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Welcome aboard the System
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76 transmission Log.
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Our broadcast is about to begin.
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This is the latest on System 76
computers, manufacturing, and pop OS.
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Now for your in-orbit crew.
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Hello, everyone.
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Welcome back to the System
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I'm Alex.
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And I'm Emma with no voice.
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Emma has swallowed a frog.
Ribbit.
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So I don't have a voice for this
show, but I'm going to do my best.
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How did you lose your voice?
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I just came back from the most incredible
scale conference of all time, and I talked
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to hundreds of people,
and I can no longer talk.
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I don't think I've talked to hundreds of
people in ages, although
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the podcast counts, I guess.
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It was a lot of peopleing, for sure,
and I loved every second of it.
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Well, sucks for all the people
who want to talk to you now.
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You're out of voice.
Yeah.
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Just going to take a break for a week.
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I think that's called a vacation.
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A speaking vacation.
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We did have a lot of fun at scale, though.
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We actually got to hang out with Jupiter
Broadcasting quite a bit
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because they had a meet up at this little
taco joint, and it was like two full rooms
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of wonderful nerds just hanging out
talking about all things tech and Linux.
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We also went to Laser Tech with
the Jupiter Broadcasting group.
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I think that was the highlight of the
team's trip was getting to see them and
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have that social
networking time with them.
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It's always a pleasure with those guys.
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It's always a fun time for sure.
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Our cosmic demo was a total hit.
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I mean, everyone was loving the whole
press the button thing, and the planets
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were really cool how it was tied to the
cosmic theming system, and you could see
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your colors come to life in a little
universe on the background, and I
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think people really enjoyed that.
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I thought it was fun to watch people's
faces after they hit the button.
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I heard we lost the laser tag war.
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I mean, it depends on who
you ask, but yes, we lost.
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We lost really bad.
It was like a landslide loss.
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There goes my five bucks.
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It was really funny because Carl and
everybody were trying to say that the
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losing team had to shave their heads
because they really thought
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that we were going to win.
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I'm really glad that we didn't agree to
that because I would
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have a shaved head today.
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You would have lost your voice
and your hair in the same weekend.
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That would have been really unfortunate.
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A very memorable time.
Yeah.
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Let's jump into the news
about the Thale Aleomega.
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Yeah, let's do it.
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We have a pretty mega-centric
podcast for you today.
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Thaleomega has been redesigned with cooler
CPU temperatures, quieter fans,
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and more room for graphics.
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It can now fit a third Nvidia RTX.
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So lots of graphics for our AI, machine
learning, deep learning machine.
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Very exciting.
I believe it is now on sale.
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Scrolling down.
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I'll I'll just tell you so you
don't have to keep scrolling.
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It's $500 off right now.
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So mega is on sale.
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It has been confirmed.
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It is $500 off.
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Got on that now before
the sale ends March 27th.
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We have a bunch of products off, actually.
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Workstations is up to $500 off.
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Desktops up to $188 off.
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The lemur Pro is $100 off, and
keyboards are $40 to $60 off.
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Lots of spring savings as you
clean house older technology.
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Yeah, it's time to hop on that
keyboard savings train right now.
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Is that another frog joke?
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It was a bunny joke for spring and Easter.
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Launchheavy is $40 off, and I think a lot
of people want that keyboard, so
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we should tell people to buy it.
We should buy it.
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Okay.
That's our spring sale.
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In other mega news and in our events
news, AthelioMega is going to be at Pny's
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booth at GTC on March 18th to the first,
and it's going to be running a
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production environment.
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So that includes Blender, OBS, and Unreal
Engine, all tools that work on Linux, and
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just to show off the graphics
might of the machine at the conference.
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And then at the end of April, April 25th
to seventh, we're going to be
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going to LinuxFest Northwest.
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Carl hath returned with
a talk about Cosmic.
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See how far Cosmic has come?
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Talking about
the Cosmic, the progress that has been
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made on Cosmic since the last talk
he gave at LinuxFest Northwest.
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And then, Emma, we're
hosting a lunch on Saturday.
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Yes, with the Jupiter broadcasting folks.
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It's been a tradition for the last couple
of years that we've done a nice
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barbecue on the Saturday of the Fest.
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But if it's raining this year, we might
check the weather a couple of days before
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and change it to a different type of lunch
because it was a little rough last year.
