19,120
It it seems

4997
03:12:17,120 --> 03:12:20,800
>> I feel like the universe shouldn't

4998
03:12:19,120 --> 03:12:24,640
happen this often.

4999
03:12:20,800 --> 03:12:25,600
>> Yeah. Maybe the universe like like bends

5000
03:12:24,640 --> 03:12:28,960
around it.

5001
03:12:25,600 --> 03:12:30,640
>> You help picks becomes the wrong thing.

5002
03:12:28,960 --> 03:12:33,040
>> That's right. Yeah. I mean, you help so

5003
03:12:30,640 --> 03:12:35,600
many people find the perfect system or

5004
03:12:33,040 --> 03:12:37,920
the perfect product for them that all of

5005
03:12:35,600 --> 03:12:40,319
the the like negative karma comes back

5006
03:12:37,920 --> 03:12:44,399
around. It's like um you know, you're

5007
03:12:40,319 --> 03:12:46,640
giving your health to other people.

5008
03:12:44,399 --> 03:12:47,920
>> Yeah. I don't know. I'm in a mystic mood

5009
03:12:46,640 --> 03:12:48,800
this evening.

5010
03:12:47,920 --> 03:12:51,920
>> Thanks, Dan.

5011
03:12:48,800 --> 03:12:54,319
>> Couple more. Hello, LL and the D. Any

5012
03:12:51,920 --> 03:12:56,319
tips or warnings about moving somewhere

5013
03:12:54,319 --> 03:12:58,319
new for a job? I've never done it before

5014
03:12:56,319 --> 03:12:59,920
and the opportunity might show itself

5015
03:12:58,319 --> 03:13:03,040
soon.

5016
03:12:59,920 --> 03:13:05,600
I have never done that. Um, I really

5017
03:13:03,040 --> 03:13:08,000
admire the heck out of people who pick

5018
03:13:05,600 --> 03:13:09,520
up their whole lives and go somewhere

5019
03:13:08,000 --> 03:13:10,960
new and learn a whole bunch of new

5020
03:13:09,520 --> 03:13:13,920
things and meet a whole bunch of new

5021
03:13:10,960 --> 03:13:17,040
people. And uh

5022
03:13:13,920 --> 03:13:19,279
I've I've never had the drive or the I

5023
03:13:17,040 --> 03:13:23,240
mean even like the guts necessarily to

5024
03:13:19,279 --> 03:13:23,240
do something like that. Um

5025
03:13:23,279 --> 03:13:27,840
that's super cool. Um

5026
03:13:26,319 --> 03:13:30,319
give yourself credit for being

5027
03:13:27,840 --> 03:13:31,760
adventurous and give yourself time to to

5028
03:13:30,319 --> 03:13:32,960
give it a real shot to work out, I

5029
03:13:31,760 --> 03:13:36,120
guess, is the only thing that I could

5030
03:13:32,960 --> 03:13:36,120
really offer.

5031
03:13:36,319 --> 03:13:40,960
Last one I've got today. Has Luke played

5032
03:13:38,319 --> 03:13:43,040
Popia yet? A few months ago, he went

5033
03:13:40,960 --> 03:13:44,720
into a small rant about what he wanted

5034
03:13:43,040 --> 03:13:47,680
to see in a new Pokemon game, then

5035
03:13:44,720 --> 03:13:50,319
proceeded to basically describe Popia.

5036
03:13:47,680 --> 03:13:50,960
>> Really?

5037
03:13:50,319 --> 03:13:52,800
>> You have a switch.

5038
03:13:50,960 --> 03:13:54,239
>> I heard it was rated really well.

5039
03:13:52,800 --> 03:13:56,000
>> I have heard it's rated really well.

5040
03:13:54,239 --> 03:13:58,080
Emma's been trying to get me to play it.

5041
03:13:56,000 --> 03:14:00,960
I

5042
03:13:58,080 --> 03:14:03,920
maybe I've like wrote it off on graphics

5043
03:14:00,960 --> 03:14:07,040
too much. Maybe I should give it a shot.

5044
03:14:03,920 --> 03:14:10,319
I I just assumed it was just Animal

5045
03:14:07,040 --> 03:14:13,840
Crossing but with Pokemon. Am I Am I

5046
03:14:10,319 --> 03:14:15,120
being uh too reductive about this? It's

5047
03:14:13,840 --> 03:14:17,439
fun to watch people play.

5048
03:14:15,120 --> 03:14:18,800
>> I think so. It's a little more advanced

5049
03:14:17,439 --> 03:14:21,279
than Animal Crossing.

5050
03:14:18,800 --> 03:14:22,960
>> Okay. All right. Maybe I've been I

5051
03:14:21,279 --> 03:14:24,880
haven't really looked into it much. I

5052
03:14:22,960 --> 03:14:26,319
just Someone described it as Animal

5053
03:14:24,880 --> 03:14:28,160
Crossing Pokemon to me and I was like,

5054
03:14:26,319 --> 03:14:28,720
>> I think it's Animal Crossing Minecraft

5055
03:14:28,160 --> 03:14:29,200
Pokemon.

5056
03:14:28,720 --> 03:14:31,600
>> H

5057
03:14:29,200 --> 03:14:32,319
>> Minecraft

5058
03:14:31,600 --> 03:14:33,200
is interesting.

5059
03:14:32,319 --> 03:14:34,880
>> Yeah,

5060
03:14:33,200 --> 03:14:37,600
>> please. It's Minecraft Animal Crossing

5061
03:14:34,880 --> 03:14:39,680
Pokemon and it's so good.

5062
03:14:37,600 --> 03:14:42,319
>> Okay. The people throwing Minecraft in

5063
03:14:39,680 --> 03:14:43,200
the description loop there does make it

5064
03:14:42,319 --> 03:14:45,040
a lot more interesting.

5065
03:14:43,200 --> 03:14:47,680
>> I saw somebody made an underground

5066
03:14:45,040 --> 03:14:48,640
dungeon for a Mr. Mime and he is trapped

5067
03:14:47,680 --> 03:14:50,720
there.

5068
03:14:48,640 --> 03:14:52,399
>> That seems good.

5069
03:14:50,720 --> 03:14:54,479
>> That seems like the proper thing to do.

5070
03:14:52,399 --> 03:14:55,359
>> Yeah, you can put Epstein in the ground.

5071
03:14:54,479 --> 03:14:57,760
Um

5072
03:14:55,359 --> 03:15:01,600
>> Oh boy. And on that note, I think that's

5073
03:14:57,760 --> 03:15:03,680
the end of the show. Um we will see you

5074
03:15:01,600 --> 03:15:05,359
again next week. U make sure to

5075
03:15:03,680 --> 03:15:06,640
subscribe to the Land Show channel

5076
03:15:05,359 --> 03:15:08,960
because we're going to be transitioning

5077
03:15:06,640 --> 03:15:10,720
over there over the next little bit. So,

5078
03:15:08,960 --> 03:15:12,800
same bad time but like different

5079
03:15:10,720 --> 03:15:14,960
different channel. See you. Wow. Yeah.

5080
03:15:12,800 --> 03:15:17,960
See you there.

5081
03:15:14,960 --> 03:15:17,960
>> Bye.

5082
03:15:19,040 --> 03:15:21,680
>> I got to run guys. I got to get to the

5083
03:15:21,120 --> 03:15:26,200
airport.

5084
03:15:21,680 --> 03:15:26,200
>> Find us. Okay. See you. Okay. Bye.