January 1, 2024 • 16 mins
Ever wondered how to keep your tech habits in check amidst the holiday hubbub? We're not just talking about the basics; we delve into the less obvious but equally important tech mannerisms, like why your headphones can be the ultimate gift to those around you. And when it comes to screen time, we're looking out for the little eyes—keeping your content kid-friendly is more than just a nicety, it's a necessity. On the move? Don't be that power outlet hog; we've got some electrifying tips to keep your devices—and your relationships—fully charged.
But it's not all about the do's and don'ts; we explore the freedoms and frustrations that come with our beloved gadgets. Ever felt handcuffed by your iPhone's lack of customizability? Our banter about the parallels between tech and automotive industries might just resonate with you. And if you've ever been crammed into an airplane seat during the holiday travel circus, you'll appreciate our humorous take on the high-flying tight squeezes and surprisingly affordable tickets. Beyond the laughs, we also ponder technology's more profound societal impact. We envision a world where our smart devices not only connect us but also amplify our human potential, casting a vision for how tech, wielded with care, can create unity in our diverse world. Join us for a conversation that's as enlightening as it is entertaining.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello and welcome to Foundation Nation.
I'm your host, Matthew Cote.
Today on the podcast, we'regoing to talk about some
interesting recent goings-ons inour beautiful state and maybe
even a few things going on inthis amazing round thing we call
home.
Hello, I'm Matthew Cote.
This is Foundation Nation,along with Tech Genius Jay.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hi, my name is Jay Solme, owner of Jay's Technology
Solution.
So let's start there for VolodyMatt.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Thank you, thank you.
So you're a techie guy, youknow IT, you know computer-y
stuff.
So talk to me about how toavoid being a tech jerk during
the holidays, and what the helldoes that mean?
Tech jerk, tech jerk.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, have you ever been in a restaurant and you're
hearing the kids listening tocartoons or playing video games
while you're at a restauranttrying to enjoy your meal?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's atech jerk.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Shut up.
I didn't even know that.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Okay, the early onset of it was being at a restaurant
or in a close public placewhere you're trying to enjoy
your time and people are justtalking on the phone.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Okay, that's a tech jerk.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yeah, I mean, yes, you can talk on the phone, but
when people are trying to enjoytheir time, they don't need to
listen to you.
I was actually on Storybook,right, you know, at Disneyland.
Yeah, you know, a little canalwith the boat.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Oh, right yeah, Storybook.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Land, storytel oh, I can't remember the name of it.
Right, we're on there and I'mvideoing, trying to enjoy this,
you know, when my wife's holdingour son.
He was way younger then andthere's this gentleman on the
phone talking the entire timewhile the canal operator was
trying to explain the scenery.
Yeah, on the phone, talking theentire time.
(01:49):
That's a tech jerk, that's ajerk.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
So yeah, probably just in general, that's just a
regular day.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So when you're traveling, people remember you
need to make sure that you haveheadphones.
That's the biggest thing, ohyeah, especially for your kids.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
You mean like the noise counts?
Oh, you just mean so peopledon't hear the sound.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
People have to listen to what you're listening to,
right, and they do this all thetime with kids mostly, right.
You know kids mostly will turnit up so they can hear it Right,
because everyone else is beingloud around them.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
So turn it up.
You're going to be louder Right, crank it up, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And then on the plane , on a bus, on a train.
You know why do I sound like DrSeuss all of a sudden?
Yeah, be mindful of what you'rewatching.
You just missed the automobile,I bet, yeah, yeah, well, an
automobile doesn't matterbecause you're not next to
strangers.
Be mindful of what you arewatching, especially as an adult
(02:44):
, right?
Because most of the time you'regoing to have probably a child
that can see your screen.
Oh, yeah, sure you know.
Would you want your child tolook over and see someone
watching the shining?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
of.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Silence of the Lambs, oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Right or saw or saw.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Eating his brain, right, you know.
So be mindful of what you watch.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Is there any rules about that or not?
I wonder, if there's any rules,what if the planes have rules?
How about just being nice yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Can people just be nice to one another?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Yeah, yeah, I think that's the really, you know, the
only thing that I would say.
That was kind of like a whatwas I saying?
Like a tech jerk.