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But I think it'll be fun regardless
of whatever food we choose.
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Yeah, it's always a fun
time with those guys.
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If you do want it to be a barbecue and it
is raining, I'd recommend
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bringing your own barbecue sauce.
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If you bring your own barbecue
sauce, then it's still a barbecue.
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Let's go ahead to our interview with Lou.
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I'm Luc Morvan.
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I'm actually French, 42 years old, father
of two boys, and currently
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living in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.
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What are you currently working on?
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I'm probably coming from a It's a pretty
different side of the computer business.
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I'm working for a company which is
providing very special leasing services.
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We're actually leasing Aeroengines to
commercial operators.
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So originally, the company
that I'm working for.
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We've been providing such services on more
like a financial service, like financing
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aero engines, their expensive assets, and
analyzing them on a very long term basis.
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And we're also now supporting shorter
leases, which
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probably not aware of that, but whenever
an engine is going for maintenance,
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usually a lease engine is required to keep
on operating the aircraft while the
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engine is being maintained and overall.
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That's the very specific
business that I'm working in.
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My understanding is it optimizes the
lifespan of the engine with the costs?
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Correct.
That's the purpose of the maintenance.
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But what What I've been working on is
basically to provide and to develop a
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simulation tool, a simulation program that
is specifically targeting
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the lease business.
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Therefore, it is a mix of
commercial understanding, so who's
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operating what and where and then which
conditions, a mix of the financial money
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which is required for
managing expensive assets.
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Then, of course, a lot of the knowledge
that is being fed into the simulation that
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is actually the technical knowledge around
the engines, what is making them feeling
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tired, sometimes quicker than others.
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All of that is then being blended together
to provide an estimated time on wing
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for a particular engine to achieve.
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What do you hope to see from the impact
of the app in the aerospace industry?
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The way that I look at the app, it's
something that I don't think currently
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truly exists, having certain apps that are
more targeting the the management in the
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sense of the CRM basis, managing
the assets when it comes to records.
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Some of the ERP system are tailored to
also manage engines, but there is no such
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thing that is allowing you
to evaluate the time on wing.
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It's also allowing you to evaluate the
value of your engine
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based on the internals.
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Somehow, I think that this is the perfect
asset management tool
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because it's able to provide you with an
estimated value for the parts, but also
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for the ability of the engine to fly,
which ultimately is actually the base for
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understanding the valuation of such an
expensive asset and to manage it in a
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certain lease environment and to project
your cost and earnings from
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that particular operation.
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What software are you
using to build this out?
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I have to say maybe we can discuss a bit
later, but it's pretty basic when it
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comes to what I'm using to develop it.
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It's Visual Studio The apps are...
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There's a CRM that I'm also currently
working on, and that is, I suppose, just
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to manage the engines in the sense of
who's offering the engines to the market.
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How do you track these opportunities?
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What's the status of the opportunities?
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And these two apps the CRM and data
simulation tool, they're
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all written in Python.
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They're actually writing data and taking
data from a MySQL database, and
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I'm using the Streamlit library.
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I came to the computer world and to the
coding very late, actually five years ago,
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and I think that's the reason why I just
wanted to say, okay, it's already
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challenging for me to learn Python, to
code in Python, and to actually to reach a
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level where I'm able to create the tool
that I wish would have existed when
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I started my journey in this career.
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And therefore, when it came to the vision,
how the tool would actually look like and
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designing that web app, then I said, okay,
what fancy stuff can I create by just
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using Python and not having to learn
anything new or not having to go too deep
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into new learnings and then stream them.
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I thought, Okay, that works
pretty well and it looks okay.
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You said you came into
computing five years ago.
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Was that when you first started using
Linux or was there- It's slightly after.
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I had that very old computer.
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I think it was back in 2016 or 2017.
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I didn't know what to do with it.
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I just wanted to have it in the
living room to play some music.
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At the time, of course, we're not using
Spotify and everything was in
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a hard drive in MP3 format.
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The Windows computer I had was
clearly not up to the task.
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It was already starting not
to start properly and so on.
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But I would say, typical Windows stuff.
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I was looking at other options and I
started to install Ubuntu on it just
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to understand how that is working.
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I had very, very limited knowledge
and very limited use cases with Linux.
