Good evening everyone. My name is Sunil Govindan. So I am a Unicorn PMC member. I also lead the data engineering and scheduling team at Cloudera. My co-speaker Craig, who could not join with us today here, he is also a PMC member at Unicorn project and he is the lead developer for Unicorn at Cloudera. In today's session, we will be talking about SLA-aware batch scheduling in Unicorn with multi-tenant preemption. So here is a brief agenda. So let us look at some of the core abilities of Unicorn scheduler. Unicorn can schedule both batch workloads and long-running services in both plug-in mode and as a standalone scheduler. Unicorn is also capable of making faster scheduling decisions in case of batch workloads where the resource demand is very huge. Unicorn is multi-tenant aware and it supports hierarchical quotas based on the business requirements. Unicorn can also be deployed both on-prem and on-cloud as well. And one of the core differentiator feature of Unicorn is workload queuing. As you can see, there can be many queues and resource request can be placed into any one of these queues based on the use case. Unicorn effectively schedules these resource requests based on the resource availability and also based on the scheduling policies such as fairness, FIFO or the gang scheduling itself. And Unicorn also adhere to the quota limit set forth on each of the queues and then these ports will get scheduled across various nodes in the cluster. And this is an open source project from 2020 onwards and it's a top-level project at Pasha. And so we are at 1.2.0 version of Unicorn at this point of time. Now let us look at about the batch workload itself. So preemption is a mission critical feature for most of the batch workloads and we'll try to deep dive into why. So if we consider static queues where both guaranteed and the resource, the max limits are same. And this will definitely help to guarantee that in a multi-tenant cluster deployment, the resources are scheduled within the quota boundaries. However, there's a caveat. This will cause underutilization in most of the queues because most of the time the ender queue capacity won't be used when you running the jobs for a longer time. Such issues can be resolved by making the queue elastic. So that means you'll be able to configure a guaranteed resource and also you can configure a max limit to it. And with this model also there is a caveat because when legitimate applications wants its resource back, at that point of time it has to wait till other applications to finish its execution. This usually causes delays because we don't know how long the other application may take and in such scenarios it is found to be much more trouble. So preemption will be very handy in such scenarios and by enabling preemption we can quickly bring the balance across multiple queues. And this needs to be application aware as well and we will discuss about that in the upcoming slides. So I want to give a detailed example about the previous scenario. So this is one of the application called app on which is submitted to Q1 and it has taken the ender cluster capacity that is 100% because there were no other applications running in Q2 at that given point of time. Now when we submitted some application that is app 2 in Q2 around time T1, you can see that there were no enough capacity available. So some around 20 plus Spark up executors were running as part of the app 1. So some of the executors got completed at T1 and Q app 2 were able to grab those resources. And around T2 time frame it got some more resources because the app 1 was almost about to finish its execution. And around T3 it got the full resource because app 1 got completed. Now as you can see it took a good amount of time to get its desired capacity for app 2 which was running in Q2. So if we enable preemption, we will be able to bring that cut that delay by a lot. And at time T1 itself we will be able to give the full guaranteed capacity for applications running in Q2. So with that note I would like to move on to the next segment where we want to discuss about where things are standing with respect to Kubernetes, with respect to these multi-tenant scenarios. So in Kubernetes all ports in the entire cluster are sorted based on priority. So that means it's a big queue and the ports are then considered for eviction based on that order. And an opt-out is not quite possible by looking at the context of the application. For example, I'll take the example of Spark. You have Spark driver port which is very critical. And if you kill the driver port itself, the ender job will fail. So in today's scenario it's not possible to do that. And hence this will cost a lot of cost. And this will bring in maybe a job which is running for eight hours or nine hours and what if the driver itself is lost? So you'll be losing the whole job and end results with huge penalty. And coming to the priority class that is used for defining priorities across jobs or ports in the Kubernetes, these are cluster wide objects. And also there are no limitations that we can set on to this priority on that particular port. So because of this any rogue user could come and set a larger priority on a port and that could disrupt the ender system. So this is one of the possibility. There are few later, few configuration from one to 24 onwards. However, in a public cloud setup it is difficult to be configured because it is mostly an admin and AP server related configuration. So now let's look at the preemption in Unicom itself, a very high level overview. So in order to understand about preemption with Unicom, we need to get familiarized a bit about Unicom itself, how it is handling. So Unicom works with hierarchical queues as I mentioned earlier. So that means resource limits, configurations, and the ACLs controls can be set to any level, queues at any level, and it will be inherited to its gel queues. And preemption makes use of the fact that it allows applying the guaranteed and the max limits to any of the queues at any level. So that means, as you saw in the earlier example, queue one and queue two, we will be able to find an overutilized queue at any given point of time and then do the preemption necessary to ensure that the undercommitted queue, in that example it was queue two, gets its desired guaranteed quota. And for Unicom, I think the large batch workloads are the major focus because to run jobs like Spark or Flink, we need to ensure that Unicom handles this volume of jobs. So it means that we cannot lose the jobs as well. So we were trying to ensure that we look at each of the application in detail and make sure that the originator port, in case maybe I'll say the Spark driver port is always kept safe so that it will not cause any kind of disruption. And we also give an option to opt out from the preemption itself. So this opt out option can be easily configured in the spec itself and the port will not be preempted. But it is just a notion or to the scheduler that, okay, don't preempt me. However, in scenarios where mission critical ports needs to be scheduled on that node, there could be chance that these port also could be preempted as the last resort. So in order to understand the Unicom's preemption algorithm, we thought it would be helpful to state it as a series of rules or laws. Then it would be much more simpler to explain what was the algorithm that we were using to select the candidates or the victims, right? So rule one, policies are not guaranteed. This will help to ensure that in a multi-tenant environment, not all the ports who are saying that I want to opt out monopolize the entire cluster. So we could get into that kind of a trouble. So we will still preempt those kind of ports. However, we'll keep it as the last resort. Now, the second law says that preemption cannot leave the queue lower than its guaranteed capacity. So this exists so that like queues guaranteed, the queue guarantees that actual guaranteed quota is always met there so that we don't want to bring down the guarantee capacity below its guaranteed quota. Third one is again simpler. A task cannot preempt other tasks in the same application. So when I say application, like take an example spark, right? So you may have 30 or 50 or plus ports running together as an executor. 50% of them is allocated. Then you met the queue quota. And for the remaining, say, 50% of the executors, we should not be preempting the other 50%. So then that means we'll be getting into a loop. Next one is like task cannot trigger preemption unless its queue is under the guaranteed capacity. So this is again a simpler explanation, right? So if there are enough resources in the cluster or it's in the parent queue, if the elastic quota is also available, then we should go and grab them before even triggering the preemption. So we should ensure that the queue is properly starved so that we can do that. The next low is that a task cannot be preempted unless its queue is over its guaranteed capacity. So we want to so all the queues were behaving nicely in the cluster will be left as it is only those queues were above its guaranteed capacity. And we have a critical demand, then only we'll be preempting them. So rule 6 is that a task can only preempt a task with lower or equal priority. This is very similar to the today's Kubernetes preemption model that we'll be taking will be considering the task for preemption only if it is lower priority. And the final one is a task cannot preempt task, outside its preempt, preempt, preemption fence. So in, in unicorn preemption implementation, we also come up with a concept called fencing. So that when you, when you look at queues, we can protect by itself by creating a fence boundary. So which will be explaining later. So this is the core design. So which we, which I also already covered that unicorn adheres to the queue hierarchy, and preemption makes decisions to bring the queues to its guaranteed resources. And preemption is also application aware, so that the original ports are kept will be, we'll try to save the original port as much as possible. And we provide the option to opt out from the preemption. Now let's look at a workflow. So this is a simple queue structure where you have root queue, marketing, sales and system queue. And under marketing, you have sales and sales ops and finance as payroll and reporting. So as you can see, we fenced these two trees that is sales and marketing, so that it can, if there is a requirement, if there is a requirement on the sales queue or sales ops queue, we will not be preempting anything from the payroll or payroll reporting queue or advice versa. And within each other, we also put a boundary for sales and reporting. So we have, we did couple of levels of fencing here. Now let's look at an example where a 20 GB demand is on the sales ops queue. And you can see that there are no available resources in the marketing queue. It's already, it's at its capacity, but sales is already above its guaranteed. So a preemption will occur here by taking 20 GB from the sales queue and sales ops will be able to immediately schedule those 20 GB, right? So