You know, the only thing I waskind of thinking is, you know, I
remember being in an airport inTurkey and they had a different
power outlet situation thereand there was this one power
outlet and it was like the onlyone I could find, obviously, and
(03:34):
there were people like huddledaround this guy, you know, he
had the only power outlet and heput a power strip on and he's
hogging the whole thing, youknow, or whatever, and no one
was saying anything, but therewere clearly people around him
waiting for it.
So I was like, okay, I'm justgonna wait a little bit, wait a
little.
People would look and thenthey'd just kind of, you know,
(03:54):
tired of waiting, they'd leaveand I was like I'm fucking
sticking this out, man.
I waited exactly an hour, 59minutes, hour and one minute,
something like that, and then Ifinally said, hey, whatever, you
got charged in, I think we'regood.
And he goes.
Oh my gosh, I didn't evenrealize.
You know, I was over here doingwhatever and he just it did.
He wasn't being a jerk.
In my opinion, he was beingextremely unaware that there's,
(04:17):
like you know, 10 people prettymuch consistently around him.
You know they would leave and10 more would come and they'd
leave and 10, because there wasno plugs around there and I was
like, well, you know, there'sother people here.
You know, he just young kid,you know in his mid 20s maybe,
and he just wasn't aware ofanything but him.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
So the answer to that is bring your own charging
devices if possible.
You can get a battery pack thatwill charge several devices at
once multiple times.
And if you know you're gonna bein an airport for a while and
you think there could be apossibility of only one outlet,
hey, let's be nice to oneanother.
Go to Home Depot or Fred Meyeror Walmart, buy a cheap $10
(05:04):
power strip and with like sixoutlets, you can get it so cheap
.
Put it in your backpack or yourcarry-on and then if you go
somewhere, there's one outletand if someone's using it
already, you just go up to themlike, hey, I would like to use
this too.
Look, I have a power strip.
Yeah, let's share and we unplugyours, plug this power strip in
and we'll just plug our devicesinto this.
(05:25):
Yeah, yeah, and actually benice to one another.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Yeah, that's a great idea.
That's a great idea Carry yourown power strip.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
They're so cheap, they're lightweight, you know,
and you know TSA will probablylike applaud you for it.
Yeah, I don't think I'd be aproblem going?
Speaker 1 (05:42):
No, what about those backup battery things?
Those go through the securityjust fine, don't they?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, we have one in our carry-on every time we go.
Yeah, no issues with those,yeah, okay, yeah, okay, because
we can't always guarantee thatthat plug on the plane's gonna
be there or work Right.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
It's more common now, but yeah, I gotta tell you
about a flight I had.
That was the craziest flightever.
I'd learned so much spiritairlines.
Okay, have you ever flown andyou wouldn't fit?
No, I wouldn't.
The chairs are an inch andthree quarters thick.
They don't move, there's nopower outlets and you have to
pay for water.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Oh, wow, okay, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
I'm glad to say that it's a water.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
It's a repudiated show, because I have a few
things to talk about.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I couldn't believe it when I was on it and the lady
in front of me was kicking myfeet and everything.
I was just my knees were allthe way in but my feet were
still touching her area and shekept kicking my feet nonstop.
But they were under her seat.
I don't know where else wouldthey have go Under yours.
I can't bend them backwardsunder me like that for the
(06:53):
entire flight.
So it was interesting.
The bright side of the wholething was there were less than
half of everybody price-wise.
Oh, so you get, and it's thesame seats width-wise, but it's
about 15% more seats length-wisethan the other.
(07:15):
Oh, dear goodness.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
I would not fit.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, so you really think.
You gotta think about it.
They don't recline they.
You know the tray that comesdown, it's about a half a sheet
of paper.
Oh, that's, that's.
That's tiny and it is so closeto you you know it's not worth
it, you can't do nothing with it.
It's just there to say it'sthere.
It's kind of one of thosefeatures where they put it in so
(07:41):
they'll.
You know, like some cars, theyhave certain features they want
to say, oh, it's got, you know,this fancy feature, but it's
just there to say they have it,it actually actually has no
function.
Yeah, you know, it's one ofthose things.
So yeah, that was interesting,that was interesting.
So don't, this is the holidays,Everybody's going to be flying.
I'm flying on Christmas Eve,Christmas Eve, I mean.
(08:03):
So you know, be considerate,Think of other people, you know,
come at them with full nicenessin the spirit of the holiday
season.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
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Technology Solutions.
