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In this episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, Dan shares his journey from recovering in snowy Toronto to basking in the Arizona sunshine at Canyon Ranch. While battling a cold and back spasm in Canada, He found unexpected humor in a limousine driver discovering our heated driveway before making my way to the warmth of Tucson. At Canyon Ranch, I read historical British Navy novels and attended Richard Rossi's conference, where conversations sparked insights about technology's role in our world. The discussions centered on how companies like Google and Apple influence geographic naming conventions and how AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude work to match human capabilities rather than surpass them. We explored the relationship between technology and daily life, from electric vehicles to meal delivery services. These conversations highlighted how technological advances aim to streamline our routines while acknowledging the challenge of replicating genuine human experiences. The experience reinforced that technology offers convenience and efficiency but cannot replace authentic human connections and experiences. This balance became clear through examples like distinguishing between Bach's original compositions and AI-generated music, reminding us of technology's role as a tool rather than a replacement for human interaction. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS In the episode, Dan shares his journey from Toronto's cold to Arizona's warmth, highlighting his recovery from a cold and back spasm, and experiences attending a conference and relaxing at Canyon Ranch. We discuss the impact of technology on geographic naming conventions, mentioning how companies like Google and Apple influence changes such as the renaming of geographic locations. The conversation explores the idea that technology is striving to match human intelligence, with examples including AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude, and the future potential of seamless digital interactions. I reflect on the progression of vision and technology, discussing how initial ideas develop into intellectual property and the role of technology in enhancing human capabilities. We explore resistance to change with technological advancements, using examples like the shift from gasoline to electric vehicles and how people adapt technology to maintain comfort. The episode examines the distinction between authentic human experiences and artificial replication, emphasizing the irreplaceable value of genuine human connections and interactions. We share personal anecdotes about how technology has replaced routine tasks, discussing the convenience of services like grocery delivery and automated car washes, and pondering future technological advancements. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan. Mr Jackson, I hope you're well, I am. Dan: I'm much better than I was last weekend. I was, yeah, out of it. I mean, really I had like a cold and my back was in spasm. It was not good. So I'm a nice recovery week and I'm on the mend. How was your adventures in Arizona? Are you still in Arizona? Dean: now. No, I got back around 11 o'clock last night to Toronto. That has about a foot of snow. Dan: I saw that. Dean: Yeah, and it's still snowing, it's still coming down. So we really had nothing for November, december, january, but February seems to be the winter. It's really snowing, I mean it's continuous, it's not heavy snow, but it's just constant, and I kind of like it. And we got home last night and the limousine driver who driveway and he said, oh, I hope we can get up to your driveway and he, he hadn't uh, he didn't have previous he didn't have previous experience. He says oh my golly, you have heated driveways. And I said, yeah, uh, of course you know we've got to be good to our got to be, good to our limousine drivers. Dan: You know we have to you know, set a standard for driver friendliness and anyway, so Did he tell you, listen, if you wanted to really be good, you'd buy the house behind you so we could keep the driveway going all the way through. Dean: Yeah, somebody else did and they fixed it up, so I think that's out of the future. That's out of the. You know that's not going to happen. You can't add that to the compound, right? Yeah, so anyway, regarding Arizona, it was great. We were there for two and a half weeks so we had Richard Rossi's conference which was terrific, yeah, terrific. Richard does such a great job with this right. Dan: I mean, it's something that he's really doing it out of his own passionate curiosity himself. I think that's a good thing when you can make your own thing. I think that's a good thing when you can make your own. Dean: Then we did a week at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, which was really terrific and beautiful. I mean just gorgeous weather every day 75-ish. Got up to 80 a little bit, but absolutely clear. Not a cloud in the sky. For a week Didn't see a cloud in the night sky in Tucson. Dan: I was going to ask what's a day in the life at Canyon Ranch for you. Dean: I'll have a massage scheduled. You know you can go to 50 different things, but I don't. And you know, I read a lot while. I'm there I go for walks and know, did some gym work? and and then, yeah, just to take it really easy, you know I'm reading just a terrific set of British Navy stories from the novels. These are historic historically. They're all during the Napoleonic War, when Britain War, when Great Britain was fighting the French, and it follows. First of all, there's about 20 authors who write these terrific books, but the one I'm reading right now, andrew Wareham is his name and he follows a sea captain from when he becomes a midshipman. He becomes a midshipman. That's your first step in being an officer is a midshipman. But they start at nine and 10 years old. So they have nine and 10 year old boys on board ship, you know, and they lose a lot of them. You know because they're in. You know they're in action during the sea battles and you know they and they're foolish. You know 10, who who thinks? who thinks about danger when you're 10 years old, you know, but Trails him and he's about 25 now and he's a captain. He's a captain. So in 15 years he's become a captain and just terrific, just extraordinarily well-written books, but it's just about this one person. And then he goes up in terms of skill and responsibility and importance and he becomes rich doing it. Because if you captured a French ship, then you might be. Yeah, except for the gold. The gold had to go to the government. To the government. Dan: OK. Dean: You know the British government, but outside of that you could. You auctioned it off and the captain got a set share, and then everybody right down to the lowest seaman. So I went through about three of those in a week. Three, three now, wow yeah, and that was it. And then I came back and we had our free zone, and which worked out really worked out, really well. And you know you had arranged for a. Dan: I heard, you had arranged for a satellite launch while you were having the reception. Dean: Yeah, the rocket rocket, you know. I mean mean the rocket maker is very busy these days rearranging the government, you know. And uh so yeah, I thought it was kind of him to just take a little bit of time out and send a rocket up during our reception. I thought, you know, you know kind of a nice touch, you know, and yeah, it went really well and the, you know it's mostly parties. You know kind of a nice touch, you know, and yeah, it went really well and the you know it's mostly parties. You know our summit I mean if you, if you take this, if you take the two parties and put them together, they're equal to the amount of time we're doing in the conference and then the conference has lots of breaks, so yeah, I think it was more partying actually it's print seven, that's yeah, I mean that's the great uh seven print enjoy life and have a good time, you know right, right, right and then we uh took a day, and then we moved over to joe, which was joe yeah it's genius. Yeah, joe is such a great and the new offices look really good. Dan: I was just going to say I saw Richard Miller told me about the big 110-inch televisions or screens on the thing. That makes a big difference. Dean: Well, the big thing he can comfortably put 100 people in now. Yeah. Because, he's knocked out walls. Dan: Yeah, I zoomed in a little bit on Friday and, yeah, looks like a nice turnout too. It looks like that group's really growing. Dean: Yeah, it seems, I guess about 40, you know about 40 people. Yeah, and some not there, so it's probably total numbers is a bit higher. And yeah, and yeah, and yeah. We had one very impressive speaker. The senior editor for Epoch Times was there. Dan: Epoch Times. I saw that yeah. Dean: Yeah, in the afternoon and I didn't really know the background to this story. You know the background to the public. Yeah, and I had lunch sitting next to him, a very interesting person, you know, and he's very connected to a lot of people in the new administration Trump administration so he was talking about all the different things that he was doing. Dan: And I saw that Robert Kennedy was confirmed since last we spoke for the yeah and he's good friends with him. Dean: The editor is good friends with him. Dan: Yeah. Dean: And the next one is the FBI director, and he's good friends with him, so anyway, yeah, and Jeff Hayes was there and Jeff was just. I mean because Jeff had a major you know he had a major role in getting Robert Kennedy to the point where he could be and but I'm enjoying the. For the first time in US history, the government is being audited, mr Musk. Dan: I knew I saw it was very interesting. I saw something that there was somebody posted up a video from the 90s when Clinton and Gore launched a. There was something it was called rego, I think, but reinventing government operations or something, and it was mirroring all the things that they're saying about Doge, about the finding inefficiency and finding looking out all those things. So it was really interesting. They were showing the parallels of what was actually, you know, in 90, you know mid nineties, when Clinton and Gore were in yeah, yeah. Dean: Well, they didn't have the. I mean, it would have been an impossible task in the 1990s, but not so today, because of the guy, because they could just go in and they can identify every single check. That's written, the complete history, you know, and everything. They couldn't do that back in the 90s, you know Right. And probably they weren't the right party to be doing it either. Dan: So, anyway. Dean: no, I find it very intriguing and you can tell by the response of the Democrats that there's some stuff there. Dan: There's some there. Dean: There's some there there I think that I was just reading that. So far that you know they're they're, they're estimating that it's at least a trillion of found money. Dan: In other words, that when they go through, they'll find a trillion is a big, you know. Dean: I find that an impressive amount of money actually. Dan: Yeah, I find that an impressive amount of money. Yeah, that's exactly right, yeah yeah, yeah. Dean: So yeah, it's a big change. I think you know, I, I think that a lot of people who hate trump are probably wishing that he had actually won in 2020 you know, had to live with kovid for you know two and a half, three years, because nobody, almost no government, that was in charge. When COVID two years, I guess two and a half years of COVID. They've just been thrown out all around the world. Whoever the government was got thrown out, and so if Trump had won in 2020, he'd be out now and they'd probably be the Democrats and everything like that and they probably wouldn't have Elon Musk taking a look at government spending. Dan: What's the buzz in Canada now with their impending 51st? Yeah, it's nothing. Dean: We're in limbo. We're just in limbo because you know, the government isn't sitting and they're in the middle of a leadership race to replace Trudeau, and that won't happen until March 9th. Dan: Governor Trudeau Did you hear Donald Trump Government Trudeau. Dean: The state of Canada. Dan: Yeah, Trudeau keeps calling him Governor Trudeau. It's so disrespectful it's ridiculous. Dean: Yeah, the Gulf of America and the state of Canada. That's big news, since the last time we spoke right. Dan: We've had big changes. We had Governor. Trudeau and the Gulf of America. It's officially changed on the Google Maps now. Dean: Yeah, apple too. Apple changed over to the Gulf of America, and so did Chevron. In its annual report it talked about all of its deep water drilling in the Gulf of America. Yeah, it's interesting how things get named, anyway, I don't know. There wasn't any active government that called it the Gulf of Mexico. It was just the first map makers, whoever they were, yeah. They just said well, yeah, we call this the Gulf of Mexico and it's a done deal, deal. And so my sense is you know, if the you know if Google changes the name. That's an important support for the change. Dan: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I mean, it's so funny. I wonder how long now it'll take for the street names to change to. Dean: Well, they're changing, you know and they're, yeah, and they're changing the military bases. You know they had all these military bases in the. Us that were named after people who you know were deemed racist or deemed, you know, not proper that this person's name should be. So one administration changes them, but the next administration comes back and changes them all back to the original and Mount McKinley I always liked Mount McKinley and then they changed to Mount Denali. Oh, is that right I didn't know that, and now it's changed back to Mount McKinley. Okay, so Mount McKinley is the tallest North American mountain tallest mountain in. North America. So anyway, it's really good. I've been toying with the book title. Dan: It's not the book. Dean: I'm writing right now, but the title of the book is Technology is Trying Very Hard to Keep Up with Us, okay, Technology is trying really hard to keep up. Yeah, because people, I think, have bought into it that we're the ones who are trying to keep up with technology. Dan: Right. Dean: And I think it creates a lot of stress. I think we're trying to keep up with something that we don't understand, and I think that's a very stressful, I think that's a very stressful attitude. And I just tested it out at Genius Network. And I just said what would you think about this? That technology is trying very hard to keep up with us. And they said, wow, wow. What do you mean? Well, you know, because I said first of all it's inferior. I said first of all it's inferior. Technology is inferior because the objective of so many of the researchers in technology is that we'll now have technology that's as smart as humans. So, right off the bat, the premise of that is that technology isn't as smart as humans. Okay, so why would we be trying to be keeping up with something that's not as smart as us? That's true, yeah, but just from a standpoint. I think, probably, that you wouldn't be able to measure what's happening one way or the other. One way or the other, you really wouldn't be able to measure them, you know. I mean, if you take an individual human being, just one person, and you look at that person's brain, that brain is the most complex in the world. The human brain has more connections than anything else in the world. So in the universe not in the world, but in the universe it's the most complex, that's just one individual and then humans can communicate with each other. So it's you know. Say you have 10 human brains, that's 10 times the most complex thing in the world and they're doing all sorts of things. So my sense is that's the superior thing that you know, the human brain and individual human is superior. So I think the makers of technology are trying to keep up with what the human brain is doing, but it's really hard. Dan: it's really hard yeah, this is I mean. Yeah, I wonder. I just upgraded my chat gT membership. Now I just upgraded to the $200, $200, $200 a month. Dean: Yeah, and apparently they're feeding you, dean, they're dating his. First it's $2. First it's free. Dan: That's how they get you. Dean: Dan, that's $20 a month. Now it's $200. Right, and you're deeper and deeper into it. Then they're going to say it's $500 a month, yeah, and then you're into the thousands. Dan: And that's how they get you. That's what they do, that's how they get you yeah. Dean: You can't back out of it. You can't back out of GPT. Yeah, once you're in, you're in. Dan: So I need gpt. Yeah, my cheer hand, you're in, so I need the. So now, from what I understand, I got it and then I've been, you know, recovering here the last uh, couple of weeks or I was on my, had my event and and recovery here, so I haven't really spent the time to go deep in it. But from what I understand now they can do projects for you Like it. Can you know, I just did some test things Like can you, you know, see what massage times are available at Hand and Stone for me for today, and it goes to the website and logs it can book for you if you wanted it, you know. So I really I see now like the way forward, it's really just a world of truly just being able to articulate what you want is a big thing and you know you had 25 years of just practicing. What do you want, you know, in your daily practice. Dean: Journaling You're journaling. Dan: Yeah, and now we're truly like I think this is one step closer to just being able to like articulate what you want and it can happen. I mean, I see it now on, you know, with the combination of the things that are doing, like Claude. A lot of people are using Claude for, like creating websites and apps and you know, functional things and then using. Now, I think, with ChatGPT, combined with those capabilities, that's really what the $200 a month, one kind of gets you is the ability for you to set it on a task and then come back. It'll still work on it while not. It felt like before, for $20 a month, charlotte would do whatever you wanted her to do right in real time while you're there, but you couldn't assign it a task that is going to be done while you're not there. So, man, it's pretty amazing times what we're coming into here being a visionary is a big thing. Dean: Yeah, my, I'm just. You know, I'm really. I just work with one, one tool and see, how much? I can get out of it and you know, perplexity is doing a good job of giving me alternative copy copy ideas, and the thing is that I've got so many thinking tools of my own that I've created over my last that the tools I think are really custom designed for how I go about things, okay, and and so see for me to kind of learn this new stuff in the time that I would be learning something new I'd be creating three or four new. I'd be creating three or four new tools yeah which are useful in the program. So there's an immediate payoff in the program and then they have IP value as we're discovering they have. IP value, so I'm not seeing the return on investment yet. I mean, I have team members who can do the programs and they're investigating them all the time and they're getting better. So I can just chat with, I can just send them a fast filter or something like that. That's a tool, fast filter, and then they go and they execute it and I haven't spent any time learning it and so I'm really interested in listening to you, because you're I would suspect that you're making advances every day, right, probably something new every day. Dan: I'm starting to see I don't know whether I've shared with you the we're kind of putting some legs on the VCR formula, kind of putting some. You're digging a little deeper into how to really define those what vision, what capabilities, what reach, how to think about them. And what I looked at with vision is thinking of it as a progression from the levels of vision that you can have. So you can start out with the ability to create a hypothesis or have an idea about something. I think that if you did this, that would be a good thing, right, this is what you, we should do, or this is where I think we should go with this. That's one level. Then, from that, then the next level up is that you have proven. That is right, that's a good idea, right. So you've set up an experiment, you've taken some action on that idea. You've gotten some feedback that, yeah, that's good. It's almost like applying the scientific method in a way. Right, you create a hypothesis, you set up an experiment, you do it Now. Once you've got proof, then the next level up is to create a protocol for that. You could repeat the result that you were able to get one time. And once you've got that protocol, now you've got something that can be packaged and protected. Ip is the crown jewel of the vision column. Everything should be progressing to that peak of having IP. And once you have a piece of IP, once you have a protocol, an algorithm, a recipe you know engineer, whatever the thing is. Now it moves into your capability column that you have it now as something that you can package as a result for someone Right. So it's been. It's a really interesting thing. You can package as a result for someone right, so it's a really interesting thing. I think that progression of kind of you know feels in line with the make it up, make it real, make it recur kind of progression as well. Dean: Yeah. Now here's a question and it's kind of related to this. Technology is trying really hard to keep up that I started the podcast with this morning. If you looked at yourself, are you using technology so that you can be different or are you using technology so that you can be the same? That's a good question. Dan: I think I'm using technology so that, well, I don't know how to think about that. I would say am I using technology so that I can be different? I can't think of an example to say either way. I mean I'm using technology in many cases to do what I would do if I could count on me to do it. You know, I think that's a thing that you know technology is able to do the things that I would do. And I take technology as you know, I have a broad definition of technology. Right, like a shovel would be a technology too. Right, any kind of tool to do what you would do in an enhanced kind of way, like if your thing is you're trying to dig a swimming pool, you know you do it by hand, scoop out all the dirt. But somebody realized, hey, if we make a shovel that is similar but bigger, it could scoop that out. And then if we make a, a backhoe, that can you know, do that's a thing so it's doing? I think the answer is probably all technology is to do the same faster and bigger yeah, I just just wonder that the most dominant force in people's life is really their habits, and what I feel is there's a set of habits that work. Dean: you know, you like them and they work. And secondly, you like doing them, you like doing them but you're being asked to change. You know, there's sort of this message, message, a narrative you're going to have to change and you're going to have to change. And I'm wondering if, at a certain stage, people reach a point where they say, okay, I'll use technology, but not to change the way you want me to change, but to stay the way I am. Dan: That's interesting but to stay the way I am. That's interesting. Yeah, I mean, there's probably good arguments for both sides, right? I think technology ultimately in its bestest to be able to replace your time and effort on doing something to make it easier to do what you need to do. I think about Excel, for instance, using Excel spreadsheets as a way of being able to sort and organize and compute data back like to the earliest technologies you know. Dean: Yeah, well, I just feel that you know. I mean, first of all, very few people are. I would start with myself by saying that I've probably got a massive habit system. You know, that's basically repeats who I am every day, like 90 and it's comfortable. You know it's comfortable you know, and I do it, and therefore, if I am asked to be more productive or I'm asked to be creative, I will only use those technologies that allow me to be productive in a way that my daily habits can stay the same. I don't really want to be disrupted. Right, yeah, I can see this, you know, with. One of the problems with EVs is that people are really used to going to the gas station. They've got a whole routine and it isn't just pumping gas, they go in, you know, they go in, they buy some things, you know, and everything like that, and it's really a short period of time. I mean, if you wanted to fill up your car, you know, and I was used to it because we had a, you know, in our trip we had a Beamer, we had the big Beamer. They have a X7 now. Dan: The X5 was always. Dean: Now they have an X7. And, the thing you know, we had it for two and a half weeks, so about three or four days before we left. We just topped it up, you know, we just I put enough gas in that would get us back to the airport you know, when we did it and you know it was like four minutes. You know it's like four minutes, yeah, where you know if you're I mean if you do your charging up overnight, there's no problem to it. You know, if you're I mean if you do your charging up overnight, there's no problem to it, you know there's no problem charging up, but if you're out on a trip and you're getting short on you know, on power, then it's a lot, you know where is it? Dean: Yeah, yeah. Dean: Yeah. Dan: I find that same thing Like so I, you know net. I have a charger at my house for my Tesla. And so I just plug it in and I never. I don't miss. Well, I never went to the. I never went to the gas station. Anyway, I would have Courtney. You know my assistant would always go. That was one of the things that she would do. But I think about, you know, the things that Courtney would do 10 years ago, like getting gas in my car, taking to the car wash all of that stuff, going to the grocery store, going to restaurants to pick up stuff or to take things to the mail, all of the things that were. You know. A lot of that is now replaced with technology, in that there's no need to, I don't need to go to the gas station. My car is always charged and always ready. We have there's a there's this big now push of these super convenient car wash things. So for $32 a month you join this. For $32 a month you have unlimited car washes and there's one right on the way to or the way home from, honeycomb, the breakfast place that I go to every day. So I can just literally swing in. You don't even, you don't get out of your car, you just drive through. It's got the. It recognizes your barcode thing. You drive right through and off you go, and so I always have a super clean car. I use Instacart for the grocery delivery and Uber Eats and Seamless and, like you think, 10 years ago one of the things that we had Courtney do was go to. It's funny you say this right, but technology keeping up with us, this would fit in that category that there was no delivery service for food aside from pizza and Chinese food. That's what you could get delivered at your house or office, right. So we had Courtney go to every restaurant, like all of our favorite restaurants. She went to every restaurant and got the takeout menu, two copies of it, one. So we had a binder, one at the house and one at the office that had the menus of every restaurant and now, all of a sudden, every restaurant was delivery, because we would place the order and then Courtney would go and get it and bring it. Dean: You know. Dan: And so that's what technology kind of replaced 90% of what Courtney was doing. You know, it's really interesting to to think. You know, pretty simple, have the, remember on Star Trek they had the replicators where they would you know? Just you tell the thing what you want and it would make the food. Dean: We're not that far off probably from that. Well, where do you see that? I don't see that at all. Dan: No, I'm saying on in you're seeing now I don't know if you've ever seen these robotic kitchens that are kitchen robots that you know can make anything that you want, and I think it's very interesting that you look at. Ai will be able to assess your inventory in your fridge and your robots will keep the ingredients stocked and your AI robot chef will be able to make whatever you want. I mean basically anything. Any packaged protocol, like for recipes or anything that you know how to do, is now eligible for someone else to do it, you know, and someone else being a technology, a robot, to be able to do it, you know, and someone else being a technology, a robot, to be able to do it. But there's no, you still have to be able to. There's still the human element of things. I had a really interesting experience just yesterday is I send out, you know, three emails a week to our subscribers, you know, to all my on my list of entrepreneurs, and you know the emails, for several years, have been derivative of my podcasts. Right, like so they. I would talk the podcast and then we would get those transcribed and then I had a writer who would take the transcript and identify you know two or three or four key points that we talked about in the podcast and create emails. You know three to 500 word emails based on those in my voice and I use air quotes in my voice because it really was my words Cause I spoke them on the podcast but she was, you know, compiling and putting them all together and they you know, I've had. I've got a lot of them and we've been, you know, since COVID, kind of in syndication with them, where they're on a three-year rotation, kind of thing, you know. So I haven't had to write new emails, but occasionally I will intersperse them in. And so the other day, yesterday, I sent out an email that I wrote 100% and it was describing the advantages of time travel and I was talking about how, in lead generation situations, you know, I mean, if I could say to people, let's say, you own a real estate company and we had the ability to time travel and we could go back two years from today and we're going to leave at midnight, but before we leave you can go to the MLS and you can print off a list of every house that sold in the last two years. So we can beam back two years armed with a list of every person that sold their house in the last two years and all you would need to do over that period of time is just concentrate on building a relationship with those people, because that's what you're looking for Right, on building a relationship with those people, because that's what you're looking for, right. And so I told that whole story and then said, you know, since and it reminds me, dan, of your it's certainty and uncertainty, right, like if you had certainty that these are the people that are going to sell their house, that you would be, you would have a different approach to your engagement with them, but it wouldn't change the fact that, as valuable as you think this list is, armed with this list of everybody that's going to sell their house, that sold their house in the last two years, you'd still have to go through the last two years in real time, and the people who sold their house, you know, teen months later, were you still had to wait 18 months for them to mature. And I thought, you know, I said that the thing that, since we can't time travel backwards, the best thing we could do is plant a time capsule and start generating leads of people who are going to sell their house in the next 100 weeks. And if you had that level of certainty around it, that would be a big thing, right? So I wrote that email and I talked about the thing. But I've gotten five or six replies to the emails saying I read a lot of your emails. In my opinion, this is the best one that you've written, or what an amazing insight, or this really resonated with me, but it was something that has like 100% of me in it, as opposed to written as a derivative of something I said. So it's not, I think, that human element. I don't know whether it's the energy or whatever. Dean: Yeah, it's kind of interesting there. I think what I'm going to say relates to what you're saying, right? Dan: now. Dean: There was just a YouTube. It was YouTube and it was. Can you tell if it's Bach or not? Dan: So what they did is they had an actual recording of Bach. Dean: Who wrote it, you know? And then they did an AI version of like Bach. And then they did an AI version of like Bach. And then they asked you to listen to both and say which one was Bach and which one was the AI. And there were six of the six. They gave six samples and I got it right six times in a row. Dan: Oh, wow. Dean: And what I was saying is that there's something that the human being has added which is not. It's actually is, and there's a big difference between is and kind of like, and it seems to me that's what you're saying here. Dan: Yeah. Dean: That there's something. It's kind of like Dean Jackson or is. Dean Jackson, and my sense is I think the gulf between those two is permanent. I agree 100%. Dan: That's the, you know. There's Jerry Spence, the attorney. He wrote a great book called how to Argue and Win Every Time. Dean: And one of the things that he said is when we're communicating. Dan: One of the things that he said is when we're communicating, one of the things that the receiver, what we're doing as the receiver of communication, is, we have all these invisible psychic tentacles that are out measuring and testing and looking for authenticity of it, and they can detect what he calls the thin clank of the counterfeit. Yes, and that's an interesting thing, right? What was it to you in Is it Bach that made you able to pick it out? Can you discern what the difference was. Dean: I think it was an emotional thing that basically I was moved by the back one, and I was just intrigued by the other one that's interesting right one of them was one of them was emotional, but the other one was. You know, I was me saying is it? You know, I, I don, I don't think so, I don't think it is when. With the first one, it didn't take long. There was just, you know, it was maybe five or six bars and I said, yeah, I think that's Bach, it's the twinkle in the eye, right. Dan: That's kind of the thing that is. Yeah, I get it. I think we're onto something with that. Dean: Yeah, and. I think it's uniqueness. In other words, here's my feeling is that humans develop new capabilities to deal with technology. I think that our brains are actually transforming as we're surrounded more and more with technology. And it has to do with what's valuable and what's not valuable and anything that's tech, we immediately say, oh, that doesn't really have any value because it's cheap, it's really cheap in other words, it was the technology was created to lower the cost of something. I mean that's really you know, I mean if it were, I mean mean, if it does what it's supposed to do, it lowers the cost, and there's various costs. There's cost of concentration, there's the cost of time, there's the cost of energy, there's the cost of money and everything else. And so technology will lower the cost in those areas and doing it in those areas and doing it. But what I find is that what we really treasure in life, the things that have a higher cost, that have a higher cost, it takes more of our effort takes more of our time. It takes you know more of our money, and in person you know. In person is always going to cost more than automatic or digital. So, my sense is, as time goes along, we adjust our you know the cost benefit analysis of the experience. Dan: Okay. Dean: And think about the six who wrote back to you on it. How much their cost was it really cost them to listen to the real thing? Okay because, first of all, they were listening and they were moved. They couldn't be doing something else when they were being moved by your message. Okay, and then they took time out. They took time out to actually construct a response to you. So the cost I mean we use cost as a bad word you know there's a high cost, or anything right yeah, but it's actually investment, the investment that the things where we're required to invest more are actually more valuable. Dan: I agree with you, yeah, yeah. So I think that's part of this, that's part of this balance, then, with the technologies, using the technology. I mean, you know, how do you get that? Dean: Yeah, that level about things that we're fully engaged with, that are more valuable than things that are just done for us in an instant. I don't have the answer to that, it's just an observation. Dan: No, I don't either. You're right, but the fact is that a lot of these things are, you know, no matter what the advancements happen in technology, in some of these ways, it's the fact is that life moves at the speed of reality, right, which is, you know, 60 seconds per minute. You know, I mean, that's really the, that's really the thing, and that those our attention is engaged for 100 of those minutes that we have, and when it's engaged in something, it's not engaged in something else, and when I think what that's what you're saying, is that you've gotten the authentic, like core, you know, full engagement. And it's an interesting thing that I think what AI is doing for bulk things, for people is it's allowing them to not have to pay attention to things they don't have to. It's really it allows everybody to get the cliff notes or something. They don't have to read Hamlet, they don't have to read Macbeth, they can scan the cliff notes of something. They don't have to read Hamlet, they don't have to read Macbeth, they can scan the cliff notes of Macbeth. But that's not the same experience of seeing. Dean: No, there's something about engagement, I think, the word we'll use as our segue word, namely to pick it up next time. Dan: I think it is. Dean: There's a real pleasure of being fully engaged. Dan: I think that's something that is cause this is an interesting thing. I'm gonna throw a couple of things out that we can marinate on for next time, because we're just having this conversation about Michelelin star restaurant experiences that I? Dean: I've always been fascinated by that the young chef who turned down uh three-star rating no he said I don't want to be rated, I don't want to have a michelin. Well, and people, people say well, of course you want a Michelin rating. He says no, he says it does weird things with what I'm supposed to be and what a restaurant is supposed to be. And he said I noticed the type of customers that came in were different type of customers. So he said I don't want to be listed anymore as Michelin. That's interesting. Dan: But it's fascinating. That is an only. It's a one-off original experience provided by a group of passionate people. You know doing something only in the moment. There's no leverage. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And I thought about the same thing like a, you know, like a performance of live theater in a live in an environment is a one-off, original experience and I think that's why people who love theater and love doing theater actors, I I mean, who love performing in theaters because of that authentic and immediate back that your engagement really brings, that's very live live and in person live exactly. Dean: Yeah, it's interesting, but my sense is that just to. Yeah, exactly, you're being pressured to to change the sameness. You'll look for a technology that frees up the time again so that you can enjoy your sameness. Dan: I don't know if I'm getting that across really. No, I understand, but it's a bit like it's a bit. Dean: It's a bit like a gyroscope. You want to stay on the true path when you're flying and therefore, you need more and more technology. I was noticing we came back in the 787, which is a marvelous airplane. For all of Boeing's troubles, the 787 is not one of them, and you know, it's just that. So we took off, you know, we flew from Phoenix to Toronto and just as we got near the, within about 30 minutes of landing in Toronto, there was just a little bump and the pilot immediately came out and says you know, we were in a little bit of a turbulence zone, but it won't last. In about a minute we'll be out of it and then, a minute later, there was no turbulence, it was just about a minute. And it wasn't real turbulence, it was just a little you know that. I noticed it and they have a really unique technology that they've introduced that can transform turbulence into smoothness. You know that's what I'm interpreting that they do, but for the whole flight, you know, I didn't even remember us taking off and when we landed I said, did we land? Yeah, and she said yeah, bev says we landed, and I said, wow, yeah, it's just really remarkable. But there's millions and millions of little tech bots that are adjusting it so that the sameness you like, which is namely not turbulence, is maintained. And I think that we do this on a personal level. I think we do this on an individual level. We have a smooth flight, we have an experience of what a smooth flight is for us and if there's any interruption of that, we want something that takes away the interruption so we can get back to the feeling that it's a smooth flight. Dan: Yeah agreed. Well, I think we're onto something here. Dean: I think we are yeah, okay. Dan:Changing to stay the same. Dean: Changing to stay the same yeah all righty. Dan: Constantly changing, to stay the same, that's a good book title right there? 0:48:32 - Dean: Oh yeah, all right there. Oh yeah, all righty, I like that Okay. Thanks, Dan. Dan: Okay now next week, I know you're gone next week we're on our way to Nashville for our upgrade, our lube job, whatever. Uh-huh, so two weeks, okay two weeks. Okay, bye. 0:48:52 - Dean: Thanks, Dan Bye.