I'm showing as memory as the resource, but it could be for anything, CP or GP or the same matter. For the simplicity speak, I will be showing this one. And the next one is to the payroll queue. A new 50 GB can be directly scheduled. You don't need to do any preemption here because available capacity is there. So it will directly get scheduled in the finance layer. And because the route is now after scheduling the 50 GB, we are at 100%. Now we are trying to submit some more jobs to the pay reporting queue, but this is fenced. So since it is fenced, it cannot actually grab resources from the payroll. So that is actually the core concept here. So you're trying to protect the queues that are of our priority. So in this case, there won't be any kind of preemption. Finally, we are submitting 10 more GB to the system queue, but the same queue does not have any kind of fencing around it. So it can go and actually preempt any resources from these queues. And here you can see that the finance queue is already above its guaranteed capacity. So and it will be hitting the payroll. So 10 GB will be preempted from the payroll queue, and that 10 GB goes to the system queue. Okay, now to go into the configuration support, right? It's very simple to enable preemption with Unicorn. So you can allow the ports can opt out from the preemption when using Unicorn and the default Kubernetes priority class itself can be used. So we don't need to add any new additional configuration here. And you just need to add an annotation called allow preemption equal to true. Setting this annotation to true will mark any ports to opt out from the preemption. However, it's just a indication it can be still be preempted if there is a critical workload coming, but we'll try to put it as last. Now we're looking into some other configuration features as well. The first one is the queue properties. As you can see on here, we have multiple configurations that that can be configured along with the existing queue configuration. These are nothing but annotation with which you will be able to enable preemption in Unicorn. So first one is guaranteed and maximum resources for workloads to be preempted in a queue that guaranteed limit must be lower than the max limits. Now coming to the fencing, a queue specific preemption policy can be configured and you can give two options. Either you can fence that or you can actually disable the preemption for this queue altogether. So when you when you fence create a fence around the queue and it subcues, it will prevent the preemption request within the fencing boundary so that any new request coming from the fencing boundary will be will be locked within that segment and it will not go outside and preempt something else. Now we also added a preemption delay and this can be set how soon the preemption will be attempted. So in an SLA driven environment, this preemption delay will define how fast you need preempt and how slow. So we also have a few other configuration like priority based fencing. This will also help to see creating a priority for the priority classes. The priority value can be seen by outside that queue could be the fence to value but within the fence you can use any other priority but outside queues could see it in a different value. So it's a very detailed explanation we'll be covering later. So with that I would like to go to a quick demo. Craig will be taking over this part. I will explain the basics of unicorn preemption, show a sample configuration and demonstrate how unicorn applies this functionality in practice. For this demo, we will use the queue setup depicted in this diagram. Unicorn schedules workloads using a set of queues arranged in a hierarchy with the root queue on down. Queues shown in purple on the diagram are parent queues and are used for organizational structure. Queues shown in green are leaf queues and are where workloads are submitted and run. Unicorn supports setting a preemption fence boundary at any queue level which limits the scope of preemption to that queue and its child queues. These fences are one way requests outside a fence boundary may preempt tasks within another fence boundary but not the reverse. In the setup shown here there is a system queue which exists outside of any fence. This queues permitted to preempt workloads in any other queue. Under the org parent we have two queues sales and marketing. Each is fenced which means workloads running in sales can never preempt those in marketing and vice versa. Finally both sales and marketing have leaf queues for dev and prod workflows. The dev queues are fenced but the prod queues are not. This allows prod workflows to preempt dev workflows within each organization but not the reverse. Shown here is the unicorn queue configuration for our demo. At the top level we have a root queue containing child queues system and org. System is unlimited but org has a maximum capacity of 400 megabytes of RAM and 400 mCPUs. The org queue has two child queues sales and marketing each with a 200 megabyte maximum and 200 megabyte guaranteed capacity. Finally each of sales and marketing has two child queues dev and prod both have a maximum capacity of 200 megabytes each but only 100 megabytes guaranteed. We also define a preemption policy of fence at the sales, marketing and dev queues. The prod queues are unfenced which means they are allowed to preempt from their siblings. Shown here is an example pod for this test. In order for unicorn to schedule things successfully three attributes need to be present. One the scheduler name needs to be set to unicorn. This can either be done explicitly as is done here or can be done automatically by the unicorn admission controller. Secondly unicorn requires an application ID to organize groups of pods together. Finally a queue must be specified either directly in this case or via placement rules within the queue configuration. For the purposes of this test all of the example pods will be of this form. The only difference will be the application ID queue and name. The resource requests will be constant at 100mCPUs and 100 megabytes of memory. To begin let's launch four system pods which will remain running for the duration of this demo. This demonstrates that pods in the system queue will never be chosen as candidates for preemption. We can see from the unicorn UI that four applications and four containers have been launched. Additionally if we navigate to the root.system queue we can see that the allocated memory in this queue is 400 megabytes. Next let's launch a set of pods in the sales dev queue. Although we have launched three pods there is only room in the queue for two of them to run so one will remain pending. We can see from the UI that seven applications but only six containers have been launched. Navigating to the sales dev queue shows that the allocated memory in this queue is 200 megabytes which exceeds the guaranteed capacity of 100 megabytes. This means that tasks running in this queue may be considered for preemption by other processes. Now let's launch a similar set of pods in the marketing dev queue. Again although we have launched three pods only two can fit in the queue so the third will remain pending. However no preemptions occur as the queue is over its guaranteed limit and both the sales and marketing queues are fenced from each other. Navigating to the marketing dev queue again shows the allocated memory in the queue is 200 megabytes exceeding the guaranteed amount of 100 megabytes. Now that we have added some running pods to the cluster let's try to schedule a pod in the sales production queue. Because the sales queue is already at its maximum utilization of 200 megabytes the pod cannot be scheduled directly. However because the production queue is below its guaranteed resource amount of 100 megabytes preemption can occur. By default unicorn waits for newly created tasks to be waiting for at least 30 seconds before attempting preemption. Once this time elapses unicorn will attempt to find a suitable preemption candidate. Since we have a fence around sales only the sales dev queue is eligible for preemption. Preempting a single task from the dev queue will satisfy the requirements. Either the first or second pod scheduled in the dev queue would work. However unicorn prefers to preempt tasks which have been running for a shorter period of time. As we can see the second sales dev pod is terminating and the production pod is started in its place. When we attempt to launch a second pod in the sales production queue we see that it remains in pending state because the parent sales queue is already at its maximum capacity. Additionally since the first pod in the production queue was already scheduled the prod queue is now at its guaranteed resource capacity and so no further preemptions will be attempted. Finally we can see that our original four system pods have remained running throughout the demo illustrating that they were protected from preemption. Our sales and marketing organizations had no impact on one another and our dev queues were not able to monopolize resources guaranteed for our production queues. I hope you can see from this demo that Unicorn provides a simple yet powerful framework for managing diverse workloads across a multi-tenant environment. We look forward to announcing this feature as part of the upcoming Unicorn 1.3 release which so quickly an acknowledgement so Craig and Wilfred from the Unicorn community completed this whole design and the development of the feature and this will be available as part of the Unicorn 1.3 release which is due very shortly and join us and share your feedback through the mailing list and also the Slack channel we expect more suggestions and thoughts are always welcome. So thanks again we'll wait for some questions and answers