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Speaker 1 (08:30):
So what else we got going on.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
So what about this report about iPhone?
Yeah, you know there's mixedthings on that.
Well, so it goes like that.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
It goes like that.
It's not even a thousanddollars.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
I mean it's way more.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
It's way more.
The pro model?
Yes, yeah, it's 1700, maybe.
But so, whatever you pay, youknow, let's say, over a thousand
dollars, you pay and Applestill controls what 100% of it,
98% of it.
You get to turn it on and off.
That's what you control.
(09:07):
You get to charge it, right.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Well describe on what you mean by control, because
when you read the article aboutthat, it's talking about
changing out parts withaftermarket parts, right?
So the concept here is that inorder for the iPhone to work
right, it's got to actually havethe equipment.
It was designed for thesoftware to run right.
(09:31):
So the software and thehardware are paired right.
So, like, let's say, in thearticle, it says you can go to
an auto shop and get youralternator starter replaced in
your car and it's no big deal,right?
Sure, yeah, well, yes, intheory, but we're not talking
about a mechanical part thatdoes very little with any kind
(09:55):
of software.
Right, the starter, thealternator there's no software
really driving it.
Right, it's just on off andthen alternator charges.
So what happens if you take,like, a 2022 Cadillac Suburban
type vehicle and you go?
You know what?
I don't like this screen inhere anymore for the radio and
(10:17):
stuff and I want to put anaftermarket one in there.
Yeah, what happens?
I don't think it'll pair up,will it?
It's a huge amount of trouble.
Yeah, and there's extraequipment that you have to
install for it to talk.
And I didn't have a Cadillacbut I had a Suburban.
I put in an aftermarket setupand let me tell you, half of my
(10:37):
controls on my steering wheeldidn't work anymore.
What the hell?
Yeah, so, people, I get theconcept here.
I really do, right, you know,hey, I can't control my own
iPhone, but you have, you'reliterally paying for device
that's meant to work and workwell, and then you want to put
third party cheap parts inafterwards if you break it.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Yeah, yeah, that's not.
No, well, you know, you know,what I think about is when I
think about these things.
Is I think about that?
Well, a couple of differentthings.
One is, you know, the iPhoneitself is.
You know, what are they?
How much money do they have indeveloping it?
You know, because it's the samedamn thing since what iPhone 4S
(11:20):
?
It's, it's, it's, it's just alittle bigger, a little smaller,
a little bigger, a littlelighter, whatever more cameras,
faster computing, yeah, but thebasic idea is there.
You know, the 80% idea is there.
The hard work is done.
Now they just, you know, makingwhat is better, and so, you
know, the profit that they getfrom these things nowadays is
(11:43):
just so ginormous.
You know, do we really need tobe locking it down in such a way
where it's?
I don't really know, but itjust seems like they're their
biggest.
You know, when they do updatesand stuff, if you don't do the
updates, my phone goes crazy.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
until I do the updates, like it won't even work
sometimes Mine won't, but Ihave mine set to automatically
update at night, so when there'sone that comes in I wake up in
the morning.
It's done.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Yeah, if you decide you don't want to do an update,
you don't get a choice, reallyafter a while.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
So here's the thing, though if you don't like the
iPhone, go get an Android.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
But what if I don't like an Android and I like an
iPhone?
Well, I you know what that goesback to if you don't like the
rules in this country, movesomewhere else.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Exactly, Somebody told me that one time you don't
like the seats on your flightbecause they're too small.
Yeah, go on a different flight.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Or enjoy the savings Exactly.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
You know, if you want to sit in a box, sit in a box.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Well, I mean, so what are the features that we're
missing here for the mostexpensive phone known to mankind
?
You know, I mean I don't have alot of complaints.
It's consistently working forme, it does all the things,
great pictures.
You know you can run multi amillion dollar companies off
these goddamn things.
You know they don't break ifyou get a little case that kind
of protrudes out past the glass.
(12:58):
I mean it's.
I don't got a really a lot ofcomplaints, honestly.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
No, I love my iPhone.
Yeah, I put ballistic glassprotector on the screen.
Yeah, it's actually glass, not asticker.
Oh, and whenever I put my phonedown, oh, here's a tip for
everybody.
Oh yeah, when you put yourphone down on a table, yeah, put
the face of it, the screenfacing down.