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Actually, right after, I think I I
purchased iMac, and that iMac
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became the standard family computer.
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So my wife and I were
always using the iMac.
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Then we moved to Singapore, and I think in
2019, if I'm not mistaken, we had to go
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through the Catalina update, which was
then changing the 32 bits into 64 bits.
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And that is when something
terrible happened.
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I originally purchased the Microsoft
Office Suite as a standalone program, and
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that was the 32 bits version
that I purchased.
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And then after I did the upgrade with
Catalina 64 bits, that app
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was no longer available.
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So I just wanted to just
get installed or get the 64 bits package
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installed, and it was
not available anymore.
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Now it was all under subscription
for yearly subscriptions, I believe.
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And that drove me absolutely crazy.
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I nuked that macOS, I think, the day
after and I installed Linux on it.
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Yeah, that change drove me crazy as well.
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Instead of going back to a Microsoft
suite, I ended up using Scrivener.
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It's a screenwriting tool, and I think
they have some other layouts as well, but
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that's what I use in my personal time.
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Yeah, I was outraged.
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I was like, How is that possible that I
purchase a legitimate product
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and six months later, I have to make the
choice about throwing it in the bin and
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not being able to use it anymore
or having an outdated it?
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That was That was really painful.
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I think it was actually more painful for
my wife because the day after, she had
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to use something she's never used before.
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It was a bit difficult.
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I was distro-hoping a lot.
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It was like one day she
would be using Mounjaro.
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And the day after it was back to Ubuntu.
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And then I think I even put i3 as a...
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I call it, I think, that
very-A window manager?
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Yeah, the window manager.
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Yeah, that was not That was probably not
the right one to install when you want to
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federate your family around a proper OS.
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I think that's how I
came along with pop OS.
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Because I was learning Linux, I almost had
to reinstall every two months
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because I was breaking something.
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I had sufficient knowledge to break
things, which is to believe that you're
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confident enough to go into the terminal,
copy paste comments from the internet
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because there's something
that is not working.
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Realizing that was absolutely not what was
supposed to be done, and you just broke
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it, which is most of the time okay, but
not when you don't have the
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knowledge to actually fix it.
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So I went, reinstalling distros after
distros, and Then I came across a pop OS.
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I think it was probably like six
months later or seven months later.
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And that one stayed for probably an
immense six months in a row without
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the requirement to reinstall it.
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I think it was probably driven by me
getting a little bit more I'm not really
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acquainted with Linux, but since then,
it was then always pop OS.
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Since then, all the computers are at home.
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They're only Linux computers.
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I know our engineers, especially,
would be happy to hear that.
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Is Piperware how you found System 76?
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Yeah, actually, that
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It was very easy to use.
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I think it has that very, how do you call
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open it and start it, then it's
not overwhelming when it comes to the
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windows popping up everywhere or the
amount of options being available.
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Everything is available, but
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That's how I would define it.
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And because it was very stable,
then that became the norm.
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And when I had then the opportunity to
dump that iMac and actually reinvest that
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money into a new device, then I said,
Okay, I think it makes sense that I'm
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purchasing a computer which
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I think for most of the people using
Linux, they always have that
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greater good cause behind it.
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So you believe in open source, you believe
in what you call it data, the
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fact that you're controlling your data,
that you're not spilling
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information over to third parties.
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And I thought for me, it was important to
I'm not too sure if that's...
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Probably that's the right English
expression to say to put your money where
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your mouth is, and therefore to actually
also from a consumer point of view, then
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actually start buying products
that are in line with that motto.
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surveillance, basically, when you buy a
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computer from the company you buy it from.
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It's nice that there's this
people-first system out there.
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Yeah, it's basically the
only system you can trust.
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It may As I said, I came to
Linux quite late as a daily user.
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It was towards the late '30s, and
probably then more towards the early '40s.
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It is true to say that it's taking time to
learn something new.
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Is it worth it?
Absolutely.
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But for me, it's the same
journey that learning coding.
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It is absolutely the same logic is that
you want to learn something new and And
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you want to do it also either because the
values behind it are in line with yours or
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because you believe that this will help
you growing and it will help you actually
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learning something new
and keeping interested.
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So for me, everything was linked and we
were At the very beginning, also, I was
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buying these Raspberry Pi computers and
then trying to do programs
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with the kids and so on.
