Summary
This weeks podcast we are are recording in person, find out why out plans changed. But it worked out as Chris got his mug from Dubai from John. Big thanks for that. Find out why it took so long to get to him.
Chris is excited this week as he’s made GIFS of himself that he can use in team chats.
Sam watched The Whale, and Chris tried some new milk made from…
We talk about a new app that can help combat loneliness with truck drivers. We decide we need to make some expensive podcasts.
NBC are being dicks during the strikes. We learn about a new world record and talk about nuclear rockets again. All of this and much more.
Links
Truck driver app to help cure loneliness
Need to make some podcast like the ones for the police and make big bucks
World Coin
48hr treadmill world record broken by kiwi
Nuclear powered rockets will cut the time to Mars in half
Chris GIFS
Show Transcript
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Sam [00:00:21]:
Hello, and welcome to episode 440 of the Chris and Sam podcast. I’m Chris, and I’m Sam, welcome along to your weekly fix of randomness technology in life, and we’re recording in person today.
Chris [00:00:33]:
Right. And I’m laughing because we weren’t supposed to be recording in person, but I had computer issues, which only apparently, I can have. So so Sam had to come around. I think we fixed my computer, but since he’s here anyway. Miles to do a podcast.
Sam [00:00:49]:
podcast. Sometimes we forget about things. So it’s taken a while to track down. Sorry, John. I know you’re listening. I’ve just given Chris the cup. 7 months late. And
Chris [00:01:01]:
He gives me this bag and he goes, oh, yeah. I I forgot to give you this earlier. I’m like, what is this? He goes, yeah. It took me a minute to go, oh, this is from Christmas.
Sam [00:01:13]:
To be fair, I’ve only had the the package for a month. and then we got sick. So we didn’t record in person for ages. Yeah. It took me a while to track it down. Just Oh, you only had it for a month because it wasn’t Chrysler. No. Serious Uncle brought it up. Oh, right. And we haven’t seen him for a while. He’s traveling and doing heaps of stuff. But now he’s got a new job. I’m getting a reclining chair and a three piece leather lounge suite offer on next Friday. Alright. Sounds good. because he’s moving or something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. to crush it, start his new job. So anyway, back to the cup. There’ll be a photo. Thank you, John. Really appreciate it. Yeah. Very nice cup. Very, very nice. Very good. Cool. Cool. Cool. Sorry. What else have you been doing this week?
Chris [00:01:53]:
I’ve been doing lots of I’ve been doing lots of work, so we’ve got a lot of work going on. I’ve been absurdly excited about something.
Sam [00:02:04]:
Oh, no. He’s got a gleam a gleam in his eyes that can only scare you in person.
Chris [00:02:10]:
So stupid. And it shouldn’t excite me in this No. It’s good. It’s good. Boom to that more. Go to that more. What is it? Well, you know, GIFs. GIFs? GIFs doesn’t matter what we call them because we all know what I’m talking about.
Sam [00:02:24]:
Little animated.
Chris [00:02:25]:
Little animated things. there’s nothing better than when you are having a chat with somebody and you throw in a a super appropriate gift for that moment. Yeah. Okay. Yep. Right? Yep. So for some reason, it occurred to me to create a gift out of one of the things that I did in the past. Okay. Which was me giving the finger.
Sam [00:02:48]:
Where is this gift? And why have I not have I not seen this? I’ve got 15 gifts of me now. Just too many. And that’s too many. And whatnot? There’s one for every occasion. And where are you sharing them on? Basically,
Chris [00:03:00]:
my work forum at this point in time. So we got we got hammered with a whole smash with a whole bunch more of work come in. Yeah. And so I shared this gift of me groggily getting up of off the floor onto my hands and knees and Derek smashing a table over my head. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I know. That one. I knew that shot. Yeah. That went down really well. And then some more stuff came some stuff came back, like reviewed and back. Yeah. And I had the big bring it on with it says bring it on, and it’s me putting my fist up for a fight. He’s very excited about this. Honestly, it’s What what are you using to create these? Camtasia. Okay. And then you just export it as a Yeah. And but the problem is I I originally exported them at high def. Yeah. They stupid side. Ridiculously large gift. Files. Yeah. And then I was like, ugh. And then I think what I was concerned I might have done to that computer is like, downloaded some dumb software, some free SourceForge type software, which it should have been. Okay. to make the gifts smaller. None of the software works. No. There’s probably good online online software. I just went back into Camtasia and put the settings down. Oh. It was dumb. I should’ve done that in the first place. I think I’d done that before because I’ve done used gifts for trainings before, like I created — Oh. — how to video. So they had a a how to page — Yeah. — and with put the GIFs in so you go here to click this and get and it works really well. It’s better than watching a video. There is this yeah. One of the
Sam [00:04:34]:
screen recording things Loom or Berry cast, or one of them does gift just for a little bits for the exact purpose that you see. Yeah. Yeah. And it’s really because my interpretation is really good to use for that. It’s just Camtasia’s got so much in it.