What's good Josh the boros back again with another video so first and foremost shout out to the Houston Astros for winning the world series, man definitely Had a good time tonight watching the game celebrating We're gonna do some more celebrating all weekend long So if you're from Houston and you're a Stroh's fan. Hey man, we got the job done So yeah, I'm very happy about that. So I had to give a shout out to the Astros for getting the job done man But we got to talk about Logan Paul and what he literally just did in the main event of crown jewel 2022 We also have to talk about him being injured, man He he let us know that he is injured and I'm gonna pull this up right from his Twitter This is his Twitter. It says torment this kiss MCL and potentially ACL Happened halfway through the match. Keep y'all updated, bro. That is Insane my man was out there injured injured himself or somehow got injured halfway through the match and Still put on a fantastic performance. I had to make this video once I found out that he had got injured because To be honest with you. He deserves a separate video on just how amazing he has been So far in WWE and Some people could say oh We're over hyping them. I want you to understand. Yes, he may have amateur wrestling amateur wrestling background But my guy Literally, he's only had three matches and this was his third one. He may have in it with Roman Reigns and Arguably some could say this is probably one of Roman Reigns is it's easily one of Roman Reigns's best matches He's had it's up there. It's it's it was fantastic for someone that this is the third match, bro, I gotta show y'all this one clip that he posted This is just insane This is when he had the phone in his hand He did the frog splash all the way to the to the announce table I've never seen a perspective of someone doing a move like this holding the phone Ridiculous bro Ridiculous, this is something that you just you can't teach you gotta have bro that was insane and The fact that maybe at this point he out was already injured and still putting on a performance like he has It's truly it's truly special, bro Like a lot of youtubers that I follow that do wrestling content. I Think we're all in agreement When we have to say Logan Paul Literally is doing some amazing stuff right now Everyone that I follow is giving Logan Paul his flowers in his praise and he rightfully deserves it You may not agree with me, but you cannot deny He has something special that you can't teach bro. He takes it seriously. He didn't come in here half-assed I know a lot of people were concerned that earlier when the reports that came out I think it was like earlier this year once it was earlier this year I think it was maybe it maybe it was late last year I'm not sure exactly when WWE announced that they had signed him or what not, but I know people were concerned cuz they're like I Don't know about this But he is taking it seriously. He's training with the right people You've seen the clips of him training with HPK if you haven't like he takes it seriously you can tell Because you can be the most athletic person in the world, but still not know what to do in a wrestling ring that buck shot Larry He did was chef's kiss beautiful The dude understands the psychology what goes on in the ring He has it if he wanted to I don't know what his contract is like I know he does limited dates, but if you really wanted to take this seriously, bro He could There's no reason why he couldn't be the future of the company if he wanted to That's that's how good he is Once again, I have to put this out there cuz it's always gonna be that one person. Oh Oh, you're over hyping him.  He looks like he belongs and he showed the world He belongs he can be in the main event if given an opportunity Logan Paul man May not see this video, but I have to say Those last two matches you had you definitely Definitely have me paying attention this match right here. You've earned my respect and I hope you I wish you a speedy recovery I wish you You know, you're able to get back to full health soon cuz honestly, man You have something special I'm not sure if he's gonna be able to be back for a WrestleMania cuz WrestleMania could definitely use his presence the guy has the social media presence people care about him and he He's three for three We are living in bizarro world where you have Logan Paul main eventing with Roman Reigns and putting on a goddamn classic Everyone is talking about this match He he brought his social media presence to this match I've never seen something like this.  I love it, bro Wishing them a speedy recovery man Logan Paul Never thought I would say this could one day If he chose to if he really wanted to do this He could possibly be a WWE champion if they wanted to and you know what if he keeps on putting on good matches like that Gets better on his promo work.  So we will see wishing them a speedy recovery I just had to make this video giving Logan Paul his praise because he deserves every bit of it right now and Yeah, man, can't wait for you to get back into the ring, bro But yeah, comment down below. Let me know. What do you guys think of Logan Paul's? Performance so far in WWE. Have you enjoyed the matches? He's been in What would you like to see him improve and would you at some point ever in the future? Would you guys be okay with Logan Paul potentially being a WWE champion? Let me know down below man But I appreciate all the love and support you guys have shown on channel road to 100k Appreciate y'all can give me see y'all next week. Peace


We're here with Jeff Pedro and Travis Peehill. We're going to dig into the details about Dell's big data protection announcement. Guys, good to see you. Thanks for coming in. Good to see you. Thank you for having us. You're very welcome.  You know, I'd like to talk about the customer, what challenges they're facing. You're talking to customers all the time. What are they telling you? Sure, as you know, we do, we spend a lot of time with our customers, specifically listening, learning, understanding their use cases, their pain points within their specific environments. They tell us a lot. No surprise to any of us that data is a key theme that they talk about. It's one of their most important assets. They need to extract more value from that data to fuel their business models, their innovation engines, their competitive edge. So they need to make sure that that data is accessible, it's secure, and it's recoverable, especially in today's world with the increased cyber attacks. Okay, so maybe we could get into some of those challenges. I mean, when you talk about things like data sprawl, what do you mean by that? What should people know? Sure, so for those big three themes, I'd say, you know, you have data sprawl, which is the big one, which is all about the massive amounts of data. It's the growth of that data, which is growing at an unprecedented rates. It's the gravity of that data and the reality of the multi-cloud sprawl. So stuff is just everywhere, right? Which increases that service, a tax base for cyber criminals. And by gravity, you mean the data's there and people don't want to move it? It's everywhere, right? And so when it lands someplace that you think edge core or cloud, it's there, and that's something we have to help our customers with. Okay, so it's nuanced because complexity has other layers. What are those layers? Sure, when we talk to our customers, they tell us complexity is one of their big themes and specifically it's around data complexity. We talked about that growth and gravity of the data. We talk about multi-cloud complexity and we talk about multi-cloud sprawl. So multiple vendors, multiple contracts, multiple tool chains, and none of those work together in this multi-cloud world. Then that drives their security complexity. So we talk about that increased attack surface. But this really drives a lot of operational complexity for their teams. Think about we're a lack of consistency through everything. So people, process, tools, all that stuff, which is really wasting time and money for our customers. So how does that affect the cyber strategies? I mean, I've often said the CISO, now they have this shared responsibility model. They have to do that across multiple clouds. Every cloud has its own security policies and frameworks and syntax. So maybe you could double click on your perspective on that. Sure, I'd say the big challenge customers have seen is really inadequate cyber resiliency. And specifically they're feeling very exposed and today as the world, with cyber attacks being more and more sophisticated, if something goes wrong, it is a real challenge for them to get back up and running quickly. And that's why this is such a big topic for CEOs and businesses around the world. You know, it's funny, I said this in my open, I think that prior to the pandemic, businesses were optimized for efficiency. And now they're like, wow, we have to actually put some headroom to the system to be more resilient. You know, are you hearing that? Yeah, we absolutely are. I mean, the customers really, they're asking us for help, right? It's one of the big things we're learning and hearing from them. And it's really about three things. One's about simplifying IT. Two, it's really helping them to extract more value from their data. And then the third big piece is ensuring their data is protected and recoverable regardless of where it is going back to that data gravity and that very, you know, the multi-cloud world. Just recently, I don't know if you've seen it, but the global data protection, excuse me, the global data protection index. GDPI. Yes. Not to be confused with GDPR. Actually, that was released today and confirms everything we just talked about around customer challenges. But also it highlights an importance of having a very cyber, a robust cyber resilient data protection strategy. Yeah, I haven't seen the latest, but I want to dig into it. I think this, you've done this many, many years in a row. I'd like to look at the time series and see how things have changed. All right, at a high level, Jeff, can you kind of address why Dell, and from your point of view, is best suited? Sure. So we believe there's a better way or a better approach on how to handle this. We think Dell is uniquely positioned to help our customers as a one-stop shop, if you will, for that cyber resilient, multi-cloud data protection solution and needs. We take a modern, a simple and resilient approach. What does that mean? What do you mean by modern? Sure. So modern, we talk about our software-defined architecture, right? It's really designed to meet the needs not only of today, but really into the future. And we protect data across any cloud and any workload. So we have a proven track record doing this today. We have more than 1,700 customers that trust us to protect them, more than 14 exabytes of their data in the cloud today. Okay, so you said modern, simple, and resilient. What do you mean by simple? Sure. We want to provide simplicity everywhere, going back to helping with the complexity challenge. And that's from deployment to consumption to management and support. So our offers will deploy in minutes. They are easy to operate and use, and we support flexible consumption models for what other customer may desire. So traditional subscription or as a service. And when you talk about resilient, I mean, I put forth that premise, but it's hard because people say, well, that's going to cost us more, but it may, but you're going to also reduce your risk. So what's your point of view on resilience? Yeah, I think it's something all customers need. So we're going to be providing a comprehensive and resilient portfolio of cyber solutions that are secured by design. We have some unique capabilities in a combination of things like built-in immutability, physical and logical isolation. We have intelligence built in with AI-powered recovery. And just one, I guess, fun fact for everybody is we have our cyber vault is the only solution in the industry that is endorsed by Shelter Harbor that meets all the needs of the financial sector. So it's interesting when you think about the NIST framework for cybersecurity, it's all about layers. You're sort of bringing that now to data protection. Correct. All right. In a minute, we're going to come back with Travis and dig into the news. We're going to take a short break. Keep it right there.


أسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Welcome to Aqam SOS The show that discusses Islamic practices and duties by His Eminence The Grand ayatullah Sayyid Sadiq Shirazi I am your host Mohsen Shah And join me as always Sheikh Ali Maaj Salam عليكم Sheikh Na وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله نحتاج لدينا مرهقة opposite أس orي And it is the discussion on Salah What is Salah? بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أصر الله على محمد وآله الطيبين الطاهرين صلاة ، وراءة ، ونقوم بعمل أبليكتوري في which الله سبحانه وتعالى قد قمت بعمل أبليكتوره والأبليكتوره يجب عليهم أن يقوم بعمل أبليكتوره every single day as far as they are breathing and they are alive العالم القرآن يقول بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم في one of the ayat فأقيموا الصلاة في سورة النساء ayat 103 فأقيموا الصلاة الله سبحانه وتعالى قمت بعمل أبليكتوره وإذا الله سبحانه وتعالى قمت بعمل أبليكتوره then the ayat says إن الصلاة كانت على المؤمنين كتابا موقوتا the salah was prescribed on the mu'mineen according to the times so we have to initially pray number one to pray in the way that Allah had prescribed and informed us some people argue that well I can pray my heart in the way that I wish I don't have to follow this sequence of up and down you know raising your head up and down and so forth I can just pray relax you know do yoga you know exercise and pray to Allah سبحانه وتعالى with peace and calmness we say that we have to see how Allah wants us to pray for him the way that he wants how he wants to for us to thank him on the way that he wants because he's the wise he's the creator and he knows the inside out of this creation so we rely on Allah's instructions and guidelines on how to pray to him and with regard to the salah as well that anything that we do is accepted if the salah is accepted in قبلة قبل ما سواها if we pray then the rest of the عمال will be insha'Allah accepted by Allah سبحانه وتعالى and in ردات if the salah was rejected then the other عمال indeed will not be accepted so the salah plays a major part as a pillar for the believers for the practice of the believers important for the one to pay attention to the salah and it is an issue to actually to raise within the youth community that the youth must make sure that they preserve and respect the salah times and they try to pray within the time limit not only to pray on time when the other goes on but also to pray within the time limit so if it's the fajr time to wake up and pray before the sunrise because the barakah the rizq the bounties the graces would be in that one and a half hour and two hours of fajr time so we have to make sure that we educate our youth, our kids our children, friends, family whoever around us to stick and abide with the rules of the salah to make sure we don't let off the salah and God forbid to pray the salah after its time and do g'adah for example أحسنت شخصة هل لدينا أي ناريشن في حالة to the salah and its importance well there is a hadith from the messenger of Allah peace be upon him and his family he says with this regard he says he is not of me he who treats his salah without due consideration he is not of me imagine that if I ignore the salah and pray whenever I wish maybe in the weekends calculate five days of prayers I do g'adah in one hour time let's say a week and try to ignore the salah to pray them on time then imagine the prophet says he is not of me the prophet will reject that person who will say to I am from the Ummah of the prophet the prophet will say no I am not I won't take you on board I mean God forbid in another hadith the prophet says whoever treats his salah without due consideration will not attain my intercession imagine again how much we are desperate on the judgment to get the intercession of the prophet so the daily prayers is a link to the shafa'a of the prophet is a link to the nearness and how close we get to the prophet in that crucial important time the day of judgment so it's worth that we praise Allah we thank Allah for all these graces and bounties that he gave us to thank Allah just 17 times a day I mean we have 17 rak'a I want you to pray a day so why not spend 17 minutes at least of 24 hours this thing about exactly 17 minutes of 24 hours is nothing how much we waste time on TV shows and on going to restaurants and coffee shops so you say on amusement let's be honest a lot of people waste their time on just wasting time things with no sort of benefit whatsoever this time could be invested in Salah exactly and we are in a position of testing Allah is testing us would we be thankful to him or we reject his orders اما شاكرا و اما كفورة to be thankful or disobedient نعود بالله and there's a story about a man when the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم went inside the mosque and he saw a man was praying so quick so the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he raised the issue and he said he picks like a crow if he dies and his Salah is like this he will die with other than my religion imagine how important and situation is real that the one should also not only just to pray it and let it off and just you know let me pray in few seconds and I just leave when you pray you must make sure that you pray with your heart you come before Allah in the time of the Salah with your heart we talk to Allah in the Salah with our heart not only with our tongue and our mind somewhere else is left is in for example in ledges and pledges and so forth our mind should be with Allah SWT to think about His greatness the ayat when I say بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم what is the Bismillah what is الرحمن what is الرحيم or الحمد لله رب العالم and so forth to think about these verses when I start to pray so Salah is where brings me near to Allah SWT these times of the day in which we are busy almost in the morning in the fajr time we are sleeping you have to wake up and talk to Allah SWT in the dawn time and asr you are at work or at school or college or university again you stop everything and you talk to Allah SWT مغرب العشاء it depends again if the time is winter time then you still at work and college and so forth you still have to stop have a break and Salah and talk to Allah SWT and so forth we are in a position every day and a link with Allah SWT why this prayer and it's important that we respect this Salah as we respect our belongings and dwellings and whatever we have that we keep them nice clean we keep the house nice clean we keep the car clean and you know working and so forth that we keep as well as Salah on time and with the correct manner to pray the Salah and as the Hadith says that you pray the Salah of farewell Salat مودعن so you pray as if they tell you that today is your last day in this life how do we pray your final prayer exactly the farewell Salah the final pray so we try to imagine that we are on our last day of life and how do we pray on that last day with complete attention to Allah SWT and worship worship and asking Allah for giving and so forth شكرا شكرا what are the different types of Salah I know we have واجب مصطحاب but how many like واجب Salah now the واجب Salah and obligatory the main ones are five a day you started Salat Subh the Fajr time and then you have ضهر and عصر ضهر and then you have the عصر they both separate and then you have مغرب and عشاء the مغرب is separate and the عشاء is separate so basically for the صلاة الصبح you have two raka'a to do and for the صلاة الصبح is four ركعة and for the صلاة العصر is four raka'a as well for the مغرب and عشاء مغرب is only three raka'a and the عشاء is four so these are make up 17 raka'a a day واجب that you have to pray of course there are desirable and mustaha prayers within these صلاة which is called نافل and وفيلة and so forth which inshaAllah will come up later on in the discussion is one allowed to perform the صلاة before the time or after the time for example it's now مغرب time I'm going to read مغرب and عشاء I feel a bit energetic but I can pray مغرب after that is that allowed No you have to actually follow the sequence of the صلاة so you begin with the ضهر first and then عصر or مغرب first and then عشاء these are timed so you cannot actually switch them and pray مغرب after the عشاء for example or عصر after ضهر after the عصر so you have to make sure that you follow the sequence of these شيخنا when it comes to فِق the shea school of thought gets attacked on that they only pray three times a day and they combine their prayers from a fiki perspective is this allowed or not well this issue is mentioned even in the نون شيعة books that the prophet صلى الله عليه واله he combined the ضهر عصر and مغرب عشاء without any reason and excuse such as the rain for example or the weather for example so he combined them afterwards without any reason any given reason let's say the weather is cold or too hot for example and then and then the same thing they combine the prayers as well so we are following the tradition of the prophet صلى الله عليه واله when he combined the prayers as they say in their books with no reason given reason or excuse and as well they combined so we are following their tradition and those who want to separate and they said that the Sunnah that we have to separate it is their own opinions it's against even the narration that they mentioned that the prophet actually can combine them in his time when does صلى الله عليه واله become واجب on the muqalif and is there any excuse for him not to pray that صلى الله عليه واله the salah becomes واجب on the muqalif the one who reaches the age of puberty and adolescence so when he becomes بالغ other girl or the boy they have to start صلى الله عليه واله and the hoqam is like the adults no difference now they have reached the age of بلوغ they have to begin praying and it's a good idea for the parents for the friends for those who are guardian of the children and so forth that they teach their children in the early ages let's say for the boys 7 or 8 let them try to practice and such for the girls as well in the early ages let's say 5, 6 so if they can I mean it's not واجب but it's good to give them the practice and the fear of salah and by for example buying them gifts promising for them some pleasure activities for example and so forth because it's going to be very difficult to tell his children to pray when they are in the age of let's say 14 or 15 without any practice before it's difficult so they have to be in the stage of teaching them in the early ages of childhood شكرا can you briefly explain and describe the times when salah becomes compulsory yes basically for the morning prayer you have the dawn time the fajr time and it's got it's own signs and basically it can't really be seen in the western western world especially in north Europe and it can be seen actually in in the Middle East so if that fajr and dawn was visible then it is the start of the of the fajr time with regard to the dhoor and asor it begins with the in the midday so when the sun moves to the other side of the earth so the salah will be in that time and you have the Salat المغرب عشاء again after the sunset awhile after the sunset you see the redness on top of your head it's where when that redness comes up from over the head then the Salat time of the المغرب begins so after awhile from the sunset so it's not straight away when the sun sets now it's you have to wait a couple of minutes more and possibly in the Europe you have to wait a bit more because you can't see the redness on top of your head so you have to give it some time I've said here in the west we have extremely short days in the winter time what happens with someone who goes to work and may not have the opportunity to pray Salat at the prescribed times مثلا we look at in the west the Zohar becomes wajib at 11.45 11.50 12 o'clock and it goes qadr مغرب will start at 4pm maybe 3.55 3.50 let's say he doesn't get a break between that period what does the مقالف do in that situation you see the hadith is clear about the Salat that it cannot be left at all the Salat must be performed as best as he can or she can you cannot actually say well I'm at work 4 o'clock is the sunset I can't pray I go back home by 6 the the sky is dark I can't pray it's difficult and somehow you have to make sure that you create an environment that you can pray you do your best to pray on time and if you