(13:22):
Why is that Right Like this?
Right, yeah, face of it facingdown.
Face it down If something dropson it.
Oh yeah, you're not crackingyour screen.
Oh yeah, and if you got a caseon the back of it, most likely
nothing will happen, yeah,unless you're dropping a brick.
Yeah, well, okay.
Yeah, brick layers you hear that, yeah, so, yeah, so put the
(13:44):
screen facing down, yeah.
And if you own a business, yeah, do what I do Put a sticker of
your company name on the back ofyour phone.
So when it's facing down,you're advertising.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
See, you know why I keep mine up during meetings?
Yeah, what's that Right?
So I always keep mine.
I need a sticker.
I need a whole new case, though, but yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, there's a lot of things that you can do with
what you have, and plus you gotyour wallet on the back of your
phone.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
I love that.
I hate wallets all the way ifforever.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
So I can't wait for Washington to get the digital
license.
It's coming.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Tell me, I don't know , what is that?
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Digital license.
Oh, there's.
Several states have alreadyadopted it.
You can actually add yourdriver's license to the Apple
wallet on your iPhone, whoa, andyour license is there.
They say to still keep yourhard license on you just in case
, right, but 99% of the timejust show them the license on
your phone and it's valid.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Hmm, so that's interesting.
I've never even.
I guess I'm.
I will hear about it when I goto renew my, because I have that
new one.
You know the advanced licenseor whatever.
So I thought that's all therewas.
But yeah, I know that's the.
What do they call that?
The mark of the beast.
Once they have everything in acomputer chip and our wrist,
they got us yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Well, I mean, people think big brother's watching you
, but when you think about it, alot of this in my mind is a lot
of like what Star Trek wasdoing.
Yeah, we're not getting thetechnology necessarily to watch
each other.
Yeah, we're trying to do thetechnology to be better and to
(15:20):
have the technology dorudimentary things for us so we
can expand ourselves and bebetter all around.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Well, I think it brings us closer to being kind
of a one race, because which weshould be.
You know, all humans worktogether and I like the idea
that it kind of globally linksus all together, you know.
So, we all I mean we're all inthis planet together, we're
using it, we're damaging it, andwe're all doing it together.
So I like the idea of the phone, kind of like it does help
(15:48):
bring us all together andcommunicate and be able to react
to the issues that we create,you know.
So iPhones are a powerful tool,probably more powerful than any
gun we've ever made you knowWell, social media can damage
someone in an instant.
Yeah in an instant.
In an instant it could, yeah,absolutely All right.
Well, I'm Matthew Cote and thisis Jay Solme.
(16:10):
Hey, and we're gonna catch youon the flip side.
Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Foundation Nation is proudly sponsored by Jay's
Technology Solutions.
Call Jay's Technology Solutionsat 253-376-7579 for all your
computer repair, it and networksolutions.
Thank you.
Hello and welcome to Foundation Nation.
I'm your host, Matthew Cote.
Today on the podcast, we'regoing to talk about some
interesting recent goings-ons inour beautiful state and maybe
even a few things going on inthis amazing round thing we call
home.
Hello, I'm Matthew Cote.
This is Foundation Nation,along with Tech Genius Jay.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hi, my name is Jay Solme, owner of Jay's Technology
Solution.
So let's start there for VolodyMatt.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Thank you, thank you.
So you're a techie guy, youknow IT, you know computer-y
stuff.
So talk to me about how toavoid being a tech jerk during
the holidays, and what the helldoes that mean?
Tech jerk, tech jerk.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, have you ever been in a restaurant and you're
hearing the kids listening tocartoons or playing video games
while you're at a restauranttrying to enjoy your meal?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's atech jerk.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Shut up.
I didn't even know that.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Okay, the early onset of it was being at a restaurant
or in a close public placewhere you're trying to enjoy
your time and people are justtalking on the phone.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Okay, that's a tech jerk.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yeah, I mean, yes, you can talk on the phone, but
when people are trying to enjoytheir time, they don't need to
listen to you.
I was actually on Storybook,right, you know, at Disneyland.
Yeah, you know, a little canalwith the boat.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Oh, right yeah, Storybook.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Land, storytel oh, I can't remember the name of it.
Right, we're on there and I'mvideoing, trying to enjoy this,
you know, when my wife's holdingour son.