Chris [00:04:46]:
Often, you’re like, how do you do that again? I’ve gotta keep going on to YouTube. Okay. Oh, yeah. Totally. I’ve done this before, but I can’t remember how. Totally. Anyway, so if you wanna see some crisp gifts, you can’t because you can’t share, give some bloody Facebook. It’s so annoying. Can’t you? No. I went to dinner. I came out with a frozen image, and I’m like, what’s going on? They were supposed to be a gift, and somebody goes, Facebook hasn’t had gifts for years. I’m like, oh, we’ll never clue. I have no idea from I thought they did. I thought they don’t. Then I don’t I’m glad it’s not just No. I think it’s just pure video, I guess. I don’t know. Yeah. Anyway. Well, that’s good. Yeah. So that’s my observed excitement at the moment as as all these gifts of me. that’s something. Personalized gifts.
Sam [00:05:31]:
We watched The Movie, The Whale. The whale. With Brandon Fraser? Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. It’s on TV and z on demand. Oh, really? Just watch it on there. I will. Couple of ads. Yeah. because I it had a lot of buzz around it. And I and then I was like, oh, I must see that. And then I forgot all about it. Yeah. So So you got like a 6 minute standing ovation once they played it and all that. I thought it was really good. there’s only, like, 5 characters and it’s in one room. Like Oh, really? Oh, okay. because he’s just stuck in a room. Yeah. No. I couldn’t remember. Oh, yeah. No. So I I really liked it. I thought it was very well written, and I think it hit a few points that I think a lot of people can relate to. Yeah. In certain areas of life maybe. So anyway, that was pretty cool. And I’m sure I had something else with this week. I don’t know. I’ve been very busy. I’ve been very what’s the word? Reenergized, Chris. I’ve been writing a lot of stuff and — Oh, nice. — sorting up pumpkin related information pages.
Chris [00:06:27]:
I’ve been recovering from the whole COVID thing. And so I still seem to be really tired, and I seem to catch some
Sam [00:06:37]:
Oh, you got long COVID? Screw screwed up
Chris [00:06:40]:
sleep zones? Like, I I got up at midnight because I woke up at midnight, and I and I couldn’t go back to sleep. I ended up getting up 2 or 3 to start working — Yeah. — or something. So I’m bit You got the long COVID? No. I know. I haven’t. I’m I’m much better now. But I did catch up with Adam this week. for a for a coffee. That was really cool. So two things worth mentioning. One is this Sunday. I know you’re working, so you won’t make it. So this is the day that this podcast comes out.
Sam [00:07:11]:
Yes.
Chris [00:07:13]:
Is that an important phone call? Do you need to No. No. No. Brian
Sam [00:07:17]:
wanting something. Yeah.
Chris [00:07:19]:
So this Sunday surgical precision, cast and crew screening. We get — That’s right. — step finally. Woo hoo.
Sam [00:07:25]:
looking forward to that. Unfortunately, I can’t make it that. I’m sorry. Yeah. Yeah. It
Chris [00:07:29]:
seems working, but that’s cool. And he also talked to me about a new project, which I find I read the script last night, actually. Oh, nice. And I read a few times It’s it’s only short. It’s a short film. It’s a short script. Very tight. Very good. Yes. Yes. I’m pretty keen on that. So I’m quite excited about that. How that fits into everything else in life
Sam [00:07:56]:
is is going to be interesting. That’s a $1,000,000 question. Yeah. But it’s I had to I booked something like 7 days off work yesterday for things that I’m doing with other people. Nothing to do with what I’m doing. Yeah. Because every single person is doing something on the days on working nights apparently. Talking about films, home kills,
Chris [00:08:18]:
home kill? Yeah. Home kill. that’s coming out on — Yeah. — 19th August. Yeah. It’s in my it’s in my calendar. The tickets are now on sale. I I was gonna buy them today. 19 bucks. Yeah. Already brought mine. Okay. I’ll buy mine today. I got paid yesterday, which is a big deal when you get paid monthly.