Hello everyone! Welcome to Episode 56! This week, Imran pops in with his personal car—he came straight from the office—but fills us in on his last two cars. The 2025 Range Rover Autobiography made him feel like he owned every place he rolled up to, and the 2025 BMW X3 M50 was an unexpected surprise. Plus, Nathan is rolling around in a 2025 Alpina XB7 this week. It's gorgeous. He's in love with it. In other news, the sky is blue. Oh, and Nick's here. He has the 2025 Volvo EX30 this week. It's neat. Enjoy the show? Like, subscribe, and rate us from almost anywhere you get your podcasts! Check us out at doubleclutch.ca, and be sure to follow us on your socials at @doubleclutch.ca!

As notícias de hoje incluem o um novo golpe se aproveitando de notícias falsas sobre uma suposta “taxa do Pix” para roubar o nosso dinheiro, o Nubank alertando usuários quando tentarem mandar dinheiro para casas de aposta, a empresa por trás do Tiktok falando que rumores de compra pelo Elon Musk são “pura ficção”, a Receita Federal defendendo que o monitoramento do Pix não tem pequenos empresários como alvo e a Xiaomi lançando oficialmente seu celulares Poco X7 e X7 Pro no Brasil. Boa noite e bem-vindos ao Hoje no TecMundo, o seu resumo diário de tecnologia!

SpaceTime Series 28 Episode 03Parker Solar Probe's Historic JourneyNASA's Parker Solar Probe has made history by becoming the fastest man-made object, surviving a record-breaking close approach to the Sun's surface. The probe, travelling at an unprecedented speed of 155,520 kilometres per hour, flew just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun, providing invaluable data to help scientists understand the Sun's impacts on the solar system, including Earth. This mission marks a significant achievement in space exploration, shedding light on the Sun's mysterious processes and aiding in the search for habitable worlds beyond our planet.Mystery of Ultra Luminous X-Ray SourcesAstronomers have detected unusual flaring activity in an ultra luminous X-ray source, challenging our understanding of these enigmatic cosmic phenomena. Observations reveal flux variations by up to a factor of six over a few hours, offering new insights into the nature of these powerful sources, which could be linked to feeding supermassive black holes or intermediate mass black holes.Solar Cycle and La Niña ConnectionA new study suggests a possible link between the Sun's 11-year solar cycle and Earth's La Niña weather patterns. The findings indicate that solar variability may drive seasonal weather changes, potentially improving predictions of major climatic events like El Niño and La Niña, which have significant impacts on global weather patterns.January Skywatch00:00 Stuart Gary talks about NASA's Parker Solar Probe and more00:39 NASA's Parker Solar Probe survived its close approach to the sun on December 2405:19 NASA's Parker Solar Probe is 3.8 million miles from the sun10:52 Astronomers studying an ultra luminous X ray source have detected strange flaring activity13:12 Solar variability may be driving seasonal weather variability here on Earth17:19 New study suggests eating more fruits and vegetables could help reduce depression19:35 A much anticipated United States Congressional hearing on UFOs turned out to be flop25:23 A new paper claims that one of the biggest mysteries in science doesn't actually exist35:55 If the universe has an energy field of the right kind, expansion can accelerate42:59 New findings could provide fresh insights into the enigmatic planet's geological history45:50 Scientists have identified a new genetic link to autism spectrum disorder48:29 LG will release a fridge with a transparent OLED door49:35 Nintendo has announced that it will launch its Nintendo Switch by March 31st51:06 Microsoft have announced their own version of Apple's Mac Mini with ARM chips52:25 A new study claims there's evidence for recent volcanic activity on Mars56:11 Astronomers using radio telescope in Western Australia study supernova 1987A01:04:08 What exactly caused 87A to go to a blue super giant phase01:05:12 The long awaited inaugural flight of Sierra Space's Dream Chaser space plane is now expected01:10:34 Canadian scientists compared prevalence and risk of mental disorders between trans and gender diverse people01:12:49 Phoenix, Arizona named as America's top location for UFO sightingswww.spacetimewithstuartgary.comwww.bitesz.com

Curtis and Aaron Vaughn came up with the idea for this podcast. The concept for this podcast is to give information and opinions about ten songs each month that may fly under the radar for most listeners of music. Also, we will play a snippet of each song and ask the listener to comment to us through one of our social media outlets so we can get different opinions on what you think about these songs and what they mean to you. The opinions of the music selected are only the opinions of Aaron and Curtis and may not reflect what the artist had in mind. They believe that is the beauty of music. It can mean so many different things to so many different people.  In short, Curtis came up with this quote to describe the show: “Sharing the joy of music in hopes of bringing back old memories or helping listeners discover unfamiliar artists, bands, or songs that they might want to look further into. At the same time, helping out Veterans and their families with donations along the way."Songs for this month are:1. Uncle Anesthesia - Screaming Trees2. Circle of Hands - Uriah Heep3. Bad Luck - Social Distortion4. Love Hurts - Nazareth5. How Does It Feel - Slade6. The Difference (In the Garden of St. Anne's On the Hill) - King's X7.  Listen Mister - April Wine8. Lights Out - UFO9. Comin' Down - Meat Puppets10. Magic Power - Triumph11. When Country Came Back to Town - Brent CobbOur email is cvs10tocheckout@gmail.comSupport the show

https://enlighteninglife.com/october-2024-energy-report/It's October now and we move from the 8 of September to the 9 energy of October (10 + 2+0+2+4 = 9) and we see the number 9 in terms of closure and endings. Well this one is a little different because it is not just closure we'll get, it is endings and the end, as in it's over, fini, fertig, finito, done, closed, and completely over. It is interesting that 2024 began with a 9 month, January 2024 was a 9 (1 + 2 + 0 + 2 +4) and October brings us full circle and full cycle from where we started on January 1, 2024. January was also a 9 value month and Pluto was at the same degree as it is now and getting ready for the final steps in its long transit of Capricorn. (everyone shout hooray)I am not talking about the end of the world apocalypse here, but something similar, although that is what the people whose land and homes were flooded are dealing with. What must be over will end, in one way or another, and we may be able to get closure, but that is not necessary for endings. Remember Capricorn is the end of the 3D path and Aquarius, the next sign, is the 5D sign leading us into full spiritual congruence. The ascension journey is nearing completion of this particular cycle.Beginnings require endings or we have a mish mash of events, situations, people, relationships, and the like that are no longer relevant to us today but we still have some connection to them so we keep them close by even though they add no value or benefit to us, our path, or our life.It reminds me of the junk drawer that everyone has in their kitchen, which contains a collection of old keys, random parts, cords, batteries, and objects that we once had or used. While we really don't know what they all belong to any more we're afraid to throw them away in case that thing shows up and we need that part or cord.So we continue to add to the junk drawer year after year until one day we decide to clean it up and discover exactly what is in there. The results are surprising because we find things that we were looking for, get rid of a lot of things we know we no longer need, and sometimes we find surprises. I did this with my daughter on my last visit to her house and we found a lot of things in the kitchen junk drawers including enough loose change to buy an ice cream treat for the entire family!As I am writing this on October 1 we just had an X7 solar flare, a rather large one that explains the anxiety, headache, and restlessness that I have felt all day. Of course since I am in North Carolina, I am also processing energy from the huge amount of devastation that was left behind Hurricane Helene too. I often visit that part of the state especially in the autumn because the Blue Ridge Parkway is so beautiful but not this year.Many of the roads I have traveled before are gone – washed away – or the towns I visited are gone or heavily damaged. Even the Biltmore House, the Vanderbilt property that is a central figure in the area, is closed. It is very sad but the people here will recover. They are strong and resourceful and very committed to their communities. And a lot of us will help when we can and when it is safe to travel to that part of the state.Read the rest of the article on the blog at enlighteninglife.com Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2024 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse and illegal use of our content.email support@enlighteninglife.com with questions

In this episode, we dive into the recent solar activity and its impact on possibly both the Earth and our energetic systems. On Tuesday, we experienced a powerful X7.1 solar flare, followed by an X9.05-class flare today. With a coronal mass ejection (CME) heading toward Earth, geomagnetic storm watches are in place, and the skies may light up with breathtaking auroras in Northern U.S. But what does this mean for us beyond the beautiful visuals? These cosmic events are not just astronomical phenomena — they're interconnected with our personal and collective transformation. Join us as we explore how solar flares and CMEs assist in elevating the Earth's vibration and how these energetic shifts support our own evolution into higher versions of ourselves. What We'll Cover: A breakdown of the recent X7.1 and X9.05 solar flares and their effects on Earth, including geomagnetic storms and aurora visibility. The energetic and spiritual significance of solar flares and CMEs as part of the planet's ascension process. Physical and emotional symptoms of solar flares could be: Fatigue Headaches Mood swings Anxiety and restlessness Sleep disruptions Physical aches and inflammation Heightened intuition and energetic sensitivity Other symptoms like dehydration, vertigo, and temperature changes. Make sure to use your Energy Tools and Mindfulness to navigate these ntense energy shifts to support yourself. Key Points to Reflect On: The correlation between cosmic events and our personal energetic clearing. How solar flares assist in releasing dense energies, old patterns, and emotional blockages. Ways to support yourself during these energetic upgrades, including grounding techniques, self-care tips, and staying attuned to your body's needs. Tune In If You Want to Learn: How solar storms influence both the Earth and our energetic bodies. What to expect during a geomagnetic storm and how to align with these cosmic energies. Practical tips for navigating the physical and emotional effects of heightened solar activity.

GB2RS News Sunday the 6th of October The news headlines: The deadline for advance tickets for the RSGB 2024 Convention is tomorrow, Monday the 7th of October The RSGB is interested in what you did for National Coding Week The RSGB's next Tonight@8 webinar will take place tomorrow, the 7th of October The theme for this year's RSGB Convention is “Your Convention, Your Way” and the Society is providing a range of activities and presentations as well as different ways to get involved. There is still just time to buy your tickets in advance, but hurry as advance sales for attending the Convention or the dinners closes tomorrow, Monday the 7th of October. You will be able to buy a Convention ticket on the door but not at the discounted rate that is available now. At the event, there will be a varied programme of presentations regardless of your amateur radio interests or experience, as well as practical workshops and Morse competency tests. You'll also find a room full of special interest groups to chat to who could inspire you to try something new! If you're unable to travel to the Convention, a small number of presentations will be live-streamed and will be available on the RSGB YouTube channel without the need to pre-register. The RSGB has released two ‘Convention Chat' videos recently and will be releasing two more over the coming week, so find out what others think of the Convention and see who you might bump into in the bar! For full programme details and speaker information and to book in advance, go to the RSGB Convention web pages at rsgb.org/convention Did you take part in National Coding Week this year? The RSGB had nine activities to inspire you to take part, including two new worksheets developed by the Society's Outreach Team. Whether you took part by yourself, at a club night, or with friends and family, the RSGB would love to hear from you. To be included in the RadCom December feature on National Coding Week please send a summary of your activity, along with any photos, to radcom@rsgb.org.uk by the 17th of October. The worksheets will remain on the RSGB website for people to try, so if you would still like to have a go head over to rsgb.org/coding and get involved. The next RSGB Tonight@8 live webinar is tomorrow, Monday the 7th of October. Ian White, GM3SEK will present ‘Aircraft Scatter, the Hitch-Hikers Guide'. Aircraft scatter is about bouncing VHF and UHF radio signals off high-flying aircraft – effectively ‘hitching a ride' with someone else's plane to extend your everyday working range up to 800km. It may sound rather technical, but with some explanations from Ian, aircraft scatter might soon feel very easy. During the talk, Ian will consider how aircraft scatter works, and if it's so useful, why haven't we heard more about it? Join the webinar live at 8 pm on the RSGB YouTube channel or special BATC channel. Find out more about this and other webinars on the RSGB website via rsgb.org/webinars grid.radio is a web application born out of the frustration that Rose, 2E0RXO and many others experienced during spontaneous, often unplanned, Parks on the Air activations. During busy moments, someone would inevitably ask for a Worked All Britain square or another reference that she wasn't prepared for. There wasn't a single, simple resource to quickly gather this information with a fast-loading, modern interface. Many websites would spend more time loading advertisements than displaying the necessary information, delaying communication and increasing the pending pile-up. After several months of facing the same issue and finding herself still unprepared, Rose, a Computer Science graduate, decided to solve the problem with code. She created a fast, free web app that can be installed on the home screen of any phone or tablet or accessed on a desktop computer for pre-activation planning. You can also share links so others can easily find out where you are operating from. Once installed, the app will even work without a data connection. Development is ongoing, with feedback from all amateur radio operators welcomed via the contact details on Rose's QRZ.com page. To learn more about this useful web app visit grid.radio Please send details of all your news and events to radcom@rsgb.org.uk The deadline for submissions is 10 am on Thursdays before the Sunday broadcast each week.   And now for details of rallies and events The 49th Welsh Radio Rally is taking place today, the 6th, at Llanwern High School, Hartridge Farm Road in Newport. Traders can gain access from 7 am and the doors are open for visitors from 9.30 am. The entrance fee is £3 per person and free parking is available. For more information email Mike Rackham, GW4JKV via welshradiorally@gmail.com or phone 07976 368 250. The Dartmoor Autumn Radio Rally will take place on Sunday the 13th of October. The event will be held at Yelverton War Memorial Hall, Meavy Lane, Yelverton in Devon. There will be the usual bring-and-buy area, trader stands, refreshments and free parking available. The doors will be open at 10 am and admission will be £2.50. For more information visit dartmoorradioclub.uk or email 2e0rph@gmail.com The Hornsea Amateur Radio Club Rally will also take place on Sunday the 13th of October. The venue will be Driffield Showground in East Yorkshire. The doors will be open from 10 am. For more details visit hornseaarc.com or contact Les, 2E0LBJ on 01377 252 293. Now the Special Event news Special callsign PH80LIB will be in use from various locations until the 10th of November to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the southern Netherlands in the autumn of 1944. Activity will be on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via the Bureau. See QRZ.com for more information. OR100LGE is the special callsign in use by members of the Liege Radio Club, ON5VL to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The station is active until the end of the year on the 160 to 6m bands using CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL or via ON6YH. QSOs will also be uploaded to Club Log. Now the DX news Michal, OM2DX is active as TO2DX from Reunion Island, AF-016, until tomorrow the 7th of October. He is operating CW, RTTY and FT8 on the 60 to 10m bands. QSL via OM2DX. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and Logbook of the World. Gunter, DK2WH is active again as V51WH, and V55Y in contests from Namibia until the 12th of November. He operates SSB, FT8 and some CW on the 160 to 10m bands. QSL via DK2WH. Now the contest news The Oceania DX SSB Contest started at 0600UTC on Saturday the 5th and ends at 0600UTC today, Sunday the 6th of October. Using SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The RSGB October 432MHz to 245GHz Contest started at 1400UTC on Saturday the 5th and ends at 1400UTC today, Sunday the 6th of October. Using all modes on 432MHz to 245GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The IARU 432MHz to 245GHz Contest started at 1400UTC on Saturday the 5th and ends at 1400UTC today, Sunday the 6th of October. Using all modes on 432MHz to 245GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Today, the 6th, the UK Microwave Group 24 to 76GHz Contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 24 to 76GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Monday the 7th, the RSGB Autumn Series CW Contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using CW on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday the 8th, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1855UTC. Using FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also on Tuesday the 8th, the RSGB 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday the 8th, the IRTS 80m Evening Counties Contest runs from 1900 to 2000 UTC. Using CW and SSB on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. EI and GI stations also send their county code. On Wednesday the 9th, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity four-hour Contest runs from 1700 to 2100UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is a report and four-character locator. Also, on Wednesday the 9th, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity two-hour Contest runs from 1900 to 2100UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is a report and four-character locator. Stations entering the four-hour contest may also enter the two-hour contest. On Thursday the 10th, the RSGB 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Oceania DX CW Contest starts at 0600UTC on Saturday the 12th and ends at 0600UTC on Sunday the 13th of October. Using CW on the 160 to 10m bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Thursday the 3rd of October 2024 In the first week of October, the 10m band began to show what it is capable of. With a solar flux index in the high 200s and calm geomagnetic conditions, DX was plentiful. Nick, VK9DX on Norfolk Island was audible on SSB all morning on Wednesday the 2nd and only wanted to work G stations. This made him popular in the UK, but less so in other countries! Vlad, 5H1WX, on Mafia Island, Tanzania, was another strong signal on the morning of the third. Meanwhile, the 3D2V Rotuma Island DXpedition near Fiji on the 10m band using FT4 was another catch for many people. The Kp index managed to remain low for the first half of the week, but there were warnings that a coronal mass ejection, which was attributed to the X7.1 solar flare on the 1st of October, might upset things later in the week. With a good spread of sunspots, mainly in the Sun's southern hemisphere, there could be more flares over the coming days. Scott Mcintosh, the solar physicist who predicted a busier than average Cycle 25, has now questioned whether we are past solar maximum. The fact that there are now fewer sunspots in the Northern Hemisphere suggests that we may be past the peak, but only time will tell. Meanwhile, NOAA predicts the solar flux index may decline towards the 200 mark next week. The Kp index is predicted to go to 4 this weekend. With four of the ten active sunspot groups now classed as growing, we may expect further solar activity and geomagnetic disturbances over the next seven days. And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO The brief period of high pressure that arrived towards the end of the previous week is currently being nudged away to the east into Europe. The coming week is dominated by very unsettled conditions with a succession of deep lows near or crossing the country and there's even one that contains the remnants of an old hurricane. The result is that next week will provide copious amounts of wet and windy weather, so no Tropo for us, but there may be several areas of heavy rain for a try at rain scatter on the GHz bands. We hope you have all checked out your antennas after last week's reminder since the winds may be quite testing for some areas. The solar conditions have been stirred up recently by several flares so, as usual, keep an autumn watch out for auroras. Lastly, there are plenty of meteor scatter opportunities aside from any random meteor activity. Try investigating one of the many meteor websites to see the full list of options. For EME operators, Moon declination is at its minimum on Wednesday. So, it is a good week for checking out systems before the Sun also gets too low in the sky to make sensible Sun noise measurements over the winter. Path losses are still high but starting to fall. If you're fortunate to have a clear low horizon you'll make some contacts, but with peak Moon elevation only eight degrees on Wednesday, you'll be lucky! 144MHz sky noise in general is high to moderate for the rest of the week. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