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And it's just like you put
a little bit of time into it and then
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without even realizing it, then you spend
a lot of time into it because
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it's actually fascinating.
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And what became clear to me is that with
that Raspberry Pi computer, I was actually
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able to do probably
20 times more things than I was able with
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the iMac, simply because then you start
realizing that, or you have this GPIOs, or
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you can create your own program, and that
program can do whatever
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you ask that program to do.
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And then suddenly, the weakest computer I
ever purchased was the most powerful one
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because I understood how it was working
and what you could potentially do with it.
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That was only after a couple of months
using it, meaning that actually in today's
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world, I probably still
know nothing about it.
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It's a very interesting way to put it, the
weakest computer you own being the most
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powerful just because you know how it
works and how to make it work for you.
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Just fascinating.
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I'm really bragging around with
my data pro, but still, it spreads It's
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probably way too powerful
for what I'm using it for.
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But when you purchase a computer, you
sometimes close your eyes and don't want
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to be too realistic with your ambitions.
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There is a level of future proofing, too.
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As time goes on, things are more
advanced, take up more resources.
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So it's good to have
those on hand for a while.
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Absolutely.
I think that's the way I see it.
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It may be actually a little bit less
relevant for the Linux device, I tend to
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believe that they keep their stability and
their reliability through time
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more than any other, actually.
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You were talking about
learning with coding.
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Is there something you're currently
learning how to do on the data?
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Well, recently it was more actually the
integration with the MySQL database.
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I think these are the latest updates that
I've done on the CRM side and
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on the simulation tool.
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Being able to have something something a
little bit more
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stable than either the coded lists within
the code itself or even some Excel reads.
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So that's what kept me quite busy.
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As I said, my level is
pretty primary in a sense.
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So it's taking me quite a lot of time to
reach a level where you believe that
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you are building the right tool.
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If you only focus then on how it looks
like, it still looks the same, which is
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somehow driving a little bit my wife crazy
when she sees spending hours and hours.
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On the front end, there is
absolutely no difference.
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She's like, Was that really required?
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Of course it was, because now it's
based on a proper data pick.
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What's next for the app?
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What are you excited for with next steps?
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I think the next step for me with regards
to these two apps is basically to create
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just one out of them
because somehow in both apps, you have
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the same object, which is an engine.
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You have the engine
object created in each.
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It's just basically being able to have
that simulation model allocated to the
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engine serial number that you've created
through the CRM so that you can actually
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manage the commercial opportunities, but
at the same time manage
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the simulation models.
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That's the next step for me.
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I still have to find time to go through
because it is probably taking me more time
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than someone else to develop that,
but I I still want to do it on my own.
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I said it's more like a
personal sense of accomplishment rather
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than truly looking at the end product
and seeing it as a product itself.
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It's more like the journey,
and I think that that's what matters.
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I started the journey.
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I think in my mind, I see exactly what I
want, and I just need to collect the
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appropriate knowledge throughout this
journey to be able to reach
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that point, ultimately.
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Well, we're wishing you the best.
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It sounds like a great tool that's going
to populate the industry soon enough.
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Thank you for the opportunity.
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We're going to play
Emma's Keyboard Antics.
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Without looking at the web page,
your eyes need to be closed.
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How much does the launch
keyboard cost right now?
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The middle one?
Yes.
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Let's see here.
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Without looking, I know
the launch light price.
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Launch price.
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I want to say Hang on.
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Thinking.
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Remembering.
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You're thinking too hard.
No.
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It is $2.
30.
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A whopping $60 off right now.
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I was going to do launch Trivia, but I
feel like you might have or might not
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have known the answer to that question.
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What was that question?
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It was the question about the price.
That was the question.
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But you said there was another question.
Yeah.
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You would know the answers to those.
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How many keys does the launch light have?
Launch light?
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I don't actually think I know that.
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I misinterpreted.
Seventy-nine.
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It's 70.
No, 70.
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All right.
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Good job.
You were close on the whole price thing.
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Do I get a participation price?
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No, but we should plug the launch one more
time because it is 84 keys of
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incredible typing goodness.
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You heard it here, folks.
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Eighty-four keys, $225.
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That's fully configurable.
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That's like this number here per key.
All right.
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That's our show for today.
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Thank you for joining us, Emma.