Sam [00:08:36]:
It’s like, Monthly pay. It’s a joy, isn’t it? It’s a joy. It’s a joy. I don’t know how I deal with that, to be honest.
Chris [00:08:42]:
What else have I got here? I I bought some milk the other day. This is exciting. Milt milk milk milk time with Chris. I almost wanna go to the fridge and actually, I am going to go to the fridge and show you the milk bottle. Here we go.
Sam [00:08:55]:
Is he gonna show us something that every other person in the country has seen before? Probably. If you’re gonna okay.
Chris [00:09:04]:
Read it.
Sam [00:09:05]:
No ordinary plant milk.
Chris [00:09:07]:
So I went to pack and save to get the they usually had a black one, and I’m pretty sure it was something like that. I think it was n o o m. No ordinary.
Sam [00:09:16]:
The other one is boring.
Chris [00:09:18]:
Yeah. No. Not boring because I don’t actually like that one. Okay. Okay. Otis is good. And the black one this is cheap from pack and say. But then, they didn’t have the black one. They had the white one. And I was like, oh, I have this. Do you know what it is? No. Just says plant milk for people. Do you know why they call it plant milk? Why is that? Because if they called it p milk, people wouldn’t buy it. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. That’s right. That’s right. because, yeah, it wasn’t till I bought it, got a home. I looked it went, it’s made from peas. That’s right.
Sam [00:09:46]:
P milk. Do you remember? Hang on. Sounds bad. What? Yes. I guess. Yeah. Everything sounds bad when it comes to peas. What was that nut meat? remember nut meat? Oh, yeah. Yeah. That one. I’ve eaten wet. Yeah. It was great. It was great stuff. It was something. That looked terrible. If you don’t know what that is, Google that no. No. Don’t no. Actually, don’t Google that. No.
Chris [00:10:07]:
No. Not meat was the name on the tin, and it was exactly what says. It was nuts made to look like meat. That’s Oh, canned meat’s never a good thing in the first place. Right? Any canned meat is a bit a bit questionable. Yeah. Exactly. But, yeah, nutmeg was alright. How you got an app for you? This truck has come up with it, and I’m not sure it was a good idea or a potential stalking
Sam [00:10:29]:
slash kidnapping situation. So this haulage firm Boston truck driver, Stephen Clemens. He’s helped develop an app to pair lonely truck drivers with passengers for long road journeys to combat mental health issues by loneliness. So the idea is that you get this app, I guess, and a truck driver goes, hey.
Chris [00:10:54]:
I’m going on a long trip. come for a ride. Like,
Sam [00:11:00]:
I don’t know. It’s called right along NZ that matches truck drivers with passengers who could offer companionship, conversation, or just lend an ear.
Chris [00:11:10]:
There’s a few I can just see I’ve just got an image in my mind at the truck out of here, and so did this. And there’s this little old lady knitting next to it, Mike.
Sam [00:11:24]:
Yeah. I’m not sure. That’s how I’m imagining things going. I’m imagining a truck driver going. And then I bought the corner corner that, you know, the 45 corner down in in the gorge, and I changed down 17 gears into this and that. And the other person’s like, what the hell? I can’t get out. Exactly. I’ve got enough 4 hours of this. And the guy’s, oh, you know what? Anyway, this guy discussed it with a few people, set up a Facebook page, and apparently, he’s going crazy. He had a lot of feedback.
Chris [00:11:51]:
Well, if you if you were hitchhiking, quite, unquote hitchhiking around the country, there wouldn’t be a bad option. Potentially.
Sam [00:11:59]:
And I guess you’ve got you know, because of the app, I’m assuming you can say, well, this person was in this truck at this time with this truck driver. So there’s a little bit of accountability there. It’s not like you’re a Chinese born real estate agent to go show a house and then you disappear and 9 days later they’re trying to find your body. Yeah. Yeah. That’s pretty terrible.