Kelly's no Macy Blackwell, but she is conquering laundry for a family of five—a super mom feat. Also while pregnant, she's wearing her seatbelt safely and on a mission to save the internet from dangerous contraptions promoted by influencers who don't know the risks they're taking.  To tip or not to tip at coffee shops—this question is at the top of Kelly's driveway dumps today. Lizz worries she'll get a bad coffee if she doesn't tip online and Kelly's going to start using a two-month tipping hack. George and Hattie are taking on more chores around the house and Lizz suggests making floor cleaning a game of who can bring mom the dirtiest rag. A complete transformation via freshly painted trim is underway at Lizz's new house while Kelly is still waiting for her shiplap saga to end.  Over 74% of people have subscriptions they've forgotten about. Cancel unused and unwanted subscriptions, keep your spending on track, and put money right back in your pocket with Rocket Money. With over 5 million users, Rocket Money has helped save its members an average of $720 a year with over 500 million in canceled subscriptions. So stop wasting money on things you don't use.  → Download the Rocket Money app at rocketmoney.com/carpool   Who would Kelly and Lizz date, marry, and divorce in popular car brand lineups? Kelly shares her BMW picks—date the M4 convertible, marry the X3, divorce the X7—considers the Telluride vs the Carnival from Kia, reveals what she hates more than the Jeep Gladiator, and Lizz wraps up the game with Ford. That Bronco might buy her a drink, but who's she going to date? Kelly also names the cars she'd put in her dream five-car garage.  In industry news Rivian is doing what no one is asking for and removing the key fobs from their vehicles completely. Lizz wonders what happens if tech is down. She's not a fan and wonders when a conspiracy theory is just a good what-if question. EVs trickle into Toyota's lineup as the Highlander evolves into one. Unfortunately, Kelly and Lizz both recognized that the disappointment of the ball at the Car Mom Auto Show was the Grand Highlander. Kelly is done with GM not putting lower anchors in their third rows as George is outgrowing the harnesses in his front-facing seats. The first thaw-gust recipe is coming to you today for ditch the drive-through. You will not regret having this in your freezer, so do your future self a favor and plan some time this weekend to whip up a batch of Pioneer Woman Baked Ziti. → To share your ditch the drive-through recipe with us, call (959) CAR-POOL and leave us a message! → Write in your advice questions! Send Kelly and Lizz an email to get your question featured on the show at hello@thecarmomofficial.com  Follow the Carpool Podcast on IG Follow the Carpool Podcast on YouTube Join The Car Mom Crew Facebook Group! Follow Kelly on IG Follow Lizz on IG Follow the Truck Dad on IG Visit thecarmomofficial.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exposure hasn't had an upgrade from the X7 version, which was released in 2021, but it's still a good choice both as a standalone application and as a plug-in for Lightroom Classic. In Short Circuits: Speaking of golden oldies, I encountered a little connector that could be used to join lots of devices two years ago. It saved the day a week ago when I had to deal with an IPhone that had a low battery. • There's a lot of concern about the dangers of artificial intelligence, so I went straight to the source and asked two AI engines about the dangers of AI.

The Oracle Autonomous Database Dedicated deployment is a good choice for customers who want to implement a private database cloud in their own dedicated Exadata infrastructure. That dedicated infrastructure can either be in the Oracle Public Cloud or in the customer's own data center via Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer.   In a dedicated environment, the Exadata infrastructure is entirely dedicated to the subscribing customer, isolated from other cloud tenants, with no shared processor, storage, and memory resource.   In this episode, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham speak with Oracle Database experts about how Autonomous Database Dedicated offers greater control of the software and infrastructure life cycle, customizable policies for separation of database workload, software update schedules and versioning, workload consolidation, availability policies, and much more.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Tamal Chatterjee, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode.   -------------------------------------------------------   Episode Transcript:   00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started. 00:26 Nikita: Hello and welcome to the Oracle University Podcast. I'm Nikita Abraham, Principal Technical Editor with Oracle University, and I'm joined by Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs. Lois: Hi there! This is our second episode on Oracle's Autonomous Database, and today we're going to spend time discussing Autonomous Database on Dedicated Infrastructure. We'll be talking with three of our colleagues: Maria Colgan, Kamryn Vinson, and Kay Malcolm. 00:53 Nikita: Maria is a Distinguished Product Manager for Oracle Database, Kamryn is a Database Product Manager, and Kay is a Senior Director of Database Product Management.  Lois: Hi Maria! Thanks for joining us today. We know that Oracle Autonomous Database offers two deployment choices: serverless and dedicated Exadata infrastructure. We spoke about serverless infrastructure last week but for anyone who missed that episode, can you give us a quick recap of what it is? 01:22 Maria: With Autonomous Database Serverless, Oracle automates all aspects of the infrastructure and database management for you. That includes provisioning, configuring, monitoring, backing up, and tuning. You simply select what type of database you want, maybe a data warehouse, transaction processing, or a JSON document store, which region in the Oracle Public Cloud you want that database deployed, and the base compute and storage resources necessary. Oracle automatically takes care of everything else. Once provisioned, the database can be instantly scaled through our UI, our APIs, or automatically based on your workload needs. All scaling activities happen completely online while the database remains open for business. 02:11 Nikita: Ok, so now that we know what serverless is, let's move on to dedicated infrastructure. What can you tell us about it? Maria: Autonomous Database Dedicated allows customers to implement a private database cloud running on their own dedicated Exadata infrastructure. That dedicated infrastructure can be in Oracle's Public Cloud or in the customer's own data center via Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer. It makes an ideal platform to consolidate multiple databases regardless of their workload type or their size. And it also allows you to offer database as a service within your enterprise. 02:50 Lois: What are the primary benefits of Autonomous Database Dedicated infrastructure? Maria: With the dedicated deployment option, you must first subscribe to Dedicated Exadata Cloud Infrastructure that is isolated from other tenants with no shared processors, memory, network, or storage resources. This infrastructure choice offers greater control of both the software and the infrastructure life cycle. Customers can specify their own policies for workload separation, software update schedules, and availability. One of the key benefits of an autonomous database is a lower total cost of ownership through more automation and operational delegation to Oracle. Remember it's a fully managed service. All database operations, such as backup, software updates, upgrades, OS maintenance, incident management, and health monitoring, will be automatically done for you by Oracle. Its maximum availability architecture protects you from any hardware failures and in the event of a full outage, the service will be automatically failed over to your standby site. Built-in application continuity ensures zero downtime during the standard software update or in the event of a failover.  04:09 Nikita: And how is this billed?  Maria: Autonomous Database also has true pay-per-use billing so even when autoscale is enabled, you'll only pay for those additional resources when you use them. And we make it incredibly simple to develop on this environment with managed developer add-ons like our low code development environment, APEX, and our REST data services. This means you don't need any additional development environments in order to get started with a new application. 04:40 Lois: Ok. So, it looks like the dedicated option offers more control and customization. Maria, how do we access a dedicated database over a network? Maria: The network path is through a VCN, or Virtual Cloud Network, and the subnet that's defined by the Exadata infrastructure hosting the database. By default, this subnet is defined as private, meaning, there's no public internet access to those databases. This ensures only your company can access your Exadata infrastructure and your databases. Autonomous Database Dedicated can also take advantage of network services provided by OCI, including subnets or VCN peering, as well as connections to on-prem databases through the IP secure VPN and FastConnect dedicated corporate network connections. 05:33 Maria: You can also take advantage of the Oracle Microsoft partnership that enables customers to connect their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources and Microsoft Azure resources through a dedicated private connection. However, for some customers, a move to the public cloud is just not possible. Perhaps it's due to industry regulations, performance concerns, or integration with legacy on-prem applications. For these types of customers, Exadata Cloud@Customer should meet their requirements for strict data sovereignty and security by delivering high-performance Exadata Cloud Services capabilities in their data center behind their own firewall. 06:16 Nikita: What are the benefits of Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer? How's it different? Maria: Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer provides the same service as Autonomous Database Dedicated in the public cloud. So you get the same simplicity, agility, and performance, and elasticity that you get in the cloud. But it also provides a very fast and simple transition to an autonomous cloud because you can easily migrate on-prem databases to Exadata Cloud@Customer. Once the database is migrated, any existing applications can simply reconnect to that new database and run without any application changes being needed. And the data will leave your data center, so making it a very safe way to adopt a cloud model. 07:04 Lois: So, how do we manage communication to and from the public cloud? Maria: Each Cloud@Customer rack includes two local control plane servers to manage the communication to and from the public cloud. The local control plane acts on behalf of requests from the public cloud, keeping communications consolidated and secure. Platform control plane commands are sent to the Exadata Cloud@Customer system through a dedicated WebSocket secure tunnel.  Oracle Cloud operations staff use that same tunnel to monitor the autonomous database on Exadata Cloud@Customer both for maintenance and for troubleshooting. The two remote, control plane servers installed in the Exadata Cloud@Customer rack host that secure tunnel endpoint and act as a gateway for access to the infrastructure. They also host components that orchestrate the cloud automation, aggregates and routes telemetry messages from the Exadata Cloud@Customer platform to the Oracle Support Service infrastructure. And they also host images for server patching. 08:13 Maria: The Exadata Database Server is connected to the customer-managed switches via either 10 gigabit or 25 gigabit Ethernet. Customers have access to the customer Virtual Machine, or VM, via a pair of layer 2 network connections that are implemented as Virtual Network Interface Cards, or vNICs. They're also tagged VLAN. The physical network connections are implemented for high availability in an active standby configuration. Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer provides the best of both worlds-- all of the automation including patching, backing up, scaling, and management of a database that you get with a cloud service, but without the data ever leaving the customer's data center. 09:01 Nikita: That's interesting. And, what happens if a dedicated database loses network connectivity to the OCI control plane? Maria: In the event an autonomous database on Exadata Cloud@Customer loses network connectivity to the OCI control plane, the Autonomous Database will actually continue to be available for your applications. And operations such as backups and autoscaling will not be impacted in that loss of network connectivity. However, the management and monitoring of the Autonomous Database via the OCI console and APIs as well as access by the Oracle Cloud operations team will not be available until that network is reconnected. 09:43 Maria: The capability suspended in the case of a lost network connection include, as I said, infrastructure management-- so that's the manual scaling of an Autonomous Database via the UI or our OCI CLI, or REST APIs, as well as Terraform scripts. They won't be available. Neither will the ability for Oracle Cloud ops to access and perform maintenance activities, such as patching. Nor will we be able to monitor the Oracle infrastructure during the time where the system is not connected. 10:20 Lois: That's good to know, Maria. What about data encryption and backup options? Maria: All Oracle Autonomous Databases encrypt data at REST. Data is automatically encrypted as it's written to the storage. But this encryption is transparent to authorized users and applications because the database automatically decrypts the data when it's being read from the storage. There are several options for backing up the Autonomous Database Cloud@Customer including using a Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, or ZDLRA. You can back it up to locally mounted NFS storage or back it up to the Oracle Public Cloud. 10:57 Nikita: I want to ask you about the typical workflow for Autonomous Database Dedicated infrastructure. What are the main steps here? Maria: In the typical workflow, the fleet administrator role performs the following steps. They provision the Exadata infrastructure by specifying its size, availability domain, and region within the Oracle Cloud. Once the hardware has been provisioned, the fleet administrator partitions the system by provisioning clusters and container databases. Then the developers, DBAs, or anyone who needs a database can provision databases within those container databases. Billing is based on the size of the Exadata infrastructure that's provisioned. So whether that's a quarter rack, half rack, or full rack. It also depends on the number of CPUs that are being consumed. Remember, it's also possible for customers to use their existing Oracle database licenses with this service to reduce the cost. 11:53 Lois: And what Exadata infrastructure models and shapes does Autonomous Database Dedicated support? Maria: That's the X7, X8, and X8M and you can get all of those in either a quarter, half, or full Exadata rack. Currently, you can create a maximum of 12 VM clusters on an Autonomous Database Dedicated infrastructure. We also advise that you limit the number of databases you provision to meet your preferred SLA. To meet the high availability SLA, we recommend a maximum of 100 databases. To meet the extreme availability SLA, we recommend a maximum of 25 databases. 12:35 Nikita: Ok, so now that I know all this, how do I actually get started with Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure? Maria: You need to increase your service limit to include that Exadata infrastructure and then you need to create the fleet and DBA service roles. You also need to create the necessary network model, VM clusters, and container databases for your organization. Finally, you need to provide access to the end users who want to create and use those Autonomous databases. Autonomous Database requires a subscription to that Exadata infrastructure for a minimum of 48 hours. But once subscribed, you can test out ideas and then terminate the subscription with no ongoing costs. While subscribed, you can control where you place the resources to perhaps manage latency sensitive applications. 13:29 Maria: You can also have control over patching schedules, software versions, so you can be sure that you're testing exactly what you need to. You can also migrate databases to the Autonomous Database via our export, import capabilities via the object store or through Data Pump or Golden Gate. As with any Autonomous Database, once it's provisioned, you've got full access to both autoscaling and all our cloning capabilities.  13:57 Lois: Maria, I've heard you talk about the importance of clean role separation in managing a private cloud. Can you elaborate on that, please? Maria: A successful private cloud is set up and managed using clean role separation between the fleet administration group and the developers, or DBA groups. The fleet administration group establishes the governance constraints, including things like budgeting, capacity compliance, and SLAs, according to the business structure. The physical resources are also logically grouped to align with this business structure, and then groups of users are given self-service access to the resources within these groups. So a good example of this would be that the developers and DBA groups use self-service database resources within these constraints. 14:46 Nikita: I see. So, what exactly does a fleet administrator do? Maria: Fleet administrators allocate budget by department and are responsible for the creation, monitoring, and management of the autonomous exadata infrastructure, the autonomous exadata VM clusters, and the autonomous container databases. To perform these duties, the fleet administrators must have an Oracle Cloud account or user, and that user must have permissions to manage these resources and be permitted to use network resources that need to be specified when you create these other resources. 15:24 Nikita: And what about database administrators? Maria: Database administrators create, monitor, and manage autonomous databases. They, too, need to have an Oracle Cloud account or be an Oracle Cloud user. Now, those accounts need to have the necessary permissions in order to create and access databases. They also need to be able to access autonomous backups and have permission to access the autonomous container databases, inside which these autonomous databases will be created, and have all of the necessary permissions to be able to create those databases, as I said. While creating autonomous databases, the database administrators will define and gain access to an admin user account inside the database. It's through this account that they will actually get the necessary permissions to be able to create and control database users.  16:24 Lois: How do developers fit into the picture? Maria: Database users and developers who write applications that will use or access an autonomous database don't actually need Oracle Cloud accounts. They'll actually be given the network connectivity and authorization information they need to access those databases by the database administrators. 16:45 Lois: Maria, you mentioned the various ways to manage the lifecycle of an autonomous dedicated service. Can you tell us more about that? Maria: You can manage the lifecycle of an autonomous dedicated service through the Cloud UI, Command Line Interface, through our REST APIs, or through one of the several language SDKs. The lifecycle operations that you can manage include capacity planning and setup, the provisioning and partitioning of exadata infrastructure, the provisioning and management of databases, the scaling of CPU storage and other resources, the scheduling of updates for the infrastructure, the VMs, and the database, as well as monitoring through event notifications.  17:30 Lois: And how do policies come into play? Maria: OCI allows fine-grained control over resources through the application of policies to groups. These policies are applicable to any member of the group. For Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure, the resources in question are autonomous exadata infrastructure, autonomous container databases, autonomous databases, and autonomous backups.  Lois: Thanks so much, Maria. That was great information. 18:05 The Oracle University Learning Community is a great place for you to collaborate and learn with experts, peers, and practitioners. Grow your skills, inspire innovation, and celebrate your successes. The more you participate, the more recognition you can earn. All of your activities, from liking a post to answering questions and sharing with others, will help you earn badges and ranks, and be recognized within the community. If you are already an Oracle MyLearn user, go to MyLearn to join the community. You will need to log in first. If you have not yet accessed Oracle MyLearn, visit mylearn.oracle.com and create an account to get started. 18:44 Nikita: Welcome back! Hi Kamryn, thanks for joining us on the podcast. So, in an Autonomous Database environment where most DBA tasks are automated, what exactly does an application DBA do? Kamryn: While Autonomous Database automates most of the repetitive tasks that DBAs perform, the application DBA will still want to monitor and diagnose databases for applications to maintain the highest performance and the greatest security possible. Tasks the application DBA performs includes operations on databases, cloning, movement, monitoring, and creating alerts. When required, the application DBA performs low-level diagnostics for application performance and looks for insights on performance and capacity trends.  19:36 Nikita: I see. And which tools do they use for these tasks? Kamryn: There are several tools at the application DBA's disposal, including Enterprise Manager, Performance Hub, and the OCI Console. For Autonomous Dedicated, all the database operations are exposed through the console UI and available through REST API calls, including provisioning, stop/start, lifecycle operations for dedicated database types, unscheduled on-demand backups and restores, CPU scaling and storage management, providing connectivity information, including wallets, scheduling updates. 20:17 Lois: So, Kamryn, what tools can DBAs use for deeper exploration? Kamryn: For deeper exploration of the databases themselves, Autonomous Database DBAs can use SQL Developer Web, Performance Hub, and Enterprise Manager. 20:31 Nikita: Let's bring Kay into the conversation. Hi Kay! With Autonomous Database Dedicated, I've heard that customers have more control over patching. Can you tell us a little more about that? Kay: With Autonomous Database Dedicated, customers get to determine the update or patching schedule if they wish. Oracle automatically manages all patching activity, but with the ADB-Dedicated service, customers have the option of customizing the patching schedule. You can specify which month in every quarter you want, which week in that month, which day in that month, and which patching window within that day. You can also dynamically change the scheduled patching date and time for a specific database if the originally scheduled time becomes inconvenient. 21:22 Lois: That's great! So, how often are updates published, and what options do customers have when it comes to applying these updates? Kay: Every quarter, updates are published to the console, and OCI notifications are sent out. ADB-Dedicated allows for greater control over updates by allowing you to choose to apply the current update or stay with the previous version and skip to the next release. And the latest update can be applied immediately. This provides fleet administrators with the option to maintain test and production systems at different patch levels. A fleet administrator or a database admin sets up the software version policy at the Autonomous Container Database level during provisioning, although the defaults can be modified at any time for an existing Autonomous Container Database. At the bottom of the Autonomous Exadata Infrastructure provisioning screen, you will see a Configure the Automatic Maintenance section, where you should click the Modify Schedule.  22:34 Nikita: What happens if a customer doesn't customize their patching schedule? Kay: If you do not customize a schedule, it behaves like Autonomous Serverless, and Oracle will set a schedule for you. ADB-Dedicated customers get to choose the patching schedule that fits their business.  22:52 Lois: Back to you, Kamryn, I know a bit about Transparent Data Encryption, but I'm curious to learn more. Can you tell me what it does and how it helps protect data? Kamryn: Transparent Data Encryption, TDE, enables you to encrypt sensitive data that you store in tables and tablespaces. After the data is encrypted, this data is transparently decrypted for authorized users or applications when they access this data. TDE helps protect data stored on media, also called data at rest. If the storage media or data file is stolen, Oracle database uses authentication, authorization, and auditing mechanisms to secure data in the database, but not in the operating system data files where data is stored. To protect these data files, Oracle database provides TDE.  23:45 Nikita: That sounds important for data security. So, how does TDE protect data files? Kamryn: TDE encrypts sensitive data stored in data files. To prevent unauthorized decryption, TDE stores the encryption keys in a security module external to the database called a keystore. You can configure Oracle Key Vault as part of the TDE implementation. This enables you to centrally manage TDE key stores, called TDE wallets, in Oracle Key Vault in your enterprise. For example, you can upload a software keystore to Oracle Key Vault and then make the contents of this keystore available to other TDE-enabled databases. 24:28 Lois: What about Oracle Autonomous Database? How does it handle encryption? Kamryn: Oracle Autonomous Database uses always-on encryption that protects data at rest and in transit. All data stored in Oracle Cloud and network communication with Oracle Cloud is encrypted by default. Encryption cannot be turned off. By default, Oracle Autonomous Database creates and manages all the master encryption keys used to protect your data, storing them in a secure PKCS 12 keystore on the same Exadata systems where the databases reside. If your company's security policies require, Oracle Autonomous Database can instead use keys you create and manage. Customers can control key generation and rotation of the keys. 25:19 Kamryn: The Autonomous databases you create automatically use customer-managed keys because the Autonomous container database in which they are created is configured to use customer-managed keys. Thus, those users who create and manage Autonomous databases do not have to worry about configuring their databases to use customer-managed keys. 25:41 Nikita: Thank you so much, Kamryn, Kay, and Maria for taking the time to give us your insights. To learn more about provisioning Autonomous Database Dedicated resources, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and search for the Oracle Autonomous Database Administration Workshop. Lois: In our next episode, we will discuss Autonomous Database tools. Until then, this is Lois Houston… Nikita: …and Nikita Abraham signing off. 26:07 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. We'd also love it if you would take a moment to rate and review us on your podcast app. See you again on the next episode of the Oracle University Podcast.