He was way younger then andthere's this gentleman on the
phone talking the entire timewhile the canal operator was
trying to explain the scenery.
Yeah, on the phone, talking theentire time.
(01:49):
That's a tech jerk, that's ajerk.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
So yeah, probably just in general, that's just a
regular day.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So when you're traveling, people remember you
need to make sure that you haveheadphones.
That's the biggest thing, ohyeah, especially for your kids.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
You mean like the noise counts?
Oh, you just mean so peopledon't hear the sound.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
People have to listen to what you're listening to,
right, and they do this all thetime with kids mostly, right.
You know kids mostly will turnit up so they can hear it Right,
because everyone else is beingloud around them.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
So turn it up.
You're going to be louder Right, crank it up, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And then on the plane , on a bus, on a train.
You know why do I sound like DrSeuss all of a sudden?
Yeah, be mindful of what you'rewatching.
You just missed the automobile,I bet, yeah, yeah, well, an
automobile doesn't matterbecause you're not next to
strangers.
Be mindful of what you arewatching, especially as an adult
(02:44):
, right?
Because most of the time you'regoing to have probably a child
that can see your screen.
Oh, yeah, sure you know.
Would you want your child tolook over and see someone
watching the shining?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
of.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Silence of the Lambs, oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Right or saw or saw.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Eating his brain, right, you know.
So be mindful of what you watch.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Is there any rules about that or not?
I wonder, if there's any rules,what if the planes have rules?
How about just being nice yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Can people just be nice to one another?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Yeah, yeah, I think that's the really, you know, the
only thing that I would say.
That was kind of like a whatwas I saying?
Like a tech jerk.
You know, the only thing I waskind of thinking is, you know, I
remember being in an airport inTurkey and they had a different
power outlet situation thereand there was this one power
outlet and it was like the onlyone I could find, obviously, and
(03:34):
there were people like huddledaround this guy, you know, he
had the only power outlet and heput a power strip on and he's
hogging the whole thing, youknow, or whatever, and no one
was saying anything, but therewere clearly people around him
waiting for it.
So I was like, okay, I'm justgonna wait a little bit, wait a
little.
People would look and thenthey'd just kind of, you know,
(03:54):
tired of waiting, they'd leaveand I was like I'm fucking
sticking this out, man.
I waited exactly an hour, 59minutes, hour and one minute,
something like that, and then Ifinally said, hey, whatever, you
got charged in, I think we'regood.
And he goes.
Oh my gosh, I didn't evenrealize.
You know, I was over here doingwhatever and he just it did.
He wasn't being a jerk.
In my opinion, he was beingextremely unaware that there's,
(04:17):
like you know, 10 people prettymuch consistently around him.
You know they would leave and10 more would come and they'd
leave and 10, because there wasno plugs around there and I was
like, well, you know, there'sother people here.
You know, he just young kid,you know in his mid 20s maybe,
and he just wasn't aware ofanything but him.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
So the answer to that is bring your own charging
devices if possible.
You can get a battery pack thatwill charge several devices at
once multiple times.
And if you know you're gonna bein an airport for a while and
you think there could be apossibility of only one outlet,
hey, let's be nice to oneanother.
Go to Home Depot or Fred Meyeror Walmart, buy a cheap $10
(05:04):
power strip and with like sixoutlets, you can get it so cheap
.
Put it in your backpack or yourcarry-on and then if you go
somewhere, there's one outletand if someone's using it
already, you just go up to themlike, hey, I would like to use
this too.
Look, I have a power strip.
Yeah, let's share and we unplugyours, plug this power strip in
and we'll just plug our devicesinto this.
(05:25):
Yeah, yeah, and actually benice to one another.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Yeah, that's a great idea.
That's a great idea Carry yourown power strip.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
They're so cheap, they're lightweight, you know,
and you know TSA will probablylike applaud you for it.
Yeah, I don't think I'd be aproblem going?
Speaker 1 (05:42):
No, what about those backup battery things?
Those go through the securityjust fine, don't they?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, we have one in our carry-on every time we go.
Yeah, no issues with those,yeah, okay, yeah, okay, because
we can't always guarantee thatthat plug on the plane's gonna
be there or work Right.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
It's more common now, but yeah, I gotta tell you
about a flight I had.
That was the craziest flightever.
I'd learned so much spiritairlines.
Okay, have you ever flown andyou wouldn't fit?