Chris [00:12:20]:
Actually, on that on that because you took it there. You took it to the serious note. I did. There was a really good article called Until women’s lives matter — Okay. — which is an op ed in the oh god. What what was it? newsroom.co.nz. Yep. Whatever. And it basically was talking about that guy that shot up Auckland the other the other week. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We talked about it in podcast. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But, basically, it’s like, So, you know, they said he was dangerous because he’s he’s he’s strangled as misses a couple of times punched around and all that. Yeah. Through downstairs as well. Yeah. Yeah. So instead of putting him in prison, they put him in home detention with her because that’s good because The only person he’s been shown to actually be violent against is her. So why not lock her in with it? At least that’s how I read it. I skimmed it. So, you know, if actually, the the justice system went, no. It’s not good for you to punch your misses. No. You should go to jail for it, then maybe it wouldn’t have been around shooting people. Maybe. That was the gist of the article I went. I think that’s a bloody good point. Very troubled guy, though.
Sam [00:13:33]:
Yeah. I know. And I haven’t Okay. Yeah. The whole he the this family had this woman had taken him in and they gave him 2 or 3 chances, and he ended up trying to burn their house down. So that was he’d
Chris [00:13:46]:
before all of this, they tried helping him and they eventually helped him get that job on the construction site. So I I did mention to somebody that he looks really, really young in that photo because you you just mentioned that. Yeah. Yeah. And he worked on a construction site. I’ve worked on a construction site. There is a a lot of Argy Badgy going on in a construction site. You know? There’s a lot of yeah. Abuse for one of a better word. Yeah. I can imagine that, Deepgram. So could imagine him getting teased mercilessly. Yeah. Yeah. Totally. Totally. And just — Yeah. — losing it because of it. I and I don’t know if any of that’s
Sam [00:14:22]:
effect. I’m just saying that. I can imagine it. Yeah. Yes. Totally. Hey. We’re in the wrong business here, Chris. What we need to do is we need to make some podcast episodes for government agencies. The police is doing another recruitment drive, and they’re gonna make 6 podcasts it’s gonna cost them $320,000. We could do it a lot cheaper. I’d be okay for a 100 k. But to be honest, To be honest, they’ve got a story here talking about the production cost, and they compare it to another set of podcasts that we’ve made as well. But I think the thing that you need to realize is they’re including all the marketing. So the marketing on this you know, is the big component, I think, of the $320,000. because we’re recording right now, and I can tell you that I don’t know. Probably got less than $500 worth a year. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Easy. Easy. And So we’ll see. So they’re trying to get more police because the ratio is one cop to every 48 members of the public. That’s the agreed upon ratio — That was supposed to be it. — supposed to be at. Okay. So they need 4.50 to 500 new members every year because of attrition and other movements. what’s behind. Yeah. Yeah. because they’ve got quite a low
Chris [00:15:41]:
retirement thing, isn’t it? Do you retire after 20 year service or something. Like, you’re eligible for retirement. I don’t know. They It’s it’s lower than 65
Sam [00:15:50]:
as per normal. Like, isn’t it? I don’t know. There seems to be able to stay there longer. Like, there’s people doing 40 years — Yeah. — and stuff. So I’m not sure. Yeah. I don’t know what it is, but it always sounds like I’m a retired cop, and you go, you’re a bit young to be retired. But yeah. Okay. Oh, I think that’s just them leaving, to be honest, more than retired as such. because they would have got to pay out for whatever they’d put into the police superannuation. Mhmm. That’s I think I think that’s what it was. That might be what I’m saying. So it says here the detail of podcast produced by newsroom for rnz, produced 269 podcasts and 223 articles for up to $600,000 in 2022. So that’s $2330 spent per episode or over $50,000 less than the police are spending per episode on their production, but that’s a loose term because marketing. Yeah. Yeah. And newsroom
Chris [00:16:42]:
already has the marketing Like, they got the distribution
Sam [00:16:46]:
built in. So if you do wanna make a podcast and you wanna talk to us, we can help you out — Yeah. Yeah. — for a low low fee of, I don’t know, $700. Yeah. Easy easy. Imagine doing that. I just imagine, oh, gosh. That’d be like, okay. So Okay. So we need some Well, I’ve been I’ve I’ve I’ve pitched a couple of podcast to
Chris [00:17:05]:
a couple of people. And so I’m still waiting to hear back. But I I I think it’s it’s it’s viable, and it makes sense for these particular people. The podcast hosting cost Chris. Astronomical. Let’s pray.