Welcome to the New Year with the Unnamed Automotive Podcast! As we enter 2024, the guys have plenty to talk about starting with a paid of luxury three-row crossovers. Benjamin starts things off with his test drive of the 2024 BMW X7 M60i, which is loaded with a twin-turbo V8 and three-rows of luxurious seating. Who could've guessed this thing could do 0-60 in under 4 seconds? Beyond that little tidbit, Benjamin had plenty of frustrations about the Bimmer, but does that detract from the overall experience? Then Sami chimes in about his time with the 2024 Infiniti QX60, another high-end three-row crossover. However, Sami has some concerns with the Infiniti which shares a lot with the Nissan Pathfinder, including its powertrain, platform and many of its features. Is the Infiniti badge worth $20K? What's with the one-way power folding third row? And the old-school infotainment screen? Is this really the best the Japanese automaker can do? After hearing Sami's gripes, be sure to send the guys some love on Ko-Fi, or drop them a message on Unnamed Automotive Podcast website or social accounts. Thanks for listening!

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Klik og køb billetter til Bilklubben Live på Bremen Teater den 7. januar 2024!Mange pladser er allerede snuppet. Skynd dig inden der er udsolgt!Podcasten er blevet til med vores samarbejdspartner GF Forsikring. Afsnit 116 er publiceret d. 6. november, 2023. Grau, NP og Richter er klar i studiet, og denne gang har vi en ganske særlig gæstevært med!Den danske BMW-designer Anders Thøgersen er på besøg hos Bilklubben i Danmark, og han har taget en BMW i5 med!NP har været på pressetur for at kigge på VW ID. 7...... mens Grau og Richter har været i Spanien for at kigge på Volvo EX30I nyhederne kigger vi på en nyhed om de stigende udgifter til transport i Danmark.Auktionspriser skal vi også runde, hvor temaet er "Wolf of Wall Street"Quiz med NP som quizmaster, Brevkassen og alt muligt andet......rigtig go' fornøjelse!

Alpina has a similar story to that of its rival in Affalterbach. Once known for upgrading BMW products, and even an independent automaker, the company was rolled into BMW in 2022. While Alpina is probably still best known for upgrading BMWs, its role under BMW ownership is basically unchanged. Case and point: the BMW X7 Alpina XB7. Technically still a BMW, and not a remanufactured product released by Alpin, this X7 has all the accouterment you'd expect from the brand. The XB7 squeezes more power out of the 4.4-liter turbocharged V8, bringing it up from 523 hp to 630 hp. The Alpina also sports a posh interior and the classic Alpina spoked wheels -- even though the company has moved away from the hollow-spoke wheel-center inflation. On this episode of Quick Spin, Autoweek's Patrick Carone hops behind the wheel of the Alpina XB7 and puts it through its paces. Carone takes you around the high-riding Alpina and highlights some of his favorite features. Carone also takes you along for a live drive review. Alongside this live commentary, Carone chats about the Alpina XB7 with host Wesley Wren. The pair talk about the competitive set, the finer details about the XB7, and more. Closing the show, the pair break down what makes the Alpina XB7 special.

Join hosts Harrison and AJ as they explore the fascinating journey of expanding their machine shops. Delve into their candid discussions about spindle choices, comparing the benefits of the Syil X5 and X7 models, including power considerations and space efficiency. Discover how automation possibilities unfold, with insights from Harrison's industry event visit where he explores integrating a versatile robotic arm for enhanced efficiency. AJ shares his shop's production updates, detailing optimized machining processes, Kickstarter success, and networking strategies. Gain valuable perspectives on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of machine shop expansion and innovation in this engaging episode. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tapsandpatience/support

Hosts AJ and Harrison discuss their experiences with CNC machines and troubleshooting issues they've encountered. AJ has been facing challenges with the motor coupler on the axis and has made adjustments to fix the issue, though false triggers with the probe have become problematic. They talk about the complexity of macro programming and how certain settings affect the probing process. Despite these challenges, AJ has seen improvements in part quality, and production is going well, with an average of around 30 carabiners produced per day. They also mention upcoming projects, including Generative Scales and Premium Scales, as well as the idea of incorporating coins into their work. They discuss the need for a new machine, with AJ considering upgrading to an X5 or X7 model for larger production capabilities. The hosts share their experiences and insights, making it an engaging listen for CNC enthusiasts and those interested in manufacturing and production processes. The podcast highlights the ups and downs of running a CNC business and the continuous pursuit of improvement and efficiency in their work. Listeners familiar with the hosts' previous discussions will find this episode informative and entertaining, as it delves into their day-to-day operations and future plans. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tapsandpatience/support

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The theme of the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting was “Partnering With Patients: The Cornerstone of Cancer Care and Research.” From June 2 to 6 in Chicago, Illinois, and online, cancer researchers and clinicians from around the world gathered to discuss the latest cancer research and how to ensure that all people receive the cancer care they need. In the Research Round Up series, members of the Cancer.Net Editorial Board discuss the most exciting and practice-changing research in their field presented at the meeting, and explain what it means for people with cancer. In today's episode, our guests will discuss new research in breast cancer, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and brain tumors. First, Dr. Norah Lynn Henry discusses new research in early stage and metastatic breast cancer. Dr. Henry is Professor and Interim Chief of the University of Michigan's Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Breast Oncology Disease Lead at the Rogel Cancer Center. She is also the 2023 Cancer.Net Associate Editor for Breast Cancer. You can view Dr. Henry's disclosures at Cancer.Net. Dr. Henry: Hi, I'm Dr. Lynn Henry, a breast cancer oncologist from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center. Welcome to this quick summary of the most exciting new research in breast cancer that was presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. I have no conflicts of interest for any of the trials that I will talk about. First, I'm going to give a very brief overview of the types of breast cancer, then talk about some research that was presented on both early-stage and metastatic breast cancer. As a reminder, there are multiple kinds of breast cancer. Some breast cancers are called hormone receptor-positive or estrogen receptor-positive and are stimulated to grow by the hormone estrogen. We treat those cancers with anti-estrogen or anti-endocrine treatments, which block estrogen or lower estrogen levels. Other breast cancers are called HER2-positive. These are often more aggressive cancers. But because they have extra copies of HER2, they often respond to treatments that block HER2. Finally, there are breast cancers that don't have hormone receptors or HER2. These are called triple-negative breast cancer and are also often aggressive cancers. Most of the results I'm going to highlight today are treatments for estrogen receptor-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer. One of the main stories from the ASCO Annual Meeting was the result of the NATALEE trial. At the present time, for patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer who were at high risk of having their breast cancer come back, the currently recommended treatment is anti-endocrine therapy. Based on the results of a prior trial called monarchE, we also consider adding a medicine called abemaciclib, which turns off some enzymes in the cell that are called CDK4 and CDK6, which are known to make estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells grow. Abemaciclib can further reduce the risk of cancer recurrence compared to endocrine therapy alone, but it does have some side effects, most commonly, diarrhea. In the NATALEE trial, which was presented for the first time at this ASCO meeting, researchers studied a similar type of medication called ribociclib. It acts similarly to abemaciclib, although it is more likely to cause low blood counts and less likely to cause diarrhea. Ribociclib is currently routinely used in combination with anti-endocrine therapy to treat patients with metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer but is not yet routinely used in the early-stage setting. In the NATALEE trial, patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer who are at high risk of breast cancer recurrence were enrolled. Half the patients were treated with just standard anti-endocrine therapy and half also received ribociclib for 3 years. After the 3-year treatment period, those who received both ribociclib and anti-endocrine therapy were about 25% less likely to have their cancer come back compared to those who received only anti-endocrine therapy. Overall, the medication was quite well tolerated. It is important to note that this drug is not yet FDA-approved in the setting. The remaining trials I will highlight are for treatment of metastatic breast cancer. There were many trials examining how best to use drugs that we are actually already using in the clinic. For example, many presentations were about the CDK4/6 inhibitors that I just mentioned. Typically, patients who have just been diagnosed with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer get treated with anti-endocrine therapy plus a CDK4/6 inhibitor. One trial called SONIA examined whether this is the right approach, or whether patients should just get the anti-endocrine therapy up front and hold off on starting the CDK4/6 inhibitor medication until a later time. It appears that this delayed approach would reduce symptoms as well as cost of the medication, while not reducing benefit from the treatment. Therefore, it appears it is likely fine for some patients to get just anti-endocrine therapy alone initially. However, we don't know how to identify those patients. Researchers are still figuring out which patients should follow this new treatment plan and which should keep getting the double therapy at the beginning. Some more to come in the future. There was a different trial called PADA-1 that included patients taking anti-endocrine therapy and the CDK4/6 inhibitor, palbociclib, upfront. Those patients were monitored using a blood test, looking for a mutation or a change in the estrogen receptor in the cancer. Patients who had that mutation either remained on the same treatment that they'd been on or switched to the next line of therapy, even though their scans didn't show any progression of their cancer. Overall, this switching strategy looks like a very promising approach for managing patients since it may help patients' cancer respond to treatment for a longer period of time. Although this approach is not yet officially recommended according to our guidelines. In another example, many patients with all types of metastatic breast cancer are treated with a drug called capecitabine, also known as Xeloda. Although this drug is effective for many cancers, many patients experience hand-foot syndrome, nausea, diarrhea, and mouth sores. In the X7-7 clinical trial, the researchers compared the official standard FDA-approved dose based on a patient's height and weight and given for 14 days followed by 7 days off. That was compared to a fixed dose of treatment given 7 days on and 7 days off. The trial found that the fixed-dose regimen was easier to tolerate, but importantly, the benefit from the 2 doses and schedules of treatment appears to be similar. Therefore, we will likely be using this lower dose, 7 days on and 7 days off, for most of our patients who receive treatment with capecitabine for metastatic breast cancer, since it is likely to improve their quality of life while not negatively impacting the potential benefit they receive from the therapy. There were a lot of other research findings presented that are related to treatment for both early-stage and metastatic breast cancer at the meeting. Importantly, we got glimpses of the many new drugs on the horizon for treatment of breast cancer, including a new antibody-drug conjugate against HER2, as well as other new anti-endocrine and targeted treatments. We eagerly await the results of large, randomized trials so the drugs that work can be used to treat patients with breast cancer. But for now, that's it for this quick summary of important research from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Stay tuned to Cancer.Net for future updates from upcoming breast cancer conferences. Thank you. ASCO: Thank you, Dr. Henry. Next, Dr. Christopher Flowers discusses new research in lymphomas and multiple myeloma. Dr. Flowers is the Chair of the Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Division Head ad interim of Cancer Medicine. He is also the 2023 Cancer.Net Associate Editor for Lymphoma. You can view Dr. Flowers' disclosures at Cancer.Net. Dr. Flowers: Hello. I'm Dr. Christopher Flowers, professor and chair of the Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma and interim division head for cancer medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson. And it's my pleasure to talk to you today in this Cancer.Net podcast about latest updates in the hematological malignancies focused on lymphoid cancers from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. The ASCO Annual Meeting every year is an exciting time for latest updates in the care of patients with cancer. And in particular this year, there were 3 abstracts that I'd like to highlight that were presentations at this meeting about lymphoid malignancies that have potential significant impact for patients over time. The first 2 come from a special session that was on late-breaking abstracts that were latest advances from clinical trials. The first is from the ZUMA-7 trial. This is a trial looking at axicabtagene ciloleucel, a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR T-cell therapy. The CAR T-cell trial in question here was led by Jason Westin, who's a colleague of mine at MD Anderson. And MD Anderson is a partner with Kite pharmaceutical company that is a manufacturer of this and has a research alliance with that group. In the ZUMA-7 trial, this was a trial that involved the use of CAR T-cell therapy in comparison to standard-of-care therapy, which typically would be aggressive chemoimmunotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with relapse of large B-cell lymphoma. As many of you may know, large B-cell lymphoma is a kind of lymphoma that is potentially curable with standard frontline therapy. And when patients relapse, the standard of care historically had been for patients to receive autologous stem cell transplantation, which is also potentially a curative therapy. This trial to do a ZUMA-7 trial compared patients who received the typical standard of care, the autologous stem cell transplant following the aggressive chemoimmunotherapy regimen for patients who had relapsed early after their initial therapy, so within 12 months, or were refractory, meaning that they did not respond to their initial therapy. And this was compared to the axicabtagene ciloleucel or axi-cel CAR T-cell therapy. The initial publication of the trial came out in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2022 and showed that the event-free survival for patients who receive CAR T-cell therapy was superior. This update of the ZUMA-7 trial at the ASCO Annual Meeting that was presented by my colleague, Jason Westin, discussed the overall survival of the study, and in this update, it showed that overall survival was also improved for patients who received axi-cel as opposed to standard-of-care therapy. And now with a median follow-up of a little bit more than 47 months, axi-cel demonstrated superiority that was statistically significant and clinically meaningful over the traditional standard of care. In that same session, there was another trial looking at CAR T-cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma. This was a BCMA-targeted CAR T-cell therapy that was presented by Dr. Dhakal in that session providing results from the CARTITUDE-4 global randomized phase 3 clinical trial. That was a trial that involved 419 patients where patients were randomized to cilta-cel CAR T-cell therapy for myeloma or standard-of-care therapy, which in this case included combination therapy. And in this trial, this showed that single agent with a single cell-to-cell infusion significantly improved progression-free survival versus standard of care for patients with multiple myeloma who had 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy and were refractory to lenalidomide. This is also a meaningful advance for patients with this disease. And the final abstract that I'll mention is an abstract that was presented by Dr. Alex Herrera from City of Hope and was presented in the Plenary session. And it was really exciting to see a Plenary session presentation focusing on lymphomas. So this trial presented by Dr. Herrera was led by the Southwest Oncology Group. Dr. Sara Ahmed from MD Anderson, from my institution, was a participant and actively engaged in this clinical trial. This trial was a success in a number of ways. First, it involved both pediatric and adult patients and is one of the first trials of its kind to involve both large populations of patients with pediatric lymphomas as well as adults with lymphomas. It helps to consolidate the approaches that we use for Hodgkin lymphoma, both in the pediatric population and the adult population. It also represents a major advance in the ways that we conduct clinical trials in the United States in that this clinical trial finished ahead of schedule in terms of completion of the trial with collaboration from the adult and pediatric groups across the National Clinical Trials Network. As I mentioned, this was presented by Dr. Alex Herrera in the Plenary session and involved patients with stage 3, 4 Hodgkin lymphoma, where patients were randomized 1 to 1 either to receive an anti-PD-1 therapy, nivolumab, with chemotherapy, the AVD chemotherapy regimen, or the antibody-drug conjugate, brentuximab vendotin, combined with that same AVD chemotherapy. And what this showed in 994 patients who were enrolled from 2019 to 2022 was that there was a benefit for patients who received the combination of nivolumab AVD or NAVD versus the group that received brentuximab and AVD. It improved the progression-free survival in patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. In this trial, few immune-related adverse events were observed and a lesser number of patients went on to receive radiation therapy, which is also a benefit for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma. And this concludes my presentation of abstracts at the ASCO Annual Meeting and really exciting advances for patients with lymphoma that were presented this year. ASCO: Thank you, Dr. Flowers. Finally, Dr. Roy Strowd discusses new research in treating brain tumors, including those in people with von Hippel Lindau syndrome. Dr. Strowd is a neurologist and neuro-oncologist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also the 2023 Cancer.Net Associate Editor for Central Nervous System Tumors. You can view Dr. Strowd's disclosures at Cancer.Net. Dr. Strowd: Hello, everyone. This is Roy Strowd. I'm a physician neuro-oncologist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in our comprehensive cancer center. And I'm really excited to be with you for this podcast on important CNS or brain tumor updates from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. I don't have any relevant disclosures for the research that we'll discuss today. It was a really exciting meeting. It was actually a really fun meeting to be a brain tumor doctor at ASCO this year. So I'm really excited to talk with you about some important updates. And I think it's actually a really important time to be a patient and a caregiver and know some of the things going on in brain tumor care. So I'm going to dive into 3 studies. And one that we just have to talk about, and this was a really exciting study called the INDIGO study. At ASCO, if you present a study, you want to have a Plenary presentation, you want to be up on the big stage presenting your work. And brain tumor studies aren't always on the big stage. We just haven't had enough really good treatments out there for brain tumor patients over the years. And this year, we had a Plenary presentation, a really big study, making a big splash. And that was this INDIGO study. So I'm going to spend a few minutes talking about that study. I want brain tumor patients and caregivers to know about this and know about some of the important updates from the Annual Meeting. The study was called the INDIGO study, and it's a phase 3 study. So when you think about clinical trials, there's a phase 1, phase 2, phase 3. That phase 3 is that last step, that last hurdle that a drug needs to overcome to move towards approval. And a positive phase 3 study is really exciting for the field and means that we may have a new treatment that will change how we take care of brain tumor patients. And that's what this study was. It was also a really unique study. So it's looking at a different group of brain tumor patients, patients that have an IDH mutant glioma. Most common brain tumors that we see are the glioblastomas. And those are often and really, by rule, IDH wild-type. IDH is a gene. It's called the isocitrate dehydrogenase gene. And it's one of these really important genes for us to understand how brain tumors are going to work and how they act and it turns out, with this study, how they may respond to treatment. So this study looked at enrolling patients that had an IDH-mutant low-grade glioma, or a grade 2 glioma. Those are those often slower-growing, but they continuously grow tumors that occur early in life, typically in the 30s or 40s for young people. And we haven't really had a lot of good treatments for these patients. And so this study looked at giving a new drug that's called vorasidenib. It's hard to say vorasidenib. And it's an IDH mutant inhibitor. So it attacks that IDH mutant gene that makes these tumors what they are. And it's been undergoing development for many years. It's an exciting treatment because it's what we call a molecularly targeted treatment. It specifically targets that IDH gene that makes the low-grade tumors low-grade tumors. This study enrolled 331 patients, so a large group of patients. Half of those patients received the drug, the vorasidenib, and half received placebo. And that's pretty uncommon in cancer. We don't often do studies that are placebo-controlled studies. But for these patients, there's often not a good treatment early in the course, they get surgery. And for patients that don't need an additional treatment, we do surgery and then we wait and watch and see what happens. And that gives us an opportunity as a brain tumor community to figure out whether this type of treatment will help prevent the need for a next treatment, prevent the need for radiation and chemotherapy. And so that's what was looked at in this study. And there was some really exciting data. So I'm going to go through a few numbers, but we just got to talk about these numbers because they're really important. So at 14 months, 28% of the patients receiving the drug vorasidenib had progressions. That's about a quarter of patients compared to half that received placebo. So that's a big improvement in the number of patients whose tumor grew. So this drug prevented tumor growth in these patients. And that's exactly what we want. That's why we develop drugs, is to prevent tumor growth. When we look at the time that those patients had until they needed a next treatment or until their tumor grew, it was over 2 years of time patients receiving the drug when their tumor grew versus less than a year, 11 months for those receiving placebo. So it's adding a lot of time for brain tumor patients without tumor growth or without needing another treatment. And typically, these patients with low-grade gliomas would need something like radiation therapy or chemotherapy. And those are good treatments, and we need those treatments. But they can have toxicity. And so this is the type of drug that could prevent that toxicity, cognitive decline, other problems that can happen with chemotherapy that those patients didn't potentially suffer. So there are some important things that we learned from the INDIGO study that I would want you to take away, kind of what do these data mean? The first is that we can target this IDH gene. And that's really important for our field. And it means if you're a brain tumor patient, knowing whether your tumor is IDH mutant or IDH wild-type is important, and that's something I want brain tumor patients to ask me as a neuro-oncologist and ask their cancer doctor because that's important in deciding treatment for them. The second is this medicine vorasidenib, it gets into the brain. And that's one of the big challenges that we have in brain tumor care in developing drugs is we need things that get into the brain. And this study really shows that this is a good medicine. There's a number of IDH inhibitors, but this medicine vorasidenib is one that we want to specifically think about for our patients. And this is a practice-changing study. So for the first time, we now have a treatment that works for grade 2 gliomas and really prevents the need for radiation therapy and chemotherapy. So those are 3 important things to take away from this. There's a number of things that we don't yet know. This medicine is not available. So patients coming in and emailing me and calling me, we don't have it yet. And after a big phase 3 study like this, this is announced. There's still a number of steps that need to happen to make sure that this can be delivered to patients safely and we can get it out there. And that's in partnership with groups like the FDA, the Food and Drug Administration, and others. So this is an important conversation to have with patients, neuro-oncologists, and to know that this is something that's on the horizon. Two other things is we don't know if this is going to work for all brain tumors. In particular, for these IDH wild-type glioblastomas, the most common brain tumor, this probably is not a good therapy that we don't have any data to suggest that it would work. They don't have that IDH mutation. And so this is important for some brain tumor patients but not for everybody. And that needs to prompt a conversation with the cancer doctor. And it may not work at all times. So there's some data to suggest that this is really a drug that's best given early in the course of treatment and not later on. And so it is something that I want my patients to be aware of at the first time that I see them so we can be deciding what kind of the right time is. So I want to give folks 2 take-homes from this study and summarize a few of these things that we heard about because it's such an important study. So what are the 2 take-homes from the INDIGO Study? The first that I wrote down is targeting IDH mutation in glioma works. And that's a groundbreaking discovery from this. This is really important for our field. IDH mutations have been important to diagnose brain tumors but have never been really a therapeutic target. And this changes the landscape, and we can now target IDH mutations in gliomas. And that's really important. The second thing, the second real take-home message, is we can safely delay radiation therapy and chemotherapy in some patients with these lower-grade gliomas, potentially with IDH mutation and IDH inhibition. And that's really important. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are important, but if we can delay those treatments and prevent side effects, that could be helpful for some of our patients. So really important update from ASCO and what I want to spend most of the time on our podcast focusing on this INDIGO study. But there were a bunch of other things going on in brain tumors at ASCO, as there always are. And I want to highlight 2 studies about some things that the groups of patients may be interested in knowing that happened at the meeting. The first is a study called the INB-200 study. And this is a phase 1 study, so it's earlier in development. But it's an immunotherapy study. And brain tumor patients and caregivers will know that we've really wanted to find an immunotherapy that works for brain tumors. And we haven't yet. And we're still not there, but this study is an important step in that direction. So this study from a group at the University of Alabama looked at something called gamma delta T cells. And T cells are really important. They're part of the anti-tumor response. They're what the body uses to attack the tumor. So we like those T cells. And particularly, these gamma delta T cells are important in targeting tumor cells in glioblastoma cells. They're also unique. They can avoid the toxicity of chemotherapy. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy suppresses the T cells. They make some go down, or decreased in number, which is not what we want. And these gamma delta T cells were genetically created so that they were resistant to chemotherapy. And that's really, really important. We want an immunotherapy that works and one that isn't suppressed by our other treatments. And that's been a real barrier for glioma patients. So in this phase 1 study, they found the right dose of these gamma delta T cells, and that's the goal of a phase 1 study. But there were some early signs that this may be changing the tumor. One of the patients underwent surgery before and after they got this infusion. And we were able to see this. Investigators were able to see the gamma delta T cells up in the tumor. So this doesn't change practice. Patients don't need to go out and seek out the gamma delta T cells yet. But it's one of those early findings that says that we need to keep looking at immunotherapy. And as a community, this is something we need to keep focusing on. And then the last abstract and study I wanted to focus on is for a rare disease. This would not be something that would be relevant for all of our listeners and the brain tumor patients but for a subgroup of patients that have a condition called VHL, or von Hippel-Lindau. And von Hippel-Lindau is a genetic condition. So, most brain tumors are not inherited. You don't get it from a mom or a dad or pass it on, except for these patients, you do. And it comes from a gene that's inherited in families called the VHL or the von Hippel-Lindau gene. And these patients are predisposed to get tumors all throughout the body and the kidneys and the brain and the eye. And this is a lifelong disease where these tumors can really grow slowly over time and cause significant problems. And in the past few years, there's been a new treatment called belzutifan. Belzutifan is the name of this drug that has been shown to be effective in the kidney tumors for patients with VHL. And at ASCO this year, there was a new study showing that it's also effective in treating the brain tumors for these patients. And that's really important. We just haven't had a treatment other than surgery or radiation therapy for these tumors. And oftentimes, they grow after surgery and radiation therapy and we need an additional treatment. So in this study, the investigators looked at, "Does this drug belzutifan work for treating the CNS tumors, hemangioblastoma?" And found that around 50% of patients had a response, so a shrinkage in the size of the tumor. 90% of patients had control of their brain tumor disease, which is really important. And it worked really quickly, so it worked in about 3 to 5 months, which is shorter than what we would see for the kidney tumors. So that's exciting news for VHL patients, patients with von Hippel-Lindau, and another important update from the 2023 ASCO. So thanks for listening to this update of CNS brain tumors at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Again, I'm Roy Strowd, a neuro-oncologist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Delighted to bring you this brief summary of new research in the field. ASCO: Thank you, Dr. Strowd. You can find more research from recent scientific meetings at www.cancer.net. Cancer.Net Podcasts feature trusted, timely, and compassionate information for people with cancer, survivors, and their families and loved ones. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts for expert information and tips on coping with cancer, recaps of the latest research advances, and thoughtful discussions on cancer care. And check out other ASCO Podcasts to hear the latest interviews and insights from thought leaders, innovators, experts, and pioneers in oncology. Cancer.Net is supported by Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, which funds lifesaving research for every type of cancer, helping people with cancer everywhere. To help fund Cancer.Net and programs like it, donate at CONQUER.ORG/Donate.