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Thank you for making me a person you can
talk to today after being
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outpeopled over the weekend.
You're welcome.
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I'll see you next month.
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See you next month on the
System 76 transmission law.
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Over and out.
Bye.
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Three, two, one.
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This has been the System
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76 transmission Log.
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For more inspiration, check out the
website and follow us on social media.
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On your descent back to Earth, please keep
your hands and feet inside the
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transport beam at all times.
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Captain, sign off in transmission.
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3, 2, 1, 0.
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Welcome aboard the System
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76 transmission Log.
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Our broadcast is about to begin.
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This is the latest on System 76
computers, manufacturing, and pop OS.
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Now for your in-orbit crew.
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Hello, everyone.
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Welcome back to the System
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I'm Alex.
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And I'm Emma with no voice.
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Emma has swallowed a frog.
Ribbit.
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So I don't have a voice for this
show, but I'm going to do my best.
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How did you lose your voice?
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I just came back from the most incredible
scale conference of all time, and I talked
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to hundreds of people,
and I can no longer talk.
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I don't think I've talked to hundreds of
people in ages, although
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the podcast counts, I guess.
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It was a lot of peopleing, for sure,
and I loved every second of it.
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Well, sucks for all the people
who want to talk to you now.
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You're out of voice.
Yeah.
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Just going to take a break for a week.
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I think that's called a vacation.
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A speaking vacation.
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We did have a lot of fun at scale, though.
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We actually got to hang out with Jupiter
Broadcasting quite a bit
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because they had a meet up at this little
taco joint, and it was like two full rooms
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of wonderful nerds just hanging out
talking about all things tech and Linux.
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We also went to Laser Tech with
the Jupiter Broadcasting group.
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I think that was the highlight of the
team's trip was getting to see them and
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have that social
networking time with them.
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It's always a pleasure with those guys.
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It's always a fun time for sure.
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Our cosmic demo was a total hit.
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I mean, everyone was loving the whole
press the button thing, and the planets
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were really cool how it was tied to the
cosmic theming system, and you could see
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your colors come to life in a little
universe on the background, and I
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think people really enjoyed that.
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I thought it was fun to watch people's
faces after they hit the button.
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I heard we lost the laser tag war.
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I mean, it depends on who
you ask, but yes, we lost.
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We lost really bad.
It was like a landslide loss.
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There goes my five bucks.
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It was really funny because Carl and
everybody were trying to say that the
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losing team had to shave their heads
because they really thought
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that we were going to win.
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I'm really glad that we didn't agree to
that because I would
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have a shaved head today.
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You would have lost your voice
and your hair in the same weekend.
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That would have been really unfortunate.
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A very memorable time.
Yeah.
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Let's jump into the news
about the Thale Aleomega.
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Yeah, let's do it.
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We have a pretty mega-centric
podcast for you today.
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Thaleomega has been redesigned with cooler
CPU temperatures, quieter fans,
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and more room for graphics.
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It can now fit a third Nvidia RTX.
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So lots of graphics for our AI, machine
learning, deep learning machine.
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Very exciting.
I believe it is now on sale.
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Scrolling down.
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I'll I'll just tell you so you
don't have to keep scrolling.
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It's $500 off right now.
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So mega is on sale.
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It has been confirmed.
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It is $500 off.
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Got on that now before
the sale ends March 27th.
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We have a bunch of products off, actually.
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Workstations is up to $500 off.
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Desktops up to $188 off.
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The lemur Pro is $100 off, and
keyboards are $40 to $60 off.
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Lots of spring savings as you
clean house older technology.
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Yeah, it's time to hop on that
keyboard savings train right now.
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Is that another frog joke?
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It was a bunny joke for spring and Easter.
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Launchheavy is $40 off, and I think a lot
of people want that keyboard, so
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we should tell people to buy it.
We should buy it.
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Okay.
That's our spring sale.
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In other mega news and in our events
news, AthelioMega is going to be at Pny's
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booth at GTC on March 18th to the first,
and it's going to be running a
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production environment.
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So that includes Blender, OBS, and Unreal
Engine, all tools that work on Linux, and
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just to show off the graphics
might of the machine at the conference.
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And then at the end of April, April 25th
to seventh, we're going to be
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going to LinuxFest Northwest.
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Carl hath returned with
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See how far Cosmic has come?