ask him he will give the the barakah and the bounties and the grace for those who really seek to pray in such situations Allah will protect them will support them will back them so you have to try in somehow to find a place a quiet place to go and pray and usually in the west they would respect the companies would respect colleges university they have prayer room for example I've seen myself in some hospitals they have prayer room at the airports there's a lot which is very good demanding as well many Muslims come and pray so we try to create an environment that we can pray and we try to keep the time and not to do Qaba Shaykhna is it allowed for me because we live in the west and I've seen it myself I've worked here in the west and I see people ask for toilet breaks people ask for cigarette breaks and it's only you know 2-3-4 minutes if someone has will do can you go to his boss and say I'm just going for a cigarette quickly go pray and come back is this allowed is this acceptable in the west you know it is better for them to be honest with their managers directors and so for the colleagues that work that I am a Muslim you are a Muslim I mean you can't hide your identity you know and we have to be proud that you're Muslims and believers الحمد لله we have this purity in Islam we have this great prophet we have this great book of Allah and we have great progeny of the prophet we have to be proud and speak out even if there are issues within the phobia against the religion and against those who represent the religion but we have to try to show the good side of Islam the positive side which is all positive we don't have any negative side of Islam unless those who are extremists would bring this negativity in Islam so we try to be honest with them and tell them this and we have you know 5-10 minutes of prayer and won't actually contradict and conflict with my work I'll go somewhere in the corner and pray in 5-10 minutes and that's it and the majority would accept you know the majority I know that they would appreciate and respect أسان تشخ is it possible or do we actually have an excuse to miss the fajr prayer the morning prayer maybe I've got a a job interview early in the morning maybe I'm quite stressed out I've got an exam maybe I'm ill I'm tired I've had an exhausting week are these excuses for me to extend my sleep and not to get up for Fajr Salah well it is absolutely not allowed to use these excuses and miss your morning prayer there's no way and it becomes obligatory and wajib for you if you think that the alarm clock can actually wake you up then you have to use it or if somebody you would advise to you know shake you and wake you up then you have to do so you must make sure that you have the means of waking you up so you cannot just miss it and say well I've got work tomorrow or exam and so forth you have to make sure that you can and you have the means that wakes you up to perform this to work on Salah in the morning I've sent you I've got a question that I've been sent in here and it's from a brother he says that his employer is quite difficult with him doesn't really allow him to pray doesn't give him the means or the facilities to pray maybe he says to him you can pray later at your own house this is work this is not a mosque what can a مقالف do in a situation like this where his employer makes it difficult and does not allow for him to pray Salah at the office well a piece of work well if it is not possible for that employee to perform the Salah in the office hours at his work then it becomes واجب and obligatory for that person for that employee for that staff to actually go and change his job okay so he should leave his job exactly to find another job that they allow him to pray freely you know without any obstacles and issues to to be considered for his belief in the religion and Allah SWT will sustain that person will give him the رزق will give him more bounties and graces due to changing his job for the cause of Allah because the whole aim and objective was to please Allah SWT and not to please the employer and the manager so pleasing Allah is the foremost is the prior then pleasing a person who Allah created I sent شخنة I get this excuse so lot well I've heard this excuse that's how I get it I've heard this excuse so lot that there is a brother we see him in the mosque we see him at the Majlis of Abaa Abdullah yeah and why don't you pray Salah you know I've got a lot of sins on my you know my shoulders I'm not that much of a practicing Muslim I do full on and full on and you know haram acts prayers not for me my prayers won't be accepted are these actually valid excuses for someone not to pray Salah well one of the great sins if the one is hopeless and says that well because I did such and such bad acts and sins then I won't pray anymore that hopeless is greater than him of being hopeless in that state than doing the sin he's actually committing a bigger sin than other sins that he does so there's no excuse for him as well if he thinks that well if I do this bad act then there's no point of praying no the Quran is clear about this issue it says اسمنا رحمن الرحيم إن الصلاة تنهى عن الفحشاء الله says in the Quran that praying the act of performing the prayer would refrain the one from doing wrong doings and bad deeds so it actually prevents you provides a shield to prevent the the believer and the believer to commit the sins so if that brother would come back and begins his prayers gradually after months and years he will find out that many of his sins that he did and committed are eradicated and reduced and one day he discovers himself to be a mu'min a believer and not even committing one sin Insha'Allah That's right thank you so much for this delightful discussion and thank you to the viewers for joining us on this discussion if you have any questions in regards to tonight's topic or any other topics please contact us on the details provided Insha'Allah that Sheikh will be to address your questions until next time please please if you pray that you do not neglect your Salah Insha'Allah you will be waking up nice and full of energy to pray for your Salah Insha'Allah until next time السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته


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No, the only thing we're gonna miss is screens if you I have tried to do screenshots to poor effect before Well Yeah, it's hard in here, but I'm like it's hard to do it and talk at the same time That's why we didn't do it till Jenny started doing it and then Roger Because you need somebody who's not speaking which is also another reason Roger doesn't speak up as much I do it's not lost on me the irony of having an email in the show yesterday with someone saying more And then his internet Scared him off scared his internet away Well, that's the thing is like I think some people think that Roger just doesn't have anything to say. Oh gosh. No Contrary Patrick Sarah and I know this very well Plus one. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. All right. You guys ready? Sure. Sure Let's do a show Here we go Daily Tech news show is powered by you to find out more head to Daily Tech news show comm slash support This is the Daily Tech news for Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 in Los Angeles on Tom Merritt and from studio feline Where I just stifled a sneeze some Sarah Lane and the beautiful hack five offices in downtown Oakland, California I am here with the pig report Patrick Norton. Sorry So he has to pretend he works for the Illinois Farm Bureau for the remainder of the show There was no gimmeing about this.   Yeah, your plate kids Hey, our producer Roger Chang is here. He has produced the show in large part But his internet went out so you can't see or hear him But hopefully I don't know maybe his internet will come back while we're doing the show and he'll pop back in But let's start with a few tech things you should know Panasonic said Wednesday it plans to develop automotive batteries that don't use cobalt Which is a mineral and very expensive because of its scarcity mostly found in the democratic republic of congo In a meeting with analysts panasonic's kanji tamura said that the company has cut down on cobalt usage Substantially and that zero usage is in the near future Panasonic supplies batteries to tesla Mary meeker released her 294 slide long internet trends of 2018 It's always a good read among the highlights are smartphones and internet adoption are slowing Time spent on the internet is still growing Mobile payments e-commerce and voice controlled things like the echo all in the rise Tech companies are dominating tech disruption is accelerating and china's catching up to the us as an internet hub We'll take some time to read through those slides and talk about meeker's report in a little more detail on tomorrow's show qualcomm announced a dedicated chipset for standalone vr and ar headsets the snapdragon xr1 Constream 4k 30 frames per second content though. It won't support free moving six degrees of freedom HTC five vuzix which i've never heard of before Meta and pico all appeared on stage at the announcement The xr1 is meant for low cost low power headsets and hp announced an update to the hp omen 15 laptop with reduced bezels 8th gen intel quad and hex core processors up to 32 gigabytes of ram support for nvidia's gtx 1070 with max q can also support 4k gaming at 60 hertz and Hp announced a bunch of accessories a hundred seventy nine dollar optical mechanical sequencer keyboard A seventy nine dollar gaming reactor mouse and something called the mind frame headset They didn't give a price for that. It's a gaming headset with internal cooling technology The omen 15 arrives july 29th starting at nine hundred seventy nine dollars I like the device cooling. Yeah, that's a good question All right, let's talk a little bit more about the darling of video streamers plex Plex is my media server of choice So I was very excited about this plex released a redesign of its android and ios apps adding beta support for podcasts And more options to personalize your experience You can now remove default categories from the home screen You know if you don't want documentaries you can get rid of that and add new categories like on deck or continue watching Which can pick up from where you left off on other devices There are now tabs on the bottom for movies shows podcasts and more The podcast part of this if you read plex's announcement that was sort of the big push Uh, I like I don't know. I I haven't tried it yet. So I'm excited I use plex primarily on the apple tv I sometimes will pick up a show between that and ios if I go to the gym And I want to finish a show or something like that. So that functionality at least in part was already available But the ios experience has always been more of like a It's a companion app. It's not really its own. So having the personalization is great Yeah, the continue watching was a function, but now you can have the category on your home screen So instead of having to find it it'll say, oh, well you were watching this Here it is like you don't have to dig around for it. It's mostly an interface change Uh, and and if if you think there I bet there's a few of you out there who still think plex That's for people who want to manage their copyright free videos And I don't legally have a lot of those so I don't use plex. You're missing the boat Yes, it can be used to to manage your video files, but it does way more than that It's got dvr capability. It can integrate with things like netflix and hulu, etc Now that they're adding a whole podcast directory right inside you used to be able to Manage podcast through plex, but now it's native to the app Music as well. Yeah. Yeah music to it. It's just a really nice interface. It's um, you know, it's uh It's a it's a media interface like like lots of others, but it is the most fully functional Particularly because I'm so married to my apple tv for a lot of my content But it's the nicest one I've ever seen and the interface is nice, too Patrick have you used plex at all over the years? I haven't been using it too much in the last couple years because I am in between Mostly because I've traditionally almost entirely used it to manage my legally obtained Contents, of course. We're all adults. We're all adults