Sam [00:17:23]:
Actually, it’s working out really well, actually. That podcast host we changed No. It has it has worked out.
Chris [00:17:28]:
Hey. I’ve got something. Have you heard of World coin? I don’t know. So it’s it’s another one of these, like, a Bitcoin what’s what’s the word? that you use for bitcoins?
Sam [00:17:44]:
Cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency
Chris [00:17:45]:
thing. Right? Yeah. Well, it’s run this Wilkorn’s done by Sam Altman. Does that name sound familiar? It’s ChatppT dude. ChatppT dude. King of Silicon Valley. breaker of writer’s block and father of Chat GPT. Yep. Something like that. Yeah. So he created or he he He created Wilkorn. And the whole point is Wilkorn verifies that a person is real. It scans your eyes using an AI powered orb after which you save an ID and Will Queen’s cryptocurrency?
Sam [00:18:20]:
I thought we’d have to put the orb somewhere else, but that’s okay. Good. I’m glad it can just scan my eyeballs.
Chris [00:18:27]:
So it’s like a digital passport that pays you to join. Is this quite is this super new? Yes. So apparently yeah. This is new. Okay. I think it’s I think it started before he started it before chat GPT got a bit. Okay. I believe. It doesn’t say that exactly, but it’s a feeling I got. But now, because chat GPT is accelerating, everyone’s going, well, this AI is gonna we we’ll never be able to to determine who’s real and who’s not, and he’s got Well, funny you should say that. I’ve got this all. Version 2 is a lot better. It’s more hygienic. Don’t need to wipe it down. Just scan your eyeballs. Yeah. It’s a lot easier for
Sam [00:19:09]:
multi users. Yeah. Yeah. What yeah. All those multi users switch back to the drawing board. I don’t know why he talks like this, but that’s how he does. Sounds sounds like a truck to me.
Chris [00:19:23]:
Same up with you. Yeah. I’ve got it all. And I’m driving my truck. Get on the truck.
Sam [00:19:29]:
touch the org.
Chris [00:19:31]:
But, yeah, it’s it’s sort of I just thought it was, like, not exactly conflict of interest, but just, like, Oh, that’s interesting that you would do that and stoke the problem at the same time. Yeah. Anyway, yeah, I thought it was interesting. You’re making money. No. No. It’s good. So
Sam [00:19:50]:
another Kiwi great. This woman from the West Coast has broken the 48 hour treadmill world record. Emma Thomas
Chris [00:20:00]:
at broker. Hang on. So what what what is it? Is it the distant
Sam [00:20:04]:
move yeah, run — Yeah. — for one of their word on the treadmill? Now what do you think the current record the previous record was set in 2014 by a Swedish person?
Chris [00:20:16]:
130 kilometers.
Sam [00:20:18]:
Chris [00:20:19]:
Holy crap.
Sam [00:20:20]:
So she smashed it by almost 20 kilometers. She got 340.36 kilometers ran in 48 hours. The average was just over 7 kilometers an hour, so nice slow pace, which is good. And
Chris [00:20:35]:
it was meant to weigh. That is mental. Hang on. We did I’ve done 100 kilometers in real terrain in 24 hours. Yeah. Yeah. And that was
Sam [00:20:49]:
not running correctly. No. No. No. No. But, like, so if you double that 200, if you you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then you got another 140
Chris [00:20:56]:
like And it’s another hour. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Yeah. Double that. Yeah. Yeah. That’s mental.
Sam [00:21:02]:
Once verified, she will be the Oh, it’s gonna be once she gets her verified, it will be her 3rd Guinness World record. Oh, no. She’s done. I’ll go click a link, do I?
Chris [00:21:14]:
That’s good. she’s a West Coaster’s got nothing embedded to do.
Sam [00:21:18]:
She’s a she’s an artist. Alright. She’s oh, she’s the one that ran the length of New Zealand in 21 days. Oh, okay. So she did that. She’s born in England. Let’s not hold that against her. And I don’t know what the third one is. Okay. Anyway, good. Good. Good.