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Talking about
the Cosmic, the progress that has been
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made on Cosmic since the last talk
he gave at LinuxFest Northwest.
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And then, Emma, we're
hosting a lunch on Saturday.
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Yes, with the Jupiter broadcasting folks.
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It's been a tradition for the last couple
of years that we've done a nice
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barbecue on the Saturday of the Fest.
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But if it's raining this year, we might
check the weather a couple of days before
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and change it to a different type of lunch
because it was a little rough last year.
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But I think it'll be fun regardless
of whatever food we choose.
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Yeah, it's always a fun
time with those guys.
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If you do want it to be a barbecue and it
is raining, I'd recommend
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bringing your own barbecue sauce.
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If you bring your own barbecue
sauce, then it's still a barbecue.
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Let's go ahead to our interview with Lou.
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I'm Luc Morvan.
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I'm actually French, 42 years old, father
of two boys, and currently
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living in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.
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What are you currently working on?
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I'm probably coming from a It's a pretty
different side of the computer business.
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I'm working for a company which is
providing very special leasing services.
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We're actually leasing Aeroengines to
commercial operators.
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So originally, the company
that I'm working for.
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We've been providing such services on more
like a financial service, like financing
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aero engines, their expensive assets, and
analyzing them on a very long term basis.
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And we're also now supporting shorter
leases, which
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probably not aware of that, but whenever
an engine is going for maintenance,
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usually a lease engine is required to keep
on operating the aircraft while the
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engine is being maintained and overall.
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That's the very specific
business that I'm working in.
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My understanding is it optimizes the
lifespan of the engine with the costs?
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Correct.
That's the purpose of the maintenance.
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But what What I've been working on is
basically to provide and to develop a
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simulation tool, a simulation program that
is specifically targeting
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the lease business.
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Therefore, it is a mix of
commercial understanding, so who's
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operating what and where and then which
conditions, a mix of the financial money
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which is required for
managing expensive assets.
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Then, of course, a lot of the knowledge
that is being fed into the simulation that
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is actually the technical knowledge around
the engines, what is making them feeling
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tired, sometimes quicker than others.
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All of that is then being blended together
to provide an estimated time on wing
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for a particular engine to achieve.
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What do you hope to see from the impact
of the app in the aerospace industry?
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The way that I look at the app, it's
something that I don't think currently
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truly exists, having certain apps that are
more targeting the the management in the
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sense of the CRM basis, managing
the assets when it comes to records.
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Some of the ERP system are tailored to
also manage engines, but there is no such
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thing that is allowing you
to evaluate the time on wing.
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It's also allowing you to evaluate the
value of your engine
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based on the internals.
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Somehow, I think that this is the perfect
asset management tool
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because it's able to provide you with an
estimated value for the parts, but also
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for the ability of the engine to fly,
which ultimately is actually the base for
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understanding the valuation of such an
expensive asset and to manage it in a
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certain lease environment and to project
your cost and earnings from
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that particular operation.
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What software are you
using to build this out?
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I have to say maybe we can discuss a bit
later, but it's pretty basic when it
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comes to what I'm using to develop it.
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It's Visual Studio The apps are...
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There's a CRM that I'm also currently
working on, and that is, I suppose, just
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to manage the engines in the sense of
who's offering the engines to the market.
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How do you track these opportunities?
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What's the status of the opportunities?
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And these two apps the CRM and data
simulation tool, they're
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all written in Python.
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They're actually writing data and taking
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I'm using the Streamlit library.
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I came to the computer world and to the
coding very late, actually five years ago,
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and I think that's the reason why I just
wanted to say, okay, it's already
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challenging for me to learn Python, to
code in Python, and to actually to reach a
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level where I'm able to create the tool
that I wish would have existed when
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I started my journey in this career.
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And therefore, when it came to the vision,
how the tool would actually look like and
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designing that web app, then I said, okay,
what fancy stuff can I create by just
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using Python and not having to learn
anything new or not having to go too deep
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into new learnings and then stream them.
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I thought, Okay, that works
pretty well and it looks okay.
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You said you came into
computing five years ago.
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Was that when you first started using
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I had that very old computer.
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I didn't know what to do with it.
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I just wanted to have it in the
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At the time, of course, we're not using
Spotify and everything was in
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a hard drive in MP3 format.
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The Windows computer I had was
clearly not up to the task.