here. Uh, we can talk about legally obtaining content Um, but I'm actually in the process of building a new server in my house and playing around with plex because It's doing a lot of integration that I actually like with with apps Which is exciting because I've been playing around with the cavo, which is a big sort of, you know artificial intelligence and machine vision trying to unify your media experience at the content level and it's uh it's early It sounds like a Patrick project plex is great for server management Uh, but a lot of people don't realize it you don't have to run use it for that You can and it's really good at that but you can use it without running your own server now They have a great cloud service as well. So, you know, one of the things I'm sorry before we move on just because I'm I'm so excited about this is uh in the announcement Also, if you have multiple servers with content that you're you know, you kind of have to switch back and forth It can now merge those servers Previously you could search for something specific Via all servers, but you can actually see everything together. So also a good plus Yes, question the chat room says how do we start getting into setting up plex? Download it sign up for an account. That's pretty easy with your top. What's your top plex tip, sarah? That was it All right We're gonna break from our norm of telling you what the news of the day might mean To telling you a few facts that even physicists have a hard time explaining to each other But trust me, this is going to be worth it Scientists at alto university in finland published research indicating time crystals A real name for a real thing may make it possible to build a quantum computer that doesn't require near perfect zero temperatures Uh crystal is a structure where the atoms prefer a pointed space salt snowflakes, etc a time crystal Sees the atoms prefer not only a point in space But a point in time as well And here's where I go to just stating things that are true and not claiming to understand them Daniel overhouse at motherboard used an analogy where two people holding a jump rope rotate their arms say four times But the rope only rotates once so susie only has to jump once even though they rotated their arms four times Or how about this one a coin that has a 50 50 chance of being heads Every so often in a predictable period has a 75 25 chance of being heads anyway, none of that's going to make sense to any of us, but How does this relate to quantum computing? Cubits are the basis of quantum computing. They can be one zero or both in superposition One problem with cubits is the act of reading them changes them So reading them becomes problematic if they vanish when you try to read them The research here indicates that generating time crystals in cubits Might solve this by making the cubits want to be coherent In other words become a predictable time crystal None of us fully understand this not even the fittest physicists can wrap their brains around it But the math is right and time crystals were proven to exist in january 2017 and confirmed into independent studies the following may This is one of those great science things where they're like We can prove it exists and we have the math to to show Quote-unquote why but explaining it is almost impossible well, okay, so Right, I don't get it. Uh, so a jump rope It only revolves once why are the hands revolving like that's time crystal sarah quantum physics Hey If you I I know a lot of you want to try to take a crack at understanding this Please only take me up on this if you really understand it But if anybody really understands it or at least is this close closer than we are Please let us know feedback at daily tech news show dot com time crystals love it All right back to vr oculus launched the venues platform for oculus go and the samsung gear vr Venues provides access to live streaming vr broadcasts of things like concerts and sports The first event will be a live advance joy concert Have a great song. Oh, what's the name of that song? I'll have to remember it later Anyway, good band at colorado's red rocks amphitheater followed by a gotham comedy live show streamed from new york city A full slate of events was announced through august 27th I mean i get on paper why this will be attractive right like oh, it'll be like i'm there I've got an oculus go I will try one of these and tell you well as a person who doesn't really like going to music concerts because people Uh, and also tall people and just kind of all that stuff I like this idea. I you know, I would I would try it out. I I like to feel like I'm part of something That's really cool. You know coachella for example. I'm not going but I would like to watch Beyonce's performance in vr I love watching it on youtube. It might be even better in vr. Absolutely Environmentalist fear thailand is the new dumping ground for e-waste after china banned overseas trash last year saying it would stop accepting 24 types of imported e-waste roiders has a special report on this china state media estimates in 2016 the country accepted 70 Of the world's 500 metric tons of e-waste and now they're not The 1997 basil convention limits movement of hazardous waste, but it doesn't prohibit exports from developed to less developed countries entirely Thai prime minister praiut chan ocha vowed this week to step up nationwide inspections As part of a plan to combat illegal electronic waste dumping me the the upshot here is Electronic waste is piling up at ports because china won't take it anymore People trying to figure out a place to put it and they're smuggling it in some cases into other countries thailand particularly is seeing a big uptick in this And it's not it's it's coming from the region a lot of the stuff in thailand They say comes from japan Comes from korea. It comes from taiwan comes from china in some cases that's still a spectacular amount of e-waste and Cal Wiens over at iFixit This is a huge passion of him partially is part of you know, okay I fix it. We repair things but also keeping things out of landfills And he's actually chased down a lot of e-waste like literally figuring out the containers and where the containers end up in where this stuff i mean it's Intense to see people on the streets basically melting motherboards to separate metal out of them and you know Sucking in all the toxic fuse that comes out there or the stuff being buried It's it's the the danger of it is one of the reasons china banned it But that causes another problem, which is well, then what do we do with it? You know, well, it sounds like you're pushing the problem into a different port the bozzle convention needs a little You know update right? I mean if a developed country can be like well I'm just going to take it to that country because we don't want to deal with it because this is bad for you I mean that's not a solution at all. Thailand is also I mean if you're going to compare china and Thailand, Thailand is super small compared to china thought he's not great anywhere But that's not the solution. Yeah, I mean, I think the solution is people to stop trying to send it to china Well, the that was the first part china saying we're not going to take most of it anymore But then what where does it go like you have to have a worldwide solution You can't just have each country saying well, I'm not going to do it and other countries like well Now it's coming to me. Well, I'm not going to do it either somebody's got to do it and it has to be done safely and and Hopefully efficiently so that you can recycle as much as possible As you're doing it so it will it will be benefit for everyone if we figure this out instead of just trying to push it Around the the globe the tragedy of the common ease the tragedy of the common e-waste It's like the poop train down in alabama where they have a big train full of feces that nobody wants to claim And it's just stinking up a town in alabama really? Yes, and then it's it's I believe it's new york city poop What get a rope This is full of surprises today Here's another solution that might interest the people of california The state is testing new digital license plates with customizable displays that could eliminate Registration stickers you could register electronically and also act as a theft deterrent The sacramento b reports that the state capitol will test the plates first So while driving display is kind of like a kindle shows your license plate number when your car is parked You could have a customized message show there probably some limitations on that And then the license plate the license number would still be visible in the upper right hand corner If the car is stolen the plate could be wirelessly updated to say stolen or something of the like Make finding it easier. Although that Opens up some questions about tracking people in general You could also remove the license plate.  It's it's another deterrent to theft It's not the solution to theft right because as soon as they can they're going to put paper plates on that thing Just like they would with a real license plate But if it's flashing stolen as they're driving away because you figured it out right away I don't know. Maybe that would help cut down a few percentage points Those are I I like the idea of not having to put those stupid stickers on every month But I don't think it's worth 699 dollars. That's I mean, I actually I was with you on all of these things And I actually got to meet the founder and interview the founder And it was interesting to talk to him about that because you know What's the business? I was like, what's the business model here? Right? It's e-ink. It's cool. It's display. It can change You can flash advertising for your business when you're parked But it's really for places that have to manage fleets And if you have a hundred vans, this will automatically, you know, or a hundred rental cars This will give you the ability to not only track your your your equipment But also dealing with stuff like automating the registration and not having to put registration stickers on there and making Registration stickers unstealable. It's it's bolted on in a way that makes it pretty it's going to be a wicked rip in pain to get off But uh, you know, it's really a a commercial product for businesses with fleets More than something you've got a hundred cars You don't want to send bob out or or gene out to put stickers on all of them You can press a button and they'll update that that's that's pretty handy That starts to be worth a seven dollar monthly fee. Yeah, I mean there's a back end interface You can have, you know, all of your vehicles and all of your license plates and all the information And let's say if you have 150 vans for your, you know air conditioning service Anytime they're parked they can be like if you need better air get 10 off by call it, you know I mean like whatever your your spiel is, but it's it it was something I I was like You know, this is a really expensive grayscale novelty plate. He was like it's it's not what it's for Yeah, it's for fleets and that's what that makes sense because the city of the the capital the the city of sacramento is the The first test case for this the government itself is like, let's let's see if this works for us and then then maybe we'll approve it for other people That that that all makes sense. I'm glad you actually got a chance to talk to them It's very well made my first reaction was like, oh, you know, people would like Put expletives on, you know, while they're parked at Whole Foods and upset the rest of us But I'm like bumper stickers already do that Yeah, that's just harder to change. That's all Hey folks, if you want to get all the tech headlines each day in about five minutes Be sure to subscribe to daily tech headlines at daily tech headlines dot com All right patrick, uh, you have been testing earbuds and let me tell you earbuds are that thing that frustrates people because they're small They're easy to break and you want them to sound really good But they're never going to sound as good as I don't know real audio or or even speakers or or full on headphones What do you found? What are some of the best earbuds? Well, I would argue that that some of the best earbuds or some of the best in-ear monitors can sound is good or better than any You know