A likely gas cloud is getting stretched out and pulled apart by the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers have been watching it for a couple of decades. And it's gotten a lot longer and thinner over that time. That could mean it's doomed. The black hole is called Sagittarius A-star. It's in the constellation Sagittarius, which is in the southeast at nightfall. Its brightest stars form the outline of a teapot. The black hole is immersed in the “steam” above the spout of the teapot. Sagittarius A-star is more than four million times the mass of the Sun. Its gravity pulls in anything that gets too close. As the material falls toward the black hole, it's heated to millions of degrees, so it emits copious amounts of X-rays. Big bursts of X-rays flare up about once a day as the black hole swallows clumps of material. One object that may meet that fate is called X7 -- a cloud that astronomers have been watching for 20 years. It's about 50 times as massive as Earth. Today, it's more than twice as long as when astronomers first saw it. It's moving toward the black hole, and will pass closest in 2036. It'll be stretched out even more, forming long strands and small clumps. Some of those clumps may be pulled into the black hole -- ending with big bursts of X-rays just before they disappear forever.  Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

El Dr. Juan Carlos Samamé, oncólogo médico, jefe de oncohematología del Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza y de la Unidad Oncologica de la Clínica San Felipe en Lima, Perú, junto al Dr. Fernando Petracci, oncólogo médico, jefe de oncología de la Clínica San Camilo en Buenos Aires, Argentina, nos hablan sobre lo más destacado en cáncer de mama en el Congreso Anual ASCO 2023, resaltando los siguientes estudios: Enfermedad temprana: NATALEE SOFT MonarchE Metaanálisis de pacientes premenopáusicas NeoPACT PHERGain Enfermedad avanzada: SONIA PALMIRA TROPiCS-02 X7/7 BRACELET-1 LEONARDA-1 PalomAGE ELAINE-2 Estado dinámico de HER2 low en pacientes con CMTN Análisis agrupado por edad de trastuzumab deruxtecan TORCHLIGHT HARMONIA Fecha de grabación: 12 de junio de 2023. Todos los comentarios emitidos por los participantes son a título personal y no reflejan la opinión de ScienceLink u otros. Se deberá revisar las indicaciones aprobadas en el país para cada uno de los tratamientos y medicamentos comentados. Las opiniones vertidas en este programa son responsabilidad de los participantes o entrevistados, ScienceLink las ha incluido con fines educativos. Este material está dirigido a profesionales de la salud exclusivamente.

Today you'll learn about how archaeologists have found evidence of brain surgery from the Bronze era in the Middle East, how 3D-printed hearts are becoming closer to a reality than ever before, and the recent discovery of how a black hole is eating a dust cloud in space. Ancient Brain Surgery“Archaeologists uncover early evidence of brain surgery in Ancient Near East” by Brown Universityhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm“Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel” by Rachel Kalisher et al.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281020“Ancient Legacy of Cranial Surgery” by Mohammad Ghannaee Arani, Esmaeil Fakharian, and Fahimeh Sarbandihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876527/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20French%20physician,mentally%20ill%20people%20(4).“Clues to Bronze Age cranial surgery revealed in ancient bones” by Ari Danielhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/22/1158721573/clues-to-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-revealed-in-ancient-bones“Curiosities of medical history: Trepanation” by Maria Cohuthttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/3262813D Heart  “Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing” by Massachusetts Institute of Technologyhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141222.htm“Soft robotic patient-specific hydrodynamic model of aortic stenosis and ventricular remodeling” by LUCA ROSALIA et al.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ade2184Supermassive Black Hole “A mysterious object is being dragged into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center” by Holly Oberhttps://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/X7-debris-cloud-near-supermassive-black-hole“The Swansong of the Galactic Center Source X7: An Extreme Example of Tidal Evolution near the Supermassive Black Hole” by Anna Ciurlo et al.https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acb344“A black hole is destroying this object. Scientists are watching its last days.” by Mark Kaufmanhttps://mashable.com/article/black-hole-destroying-object-milky-way-galaxyFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ancient-brain-surgery-3d-heart-supermassive-black-hole

Está ocurriendo en tiempo real y ante la mirada atónita de los astrónomos, una enorme nube de gas llamada X7, del tamaño de 50 Tierras, está siendo destrozada y devorada 'en directo' por Sagitario A*, el gran agujero negro central de nuestra galaxia

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Steve Larsen was my guest today at the PackSize booth at the show. They also announced a super fantastic integration with Boot Barn today. Here's the video and press releasehttps://www.packsize.com/customer-spotlight/bootbarn/BOOT BARN, INDUSTRIAL PROCUREMENT SERVICES (INDPRO), AND PACKSIZE COLLABORATE TO COMBAT LABOR SHORTAGES WITH CUSTOM AUTOMATION SOLUTIONSPacksize technology redefines packaging to support sustainability initiativesand meet customer demands SALT LAKE CITY, October 25, 2022 – Packsize today announced it is partnering with Boot Barn (NYSE: BOOT) to transform the retailer's warehouses through custom automation solutions addressing the impact of labor shortages, while bolstering the company's sustainability initiatives. Boot Barn sought out INDPRO and Packsize to transform its boot storage system, save and reallocate labor, and improve throughput.“The partnership we have with Packsize and INDPRO is already having a significant impact on our throughput and our ability to provide a right-size box for every customer order that leaves our Wichita distribution center,” said Joey Kinnevan, Director of Fulfillment at Boot Barn. “As this year's holiday season approaches, we're more confident than ever in our ability to meet and exceed our customers' expectations to make this a successful quarter, and we're excited about the future possibilities of this partnership.”Utilizing multiple packaging platforms from Packsize, Boot Barn now has the capacity to move 1,000 packages every hour from its Wichita distribution center.* The unique all-in-one X7 solution from Packsize handles most of the e-commerce orders – 75% through its highly automated inline fulfillment system that creates right-sized boxes for every order.* The Packsize X4 and IQ Fusion solutions handle the remaining orders, working together to offer flexible and cost-efficient options, especially during peak season.These solutions support Boot Barn's sustainability commitment by reducing waste and using significantly less corrugated than standard or off-the-shelf boxes. Additionally, leveraging Packsize's products helps increase freight efficiency by maximizing cubic volume on transportation vehicles and eliminating the need for wasteful void fill, thereby lowering Boot Barn's carbon footprint. In a recent study conducted by Packsize, such sustainability efforts were shown to increase end-consumer satisfaction: nearly 1 in 4 say they would either switch to purchasing from more environmentally responsible companies or reduce their online shopping due to environmental concerns.“Collaborating with Boot Barn and INDPRO to create a data-driven, custom automation and sustainable solution has been incredibly rewarding for our partnership,” said Rod Gallaway, CEO of Packsize. “Utilizing best-in-class solutions from Packsize, Boot Barn and INDPRO are redefining the possibilities of packaging to improve the consumer's experience, warehouse throughput and sustainability efforts.”“Looking at the specifics of Boot Barn's needs, Packsize was our natural choice as an automation partner on this project,” said Mark Juelich, President of INDPRO. “After the recent success in Wichita, we are excited to work with Packsize again in the very near future.”Boot Barn's use of the Packsize system creates right-sized boxes that perfectly fit each order to ship more than 4,000 shipments to customers daily. At Boot Barn's Wichita Distribution Center, which spans 140,000 square feet, employees can now simply scan and load SKUs into the system to ship products out in the right-sized boxes instead of packaging by hand, reducing the likelihood of damage and increasing packaging efficiency even for the most complex orders.About Packsize® Packsize® transforms how businesses and their customers experience packaging – from packing to unboxing. Since introducing Right-sized Packaging on Demand® in 2002, Packsize has become a recognized supply chain and sustainable packaging industry leader in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. As a partner and trusted advisor, Packsize unlocks hidden potential in its customers' supply chain and creates custom packaging process flows that consider every step – from the warehouse floor to the customer's hands. Packsize is reimagining packaging and accelerating the path to a more sustainable future. Follow Packsize on LinkedIn.  Get full access to Packaging Is Awesome with Adam Peek at www.packagingisawesome.com/subscribe

※ 投稿邮箱：418150505@qq.com※ 本文章发布于订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注今天这期节目，聊聊最近刚上市的理想L9。这款车在今年3月份我简单聊过一次，那时候官方透露的相关信息还不够多，我还猜测这台车的定价应该在40万上下，不会比理想ONE贵太多。我当时的理解是，这台L9相当于是理想ONE的升级版，差价有个5-7万算是正常，差价10万以上有点夸张。结果，前两天上市价格公布，45.98万的售价把我的脸打得啪啪响。很明显，官方对于理想L9的车型定位要明显高于理想ONE，34.98万与45.98万这中间11万的差价，我想应该不是一般人可以随便跨越的。我只能说，奶爸们拼实力的时候到了，以后两家人一起出游，你们家开理想ONE，孩子同学他们家开理想L9，你的心中会不会有些失落呢？当然，我们不提倡这种攀比的心态，车跟手机、笔记本电脑一样够用就好。按官方说法，理想ONE对标的是宝马X5、奔驰GLE、奥迪Q7，现在理想L9对标的自然是宝马X7、奔驰GLS和路虎揽胜了。有的人可能不以为然，觉得BBA和路虎客户不可能拿理想去做对比。但是你反过来想，目前国内定价在40万以上的国产SUV，燃油车里面只有红旗HS7，新能源车里有蔚来ES6、EC6、ES8、高合Hiphi X。理想L9就算想在国产车里拉一个竞品来对比，其实也没有合适的车型。所以我在思考理想ONE这台车的亮点与缺点的时候，忽然想到一件事，李想毕竟是汽车之家的创始人，虽然现在汽车之家已经属于平安集团，但是要说全中国客户需求的数据采集量，汽车之家平台肯定是最全的，李想本人无论是刷脸，还是付费从汽车之家拿数据，都是轻轻松松的事情。这可是核心竞争力，客户对一台40万+的SUV到底有哪些痛点？你确定市面上的那些合资和豪华品牌，他们都知道吗？我曾经对理想汽车的增程式技术不屑一顾，因为做汽车媒体这么多年，从专业角度看，增程技术就是个过度技术，曾经被各大汽车厂商抛弃，现在却又被理想汽车推到了主流市场，我当时认为这是投机取巧的行为，拿着补贴和绿牌去推广一个落后技术。但是经过这两年理想ONE的热销，我慢慢地发现自己错了。技术本身对于消费者而言，可能并没有先进与落后之分，只有好用与不好用，实用与不实用。开过理想ONE的人都对这台车的动力赞不绝口，觉得加速很得劲，坐着也挺舒服，这就够了。而且大空间、配置高、短途用电、长途用油、免税、绿牌，每一个点都戳中消费者心窝。所以，当理想ONE销量稳定在月销1万以上，我觉得网上有多少人骂它，其实已经不重要了。基本上，这车已经可以封神了。现如今理想L9，又把价格拉高到了45.98万。就算免去购置税，如果选个特殊颜色加1万，再买个保险上个牌的话，这车落地也要到48万上下。这么说吧，在中国市场，百万级的宝马X7，奔驰GLS月销1000多台；50-80万级的宝马X5，奔驰GLE月销4000多台；40-50万级的宝马X3，奔驰GLC月销10000多台。而新能源领域,45-65万的蔚来ES8平均月销在2000多台，35-55万的蔚来ES6在4000台上下。那么，理想L9作为一台45.98万的新能源大型SUV，我觉得月销破4000台就已经算是成功了，如果这车能保持半年以上月销过万的水平，那我可以这么说，李想本人想不飘都难。你看看隔壁比亚迪这么低调的品牌，当汉这款产品畅销的时候，也都会说自己的销量已经超过了宝马5系，还是会嚣张一下，人之常情。只不过李想本人狂得稍微早了一些，正如今天的标题，在发布会上他说出了：“欢迎您带上身边朋友，让他们开上劳斯莱斯库里南、奔驰GLS迈巴赫、路虎揽胜以及宝马X7等顶级SUV一同来试驾，让大家来看一看，理想L9是不是配得上500万以内最好的家用SUV的称号。”此番言论一出，没多久就上了热搜。类似这样“语不惊人死不休”的创始人发言，我就不一一举例了，当年蔚来汽车创始人李斌说：“我真的想不通，现在怎么还有人买燃油车？”也被网友嘲笑了一番。其实但凡你点击、评论或转发过他们的新闻，无论你是骂它、嘲笑它、羞辱它、还是仅仅当个段子转发给朋友，你无形中已经帮理想和蔚来的新车传播助了一臂之力。对于新能源车企来说，网络热度是成败的关键，就像我最近一直在看的钓鱼大神邓刚一样。虽然我不懂钓鱼，但是每次看到他去一个新的鱼塘，他都要先观察地理位置，然后根据时间，天气，水流方向等等各种因素，判断哪里下杆比较合适。再根据池塘里鱼的种类，选取不同的鱼竿，鱼线，饵料等等。有人说，不怕邓斌下厨房，就怕邓刚下鱼塘。最近我还看到有人给我编了个顺口溜：不怕三刀研究你，就怕三刀说哲理。其实说到底，网络热度就像是池塘里的鱼，必须有足够多的曝光才能有效地筛选出精准用户。而发布会上CEO语不惊人死不休的言论，就是最好的获得免费曝光的机会。他们说出这样有争议的言论并不会对产品本身带来致命的伤害，但是又把理想L9新车上市信息带到了许多无法触及这个信息的人面前。厂家接下来要做的，就是精准下饵，收网捞鱼。也许池塘里的99条鱼看到鱼钩上的饵料都觉得很傻x，这么假的鱼饵还想骗我上钩？但是百分百有，且有很多鱼儿会奋不顾身地咬上一口。甚至你把这条鱼放了，它下次还是要咬上一口。所以，我甚至认为理想ONE就是为一部分客户个性化定制的产品。理想L9这台车，有很多其他车上玩不到的东西，它就像一台游戏机，有自己独占的游戏。骂它的人只有两种，一是想玩但是买不起，骂一骂，缓解一下郁闷的情绪；二是从来不玩游戏，搞不懂有了手机，还要买台游戏机的意义到底在哪里？喜欢的人从来不发表评论，买回来自己爽就行。在很多网友的眼里，有50万预算不去买奔驰、宝马，而去买一台理想L9的人，肯定是被忽悠了。而实际上，理想L9的客户大概率家里都有过一辆BBA，他们手头已有的车辆，其实完全能够满足出行的需要，这次换车，兴趣远大于实用性。可是没有拥有奔驰、宝马这些豪华品牌的人还是占绝大多数，所以在网络上，这些人就会用各种嘲讽的语言去吐槽理想L9这台车有多么不值得买，因此他们对于50万买车的想象力边界，只能触及到BBA。理想L9就算怼再多的配置，他们也觉得这只是台杂牌的国产车，还是个1.5T发动机，用50万去买它，简直是疯了。理想L9我觉得真正吸引的是那些准备买MPV的用户，虽然市面上的主流MPV，像是GL8、赛那、奥德赛、艾力绅都在30多万的价位，但这并不代表客户的预算就只有30多万。就好比考80分的学生，实力真的只有80分。但是考100分的学生，他的实力并不一定只有100分，就算这张卷子有200分，他也能考满分。所以，与其买一台索然无味的MPV，倒不如花40多万买理想L9这么一台有意思的车。就像网上那张爆火的图片，在PS5游戏机上贴了张“中国电信机顶盒”，买理想L9表面上是为了照顾家庭，实际上是给自己买了个大玩具。所以买不买这台车，对于很多人来说，思考的逻辑已经跳出了车本身的用途，而是看车上的哪些好玩，有趣的功能能够打动自己。在产品定义层面，理想汽车干的实际上是客厅装修的活儿，只是在此基础上加了四个轮子和一套动力系统而已。就像智能手机普及之前，手机就是用来打电话，发短信。智能手机的重点是“智能”，而不是“手机”，我们现在每个人手里拿着的，是可以上网看电影，刷视频，拍照片，听歌，打游戏的智能产品，它叫手机，只是历史遗留问题，它其实叫其他名字也完全没问题。所以，在不同维度去评价理想L9，得出的可能就是完全不同的结果。就像智能手机刚上市的时候，大家觉得这种屏幕一摔就碎，拿在手里都害怕。后盖不能打开，电池都不能换，续航还这么短，怎么用？现在呢，还不都用得挺香的。我们每个人成长的过程，被周围人评价的角度也都不一样。在学校的时候，父母比较的是你的学习成绩，走上社会，父母比较的是你的成就和赚钱能力。我们身边肯定有这样的朋友，从小学初中到高中大学，都是名校高材生，但是走入社会就混得不怎么好。当然也有那种上学期间倒数第一 ，但是走入社会混得风生水起。大家都可以反思一下自己，成功与失败到底该如何定义？理想L9在不同人的眼里，是不是都在用截然不同的标准评价着它，而实际上，它成败与否只有一个标准，就是销量。这台车有太多的功能，我挑重点讲。它的车长5218mm，与奔驰GLS一模一样；轴距3105mm，与宝马X7一模一样，宽度接近2米，高度1.8米。这样巨大的一辆车，大部分女性是不太愿意驾驶的，至少我家那位肯定碰都不会碰这车。很多人考虑买不买，可能真的不是预算问题，而是买回来只有自己一人能开，今后如果长途自驾自己一个人开也受不了。这台车的动力，采用的是一台四缸增程器，44.5kWh宁德时代的三元锂电池，双电机四驱，最大功率330kw，最大扭矩620N·m，百公里加速5.3秒。这属于电动车降维打击燃油车的成绩，宝马X7 3.0T才6.1秒，奔驰GLS 3.0T才6.3秒。另外前双插臂后多连杆的结构，也与宝马X7，奔驰GLS一样。而且由于是增程式，发动机只是用于发电，所以官方给出的综合油耗仅仅5.9L/100km，纯电CLTC续航215km，满油满电CLTC续航1315km。并且这车还有3.5kW外放电模式，奶爸们不是喜欢露营吗，少了这个功能肯定会掉粉。理想L9全系就一个配置，基本上配置表都点满了。激光雷达、空气悬架、电吸门、一二排座椅加热、通风、按摩，三排座椅加热、自带加热制冷冰箱（0-55℃，能放下10易拉罐）三块15.7寸大屏、两块8155芯片、还创新的玩起了手势+语音互动、后排屏幕还可以用手机投屏，连接switch游戏机、5G网络、7.3.4杜比全景声，21个扬声器2160w音响系统、放电影还带座椅4D互动、HUD抬头显示+方向盘上的touchbar信息显示。我且不说这些功能哪些实用，哪些不实用、哪些好用、哪些暂时还不好用。我就问在座的各位男性听友，这么多好玩的电子设备，难道你不想去试试吗？我估计在商场里陪媳妇逛街的男人，大概率路过理想汽车专卖店，看到这台车在店里展示都会跟媳妇说，你先去逛街，我看会儿车，一会儿来找你。甭管买不买，玩玩总可以吧。我没见过几个男生说是对电子产品完全不感兴趣的。但是你坚持说你买车，就是不喜欢大屏，那我还是尊重你的意见。就像智能手机普及的时候，中老年人还是怀念按键手机，因为他们老花眼，看不清屏幕上的字，而且网络世界各种新奇的玩法，他们也不适应， 所以手机对他们来说，真的就是一台手机，只要能打电话，发短信就行。总结来讲，理想L9这款车无论从尺寸大小， 还是价位高低都不适合绝大多数家庭。但是，这台车的使命就是把理想品牌拔高到45-50万这个价位，如果销量火爆，那今后理想这个品牌再往下去打造20多万，10几万的车型，肯定款款都是爆款。这种强调移动客厅体验，宣传出行生活方式的打法如果成功，肯定也会引来更多竞品车型的模仿。我知道很多人看到这里，会觉得我今天这篇文章，好像非常肯定理想L9这款车，有点像是充值的软文。但是，我是发自内心地觉得，这是迄今为止，40多万的国产车里，让我都觉得可以入手的一款车型。至于大家很想听我分析，那段李想说“司机是低一等级，身份很低的人”这句话，怎么评价？我觉得，大家都是揣着明白装糊涂，如果一辆理想L9停在酒店门口，门童是给司机开门，还是给后座的人开门？如果老板跟司机一同出行，司机在前排，老板坐后排，身份谁高谁低，你问一个3岁小孩他都知道。但是，这话放在心里可以，在公开场合说出来绝对不合适。就好比你去参加同事孩子的满月酒，你说这个孩子早晚会死的，这句话没有错，但是说出来你肯定会被打。在那样一个直播的环境里，李想以理想汽车创始人的身份来解读这台车上的设计，说出这样一段话，很容易被人扣上“一个资本家公然贬低劳动人民”的帽子。虽然后来李想放出了完整视频片段，也解释了说这话的原因，还破天荒的给网友道了歉。但看目前舆论的发酵情况，网友并不买账。其实投资圈大佬曾经评价过李想，说他是一个情商很高的人，我觉得正常情况下，他不应该说出这样的话。但是往往聚光灯一打，李想为了自己品牌的流量，在每次发言的时候，总想调动自己的情绪，希望用一些相对过激但又无伤大雅的言论来吸引流量。可以说这次理想L9的上市，他接连上了两次热搜，500万以内最好的SUV其实问题不大，但是司机低人一等的言论可能会成为污点伴随他很久，他一定也很后悔说出这样的话。可以添加微信46415254加入我们的社群音频图文更新在订阅号： 百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