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It was already starting not
to start properly and so on.
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I was looking at other options and I
started to install Ubuntu on it just
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to understand how that is working.
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I had very, very limited knowledge
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Actually, right after, I think I I
purchased iMac, and that iMac
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became the standard family computer.
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always using the iMac.
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Then we moved to Singapore, and I think in
2019, if I'm not mistaken, we had to go
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through the Catalina update, which was
then changing the 32 bits into 64 bits.
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Office Suite as a standalone program, and
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that was the 32 bits version
that I purchased.
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Catalina 64 bits, that app
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was no longer available.
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So I just wanted to just
get installed or get the 64 bits package
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installed, and it was
not available anymore.
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Now it was all under subscription
for yearly subscriptions, I believe.
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I nuked that macOS, I think, the day
after and I installed Linux on it.
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Instead of going back to a Microsoft
suite, I ended up using Scrivener.
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It's a screenwriting tool, and I think
they have some other layouts as well, but
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that's what I use in my personal time.
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I was like, How is that possible that I
purchase a legitimate product
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and six months later, I have to make the
choice about throwing it in the bin and
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not being able to use it anymore
or having an outdated it?
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my wife because the day after, she had
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to use something she's never used before.
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I was distro-hoping a lot.
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It was like one day she
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I call it, I think, that
very-A window manager?
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Yeah, that was not That was probably not
the right one to install when you want to
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federate your family around a proper OS.
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came along with pop OS.
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Because I was learning Linux, I almost had
to reinstall every two months
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because I was breaking something.
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I had sufficient knowledge to break
things, which is to believe that you're
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confident enough to go into the terminal,
copy paste comments from the internet
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because there's something
that is not working.
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Realizing that was absolutely not what was
supposed to be done, and you just broke
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it, which is most of the time okay, but
not when you don't have the
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knowledge to actually fix it.
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So I went, reinstalling distros after
distros, and Then I came across a pop OS.
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I think it was probably like six
months later or seven months later.
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immense six months in a row without
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the requirement to reinstall it.
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getting a little bit more I'm not really
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acquainted with Linux, but since then,
it was then always pop OS.
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Since then, all the computers are at home.
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They're only Linux computers.
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I know our engineers, especially,
would be happy to hear that.
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Is Piperware how you found System 76?
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was the entry into it.
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Yeah, it was working smoothly.
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It was very easy to use.
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I think it has that very, how do you call
it, probably very pure view when you first
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open it and start it, then it's
not overwhelming when it comes to the
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windows popping up everywhere or the
amount of options being available.
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Everything is available, but
I think it's pretty slick.
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That's how I would define it.
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And because it was very stable,
then that became the norm.
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And when I had then the opportunity to
dump that iMac and actually reinvest that
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money into a new device, then I said,
Okay, I think it makes sense that I'm
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purchasing a computer which
comes already with Linux.
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I think for most of the people using
Linux, they always have that
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greater good cause behind it.
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So you believe in open source, you believe
in what you call it data, the
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fact that you're controlling your data,
that you're not spilling
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information over to third parties.
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And I thought for me, it was important to
I'm not too sure if that's...
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Probably that's the right English
expression to say to put your money where
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your mouth is, and therefore to actually
also from a consumer point of view, then
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actually start buying products
that are in line with that motto.
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surveillance, basically, when you buy a
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computer from the company you buy it from.
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It's nice that there's this
people-first system out there.
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Yeah, it's basically the
only system you can trust.
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It may As I said, I came to
Linux quite late as a daily user.
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It was towards the late '30s, and
probably then more towards the early '40s.
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It is true to say that it's taking time to
learn something new.
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Is it worth it?
Absolutely.
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But for me, it's the same
journey that learning coding.
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It is absolutely the same logic is that
you want to learn something new and And
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you want to do it also either because the
values behind it are in line with yours or
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because you believe that this will help
you growing and it will help you actually
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learning something new
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So for me, everything was linked and we
were At the very beginning, also, I was
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buying these Raspberry Pi computers and
then trying to do programs
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with the kids and so on.
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a little bit of time into it and then
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without even realizing it, then you spend
a lot of time into it because
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it's actually fascinating.