full-scale headphone, but Um, and I will not get into the whole mesophysical concept of like, how do we know what it sounded like? Because most of what we listen to is actually constructed in a studio and engineered and manipulated And half the people on a particular track may have not actually been in the same room or the same building when they recorded It's kind of weird to contemplate Beneficial very it's all very artificial But one of the things if one of the things I've I've noticed recently because I've listened to a lot of earbuds and headphones His price is is absolutely not a guarantee of quality There are a lot of tremendously overpriced. There's a lot of audio gear that's sold to people with too much money and questionable taste in in you know Audio profiles or hearing or tuning on headphones Which is me being obnoxious, but it's fundamentally true I mean it's it's amazing when you when you hear like a $1,200 ear bud You're like the $300 one sounded better and they're $300 and you know those $100 headphones sound as really, you know pretty much as good as those I digress but um two that really stand out my my favorite for a couple years now There's from a company called one more they're they were kind of founded by uh Funded by xiao me and had a couple box conics x and I've got some really interesting engineering going on The one more triple driver in-ear headphones. That's what i'm holding right here. Um They literally have multiple drivers inside each ear bud. They sound fantastic They're a little if you like a little uh a little extra on the high end to make your symbols really sparkle these do a good job without you know exhausting or or or Fatiguing your ear in a long time and like a hundred boxes where you really start to get stuff Um that if shop carefully sounds a lot better than most of of what else is out there And I mean it's amazing when you hear a good set of earbuds You start to realize how bad the earbuds that came with your phone Actually are and recently I've been playing around with the the earbuds from a company called periodic audio and they do They're like the honey badger of audio engineering. Um, they're like we're gonna do stuff We're gonna put all the money in the driver and we're gonna save as much money as we can So they you know, they they use injected molded cases and they use the same or the same sort of Thing for every single thing they have a hundred dollar or two hundred dollar and a three hundred dollar one And the three hundred dollar one sounds as good as some products I've heard for upwards of a thousand dollars from other companies It is incredibly there's a huge soundstage incredible detail and they have thud They have a tremendous not too much bass, but all of the bass is there but they do a one hundred dollar one called the magnesium and It's not quite as spacious and detailed as the three hundred dollar headphone But it is fantastically good for the money and it's a little more bass than the one more triple driver and a little bit Less sizzle or a little bit less on the top end Like you know lots of like details there the symbols are all there the high ends all there But maybe not as intense or sibilant And it's amazing to me how good these sound for a hundred dollars and I get like a hundred dollars is a lot of money to a lot of people But it's a really fantastic way to really hear everything out of the tracks you're listening to and I often get requests for cheap earbuds and I automatically send people over to the wire cutter lauren dragan is a fantastic reviewer She does really really good work on audio stuff And she's uh, I mean it's really crazy. She's um Tested like I want to say a hundred and eight different sub fifty dollar earbuds You know and she's been near I think she's like investigated You know a couple hundred. This is someone who's literally heard And tested hundreds of headphones. Um, she's found one called the akg Y 20 you and you can pick that up. They've got links on the wire cutter, of course That sells for I want to say 30 bucks and actually, you know We'll stomp like apples earbuds into the floor like it will mock them mercilessly And and you know pointed them and laugh Those of us with weird ears. I mean apples earbuds just don't fit my ears Even if they're not falling out, they're not positioned right So I like all the audio is actually being lost. So that's a really big part of it Especially like you're jogging or being active. You know, you need headphones that are kind of road warriors Be uh, it's amazing like the the one more kind of completely insane I want to say you get 11 different tips and multiple sizes inside the box that everything comes in Periodic audio does I want to say three different silicon and and two different foam ones.  I mean the apple ear pods are one of the most frustrating products. Um I've ever used I think there's also, um goodness, I can't think of an I want to say conform and Is it uh, it's one where the molds to your ear or something? Yeah, what doesn't mold you? They actually make replacement tips that are kind of universal replacement tips. I apologize. I should have looked at Of course, um We well, we've got some great recommendations in the hundred dollar and fifty dollar category here And and I I highly remember I second patrick's recommendation to read lauren's work Because she really does a good job and uh her runner-up recommendation brainwaves delta offers free replacement If it ever breaks, which these things do you just email them and Show send them a picture of you destroying the old ones and they send you the new one What about over the ear headphones though before we go? What about if somebody's like, you know what? I don't want buds. I don't want things sticking in my ear You know the the kind of classic. Oh, it's comply foam.com is the people who make the universal tips for earbuds Um the classic starter point uh for me is a sony mdr 7506.  But essentially it's like a loudness knob in the car You can turn the base up to where you feel it And it's kind of crazy because it has in ears a full range engineer driver kind of like a Stick a stock that goes into your ear and an over ear headphone And the over ear headphone also contains a little driver that does the low end frequencies And I wish because they they kind of scream gimmick and you know, we reviewed them on tech thing this week I was shocked at how good they are and how good wireless audio can be at its best Well, thank you patrick and of course, uh, I will mention it again at the end of the show But check out tech thing if you want more detail on this sort of stuff Thanks to everybody who participates in our show All kinds of ways you can email us you can go on our sub reddit daily tech news show reddit.com Good place to just find out what other people in the audience think is important We look at it and putting together the show for instance and people having discussions about the stories there as well You can also have discussions about anything you want regarding technology at facebook.com Slash groups slash daily tech news show. All right, let's check the mailbag. What's in it, sarah? Let's do it russell from newcastle upon tine. I I think that's how it's called It's in the uk has thoughts on our busker chat which was in yesterday's show How street performers are adopting contactless payment options because people are getting rid of cash You know more so than than ever and points out there may be some cultural differences going on He says americans are used to tipping but it causes secret inner panic for many of us brits Is it tipping thing this situation? How do you do it appropriately? You don't want to be rude Kind of like haggling some people think it's acceptable Some people get very uncomfortable about it with contactless payments You could read the price either cough it up or just ignore the busker looking carefully the other way No studying the previous donations. No struggling for coins. No finding at fiverr and then saying I don't actually like this up even though you're very good at what you do He says cash is on the decline in the uk overall even at my little corner shop They do contact this actually i'm in an awkward phase. I so rarely need cash I never have any in the increasingly rare instances when I need it russell. I'm with you Same here. Yeah, I let me say the whole tipping situation in the us Also confuses and panics many americans as well It was so nice to be traveling in australia where i'm like you round up the taxi And that's pretty much all you have to worry about and it It is there is a there's lots of good reasons for it. I'm not going to get into that controversy, but It it is confusing and so having that busker situation I didn't even think about this aspect where it's like, hey, it's two pounds You want to support me at two pounds? Great. If not, no worries. Uh, just keep on walking and enjoy the music, right? I think that's a fantastic Cultural insight on this. So thank you russell for that. You know, there's a coffee shop really small little coffee shop That's near me that uh accepts a variety of of you know payments that I could make from my phone When I go in and get a five dollar coffee and it's great But they have the default tip set at 25 percent Nice, which I know which is like if you're not paying attention You're like, yeah, I just I'm done.  So there is some psychological stuff going on here I'm just I know i'm just surprised that people don't get upset about that I would be very curious how many people do the automatic, you know the the the That's that's a good healthy tip. It's easy enough to change, right? It's a no Oh, yeah, they don't force it on you, right? And nobody's gonna say anything if you tap 10% it's just it's you it's putting the argument in your own head It's a suggested tip that happens to be kind of high for a small purchase And having been stiffed at tables of 12 where you got like, you know $8 on $300 of food. I can totally get why You know, they enforce tipping. Um, it would also be nice if if all the baristas and weight staff and Everything around the world actually made a living wage and weren't relying on tips But there's also a certain joy when you like count out that tip jar at the end of the night like, yes Live for the thrill I don't know I'd rather, you know, yeah I I have noticed and this is entirely anecdotal I seem to feel like I get friendly or better service at places where In in cultures, I should say not places in cultures where there is no tipping because those people feel like They're taken care of they don't feel like they're in a dead-end job They're not worried that you're not going to tip that they're not going to be able to pay their bills They just they they have a better support structure And I know tipping is supposed to encourage better service, but it doesn't seem to always work that Yeah I'm not against tipping in cultures where it exists. You should absolutely tip And and tip well if you have good service when I went to japan for the first time a few years ago I I knew that tipping was just not part of the deal beforehand because I kind of read some stuff But I was still so uncomfortable like right. It's okay. I feel so rude right now But anyway, yeah, you know, hey Global stuff.  Oh my goodness. Well avxl avxl.com that's the podcast I host with robert harem We talk about home theater and audio and getting the best deal no matter what your budget is trying to keep you in an extraordinary experience And of course tech thing te k th i n g dot com is the show I host weekly with shannon about technology Answer questions review shows talk about dns settings. Yeah, you want more in-depth? 