Sam Raimi took his shot with starting a Spider-Man franchise 20 years ago this week. It's hard to believe the film that brought the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to the big screen and that infamous upside down kiss is 20 years old. We were supposed to have our good buddy and Hollywood actor, J.Michael Trautmann, on the episode with us, but he got rocked with laryngitis and Rob was heading out on tour…so it's just the two of us on this one. However, our Patrons get to hear us interview J.Michael on an extended version of the episode. Enjoy!2:48 Moonshot (HBOMax)5:27 X7:21 Succession (HBOMax)8:53 Reservation Dogs (HULU)9:58 Buegs' Meal of the Soul11:24 A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman12:57 Plugarooni's 13:27 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen15:27 Spider-Man Plot Synopsis15:59 Rotten Tomatoes17:53 Buegs' Hot Take21:26 Rob's Hot Take26:08 The Dude27:51 The Tucci Award 34:21 The Dingus39:25 Show Me The Money46:07 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments48:38 Movie Trivia54:49 Judgment Day56:32 Last Man Stanton1:06:50 Interview with J.Michael Trautmann @jmacdakid

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※ 投稿邮箱：418150505@qq.com※ 本文章发布于订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注理想L9这周四理想汽车官方发文，宣布内部代号X01的新车型，正式命名理想L9。有很多网友不理解，理想汽车第一款叫理想ONE，第二款不应该叫理想TWO吗？当然，厂家对新车的命名并没有什么逻辑可言，人家愿意用山海合川，甚至龙卷风命名，只要老板开心就行。这次不叫理想TWO，据说跟网民有关，之前在网上大家调侃，如果理想X01今后命名理想TWO，那麻烦就大了。因为TWO和“吐”同音，等于是理想吐，这个段子如果被网友玩坏了，那之前好不容易建立的美好形象，就很难维持下去了（参考DS，BYD和标致。）所以，这次取名L9，毕竟是台大车，就应该用大号数字。宝马都已经出到X7了，奥迪都已经Q8了，那理想怎么也要压他们一头，L就是理想拼音首字母，9就是压过对手。官方如果不出来解释，那大家就暂时用我的解释吧。L9这款车，在一些网友眼里，就是割韭菜车型，大家调侃说理想汽车用油发电，车主们用爱发电。因为理想L9看起来只是比理想ONE大一圈，其他方面虽然也有改进，但是亮点不突出。实际上，这台车在理想ONE还没上市的时候，就已经规划出来了。理想ONE内部代号M01，理想L9内部代号X01，“M”小一号"X”大一号，估计拍脑袋的领导前一天刚好去逛过商场，给媳妇买了一件，给自己买了一件。当时，理想ONE主打25-35万区间，理想L9主打35-40万区间，按官方说法是，理想ONE对标奔驰GLE，理想L9对标奔驰GLS。具体这是种什么样的玩法，我上期聊长安UNI-V的时候，顺带提了一嘴，大家可以回听。（音频丨长安UNI-V，只成功了一半？）但是后来，理想ONE非常任性地只给了一个满配的版本，定价33.8万。当时理想汽车对于L9的定价规划是39.98万，我觉得这个价格相对比较靠谱。但是目前媒体一直在吹风，说定价应该在50万左右，还有很多评论说，只要45万以内必买。不知道大家作何感想，我反正感觉挺玄幻的，在燃油车里敢卖这个价的寥寥无几，在新能源车里，理想客户觉得这车卖45万都很便宜，真的是不服不行。最后说说这台理想L9的重点变化，目前谍照看上去外观与理想ONE变化不大，内饰据说有大变化，无非折腾来折腾去，就是屏幕横着竖着，嵌入还是悬浮，就那么回事。理想L9的尺寸确定是大，车长5200mm，轴距3100mm，比起目前理想ONE的车长5030mm，轴距2935mm，等于是放大了一圈，有点类似宝马X7跟X5的关系。宝马X5主打5座，X7主打7座，两个产品区分地很开。而理想ONE主打六座，理想L9也是主打6座，这就不知道后期客户怎么选择了。另外理想L9将用1.5T四缸发动机，不再是理想ONE上面被人吐槽的三缸。实际上这种增程式电动车，本质上发动机只是作为补能的工具，并不是主驱动源，因为他唯一的驱动方式就是用电，发动机其实就是发电机，而且并不能一直把电充满为止，只是边发电边跑，充到差不多够用就行。没办法，现在市面上增程式车型越来越多，前有蓝图汽车，后有华为问界，马上还有好几个品牌要抢这个市场，理想工程师就算明知四缸是脱了裤子放屁，那被人都脱了，我们不脱客户就觉得你不够专业。另外，理想L9的电池包也比理想ONE增大了一些，理想ONE是40.5kWh，理想L9是44.5kWh，油箱也大了一些，理想ONE是55升，理想L9是65L。不过买理想ONE的客户应该对续航不太关心，反正油箱有油就能跑， 关键是加速成绩。这次L9也从ONE上的6秒5提升到了5秒8。车内说是有双8155芯片+五屏互动，双联屏，HUD，TouchBar，二排屏幕。最后，就是这次的重点了。L4硬件标配，地平线芯片 ，Orin-x芯片 ，12个摄像头，128线激光雷达，5个毫米波，12个超声波，1个DMS。反正你只要知道比理想ONE的L2级驾驶辅助，在硬件上领先一代就行了。据说还有空气悬挂和悬挂软硬调节，以及23个扬声器，1200w的音响，但我估计多数是选配。如果以上这些全都是标配，而且卖39.98万，那我是心服口服的。这个价位，这个尺寸，这个配置，咱买台7座SUV，或者MPV都差不多这个价。这好歹还省一个购置税，还是绿牌，平时短途用电，长途用油，就当买个混动的MPV也不是不行。不过按这个逻辑，隔壁岚图梦想家直接就是个MPV，车长5315mm，轴距3200mm，比理想L9还要大一圈，你要图出行舒适度，这车肯定更舒服。但是MPV毕竟比SUV受欢迎程度要低很多，所以客户嘴上说想要MPV，最后还是消费SUV的多。总体来说，这两年油价飙升， 对于新能源车来说是绝对的利好。理想只要熬过2025年，后面快充技术成熟后，他们铁定是要转型做纯电的 。所以，这两年增程式技术过渡阶段，无论如何不能让消费者的梦醒了，定价低配置高，客户觉得好有性价比，销量一旦多起来，你看看，现在又有很多眼红的厂家跟风搞起了增程式，理想可开心了，拉下水搞增程的车企越多，理想就越活的滋润。因为在很多消费者心中，理想就等于增程，增程等于理想。不过今后理想转型纯电，这个标签肯定是个包袱，到时候怎么甩掉，也是非常值得关注的点。身边事前几天去了趟宁波，认识了好几位有意思的朋友和有意思的事，跟大家分享一下。这次去宁波，主要是为了做一场Jeep的直播。宁波距离南京高铁2个多小时，还算比较方便。这个城市我的朋友不多，之前在成都车展跟着微博读城的时候，认识了一位原来在雅戈尔当设计师的朋友，他就是宁波人。那次从他口中才知道雅戈尔、罗蒙和太平鸟都是宁波的企业。据说，宁波纺织产业去年产值超1300亿，非常的夸张。这次来宁波， 原本约好见一面，结果因为大家时间冲突，没能见到。但是仍然交了几位非常有意思的朋友。这次直播是跟宁波当地一家Jeep 4s店的店总，也是投资人一起互动。这位大哥一脸福相，笑起来眼睛眯成一条线，感觉有点神似网易创始人丁磊。我下了宁波高铁站，店总就开着台改装过的牧马人把我接去吃饭了。当晚吃饭的地方在江边，我看到江对岸的高楼大厦，灯火通明的场景，感慨道，这简直就是小外滩。店总哈哈大笑说，他们当地人就管这里叫小外滩。回想咱们南京，哎，同样是长江边上，连个外滩这种可以打卡拍照的景点都没有，甚是遗憾。当晚饭局上跟Jeep店总聊了许多，聊完才知道，Jeep店总他们店的销量，放在江浙沪一带都是吊打其他同行，因此，这家店的资源是全江浙沪最好的。比如你在别的城市定牧马人需要等3个月，他可能1个月就给你搞定了。我相信江浙沪买Jeep的客户， 可能都不知道宁波这么一家不起眼的店，竟然会有这种销量。实际上，听他一说我就明白了。首先，因为浙江宁波这一带，有山有水的地方特别多，Jeep店总自己还弄了几块营地，甚至他还代理了Jeep品牌的户外用品。因此，他的玩法等于是卖车就相当于入会，卖车赚不赚钱不重要，客户成为Jeep车主，今后就可以跟他们玩到一起去。用店总的话说，你买到的不是Jeep，而是1000个朋友。当天直播过程很顺利，结束后又去了他的4s店逛了一圈，这家店展厅与售后天壤之别。展厅特别小，但是售后规模相当大。从维修保养，到贴膜改装，这里基本是一条龙服务了。我觉得这个思路是可以的，卖车赚不赚钱无所谓，带客户玩起来才是最重要的。玩一趟，客户自然就有消费的需求了，反正从露营到户外用品，从养护到改装，只要你的车动起来，后期总归有赚钱的地方。我觉得宁波这位Jeep店总的玩法和思路，值得各大城市店总去考察学习一下，我也乐意为大家引荐，这位店总很接地气。除此之外，这次宁波之行还有一个意外的收获，这事说起来也挺搞笑的。我的某音号，在来宁波当天是97万粉丝，回南京第二天就变成了101万粉丝。有人可能好奇，你这是去干啥了，找第三方刷粉去了吗？哈哈不是的，我这是货真价实的101万粉，没有一丝一毫的水分。这一天之内涨了4万粉，完全归功于我在宁波认识的一位新朋友，他的身份很特殊，是位魔术师。这位魔术师，是Jeep店总的好朋友，因为当他晚上6点50的高铁，所以店总安排我们5点不到就去饭店准备吃点再走，席间店总说他的魔术师朋友一会就到，大家见面聊会儿。其实，我们最迟5点45分就得出发了，不然高铁赶不上。等啊等，等到5点20左右，魔术师朋友终于到了。这位兄弟，看上去第一印象有点神似那位说脱口秀的黄西，当然比黄西帅多了。他上桌之后很谦虚地与我们请教新媒体的玩法，说他们魔术行业受众群体太窄，他很想利用新媒体来让大家对魔术感兴趣。我心想，哎，现在各行各业都遇到同样的问题，就是流量。但是这话题一展开，估计咱们就得改签明天的高铁了。因此，我就提出让这位魔术师兄弟，给咱们现场表演一段小魔术，然后我拍下来发网上，看看我的粉丝们怎么评价。魔术师兄弟非常爽快地答应了，然后找来一副扑克牌就开始了表演，我自然就举起手机坐在他对面开始拍摄。我自认为看过的魔术挺多，因为平时我跟我女儿抢iPAD，各自有各自想看的内容，我俩能坐下来一起看的，只有一个内容，那就是魔术表演。但这哥们的扑克表演我之前从来没有看过，表演过程大概是这样，一副牌把大小王拿走，剩下的牌洗几遍，然后开始讲故事：从前有个叫老K的人，说到老K他就随手抓出4张K，他来到一个叫654的酒吧，说到654酒吧，就拿出三张花色一样的654。这个故事讲完的时候，手里的所有扑克牌正好全部用完。我用语言来描述这个魔术，显得太苍白无力了，强烈建议大家去我的某音：三刀侃车去看看。这条视频，我大概5点半拍摄完，然后推着行李就去赶高铁了。在高铁上，我配了字幕就直接发布了，时间大概是7点半左右。到家的时候，晚上10点左右看了一眼，大约3-4千点赞，我觉得还行吧，跟我平时发的说车视频没啥区别。结果第二天上午一睡醒，点赞已经过10万了，播放量也破千万了！再一看粉丝，涨了2万了，从97涨到了99万，我心想，不出意外的话，今天就破百万了呢，原本我以为得到月底才能过百万，一不小心，就提前了。我前一天还在为发不发这条魔术视频而发愁呢，因为某音平台我是垂直类账号，全部内容都是说车，发这个内容感觉怪怪的，而且我心底里一直觉得平台不会给一个说车账号，推荐他发布的变魔术视频的。谁知道，某音的算法就是这么神奇，他不但推荐了，而且疯狂地推荐了一把。这次宁波之行去的真的是太值了，我忽然爱上了宁波这个城市，绝对是我的福地。这位魔术师兄弟当天也接到了N多身边人发来的消息，都说刷某音刷到他了，告诉他火了。实际上，这位魔术师叫董亮，他其实在圈内已经很有名了，只是在网上知道他的人不多。结果当天董亮就跟我通了很多次电话，希望借这个机会作为他账号的启动时机。可惜的是，他的账号没有一条魔术视频，因为他还有一一个爱好，极限运动，因此他的账号发的全都是极限运动的视频。这就尴尬了，我原本准备在这条视频火了之后，再发一条引流到他账号，但是他账号没魔术视频，大家去了白跑。所以从那天起，董亮魔术师就开始准备日更一个小魔术了。这就是短视频的魔力，太容易让人打鸡血了。真的是任何媒体形式，都没有短视频刺激人的大脑，无论是观众还是创作者，都很上头。可以添加微信46415254加入我们的社群音频图文更新在订阅号： 百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

What drone should pilots choose if they intend on taking close-up aerial photos and videos? With multiple drones available in the market today, what qualifies to be the preferred drone for pilots intending to take close up aerial images and videos? Today's question is from Earl who would like to know the preferred drone for close up aerial shots and videos. We answer Earl's questions by first addressing the noise generated from a drone when performing close to subject missions for aerial photo shots and the absolute need for pilots to plan such missions considering all the subjects in the vicinity of the shot. Next we discuss some options available to drone pilots taking close-up aerial shots and how these options can aid a drone pilot to take better aerial images. We then discuss some of the drone options available for pilots including the Mavic 3, Inspire 2 with X7, Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual Advanced. Paul also discusses some options available on the Mavic 3 relevant for close aerial shoots (more can be found on Drone U's review of the Mavic 3). Lastly, we discuss about Optical and Digital zoom and lens options that can assist drone pilots and the relevance of understanding editing vs no-editing option and how this can drive drone selection and how pilots can fly for logistical purposes. Aerial Imagery and close shots are a requirement most drone pilots desire and you don't want to miss this show to know all the options available ! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [09:20] Today's question on best drones for close-up aerial and video shots [13:45] Addressing the noise generated from drone flights during events and the importance of planning [17:18] Shooting aerial photos and the options pilots have for aerial imagery [18:17] Mavic 3 as a preferred drone for aerial photos [18:43] Inspire 2 with an X7 and flight options available for pilots [20:40] Optical zoom vs Digital Zoom and lens options [23:22] Mavic 2 E Dual Adv and other alternatives for capturing aerial imagery

What drone should pilots choose if they intend on taking close-up aerial photos and videos? With multiple drones available in the market today, what qualifies to be the preferred drone for pilots intending to take close up aerial images and videos? Today's question is from Earl who would like to know the preferred drone for close up aerial shots and videos. We answer Earl's questions by first addressing the noise generated from a drone when performing close to subject missions for aerial photo shots and the absolute need for pilots to plan such missions considering all the subjects in the vicinity of the shot. Next we discuss some options available to drone pilots taking close-up aerial shots and how these options can aid a drone pilot to take better aerial images. We then discuss some of the drone options available for pilots including the Mavic 3, Inspire 2 with X7, Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual Advanced. Paul also discusses some options available on the Mavic 3 relevant for close aerial shoots (more can be found on Drone U's review of the Mavic 3). Lastly, we discuss about Optical and Digital zoom and lens options that can assist drone pilots and the relevance of understanding editing vs no-editing option and how this can drive drone selection and how pilots can fly for logistical purposes. Aerial Imagery and close shots are a requirement most drone pilots desire and you don't want to miss this show to know all the options available ! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [09:20] Today's question on best drones for close-up aerial and video shots [13:45] Addressing the noise generated from drone flights during events and the importance of planning [17:18] Shooting aerial photos and the options pilots have for aerial imagery [18:17] Mavic 3 as a preferred drone for aerial photos [18:43] Inspire 2 with an X7 and flight options available for pilots [20:40] Optical zoom vs Digital Zoom and lens options [23:22] Mavic 2 E Dual Adv and other alternatives for capturing aerial imagery

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※ 投稿邮箱：418150505@qq.com※ 本文章发布于订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注之前我在节目里聊过宝马X5最近两年肯定会国产，我还非常自信的说，沃尔沃XC90、奥迪Q7、奔驰GLE和宝马X5这四台车肯定都会国产，但是宝马一定是最后一个。结果，没多久就爆出了国产X5L路试车的谍照，我是被摁在地上啪啪打脸。。。然后我就在反思，怎么宝马不按套路出牌呢？进口X5卖得那么好，为何这么急着国产呢？还有，最近网络上爆出国产X5的价格表，号称准确率99%。30Li也就是2.0T版本，起售价55.8万，40Li也就是3.0T版本，起售价66.8万，顶配75.8万。这个价格的可信度到底多高？我相信这也是很多人关心的问题，毕竟能买得起X3、GLC和Q5L的人还是挺多的，不少人很期待X5国产后的价格能比进口版少个10几万，这样就能往上再够一够了。不仅如此，准备买宝马5系和奔驰E的客户，其实也在观望中。那么，今天就这几个问题，咱们展开来聊一聊。首先是很多人非常关心的问题，到底要不要等国产X5，会不会国产X5加长之后，驾乘感受没有进口好，品质也没有进口好，虽然便宜了，但是得到的货不对板？有些老板也不差那几万块钱，担心进口后期就买不到了，到最后等了个寂寞。有这种担心我也可以理解，因为大部分买X5的客户，其实是用的排除法。首先，他们不喜欢奔驰GLE浮夸的豪华感，其次是看不上Q7小家子气的造型。BBA排除掉两个，最后剩下个X5，看起来板板正正，虽然说不出有什么突出的优点，但是开着坐着都挺好，周围人听到这个老板要买X5，大多也会投出赞成票。所以，如果国产后的X5不如现如今进口X5，到时候进口X5又买不到，对他们来说，原定的计划就全被打乱了。其实这一点大可不必担心，据目前得到的消息，宝马X5国产版虽然是加长的，但是进口标轴版X5还会继续保留。这就跟现在的宝马5系一样，有国产5系也有进口5系。后期会不会把标轴X5也国产，目前还不清楚，但是目前从工信部申报目录来看，只有加长版。这些担心国产X5上市后，进口标轴X5买不到的，现在可以放心了。另外一点，国产X5加长版上市价格，百分百是要下浮10万上下的，无论是不是现在泄漏出来的55.8万起，反正官降的幅度肯定比现在优惠的幅度大的多的多。你想想，国产X5都降价这么多了，进口X5难道不官降吗？我唯一担心的是，进口X5只有3.0T版本，没有2.0T版本了。而国产X5很可能2.0T的配置更有性价比，但是3.0T的X5国产和进口版本比起来，配置和价格差别不大。这次国产X5加长了130mm，而且全部加到了轴距上面。因此，这次国产X5的长度由4930mm变成了5060mm，轴距从2975mm变成了3105mm，而这个3105mm正好跟进口X7的轴距一模一样。那么卖100-170万，且没什么优惠的X7，现在要被国产X5小老弟给干趴下了？怎么可能，进口X5现在3.0T版本卖75.49-83.99万，今后国产X5的3.0T版本，很可能就下调个6-7万，也就是68.49-76.99万。进口X5 3.0T甚至再贵个1-2万，就成了70.49-78.99万。虽然看起来还是官降了不少，但是这样一来，就完全不影响X7的销售了。X7起步就是3.0T，而且毕竟这是原装进口宝马。不仅如此，这次宝马X5国产版从申报信息看，也没有7座版本。这也是X7与X5本质上的区别。所以不能光看一个轴距一样，就觉得X5和X7区别不大了。从气场来看，体型还是差一个重量级。我身边开这三类车的客户，非常符合他们的身份。X3是小老板，X5是大老板，X7就不能喊老板了，那是大哥。而宝马X5 2.0T国产之后，就可以相应的放低身段了。因为在X7之前，X5和X6属于宝马的旗舰级SUV，现在有X7顶着旗舰级的名头，X5国产之后降价放量，从原来的一年卖5万台，怎么着也得翻一倍多，一年卖个12万辆吧。因为目前得到消息，宝马规划的产能就是一年12.1台。如果真的能全部卖出去，我滴天呐，这个销售数据基本上跟宝马5系的销量持平了。中国有那么多有钱人吗，X5再便宜也是落地60多万的车，翻一倍销量卖给谁去呢？宝马X7哎，顺着这个往下聊就有意思了。首先，在网上有很多人关注国产X5的消息，但是当看到55.8万这个价格的时候，很多人还是喊贵，说国产之后应该定价不超50万才对。那么，哪些人喊贵呢？实际上都是手头有个40来万，买X3，GLC和Q5L是够的，但是买X5还是差点意思。正好赶上这次国产降价，如果X5起售真能40大几万，配置也不太拉跨，他们肯定毫不犹豫就往上冲。至于动力方面，他们根本不用担心，宝马X5最差也是个2.0T+8AT，总不可能用三缸1.5T给装到X5车上吧。甚至包括奔驰E级、宝马5系的客户，他们也会纠结要不要继续选择这两款车，毕竟落地也快50万了，往上够够就是X5，又是新款、又加长，这开出去肯定比5系和E级有面。所以我猜测，明年5系和E级的价格，应该也会受国产X5的影响，会增加优惠来吸引客户。宝马5系宝马国产X5，受冲击最大的肯定是二线豪华品牌了。比如沃尔沃XC90这种车型，到现在还是进口，经销商都优惠快20万了，低配63.89万，现在成交价才46万多。这可是妥妥的跟宝马X5一个级别的车型，人家动力、空间、配置也都不差，凭什么就卖这个价呢？这也是很多人觉得宝马X5国产起售55.8万也是贵的原因。你看看，比起沃尔沃XC90优惠后的价格，还差10万呢。可是，即使差价10万，你会买XC90吗？你依然不会买，这就是BBA价格硬气的地方。要说这个级别最早国产的，肯定是凯迪拉克XT6和林肯飞行家两款车了。这里重点聊聊林肯飞行家，20年7月国产上市，去年7月年度改款上市，好日子还没过满365天，现在宝马X5国产就要来了。飞行家全系V6 3.0T，而且配置还不低，还送5年14万公里质保，5年不限里程基础保养。林肯飞行家起售50.98万，卖得好的版本是尊雅版59.98万，优惠4-5万，只能这样了，林肯说，我只管努力，剩下的交给天意。你想想，一台国产宝马X5 2.0T的价格，可以轻松拿下一台3.0T中配的林肯飞行家。你以前说宝马X5是进口车，飞行家是长安林肯那就算了。可现在大家都一样是国产，到底哪个香呢？这是不是有点像，很多客户纠结3.0T的A6L 55TFSI和宝马530Li，一样的情况？其实，宝马也不想这么快就国产X5,但是大环境不允许。自从2019年奔驰推出全新一代GLE，市场反响非常好，销量动不动就能赶超宝马X5，要知道在这之前宝马X5在全球的销量，一直是吊打奔驰GLE的存在。再加上奔驰现在又有迈巴赫系列，把逼格直接拉满，整个系列的调性又被抬高一个层级。虽然人人都知道迈巴赫无非就是个豪装版奔驰，但中国消费者就是认，加价几十万当韭菜也要买。宝马在这方面就只能吃闷亏了，毕竟找不到第二家类似迈巴赫这种快破产，又能拿来用的高阶品牌。奥迪这两年在国内的确是混的很惨，特别是Q7这种车型，改款之后厂家还严控经销商的开票价，但是经销商被逼的没办法，只能开票价按规定来，你说优惠2万我就开优惠2万的票，然后私底下再给客户补贴。不然怎么办，积压的库存厂家还能给退货吗？Q7去年的销量甚至都没卖过途锐和XC90。所以，X5这次一国产，受影响最大的肯定是Q7，可以用雪上加霜来形容了。毫无疑问，奥迪肯定也在快马加鞭的推进Q7国产，而且我相信Q7国产后的定价肯定会更为劲爆。不过Q7国产可能会换一种方式，比如，保留进口Q7 3.0T版本在一汽奥迪销售，然后上汽奥迪销售Q6L车型，说白了就是Q7换个名字。但是Q6L主售2.0T，再定个50小几万的起售价。我猜测，大概率是这么玩的。不过随着国产X5的消息越来越多，我们也知道了，这台车尾标不会是X5L，而是左边贴着X5，右边是xDrive 30/40Li，然后左下角贴着华晨宝马。哎呀，这华晨宝马四个字看起来真的好突兀，大概率车主提车当天就会要求去掉。还有国产X5的内饰大家也很好奇，会不会用上现在最新的iDrive8系统，和宝马i4上面那套曲面屏？很遗憾，从谍照上看，这些都没有发生。还是全液晶仪表，配上12.3英寸悬浮式中控屏。不过据说这次国产3.0T的发动机，也会是进口到国内组装，所以这又反过来支撑了我前面的观点，国产3.0T和进口3.0T的X5应该差价不大。至于国产后的质量，现如今3系，5系，X3这些车质量怎样？X5应该算是国产旗舰SUV了，宝马工厂只会对质量控制的更严格，不会说更加马虎的。宝马工厂我去过不止一次，不夸张地讲，这是我参观过的几乎所有工厂里，环境最好，管理最规范，员工精气神最不错的一个。汽车生产四大工艺流程，每一家都大同小异，无非是厂家在品控方面自己用不用心，舍不舍得投入成本去管控好细节。至于说国产一下子降价10几万，会不会在成本上做手脚，偷工减料。别急，后期还有各大平台和自媒体，肯定会有拆车的视频，那就稍微迟一些入手就ok了。逼着宝马X5和同级车型尽快国产的，还有一个原因。那就是新能源车市场的快速增长，老百姓越来越接受新能源车型。宝马从2022年开始，主战场肯定也是放在这一块。毕竟能打败BBA的不会是燃油车圈的对手，而是新能源车的那几个狠角色。特斯拉和蔚小理，各个都想来抢一批BBA的客户，而他们的车型价格都从30万到50万，甚至到100万都有。当年这几个品牌半死不活，现在个个生龙活虎，天天刷销量排行榜，炫耀自己的增长速度。因此，X5、GLE这类车型是时候国产降价来打压一波电动车了。另外，从业内角度看，华晨宝马的企业股比变化，也是促成X5国产非常重要的一点。2018年10月，华晨汽车和宝马集团签订协议，宝马集团计划用36亿欧元收购华晨宝马合资公司25%的股份，原本双方股比50:50，这次收购之后就成了宝马集团75%，华晨宝马25%。而这份协议的生效时间，就是2022年。为什么协议签订在2018年，生效日期在2022年呢？因为根据国家发展改革委、商务部联合发布的《外商投资准入特别管理措施（负面清单）（2018年版）》内容，从2018年7月28日起，取消专用车、新能源汽车整车制造外资股比限制，2020年取消商用车外资股比限制，2022年取消乘用车外资股比限制以及合资参股企业不超过两家的限制。所以宝马集团想要把股比增加到75%，至少要等到2022年。有人问，那这意味着什么呢？简单的讲，这就意味着宝马集团在华晨宝马合资公司中，占有了绝对的话语权。基本上，你可以把他当成是建在中国的外商独资公司，有点类似特斯拉在上海建厂的意思。也正是因为有这个背景，所以现在的iX3才开始在沈阳生产，出口全球。后期的X5国产之后，肯定也是要出口到全球的，所以如果国产X5的质量出问题，那么将会是全球性的负面新闻。这就又回到了我们前面聊的话题，国产后的X5跟进口版质量会有多大差别？可以添加微信46415254加入我们的社群音频图文更新在订阅号： 百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