Chris [00:21:36]:
The the most skilled and a third one is the most Guinness World Records held by a West coaster.
Sam [00:21:42]:
Maybe. Maybe. The story came out today. You we love it. NASA has said they’re building some nuclear rockets. They’re gonna cut the journey time to Mars in half.
Chris [00:21:54]:
That’s the So didn’t I talk about this
Sam [00:21:57]:
3 months ago? I think you did.
Chris [00:21:59]:
I don’t know if you said it like that. I remember something about Mars. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. I did. I did talk about it, actually. because I My point was they were using technology from 1964 or something like that. And it’s like, they mothballed it because of I forgot in the president’s name, Lyndon, I think. Yep. And then and then they brought it back, and they go, We don’t actually have to change anything. It actually works. It’s all there. We just need to plug it in and go. That’s right. But they’re only gonna turn it on once it gets out of your sickness there. It’s no good for the launch. It’s only good up once you’re in space. So yeah. So it works by pumping liquid propellant through a reactor core. We’re low enriched uranium atoms split apart through fishing. Yeah.
Sam [00:22:45]:
And then we get a bit of propulsion. And
Chris [00:22:48]:
Yeah. And and like it’s all about momentum when you’re talking about this space thing. So the propulsion’s not a huge amount. like, a rocket is a lot of push. Yeah. This doesn’t have a huge amount of push, but it keeps pushing. and every push on a push on a push on a push on a push, if if you know what I mean — Yeah. — builds that momentum up and builds that speed up. Oh, it says here As Chris Hanlon from the Christmas Sam podcast stated, NASA began developing nuclear thermal rocket engines in 1959
Sam [00:23:18]:
— Oh, 59. Sorry. — never be never came to fruition. the funding was decreased, and then it was canceled in 1973, and they never did any flight tests before. Yeah. So that’s pretty cool. But sounds like one of the big things they gotta worry about is the exposure to potential radiation.
Chris [00:23:34]:
At the end, they’re probably getting radiation from in So Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There’s a lot of shielding that has to go on this spacecraft anyway. But normally, it’s from the outside and not from the from below the deck. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Up. Hey. I wanted to mention something about NBCUniversal. I thought this was interesting. This has only just happened. as we’re recording this on Friday. So, you know, there’s a the writers strikes going on and all that. Yeah. So NBCUniversal are being a bunch of decks in my opinion. So I’ll I’ll tell you the story, and you can decide. Okay. So this a lot of protesters outside the gates — Yes. Yes. — in the street, public street. Yeah. Yeah. And it’s very hot. blicks, and it’s very hot. And this public street has loads of trees. Yeah. So NBC sent out a bunch of gardening people and trimmed all the leaves off these trees. there’s no shade now, and it’s like a 110 degrees or some stupid thing. Yeah. Right. At Fahrenheit, obviously. And the reporters looked into it and just, like, checked with the the council and, like, nope. No trimming permit has been given. Those are whatever type tree that is, and you don’t trim them in these months because they will suffer from frost when it gets the winter. These have to be trimmed in whatever months it was, I forget now. I think it’s October September, October, November. And they’re like, well, no. They just went out and chopped it so that the protesters won’t have any relief from the heat. What a bunch bag of dicks.
Sam [00:25:09]:
Bag of dicks. So, actually, that happened about a week ago. Oh, really? Yes. I heard about it today. And David Ferrier’s news that came out today. Oh. And it’s and it’s titled Elon Musk, Eiger, and Bill Gates, the myth of the self made man. I read this little bit here, which sums up We’re big fans of the David Farrier here, just just to say. That’s right. So he says here and this this bit’s written by Hayden Donald. I will say that. Disney chief executive Bob, Igor, make Eigle? Eiger. Eiger. makes 27,000,000 per year, which is $78,000 a day, 32.50 an hour or $54 16 a minute. Right? A few weeks ago, stepped off as private jet into an exclusive billionaires retreat with Warner Brothers Discovery chief executive David Zulaf, Judio champion Mark Zuckerberg, and he and he was asked for his thoughts about actors going on strike. And, apparently, this is what he said. There’s a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic. He told squawkbox in regard to the Screen Actors Guild members asking for stuff like fair pay, decent working conditions, and to not be body scanned and replaced by AI. It’s a shame. It is really a shame, he said. So he’s not really he’s not helping himself. Well, he’s not in reality of the people. Because it’s something like, what’s the figures? It’s 80% of all members in SAG don’t make the $27,000 5 100 that you need every year to get medical insurance. And then the rock did you hear what the rock did? No. So the rock gave the largest single donation to sag in the history of the union ever undisclosed amount, but it’s going to help thousands of actors put food on their table and have petrol. And apparently, it’s in the region of 7 figures somewhere.