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Man roger has to push a lot of buttons Hey, I said I would help Uh, yeah, I just didn't uh, I didn't really think about it till we were in the show And I was like, oh the move on and wrap up buttons We should we should have alternated those when like one of us was reading the other one should monitor that and vice versa I guess but Hopefully, I'll get his internet connection back right Hey, we always those little things even when when you were on vacation tom I was doing uh audio backups and roger most of the time didn't need them But there was one day where he was like, I actually need yours. I'm super over modulated and I was like Weirdly, I'm not recorded You are Oh, no, and yeah, so it was like, you know, that's yeah We got it fixed stuff happens. All right, uh, we have our best bud patrick get it your bud I made a spin on that that was icu's turn. I was patrick is our ear bud I like that one Um Time crystals no really Our bud patrick with bud tip tips Even farther I like patrick is our ear bud. Yeah, or patrick, how do you feel about that? I would be hard to use your full name Either one works Oh my goodness. Let's go with patrick is our ear bud It's friendly It's perky It's full of mirth. I was gonna say hey, what is it? It's mirth fall What's uh, which earbuds are you using sarah?  No, well, so for the show I actually just you know, I just use one little thing in here This is actually something What is the there's sony somethings which I got from the wire cutter, but a couple of years ago I'm sure they've updated lots of stuff since then, but it was yeah, it was kind of that mid range I think I think I know the I don't know the number but I like I can see it Yeah, and they're they're because I have I Have a hard time with anything in ear. I don't mind the way it feels right, but they just tend to not fit Yeah, and I just I use them at the gym. They're you know, they're all over the place. So they really need to kind of get Uh stuck in there and stay and and also not be so expensive that I don't mind sweating And you know all that stuff. I don't understand how people wear over the ear headphones at the gym It's I don't know. It's funny like one of the things those neurophones do that's really insane is they have wait for it Tesla valves just this like ring of little indentations in between the cup and the silicone earpad and I was like What's going on here? And it turns out so a tesla valve is essentially like a one-way valve for fluids And so air comes in at the bottom and exit as the at the top I guess is the base cycles and the end result is that they actually have cooling going through Well, okay, but If you're going hard and like sweat is happening here And you know gravity happens Maybe your ears are cool, but it's just kind of Washable foam pads with that I guess Tell me what i'm missing here because I oh like are you an alien? Why are you you're ruining your I mean if they can't if they if they've like earbuds keep falling out or they can't their earbuds get like when you know Like I've seen some people like weightlifting and you know, I can totally see earbuds being like ripped out of their ear and wrapped around the bar and then you know Which is something that happens for sure And yeah, I guess it depends on what you're doing, you know, if you're weightlifting, I don't know. Maybe you're not like I just if i'm running for 20 minutes. It's it's a sweaty experience Some people also they just they can't use them Yeah, they can't there's some I mean there's people who just can't get a a fit out of earbuds and just prepare that the pair prefer the headphones I hesitate like an equilibrium thing or something I say this only for balance get it equilibrium, but um The air pods actually fit my ears Well, you and I had this conversation where I was like, but don't they fall out and they don't and I don't Wait plenty of other I've had this problem with other Earphones earbud earbuds where they're like they don't fit in and they fall out and then when you guys were talking about like Having the ones that kind of grip have been totally there with you, but for some reason i'm the lucky Middle ground on air pods. Well, it's a pretty big middle ground. I mean it's theoretically it should serve the vast majority of the population um It just doesn't happen to that venn diagram doesn't include sarah or Yeah Eileen got them and she can wear them sitting down She's fine But she says if she tries to exercise with them then she has then they start to jiggle Which is not good if you're out running or something and want them to just pop out of your ear If you get a chance sarah take a look at comply foam they do foam tips and they've got some that are kind of like dedicated For getting all sporty And those some people have had a lot of good luck with those Oh Good tip I don't know i'm torn between really liking music and really having difficulties Not being like for me like I can't bicycle or run with earbuds in it freaks me out Too too too much. You mean too isolating. Yeah.  I wonder how good they are but At that point it's like, it's you know, it's It's funny like I'm I also, you know, I haven't I haven't worked out in gyms and forever in a in a dog's age You've been walking the dogs instead walking the dogs instead and you know doing kettlebell stuff and stuff but the uh, and you know, it's like paying a hundred bucks a month to swing a kettlebell.  They don't play. Yeah. No. No. No. You need your own Running playlist. Also, you can you can get apps that will stream the audio from the tv That's true So that you can you can whatever tv you're looking at you can actually hear what they're saying Patrick, what was the model name of the sony over ears that you said was kind of the Good baseline standard 7506 I love these they are these when I do my like uh remote podcasts for like guests and hosts and everything and myself They're great. Yeah, they're they're bombproof. I have a pair of the v6's which kind of predate those I swear to god are 23 years old um They're on their second set of ear pads and I probably should replace the the headband but You know, uh, and I've resoldered the wire once because somehow A slightly intoxicated friend of mine in the tech tv days ripped to the cable out of them And I try to guess who that is but it could be anyone Such a long list. We were all so young. Um, I didn't know tom. It wasn't you When thomas is in his cups. He tends to be british and I can't find my studies, but I got a pair of those two and they're ancient. Yeah Um, but they're really good I don't know. It's it's been funny because I've been to like I've been to several can jams like You know and then Rocky Mountain audio show and it's it's kind of ridiculous when you start looking at high-end audio gear Because in some cases like, you know, we've put seven drivers in each individual earbud It's like it's really not working for me Who likes the way this sounds? Um But it's also, I mean when you're looking at some of the products, you're like, okay somebody figured out they could make You know, like a $3,000 earbud if they made it complicated enough and put like, you know crushed Goat pelvis in it.  It's my way of mocking certain types of cable man You know, you made it up, but that doesn't mean it isn't real Well, now I've got a search on This is not going to go well because I'm gonna end up with links to farming like home farming sites. Yeah. Oh dear god Oh, it's in a wheelchair.  This is we knew we get to the farm report I just got an email from bank of america I'm telling me that their new bank of america assistant named Erica is coming soon Oh, dear Erica will make your financial life easier. Well, I hope that's true with valuable alerts helpful insights and financial guidance So they have a bot I wonder how long the meeting and how many of them there were to name Erica I want to know the metric system and like the the whole like series of When they went through all of the names Also, why not Eric? I don't know Why not pat? You notice I quickly changed my example from bob to gene earlier because I thought gene was a nice I Had a certain genesis. Wow. I just you know, is it gene bob's burgers? Is it genes my neighbor? Is it Is it john? Really john? That's who I once Your financial goals are attainable making so Erica pay my bill Yeah, Erica make that bill go away. Great. Where should I source the money? No, you pay my bill I'm sorry. What are you good for? Erica? I don't have that money Erica raise my credit Erica Do you think we actually are raising anyone's credit right now? It's not a voice assistant though, right? It's probably just a chat bot is my guess. Yeah. I mean, it's in the mobile app I believe That's probably yeah, so I don't know. I deleted the email We'll see when it when it shows up. I use bank of america, so I'll figure it out eventually how it works It's always a plus when the bank is actually from an email There's somebody in australia that has thinks they have my email address So every so often I get an email from this obscure or maybe huge australian bank and i'm like what? the nab No, because I kept seeing signs for nab and I kept thinking national association of broadcasters is everywhere in australia That's the show just keeps getting bigger. Yeah They have branch offices. It's amazing Oh, you can withdraw money there You a broadcaster here's an atm has the money That's how it works in australia I need is a podcast Podcast and a dream and you can have unlimited funds. Let's read that article about the guy who basically embezzled several million dollars from a bank um Sounds like many articles, which is I assume this is a recent new trick Uh, it was a weird uh It was called all of 2008 Was there a blockchain involved? No, what was this? Sorry No, there was some weird auto like his his uh, he had I guess I think it came down to he had overdraft protection on his account And it was set to auto approve if it was going to a certain area like to his mortgage So he just kept pulling cash out and eventually this was it was a it was like an infinite loan basically Yeah, yeah, yeah Because he looks like I assume we've heard about it because he was eventually caught Yes, well and he he wasn't I'm not saying he was Blameless, but he just sort of was like, huh every time I ask for money. They give it to me Okay.  It just sort of happened to him. He took advantage of Yeah, I mean he also it's funny because he he ended up becoming kind of a jailhouse lawyer and uh He got his conviction vacated because he was imprisoned for uh Basically the way the laws ruled he fraud related to taking money by deception And he pointed out that this was pre-approved behavior by the bank on the bank's part And that he did not attempt it to see if anyone he just didn't say how big his loan was getting So, you know, the judge was like this was dishonest, but it wasn't illegal. So yeah, that's Fair it was sort of like back in san francisco many moons ago I moved into an apartment and the electricity was, you know, still on from whoever lived there before And I just kind of spaced it for a while And then a few months later. I was like Why does all this stuff still work? And about a year and a half went by before finally he was like you have to start paying for this So I knew it every month. I'm like, I know I'm not paying for this But I'll just wait for someone to say something That's actually didn't go after you for theft of services or try to didn't no no It was just sort of like it's time for you to start paying for your There was there was a uh, I think it was a nelson ratings tool that tech tv never revoked my access to And I don't know how long that access remained because after I discovered that I just I was like, okay. I'm just not going to go in there and look at it because That's because you're an honest man. Well, it's no more paranoid like if I get caught doing You know, what are the penalties for this? Well, this sent me to prison Yeah, it was one of those like, hey, let's see if this id works.  Okay There was a In uh, sort of a modern example of that there was a company that I was doing some freelance work for Shall remain nameless and there was a slack group lots of different channels You know and I was part of all sorts of one and when I stopped working there Just nobody got rid of my access. I remember at one point I didn't even really care what any of them were talking about necessarily because it didn't have anything to do with any project That I was working on but there were somebody had done like at channel or at here, right? So I got a notification and I thought oh somebody's reaching out to me Maybe a dm and as soon as I opened it, I was like, oh company stuff Like this is I am not privy to this like this is they should be a little bit more You know, it's very common Well, uh youtube viewers, uh, we are going to bid you a do uh, and thank you for your viewing Hope you like your viewing youtube viewers