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This show kicks off with never before aired pre show talk, a little behind the scenes of what we talk about before hitting record. We kick it off with some staff and transfer talks, look at possible departures, X7's comments and the bowl withdrawal, Drew League and a new segment Culture Corner. Hope you enjoy!

小額贊助支持本節目： https://pay.firstory.me/user/linshibi 今天來換換口味，講一下差不多播映完成的秋季日劇吧！可能有劇情雷，怕被暴雷的別往下看喔！ 先來個推薦列表： 經典必看：最愛，AVALANCHE雪崩， 好戲值得一看：和田家的男人，Doctor-X7，X光室的奇蹟II，不良少年與白手杖女孩，二月的勝者， 有空可以看：日本沉沒－希望之人－，真犯人FLAG，螺旋迷宮~DNA科學搜查 時間太多可以看：消失的初戀，SUPER RICH，言靈莊 最愛 這是一齣推理＋家庭＋愛情兼有的好劇。如果你只以推理劇來看，可能會有點失望。不過這齣戲整體表現，不管是劇本，配樂，演員的演技，我認為都非常值得一觀。是我本季的最愛！吉高由里子和松下洸平的初戀組，出乎意料的相配呢！宇多田的主題曲非常好聽！ AVALANCHE雪崩 非常好看，最後幾集劇情經過幾次轉折，高潮迭起。 Doctor-X7　 新冠疫情下的大門未知子。一開始覺得還滿有趣的，但後來好像有點走回老梗。田中圭還從隔壁跑來客串當一集網紅醫師，哈哈！最後一集和第一集呼應，都回到了疫情的主題。 日本沉沒－希望之人－ 田所教授在一集內從自信滿滿地宣稱我們已經度過危機不會有第二波，到全日本都會沉沒，這會不會變得太快一點呀....最後一集加入的感染相關劇情有點突兀，好像有點不太必要... X光室的奇蹟II 我還是對於放射科技師可以隨意說開檢查就檢查覺得很詭異。因為有特別篇和明年的劇場版，感情線上還是不會有什麼進展的....但最後一集多少有點間接的互相告白了，哈哈！拜託在劇場版給我們個痛快吧！ 和田家的男人 相葉雅紀主演，一家三口祖父，父親和兒子各自都是媒體人，分別是報社，電視台和網路媒體，世代的衝突還有不同媒體引發的思考，滿有趣又溫馨的！ 不良少年與白手杖女孩 出乎意料好看的小品劇，可以多多了解到視障者的心理和生活。金澤獅子王（鈴木伸之）在這部的存在感比在X光室的奇蹟高很多。然後剛剛看完輪到你了，再看到演姊姊的奈緒正常的樣子，有點不習慣，哈哈！ 二月的勝者 考國中版的東大特訓班，比我想像中好看！很想知道日本小學生考私中，是不是真的如同劇中描述的壓力這麼大？對了，好想念吉祥寺的街道呀！ 真犯人FLAG 聽說和輪到你了一樣，會演20集。因此現在看到的好像犯人的對象，很可能最後根本都不是兇手。希望到最後不要有一個完全想不到只是賣弄懸疑的真凶...拜託不要是芳根京子吧。好像滿多人猜是宮澤理惠自導自演，或是到目前只出聲音還未露臉的那位重要女演員.... SUPER RICH 靠著兩個小鮮肉的顏值繼續看下去，劇情好像越來越怪，看到白無垢向長假致敬很有趣....然後再說一次，松嶋菜菜子為什麼還是可以這麼美.... 螺旋迷宮~DNA科學搜查 只有七集就完結了，最後兩集是掀起個小高潮的案子。感覺可以有第二部繼續演下去。 言靈莊 卡司好讚，好多美女，可是劇情....我到底看了什麼@@ 我竟然還在看，很厲害吧！其實看一個劇可以荒謬到什麼程度也是一種樂趣齁。（真實世界一個鬧鬼和有連續殺人事件的公寓應該在前幾集房客可能就搬光光了齁） 只是在結婚申請書上蓋個章而已 我看了一集睡著了....好啦我會繼續看下去的XD 消失的初戀 同樣是BL劇，這齣相比於櫻桃魔法，我幾乎看不下去。個人意見是，劇情太過老套，還有兩個主角的表情的問題......可能是我個人的問題吧，我覺得好不自然@@ 歡迎追蹤前台大感染科醫師。04b的發聲管道！ 我的電子名片 https://lit.link/linshibi 希望大家當我的種子教師，推廣正確的新冠衛教。科學防疫，不要只以恐懼防疫！ 歡迎贊助林氏璧孔醫師喝咖啡，讓我可以在這個紛亂的時代，繼續分享知識努力做正確新冠相關衛教。 https://pay.firstory.me/user/linshibi Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's show is about using drones for shooting hotels and resorts. Our caller for today, Jordan from NY has an opportunity to shoot some aerial footage of a resort. However, his client wishes to accentuate the beautiful mountains in the background. And so, Jordan is thinking of renting the Mavic 2 Zoom for this new gig. But, is the zoom on this DJI drone powerful enough to accentuate the beautiful background? And, should Jordan consider the Inspire 2-X7 combo for this gig? Apart from this Mavic 2 Zoom - Inspire 2 comparison, we also reveal some red flags that Jordan needs to watch out for while renting a drone. We wrap up this show by sharing some great golden photography tips to help Jordan out. Enjoy! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [01:32]Today's show is brought to you by Drone U landing pads [02:33]Today's question is about using drones for shooting hotels and resorts [03:36]We kick off today's show by discussing an incredibly lucrative career option for drone pilot - action sports [05:02]How to accentuate the background in your drone footage [05:32]Should you use the Mavic 2 Zoom for shooting hotels and resorts? [05:46]Marketing tips and how to charge premium prices even when you are working in a commoditized segment [06:39]Inspire 2 vs. Mavic 2 Zoom - is it worth spending more when shooting hotels? [07:40]Using the X7 with a 50 mm lens for capturing the background in its full glory [09:48]An excellent, cost-saving hack to help Jordan out [11:25]Things to remember when renting a drone [11:38]Some excellent golden hour photography tips to help you out [12:37]Can you pair the Inspire 2's zoom camera with Mavic 2 Pro?

Today's show is about the commercial viability of the DJI Mavic Air 2. Our caller for today, Matt files a DJI Mavic Air 2. Matt is wondering if he can use this beginner drone for commercial drone photography and videography. Can Matt compete with drone pilots who fly more expensive drones like the Mavic 2 and Inspire 2? The different options discussed today include the Mavic 2 Pro, the Mavic 2 Zoom, and the Inspire 2-X7 combo. Additionally, we also share the pros and cons of the sub-250 gram, DJI Mavic Mini 2. After the latest updates, is it possible to build a sustainable drone business using this tiny DJI drone? For all this and much, much more, tune in to our latest show now! Fly Safe! Recently crashed your drone? Unable to find trained technicians who can repair your drone quickly and at a reasonable rate? Don't fret. The cool folks at Fortress UAV can help you get your drone back up in the air in as little as 7 days! Use Promo Code “DroneU” to get 25% off. Drone U Members get an extra 5% off on total repair costs. Check them out now! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu   Timestamps [03:34] How systems and processes can help you scale up your home-based business [05:08] Does more business necessarily mean more profit? [05:33] Today's show is brought to you by our 8-week mapping class [07:30] Today's question is about the DJI Mavic Air 2 [09:02] Can you build a sustainable drone business using a small drone like the Mavic Air 2 or Mavic Mini? [10:28] Is the Inspire 2 - X7 combo a good option for you? [12:02] What are some issues that you are likely to face when using the X7 for drone mapping? [14:00] Is the Mavic Air 2 a good option for drone photography? [14:37 ]Using the Mavic 2 Zoom for creative videography [15:13] Mavic 2 Pro vs. Mavic 2 Zoom - which is the best drone for you? [16:05] What about the Mavic Mini 2? Can you use this sub-250 gram drone for commercial applications? [17:13 ]Sign up for our forthcoming webinar!

※ 本文章发布于订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注云南腾冲试驾见闻今天一开始呢，我就先从腾冲的美食美景开始……云南我去过很多次，但是边境城市腾冲我还是第一次来，今年出差本就不多，但是最近一个月，接到的活动城市都超级远。腾冲算是中国最西边的城市之一了吧，都快到边境了，在中国地图那只大公鸡的鸡爪位置，我再过几天，还要飞中国最东边的城市——黑龙江省抚远市，如果这两个活动无缝对接的话，我就妥妥的从横跨整个中国了。腾冲绝对是个养老的好地方，当地人说腾冲有十八怪，热海温泉能煮菜，这里的人特别喜欢泡温泉，我们住的酒店也是温泉特色酒店，每个房间都有私汤，我住了两晚也泡了两晚。当地人泡温泉还会带鸡蛋去，用温泉煮鸡蛋，泡完温泉就把鸡蛋剥了吃了，还有一怪，和顺小镇叫上海，因为曾经这里是腾冲最繁华的地方，现在这个小镇被开发出来，成了可以观光的古镇，就在我住的酒店旁边，我也去逛了一下，说实话没什么意思，古镇里商业气息比较浓，没啥可看的，关键人车还不分流，小巷子里摩托车、电动车甚至面包车经常路过，你还得人让车。还有一怪，是一床棉被四季盖，因为这里常年恒温在10几度，气候非常适宜。这里四季不分明，所以还有一怪，叫做干雨两季算一载，当地人区分季节的方法，就是干季和雨季，因为特殊的地理环境，这里空气清新无雾霾。而且，因为在西边，所以晚上八点太阳晒。然后就是这里的美食，早点饵丝配酸菜，不过腾冲也在地震带，所以这里的木架房子人人爱。我感觉，我都可以不说车，去当导游了，是不是？好的，咱们把车还是开回主干道，好好聊聊这次去腾冲试驾的车型，这次试驾的车型比较多，分别有宝马740Li、750Li、M760Li和X7 40i。7系和X7可能对很多人来说都比较遥远，大家印象里，这都是百万级的豪车。实际上，现在的7系没有大家想象中那么贵，年底价格稍微涨了一点，730Li成交价70万出头，X7是真的百万级，入门定价就是100万整，还没有优惠。所以，如果预算充沛，实际上在5系的基础上加点钱是可以买7系的。但是，我身边几乎没有放弃5系换7系的，主要还是每个人对自己在社会上的定位有关，根据我的观察，7系的车主基本上都是企业主，一年至少几百万的收入，而且不是刚富起来的新贵，一般都是企业走入正轨，收入比较稳定之后，大老板换车才会考虑这个级别。X7客户就更是财务自由了，这类客户基本上豪车都换了一圈了，实力妥妥的可以够得上宾利甚至劳斯莱斯，但是没必要这么高调，所以拿100万出来置换旧车，换换口味而已，我身边遇到过的两位置换X7的客户，就是这种情况。让我比较意外的是，这次试驾的车型里有750Li和760Li，这都是200多万级别的豪车中的战斗机，一年都卖不出去几台，信仰一般的存在，但我想了想，咱们毕竟是媒体试驾，信仰怎么传达给消费者呢，还是得让媒体先种草，所以我这次也都试驾了一遍。730Li与740Li差别有多大750Li和M760Li太遥不可及，咱们可以先聊聊730Li和740Li，这也是很多购买7系的车主最纠结的点，两者相差10万，配置差别不大，主要是四缸还是六缸，2.0T还是3.0T，到底该怎么选，这10万值不值得投入？大部分问我这个问题的客户，我是直接让他选3.0T。我经常会反问一句：7系都买了，差这10万吗？你这么个大老板，开个2.0T，跟员工的帕萨特一样，不脸红吗？基本上，对方就直接PASS掉2.0T的730Li，直奔740Li了。这个月就有个朋友在我的规劝下，放弃730Li，定了740Li，月底提车，他多花了10万，月底还要请我吃饭，跟我说声“谢谢啊”。这代7系给每一款配置都提供了两种不同的设计风格，分别叫做“M运动套装”和“豪华套装”，套装之间最主要的区别体现在外观的设计上，一个运动一个商务。目前在售的730Li与740Li车型有：730Li M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价82.8万；740Li领先型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价93.8万；740Li尊享型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价106.8万；740Li xDrive行政型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价119.8万。其中，730Li车型在中期该款之后取消了原有的低配与高配，目前只提供一款配置、两种风格；而740Li车型中的领先型、尊享型、xDrive行政型分别代表着车型的低、中、高配，同时顶配xDrive行政型还多了个四驱系统。此外，还有一款特殊的“xDrive华彩定制限量版”，指导价139.8万，是基于豪华套装设计风格的特殊限量版，并不提供M运动套装。目前在路上最常见的，就是730Li M运动套装，优惠后裸车在70万左右，还有740Li领先型M运动套装，优惠后裸车在80万出头。其实拉一下它们的配置单就会发现，它们在配置上只有不疼不痒、非常细微的差别，但无论是官方指导价，还是实际优惠后的裸车价，它们都差了差不多10万左右，差距在哪？值得吗？730Li M运动套装与740Li领先型M运动套装，最肉眼可见的差距在于发动机：730Li车型是B48高功率的 2.0T四缸发动机，准确点说是“B48B20B”，这台发动机和国产530Li的那台“B48B20D”还是有点区别的，265马力、400牛米的输出要略高于国产530Li的252马力、350牛米，在X5和X6的30i车型上也有搭载，是全进口的。其实国产530Li的动力已经非常充沛了，甚至还有一点小暴躁，6.9秒破百在路上不说逮谁干谁，至少在一般的买菜车面前是可以横着走的，730Li就更强了，6.3秒即可破百，比现款奔驰六缸的S350L还要快，宝马在动力总成这一块确实是有点东西，尤其是采埃孚的8AT变速箱占了很大功劳。但即使是这样，依然有很多人会说“2.0T的7系不是7系”，“不买3.0T就不要买7系”之类的话……原因很简单：不是730Li不给力，而是740Li太抢戏。740Li车型从2.0T的小心脏一下换装3.0T的大心脏，B58发动机是宝马最新的主流六缸涡轮增压发动机，也是Bimmer最喜欢的直列六缸布局，340马力、450牛米的B58发动机+采埃孚8AT的动力总成，当然这套动力总成在很多宝马车上都有，只要你在车型命名中看见“40i”或者“40Li”，那基本上就是它了。这套动力总成有多强？这套动力总成，让7系这样接近5米3车长的大型豪华轿车，可以做到5.6秒破百，即使换成后面会聊到的全尺寸SUV X7，也可以做到6.1秒破百，此外偏性能化的M-performance系列中一些车型也是B58+8AT的动力总成，只不过在硬件和软件上会经过一些改进，比如没有引入国内的M340i、M440i，更是能达到382马力、500牛米。光看数据是非常枯燥的，还是建议大家去对比试驾一下730Li与740Li，对于很多人来说B48与B58发动机在主观上的区别，可能并不像数据上的差距那么明显，因为这一代的730Li已经比上一代搭载3.0 L6自然吸气的730Li还要快不少，而且绝大多数7系车主在日常用车时很少会将油门踩到一半以上。在法定限速范围内，730Li与740Li在动力上没有什么明显的差距，如果你实在开不出730Li和740Li的区别，那你可以选择730Li，因为买了740Li对你来说也有些浪费。而我认为，730Li和740Li在日常驾驶时最大的区别其实是平顺性，730Li缺少了740Li的那种发动机运转时饱满、细腻的感觉，这完全是四缸发动机与六缸发动机在缸数上的差距造成的，也是数据上体现不出来的。此外还有后段的动力储备，730Li在市区里已经非常轻快了，但在高速上超车时的力道明显没有740Li那么直接，就像你在浴室洗澡一样，水压小的时候，也能洗，但肯定没有水压大的时候，哗哗的热水从头顶上灌下来那么爽。换句话说，比如730Li要连降三挡才能满足你的加速需求，那740Li也许只降一挡就可以达到相同的效果，你觉得哪个更爽？当然，如果在120的时速，再给一脚地板油持续加速，那两者的差距会更大。还有一个区别，体现在心理上，在我们的固有印象中，像7系这样的大型豪华轿车就应该是大排量。动力这玩意儿就像存款，我可以不用，但不能没有，这就是底气。所以，730Li与740Li怎么选就很容易了，如果你有这样的“存款心态”，虽然很可能用不上但又在意后段的动力储备，或者你对发动机的平顺性以及驾驶的质感非常敏感，当然钱包也得到位，那么就去选择740Li。但对于一般人来说，740Li在驾驶层面给予你的已经算是“过剩”了，而7系车主中追求驾驶乐趣的人并不多，所以选择740Li的人也不多。而730Li在驾驶层面更多代表着“够用”，买的就是宝马这个车标、7系这块招牌，同时730Li也有空气悬挂，与舒适性上与740Li也没有什么区别，这就够了。如果真的追求驾驶体验？为什么要买一台7系？所谓的平顺性和后段动力储备也不是所有人都能感受出来的，最重要的是钱包略显干瘪。抱有这样的心态，选择730Li就可以了。但尴尬的是，如果你不需要通过驾驶去取悦自己，同时又期望有更多平常能看得见的配置，由于730Li在中期改款之后已经没有高配可选了（虽然这种百万级豪车配置已经很齐全了，但是有钱人的要求千奇百怪，总有喜欢高配的），所以只能去买740Li的尊享型或者xDrive行政型，但这里面就相当有一部分钱打了水漂了，为了配置，你还得花钱在你不需要的六缸发动机上……买7系都是什么样的人7系的车主我觉得可以分为三类，M760Li、750Li可以分为一类，740Li可以分为一类，730Li又可以分为一类。首先是M760Li和750Li车主。M760Li已经是奢侈品级别的车了，且严格来说属于M-performance系列，对标奔驰S65L AMG和奥迪S8L，搭载的劳斯莱斯6.6升V12双涡轮增压发动机本来就是奢侈品，再搭配方方面面都堆到极致的配置，加上242.8万的指导价，注定就是7系中的精神领袖。750Li也是同理，搭载的4.4升V8双涡轮增压“N63B44D”发动机属于宝马旗下的顶级发动机之一，在大排量税的背景下注定不是一般人能负担得起的，198.8万的指导价就是算上优惠也差不多可以买两台730Li了。当然，M760Li和750Li对于大多数有这个能力的人来说还是太过低调了，这两车的嚣张不是写在脸上的，而是藏在引擎盖里的，就算是更便宜的迈巴赫S450，都比这两车在面子上更好使，所以买单的多是手里多金的低调主义人士，车买来不是别人看充门面的，而是每天用来取悦自己的，就像电视剧《我的前半生》里贺涵这样的人，骚是真骚，但不是明骚而是闷骚，不过也有懂车的朋友质疑，贺涵的在剧里的角色配不上M760Li这种200多万的车……哈哈，我不做评论。我相信，宝马也不指望M760Li和750Li能卖出去多少台，这两车的象征意义明显大于实际意义，全中国有多少贺涵这样的人，看看每年的销量就知道了。至于740Li车主，我觉得他们都是各行业的大佬，或者是事业有成的大公司老板，同时又有点个性，毕竟他们选择为别人眼里看不见的驾驶乐趣买单，而相同的价格也差不多可以入手奔驰S级了，看上去也更有面子。当然，740Li车主当中也有一部分是年轻人，预算百万想买跑车、性能车但家里人不同意，最后无奈妥协选择了740Li，毕竟宝马的slogan是“Sheer Driving Pleasure（纯粹的驾驶乐趣）”，总比老气的S级和A8L要更适合年轻人一点。而730Li车主，有一部分就像我刚才说的，是宝马、是7系就可以了，实际上他们当中很多人的预算不太够得上7系，530Li可能更适合他们的经济情况，但碍于面子，还是要入手7系，后面的贷款慢慢还，毕竟开一台5系去和人谈生意，和开一台7系去谈生意，对方只要不是汽车小白，肯定一眼就能看透你的用意，开7系来就是摆明了要告诉对方你的实力，这些表面文章，有些时候在生意场上还是挺管用的，你也别说虚伪，成年人的社会比你想象中还要肤浅。7系的对手们我们都知道，7系主要的对手就是奔驰S级，奥迪A8L勉强也能算一个，这三台车经常会让人有一种“既生瑜何生亮”的感觉，但是通过车辆对比和目前的市场反馈，我们似乎能看出宝马7系的纵向深度是最长的，下到730Li上到M760Li，动力总成有2.0T、3.0T、4.4T和6.6T可以挑选，可以说“只要钱到位，动力、配置都到位”，而S级和A8L则都是3.0T+48V，只不过动力系统针对不同车型进行了不同的调教和设定，但是这也为宝马带来了一个很实际的问题，那就是7系没有超越其等级定义的更高的产品。这话怎么理解呢？我们都知道，S级目前在售的入门版本是S350L，最高版本是S450L，之后还会有S500L，但是在S级之上，奔驰还有迈巴赫作为顶级奢华的代表放在那里，让那些对S级感兴趣的人或者是准客户们，能很直观的看到、买到这台不止于S级的S级，以至于通过迈巴赫车型，直接带着把S级的调性一并拉高，而迈巴赫其实就可以看作是奔驰手里那个超越车辆本身等级定义的产品（说实话，有点耍流氓），更不用说自家的AMG，和不是自己家的IMSA英飒、卡尔森、Lorinser劳伦士这些同样高端、也同样有基于S级车型打造出整车产品的品牌。而奥迪在A8L之上，不仅有运动性能爆炸的S8（目前2021款的预售价207.7万），甚至还有那台官方一直否认三连，但是依旧存活在传说中的RS8，并且奥迪除了自家的“S”和“RS”之外还有“ABT”，而这些都是不止于A8L的A8L，也可以看作是奥迪手里超越车辆本身的产品。反观现在的宝马，虽然有750Li和M760Li放在那里作为大马力、大排量的象征，同时也能秀一秀宝马的肌肉和造车工艺，但是这两台车依旧没有跳出7系这个范畴，换言之如果你买的是一台迈巴赫S级，你大概率不会跟人家说买的是一台奔驰，而会说“我这车是迈巴赫”，同样当你买了一台S8L（之前是标轴S8）回来之后，你大概率也是跟别人说“我这车是S8L”，并且会把“S”这个字母说的斩钉截铁，甚至会拉着人去看车身上的S标和机盖下的那颗V8大心脏。至于宝马，虽然有个Alpina阿尔宾娜B7摆在那里，但是知名度和购买难度……你懂的。当然，除了A8L和S级之外，还有一个对手就是我们之前聊过的保时捷Panamera，不过保时捷给到Panamera这台车的定位本身就是高于7系的，而且能去选择Panamera的车主，大概率不会再去考虑7系、S级和A8L，毕竟Panamera车主追求的产品和用车体验，是和7系、S级、A8L车主所不同的。至于玛莎拉蒂总裁、捷豹XJ等等车型，目前已经很难有实力去抗衡BBA三家，而现在还有能力来掰掰手腕的，估计也只有雷克萨斯LS系列，只不过都到了这个价位，能去选择LS系列的也是凤毛菱角，而这又是另一种客户群了。试驾X7与我的感受在试驾宝马X7的时候，说实话我有点儿失望，因为拉开车门之前，我心里对他的期待是非常高的，毕竟是入门即是100万级的豪华SUV，但是坐进车内，整体内饰做工一般，没有7系的豪华感，二排座椅也很普通，第三排体验也很一般。虽然这台车开起来没有大车感，但是我仍然很迷惑，花一百多万买这台车图什么呢？也许有钱人就是换个口味，没玩过，所以买台玩玩而已。就目前的BBA三家来看，X7的竞争对手应该是奔驰GLS，而奥迪的Q7和Q8虽然定位和X7、GLS类似，但是价格就显得羸弱了不少。其实相比于同档次、同价位的轿车系列，不论是X7还是GLS都会显得有些糙，主要原因其实在于SUV车型在从诞生到现在，它的定位始终是一个“工具车”而不是“豪华车”，SUV这三个字母的定义就是“运动型多用途汽车”或者“城郊多用途汽车”，除了兰博基尼URUS这类套着SUV壳子的超跑之外，大多数的SUV其实更多考虑的是实用性。但是，不少人对于高价格的SUV会有一种误解，认为到这个价位了就必须要豪华，所以经常会让人有一种“我都花了这么多钱，怎么车子还这么糙”的感觉，所以相比之下，更擅长于内饰精装修的GLS会比X7更让人有好感。而动力方面的对比X7则扳回一城，宝马为X7 40i车型配备的是740Li的3.0T L6发动机，M50i车型换成了750Li的4.4T V8发动机，这也是宝马一贯的作风。而奔驰就比较有意思，原先2020款车型搭载的是代号M256的3.0T L6发动机+48V轻混，而2021款则改成了2.5T L6发动机+48V轻混，并提供高低功率两种调校模式，低功率版本最大马力313匹，最大扭矩400牛·米，高功率版本最大马力367匹，最大扭矩500牛米，和原先的3.0T发动机持平。我特地去美国官网查了一下（因为德国官网查询会自动跳转到国内官网），我发现在美国市场上销售的GLS系列依旧使用的是原来的3.0T发动机+48V轻混，所以这种行为算不算是“特供”和“区别对待”呢？一般来说，选择X7的客户首先是肯定认可宝马这个品牌的，这一点毋庸置疑，而他们手头的预算大多比较宽松，可以在100-150万之间自由浮动，所以X5肯定不考虑，X5M再运动，在产品等级上不入他们法眼，看看X7，产品等级够了，全尺寸SUV也够大气，看起来气势也够了，再想一想，哎哟，里面还是个7座，想想实用性也还可以，价格也还不错，那就果断刷卡买单，落袋为安，反正也就是玩个感觉，有感觉就拿下。写在最后对于宝马而言，在消费者需求越来越多样化、竞争对手的产品不断推出，而且中国市场大力支持新能源和智能化的今天，一台车到底能给客户带来什么，厂家也在思考这个问题，所以更新升级就比过往更加频繁，这也是为什么宝马还在电动领域持续发力，先是弄个i3和i8，后来iX3也和消费者见面了，再往后还会有i4、i NEXT等等。其实我自己对于宝马这个品牌还是比较有好感的，因为宝马的骨子里就有一种“不安于现状的冲劲”，宝马从当年做飞机发动机起家，到后面做汽车、摩托车……一直到现在开始进入电动化赛道，而且有一点值得一提，那就是宝马正式进入电动化之路是早于奔驰和奥迪这两家的，宝马推出i8的时候，那俩还在折腾内燃机。但是宝马同时也是克制的，一直到现在，宝马旗下品牌也就是劳斯莱斯、宝马和MINI，而且劳斯莱斯和MINI还是从英国人手里买来的，做的东西也是在原有的经典上一点一点慢慢的改变，这一点反观一下同样是德国的大众，只能说战略不同、追求不同。在我看来，7系就相当于是对传统的延续，宝马在秉持7系作为豪华大型轿车这个关键要素上，给7系不断加上新生代的元素，而X7则是新生事物，但是克制的宝马把这台车做的依旧很宝马，传统车企在燃油车市场里，还是不敢太过于标新立异，延续经典即可。当然，宝马虽好，并不代表天下无敌，宝马自家的产品其实也有不少问题，比如连很多非宝马车主都知道的、宝马祖传的“漏油”和“烧机油”问题，以及宝马的“内饰掉漆”、“把手发黏”等等问题，做二手车的老板都笑而不语，只不过由于这些年“同行们的衬托”（奔驰漏油事件、奥迪烧机油和变速箱问题），所以显得宝马相对而言还可以。从我角度出发，如果让我有机会在7系和X7之间进行选择，那我将会毫不犹豫的去选择7系，但是我不会购买现款的7系，而是去选择一台代号E66的第四代7系，因为那一台不仅是克里斯·班戈的集大成之作，也奠定了后来7系的设计与发展方向。今天，似乎没有给大家种草，反而给自己种了个草，不说了，我要去联系车商朋友找E66了……音频图文更新在订阅号： 百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