Chris [00:26:59]:
Damn. Good on him. We’re a big fan to the rock too here. Just saying. That’s right. Dwayne, if you wanna come on,
Sam [00:27:05]:
we can talk whatever you want.
Chris [00:27:08]:
seriously. Really, really anything you want. But yeah. No. And if we can get David Perry and Larocque on the one show, we’d be just over the
Sam [00:27:19]:
Over the moon. We’re very easily pleased or yeah. Do I show you the cover? Yeah. So no. So it’s very interesting. I don’t know what’s gonna happen. It’s the only the second time ever that both the writers and the actors are strike at the same time, it’s interesting to see Frank Drishes, the head of SAG. You’ve seen that? Who? The nanny?
Chris [00:27:47]:
Oh. Oh, yes. I know who you mean now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I didn’t know that. No. So she
Sam [00:27:52]:
she narrowly a couple of years ago, beat out the other person that was going to become the president, and she just said, look, I’m gonna learn what I don’t know. I’m gonna learn, and then I’ll do the best for you. And she did a really good speech the other day. Yeah. And that is weird because I’m like, okay. Where the hell is that? And I was like, oh, okay. Yeah. I reconvenanted.
Chris [00:28:08]:
Very clever person. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. It it is It is bad. It is, like, it’s one of those industries, like you say, where where is the the the smallest percentage of people make them
Sam [00:28:21]:
vast majority of the money. But the residuals, like, the people from criminal minds — Yeah. — they they popped up on Instagram, and they’re like, we made we made a $100, like, in total for all residuals of every show that’s ever been shown. Like, that’s what I got. Really? They’re like, it was a 100, maybe a $1000. Well, maybe a 1000, but they said that’s the biggest problem. They said we get paid well. Don’t get us wrong. We do get paid well. to act in a show in that, but the streaming services like who are being you know, these shows are being shown millions of times. Yeah. Here’s a $1000. And that’s one of the con that’s one of the things they don’t like. Yeah. Yeah.
Chris [00:29:01]:
Yeah. It it’s a tough one. It’s a tough one because this so many inputs to make a good show or a film. Yes. You know, there’s so many many different people. Oh, you totally. And so and the cost of creation is actually really significant. But but at the same time, you know, the profits when they finally do come in
Sam [00:29:24]:
Yeah. They Once I’ve got that orb One way. Once I’ve got that orb thing for everyone,
Chris [00:29:29]:
and instead of AI I’ve got a special web for Eiger.
Sam [00:29:33]:
Yeah. Yeah. k. That brings us the end of the podcast. So That’s what I can die in peace. Sorry. What’s happening this week?
Chris [00:29:41]:
what’s happening this week? So we got the surgical precision this weekend. So that’s the main thing. Everything else pows into insignificant. I’ve got a lot of deadlines. I’ve got a lot of stuff coming hammering at me at the moment. So — Nice. — I’ve got a lot of work work to do. Not a lot of my own stuff, which I do have a lot to do. I’ve had some breakthroughs. I had some cool stuff that I wanna put together, but I I put that all aside for the gifts.
Sam [00:30:08]:
There we go. That’s the problem. I’ve gotta pumpkin committee meeting where half the committee’s leaving on Tuesdays, so it’d be fun. And we’ll see how that goes. Yeah. Yeah.
Chris [00:30:17]:
So if I wanted to share these GIFs because they need to be shared with the world, where would I share them?
Sam [00:30:24]:
I could put some on the podcast on this podcast episode You can do, but I think what you need to do is you upload them to a service like Giphy, I think, and then you share that link to Facebook. Alright. We’ll look into it. Okay. Until next time, I’m Sam. I’m Chris. See you. Bye.
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