No, I wouldn't.
The chairs are an inch andthree quarters thick.
They don't move, there's nopower outlets and you have to
pay for water.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Oh, wow, okay, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
I'm glad to say that it's a water.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
It's a repudiated show, because I have a few
things to talk about.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I couldn't believe it when I was on it and the lady
in front of me was kicking myfeet and everything.
I was just my knees were allthe way in but my feet were
still touching her area and shekept kicking my feet nonstop.
But they were under her seat.
I don't know where else wouldthey have go Under yours.
I can't bend them backwardsunder me like that for the
(06:53):
entire flight.
So it was interesting.
The bright side of the wholething was there were less than
half of everybody price-wise.
Oh, so you get, and it's thesame seats width-wise, but it's
about 15% more seats length-wisethan the other.
(07:15):
Oh, dear goodness.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
I would not fit.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, so you really think.
You gotta think about it.
They don't recline they.
You know the tray that comesdown, it's about a half a sheet
of paper.
Oh, that's, that's.
That's tiny and it is so closeto you you know it's not worth
it, you can't do nothing with it.
It's just there to say it'sthere.
It's kind of one of thosefeatures where they put it in so
(07:41):
they'll.
You know, like some cars, theyhave certain features they want
to say, oh, it's got, you know,this fancy feature, but it's
just there to say they have it,it actually actually has no
function.
Yeah, you know, it's one ofthose things.
So yeah, that was interesting,that was interesting.
So don't, this is the holidays,Everybody's going to be flying.
I'm flying on Christmas Eve,Christmas Eve, I mean.
(08:03):
So you know, be considerate,Think of other people, you know,
come at them with full nicenessin the spirit of the holiday
season.
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Speaker 1 (08:30):
So what else we got going on.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
So what about this report about iPhone?
Yeah, you know there's mixedthings on that.
Well, so it goes like that.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
It goes like that.
It's not even a thousanddollars.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
I mean it's way more.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
It's way more.
The pro model?
Yes, yeah, it's 1700, maybe.
But so, whatever you pay, youknow, let's say, over a thousand
dollars, you pay and Applestill controls what 100% of it,
98% of it.
You get to turn it on and off.
That's what you control.
(09:07):
You get to charge it, right.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Well describe on what you mean by control, because
when you read the article aboutthat, it's talking about
changing out parts withaftermarket parts, right?
So the concept here is that inorder for the iPhone to work
right, it's got to actually havethe equipment.
It was designed for thesoftware to run right.
(09:31):
So the software and thehardware are paired right.
So, like, let's say, in thearticle, it says you can go to
an auto shop and get youralternator starter replaced in
your car and it's no big deal,right?
Sure, yeah, well, yes, intheory, but we're not talking
about a mechanical part thatdoes very little with any kind
(09:55):
of software.
Right, the starter, thealternator there's no software
really driving it.
Right, it's just on off andthen alternator charges.
So what happens if you take,like, a 2022 Cadillac Suburban
type vehicle and you go?
You know what?
I don't like this screen inhere anymore for the radio and
(10:17):
stuff and I want to put anaftermarket one in there.
Yeah, what happens?
I don't think it'll pair up,will it?
It's a huge amount of trouble.
Yeah, and there's extraequipment that you have to
install for it to talk.
And I didn't have a Cadillacbut I had a Suburban.
I put in an aftermarket setupand let me tell you, half of my
(10:37):
controls on my steering wheeldidn't work anymore.
What the hell?
Yeah, so, people, I get theconcept here.
I really do, right, you know,hey, I can't control my own
iPhone, but you have, you'reliterally paying for device
that's meant to work and workwell, and then you want to put
third party cheap parts inafterwards if you break it.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Yeah, yeah, that's not.
No, well, you know, you know,what I think about is when I
think about these things.
Is I think about that?
Well, a couple of differentthings.
One is, you know, the iPhoneitself is.
You know, what are they?
How much money do they have indeveloping it?
You know, because it's the samedamn thing since what iPhone 4S
(11:20):
?
It's, it's, it's, it's just alittle bigger, a little smaller,
a little bigger, a littlelighter, whatever more cameras,
faster computing, yeah, but thebasic idea is there.
You know, the 80% idea is there.
The hard work is done.
Now they just, you know, makingwhat is better, and so, you
know, the profit that they getfrom these things nowadays is
(11:43):
just so ginormous.