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And what became clear to me is that with
that Raspberry Pi computer, I was actually
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able to do probably
20 times more things than I was able with
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the iMac, simply because then you start
realizing that, or you have this GPIOs, or
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you can create your own program, and that
program can do whatever
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you ask that program to do.
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And then suddenly, the weakest computer I
ever purchased was the most powerful one
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because I understood how it was working
and what you could potentially do with it.
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That was only after a couple of months
using it, meaning that actually in today's
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world, I probably still
know nothing about it.
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It's a very interesting way to put it, the
weakest computer you own being the most
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powerful just because you know how it
works and how to make it work for you.
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Just fascinating.
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I'm really bragging around with
my data pro, but still, it spreads It's
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probably way too powerful
for what I'm using it for.
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But when you purchase a computer, you
sometimes close your eyes and don't want
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to be too realistic with your ambitions.
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As time goes on, things are more
advanced, take up more resources.
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those on hand for a while.
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Absolutely.
I think that's the way I see it.
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It may be actually a little bit less
relevant for the Linux device, I tend to
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believe that they keep their stability and
their reliability through time
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more than any other, actually.
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You were talking about
learning with coding.
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Is there something you're currently
learning how to do on the data?
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integration with the MySQL database.
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I think these are the latest updates that
I've done on the CRM side and
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on the simulation tool.
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Being able to have something something a
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stable than either the coded lists within
the code itself or even some Excel reads.
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As I said, my level is
pretty primary in a sense.
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reach a level where you believe that
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you are building the right tool.
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If you only focus then on how it looks
like, it still looks the same, which is
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somehow driving a little bit my wife crazy
when she sees spending hours and hours.
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On the front end, there is
absolutely no difference.
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She's like, Was that really required?
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Of course it was, because now it's
based on a proper data pick.
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What's next for the app?
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What are you excited for with next steps?
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I think the next step for me with regards
to these two apps is basically to create
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just one out of them
because somehow in both apps, you have
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the same object, which is an engine.
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You have the engine
object created in each.
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It's just basically being able to have
that simulation model allocated to the
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engine serial number that you've created
through the CRM so that you can actually
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manage the commercial opportunities, but
at the same time manage
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the simulation models.
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That's the next step for me.
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I still have to find time to go through
because it is probably taking me more time
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than someone else to develop that,
but I I still want to do it on my own.
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I said it's more like a
personal sense of accomplishment rather
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than truly looking at the end product
and seeing it as a product itself.
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It's more like the journey,
and I think that that's what matters.
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I started the journey.
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I think in my mind, I see exactly what I
want, and I just need to collect the
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appropriate knowledge throughout this
journey to be able to reach
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that point, ultimately.
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Well, we're wishing you the best.
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It sounds like a great tool that's going
to populate the industry soon enough.
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Thank you for the opportunity.
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We're going to play
Emma's Keyboard Antics.
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Without looking at the web page,
your eyes need to be closed.
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How much does the launch
keyboard cost right now?
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The middle one?
Yes.
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Let's see here.
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Without looking, I know
the launch light price.
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Launch price.
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I want to say Hang on.
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Thinking.
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Remembering.
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You're thinking too hard.
No.
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It is $2.
30.
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A whopping $60 off right now.
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I was going to do launch Trivia, but I
feel like you might have or might not
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have known the answer to that question.
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What was that question?
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It was the question about the price.
That was the question.
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But you said there was another question.
Yeah.
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You would know the answers to those.
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How many keys does the launch light have?
Launch light?
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I don't actually think I know that.
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I misinterpreted.
Seventy-nine.
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It's 70.
No, 70.
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All right.
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Good job.
You were close on the whole price thing.
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Do I get a participation price?
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No, but we should plug the launch one more
time because it is 84 keys of
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incredible typing goodness.
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You heard it here, folks.
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Eighty-four keys, $225.
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That's fully configurable.
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That's like this number here per key.
All right.
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That's our show for today.
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Thank you for joining us, Emma.
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Thank you for making me a person you can
talk to today after being
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outpeopled over the weekend.
You're welcome.
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I'll see you next month.
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See you next month on the
System 76 transmission law.
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Over and out.
Bye.
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Three, two, one.
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This has been the System
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76 transmission Log.
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For more inspiration, check out the
website and follow us on social media.
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On your descent back to Earth, please keep
your hands and feet inside the
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transport beam at all times.
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Captain, sign off in transmission.