You know, do we really need tobe locking it down in such a way
where it's?
I don't really know, but itjust seems like they're their
biggest.
You know, when they do updatesand stuff, if you don't do the
updates, my phone goes crazy.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
until I do the updates, like it won't even work
sometimes Mine won't, but Ihave mine set to automatically
update at night, so when there'sone that comes in I wake up in
the morning.
It's done.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Yeah, if you decide you don't want to do an update,
you don't get a choice, reallyafter a while.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
So here's the thing, though if you don't like the
iPhone, go get an Android.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
But what if I don't like an Android and I like an
iPhone?
Well, I you know what that goesback to if you don't like the
rules in this country, movesomewhere else.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Exactly, Somebody told me that one time you don't
like the seats on your flightbecause they're too small.
Yeah, go on a different flight.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Or enjoy the savings Exactly.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
You know, if you want to sit in a box, sit in a box.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Well, I mean, so what are the features that we're
missing here for the mostexpensive phone known to mankind
?
You know, I mean I don't have alot of complaints.
It's consistently working forme, it does all the things,
great pictures.
You know you can run multi amillion dollar companies off
these goddamn things.
You know they don't break ifyou get a little case that kind
of protrudes out past the glass.
(12:58):
I mean it's.
I don't got a really a lot ofcomplaints, honestly.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
No, I love my iPhone.
Yeah, I put ballistic glassprotector on the screen.
Yeah, it's actually glass, not asticker.
Oh, and whenever I put my phonedown, oh, here's a tip for
everybody.
Oh yeah, when you put yourphone down on a table, yeah, put
the face of it, the screenfacing down.
(13:22):
Why is that Right Like this?
Right, yeah, face of it facingdown.
Face it down If something dropson it.
Oh yeah, you're not crackingyour screen.
Oh yeah, and if you got a caseon the back of it, most likely
nothing will happen, yeah,unless you're dropping a brick.
Yeah, well, okay.
Yeah, brick layers you hear that, yeah, so, yeah, so put the
(13:44):
screen facing down, yeah.
And if you own a business, yeah, do what I do Put a sticker of
your company name on the back ofyour phone.
So when it's facing down,you're advertising.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
See, you know why I keep mine up during meetings?
Yeah, what's that Right?
So I always keep mine.
I need a sticker.
I need a whole new case, though, but yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, there's a lot of things that you can do with
what you have, and plus you gotyour wallet on the back of your
phone.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
I love that.
I hate wallets all the way ifforever.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
So I can't wait for Washington to get the digital
license.
It's coming.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Tell me, I don't know , what is that?
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Digital license.
Oh, there's.
Several states have alreadyadopted it.
You can actually add yourdriver's license to the Apple
wallet on your iPhone, whoa, andyour license is there.
They say to still keep yourhard license on you just in case
, right, but 99% of the timejust show them the license on
your phone and it's valid.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Hmm, so that's interesting.
I've never even.
I guess I'm.
I will hear about it when I goto renew my, because I have that
new one.
You know the advanced licenseor whatever.
So I thought that's all therewas.
But yeah, I know that's the.
What do they call that?
The mark of the beast.
Once they have everything in acomputer chip and our wrist,
they got us yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Well, I mean, people think big brother's watching you
, but when you think about it, alot of this in my mind is a lot
of like what Star Trek wasdoing.
Yeah, we're not getting thetechnology necessarily to watch
each other.
Yeah, we're trying to do thetechnology to be better and to
(15:20):
have the technology dorudimentary things for us so we
can expand ourselves and bebetter all around.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Well, I think it brings us closer to being kind
of a one race, because which weshould be.
You know, all humans worktogether and I like the idea
that it kind of globally linksus all together, you know.
So, we all I mean we're all inthis planet together, we're
using it, we're damaging it, andwe're all doing it together.
So I like the idea of the phone, kind of like it does help
(15:48):
bring us all together andcommunicate and be able to react
to the issues that we create,you know.
So iPhones are a powerful tool,probably more powerful than any
gun we've ever made you knowWell, social media can damage
someone in an instant.
Yeah in an instant.
In an instant it could, yeah,absolutely All right.
Well, I'm Matthew Cote and thisis Jay Solme.
(16:10):
Hey, and we're gonna catch youon the flip side.
Thank you very much.
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