※ 本文章发布于订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注云南腾冲试驾见闻今天一开始呢，我就先从腾冲的美食美景开始……云南我去过很多次，但是边境城市腾冲我还是第一次来，今年出差本就不多，但是最近一个月，接到的活动城市都超级远。腾冲算是中国最西边的城市之一了吧，都快到边境了，在中国地图那只大公鸡的鸡爪位置，我再过几天，还要飞中国最东边的城市——黑龙江省抚远市，如果这两个活动无缝对接的话，我就妥妥的从横跨整个中国了。腾冲绝对是个养老的好地方，当地人说腾冲有十八怪，热海温泉能煮菜，这里的人特别喜欢泡温泉，我们住的酒店也是温泉特色酒店，每个房间都有私汤，我住了两晚也泡了两晚。当地人泡温泉还会带鸡蛋去，用温泉煮鸡蛋，泡完温泉就把鸡蛋剥了吃了，还有一怪，和顺小镇叫上海，因为曾经这里是腾冲最繁华的地方，现在这个小镇被开发出来，成了可以观光的古镇，就在我住的酒店旁边，我也去逛了一下，说实话没什么意思，古镇里商业气息比较浓，没啥可看的，关键人车还不分流，小巷子里摩托车、电动车甚至面包车经常路过，你还得人让车。还有一怪，是一床棉被四季盖，因为这里常年恒温在10几度，气候非常适宜。这里四季不分明，所以还有一怪，叫做干雨两季算一载，当地人区分季节的方法，就是干季和雨季，因为特殊的地理环境，这里空气清新无雾霾。而且，因为在西边，所以晚上八点太阳晒。然后就是这里的美食，早点饵丝配酸菜，不过腾冲也在地震带，所以这里的木架房子人人爱。我感觉，我都可以不说车，去当导游了，是不是？好的，咱们把车还是开回主干道，好好聊聊这次去腾冲试驾的车型，这次试驾的车型比较多，分别有宝马740Li、750Li、M760Li和X7 40i。7系和X7可能对很多人来说都比较遥远，大家印象里，这都是百万级的豪车。实际上，现在的7系没有大家想象中那么贵，年底价格稍微涨了一点，730Li成交价70万出头，X7是真的百万级，入门定价就是100万整，还没有优惠。所以，如果预算充沛，实际上在5系的基础上加点钱是可以买7系的。但是，我身边几乎没有放弃5系换7系的，主要还是每个人对自己在社会上的定位有关，根据我的观察，7系的车主基本上都是企业主，一年至少几百万的收入，而且不是刚富起来的新贵，一般都是企业走入正轨，收入比较稳定之后，大老板换车才会考虑这个级别。X7客户就更是财务自由了，这类客户基本上豪车都换了一圈了，实力妥妥的可以够得上宾利甚至劳斯莱斯，但是没必要这么高调，所以拿100万出来置换旧车，换换口味而已，我身边遇到过的两位置换X7的客户，就是这种情况。让我比较意外的是，这次试驾的车型里有750Li和760Li，这都是200多万级别的豪车中的战斗机，一年都卖不出去几台，信仰一般的存在，但我想了想，咱们毕竟是媒体试驾，信仰怎么传达给消费者呢，还是得让媒体先种草，所以我这次也都试驾了一遍。730Li与740Li差别有多大750Li和M760Li太遥不可及，咱们可以先聊聊730Li和740Li，这也是很多购买7系的车主最纠结的点，两者相差10万，配置差别不大，主要是四缸还是六缸，2.0T还是3.0T，到底该怎么选，这10万值不值得投入？大部分问我这个问题的客户，我是直接让他选3.0T。我经常会反问一句：7系都买了，差这10万吗？你这么个大老板，开个2.0T，跟员工的帕萨特一样，不脸红吗？基本上，对方就直接PASS掉2.0T的730Li，直奔740Li了。这个月就有个朋友在我的规劝下，放弃730Li，定了740Li，月底提车，他多花了10万，月底还要请我吃饭，跟我说声“谢谢啊”。这代7系给每一款配置都提供了两种不同的设计风格，分别叫做“M运动套装”和“豪华套装”，套装之间最主要的区别体现在外观的设计上，一个运动一个商务。目前在售的730Li与740Li车型有：730Li M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价82.8万；740Li领先型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价93.8万；740Li尊享型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价106.8万；740Li xDrive行政型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价119.8万。其中，730Li车型在中期该款之后取消了原有的低配与高配，目前只提供一款配置、两种风格；而740Li车型中的领先型、尊享型、xDrive行政型分别代表着车型的低、中、高配，同时顶配xDrive行政型还多了个四驱系统。此外，还有一款特殊的“xDrive华彩定制限量版”，指导价139.8万，是基于豪华套装设计风格的特殊限量版，并不提供M运动套装。目前在路上最常见的，就是730Li M运动套装，优惠后裸车在70万左右，还有740Li领先型M运动套装，优惠后裸车在80万出头。其实拉一下它们的配置单就会发现，它们在配置上只有不疼不痒、非常细微的差别，但无论是官方指导价，还是实际优惠后的裸车价，它们都差了差不多10万左右，差距在哪？值得吗？730Li M运动套装与740Li领先型M运动套装，最肉眼可见的差距在于发动机：730Li车型是B48高功率的 2.0T四缸发动机，准确点说是“B48B20B”，这台发动机和国产530Li的那台“B48B20D”还是有点区别的，265马力、400牛米的输出要略高于国产530Li的252马力、350牛米，在X5和X6的30i车型上也有搭载，是全进口的。其实国产530Li的动力已经非常充沛了，甚至还有一点小暴躁，6.9秒破百在路上不说逮谁干谁，至少在一般的买菜车面前是可以横着走的，730Li就更强了，6.3秒即可破百，比现款奔驰六缸的S350L还要快，宝马在动力总成这一块确实是有点东西，尤其是采埃孚的8AT变速箱占了很大功劳。但即使是这样，依然有很多人会说“2.0T的7系不是7系”，“不买3.0T就不要买7系”之类的话……原因很简单：不是730Li不给力，而是740Li太抢戏。740Li车型从2.0T的小心脏一下换装3.0T的大心脏，B58发动机是宝马最新的主流六缸涡轮增压发动机，也是Bimmer最喜欢的直列六缸布局，340马力、450牛米的B58发动机+采埃孚8AT的动力总成，当然这套动力总成在很多宝马车上都有，只要你在车型命名中看见“40i”或者“40Li”，那基本上就是它了。这套动力总成有多强？这套动力总成，让7系这样接近5米3车长的大型豪华轿车，可以做到5.6秒破百，即使换成后面会聊到的全尺寸SUV X7，也可以做到6.1秒破百，此外偏性能化的M-performance系列中一些车型也是B58+8AT的动力总成，只不过在硬件和软件上会经过一些改进，比如没有引入国内的M340i、M440i，更是能达到382马力、500牛米。光看数据是非常枯燥的，还是建议大家去对比试驾一下730Li与740Li，对于很多人来说B48与B58发动机在主观上的区别，可能并不像数据上的差距那么明显，因为这一代的730Li已经比上一代搭载3.0 L6自然吸气的730Li还要快不少，而且绝大多数7系车主在日常用车时很少会将油门踩到一半以上。在法定限速范围内，730Li与740Li在动力上没有什么明显的差距，如果你实在开不出730Li和740Li的区别，那你可以选择730Li，因为买了740Li对你来说也有些浪费。而我认为，730Li和740Li在日常驾驶时最大的区别其实是平顺性，730Li缺少了740Li的那种发动机运转时饱满、细腻的感觉，这完全是四缸发动机与六缸发动机在缸数上的差距造成的，也是数据上体现不出来的。此外还有后段的动力储备，730Li在市区里已经非常轻快了，但在高速上超车时的力道明显没有740Li那么直接，就像你在浴室洗澡一样，水压小的时候，也能洗，但肯定没有水压大的时候，哗哗的热水从头顶上灌下来那么爽。换句话说，比如730Li要连降三挡才能满足你的加速需求，那740Li也许只降一挡就可以达到相同的效果，你觉得哪个更爽？当然，如果在120的时速，再给一脚地板油持续加速，那两者的差距会更大。还有一个区别，体现在心理上，在我们的固有印象中，像7系这样的大型豪华轿车就应该是大排量。动力这玩意儿就像存款，我可以不用，但不能没有，这就是底气。所以，730Li与740Li怎么选就很容易了，如果你有这样的“存款心态”，虽然很可能用不上但又在意后段的动力储备，或者你对发动机的平顺性以及驾驶的质感非常敏感，当然钱包也得到位，那么就去选择740Li。但对于一般人来说，740Li在驾驶层面给予你的已经算是“过剩”了，而7系车主中追求驾驶乐趣的人并不多，所以选择740Li的人也不多。而730Li在驾驶层面更多代表着“够用”，买的就是宝马这个车标、7系这块招牌，同时730Li也有空气悬挂，与舒适性上与740Li也没有什么区别，这就够了。如果真的追求驾驶体验？为什么要买一台7系？所谓的平顺性和后段动力储备也不是所有人都能感受出来的，最重要的是钱包略显干瘪。抱有这样的心态，选择730Li就可以了。但尴尬的是，如果你不需要通过驾驶去取悦自己，同时又期望有更多平常能看得见的配置，由于730Li在中期改款之后已经没有高配可选了（虽然这种百万级豪车配置已经很齐全了，但是有钱人的要求千奇百怪，总有喜欢高配的），所以只能去买740Li的尊享型或者xDrive行政型，但这里面就相当有一部分钱打了水漂了，为了配置，你还得花钱在你不需要的六缸发动机上……买7系都是什么样的人7系的车主我觉得可以分为三类，M760Li、750Li可以分为一类，740Li可以分为一类，730Li又可以分为一类。首先是M760Li和750Li车主。M760Li已经是奢侈品级别的车了，且严格来说属于M-performance系列，对标奔驰S65L AMG和奥迪S8L，搭载的劳斯莱斯6.6升V12双涡轮增压发动机本来就是奢侈品，再搭配方方面面都堆到极致的配置，加上242.8万的指导价，注定就是7系中的精神领袖。750Li也是同理，搭载的4.4升V8双涡轮增压“N63B44D”发动机属于宝马旗下的顶级发动机之一，在大排量税的背景下注定不是一般人能负担得起的，198.8万的指导价就是算上优惠也差不多可以买两台730Li了。当然，M760Li和750Li对于大多数有这个能力的人来说还是太过低调了，这两车的嚣张不是写在脸上的，而是藏在引擎盖里的，就算是更便宜的迈巴赫S450，都比这两车在面子上更好使，所以买单的多是手里多金的低调主义人士，车买来不是别人看充门面的，而是每天用来取悦自己的，就像电视剧《我的前半生》里贺涵这样的人，骚是真骚，但不是明骚而是闷骚，不过也有懂车的朋友质疑，贺涵的在剧里的角色配不上M760Li这种200多万的车……哈哈，我不做评论。我相信，宝马也不指望M760Li和750Li能卖出去多少台，这两车的象征意义明显大于实际意义，全中国有多少贺涵这样的人，看看每年的销量就知道了。至于740Li车主，我觉得他们都是各行业的大佬，或者是事业有成的大公司老板，同时又有点个性，毕竟他们选择为别人眼里看不见的驾驶乐趣买单，而相同的价格也差不多可以入手奔驰S级了，看上去也更有面子。当然，740Li车主当中也有一部分是年轻人，预算百万想买跑车、性能车但家里人不同意，最后无奈妥协选择了740Li，毕竟宝马的slogan是“Sheer Driving Pleasure（纯粹的驾驶乐趣）”，总比老气的S级和A8L要更适合年轻人一点。而730Li车主，有一部分就像我刚才说的，是宝马、是7系就可以了，实际上他们当中很多人的预算不太够得上7系，530Li可能更适合他们的经济情况，但碍于面子，还是要入手7系，后面的贷款慢慢还，毕竟开一台5系去和人谈生意，和开一台7系去谈生意，对方只要不是汽车小白，肯定一眼就能看透你的用意，开7系来就是摆明了要告诉对方你的实力，这些表面文章，有些时候在生意场上还是挺管用的，你也别说虚伪，成年人的社会比你想象中还要肤浅。7系的对手们我们都知道，7系主要的对手就是奔驰S级，奥迪A8L勉强也能算一个，这三台车经常会让人有一种“既生瑜何生亮”的感觉，但是通过车辆对比和目前的市场反馈，我们似乎能看出宝马7系的纵向深度是最长的，下到730Li上到M760Li，动力总成有2.0T、3.0T、4.4T和6.6T可以挑选，可以说“只要钱到位，动力、配置都到位”，而S级和A8L则都是3.0T+48V，只不过动力系统针对不同车型进行了不同的调教和设定，但是这也为宝马带来了一个很实际的问题，那就是7系没有超越其等级定义的更高的产品。这话怎么理解呢？我们都知道，S级目前在售的入门版本是S350L，最高版本是S450L，之后还会有S500L，但是在S级之上，奔驰还有迈巴赫作为顶级奢华的代表放在那里，让那些对S级感兴趣的人或者是准客户们，能很直观的看到、买到这台不止于S级的S级，以至于通过迈巴赫车型，直接带着把S级的调性一并拉高，而迈巴赫其实就可以看作是奔驰手里那个超越车辆本身等级定义的产品（说实话，有点耍流氓），更不用说自家的AMG，和不是自己家的IMSA英飒、卡尔森、Lorinser劳伦士这些同样高端、也同样有基于S级车型打造出整车产品的品牌。而奥迪在A8L之上，不仅有运动性能爆炸的S8（目前2021款的预售价207.7万），甚至还有那台官方一直否认三连，但是依旧存活在传说中的RS8，并且奥迪除了自家的“S”和“RS”之外还有“ABT”，而这些都是不止于A8L的A8L，也可以看作是奥迪手里超越车辆本身的产品。反观现在的宝马，虽然有750Li和M760Li放在那里作为大马力、大排量的象征，同时也能秀一秀宝马的肌肉和造车工艺，但是这两台车依旧没有跳出7系这个范畴，换言之如果你买的是一台迈巴赫S级，你大概率不会跟人家说买的是一台奔驰，而会说“我这车是迈巴赫”，同样当你买了一台S8L（之前是标轴S8）回来之后，你大概率也是跟别人说“我这车是S8L”，并且会把“S”这个字母说的斩钉截铁，甚至会拉着人去看车身上的S标和机盖下的那颗V8大心脏。至于宝马，虽然有个Alpina阿尔宾娜B7摆在那里，但是知名度和购买难度……你懂的。当然，除了A8L和S级之外，还有一个对手就是我们之前聊过的保时捷Panamera，不过保时捷给到Panamera这台车的定位本身就是高于7系的，而且能去选择Panamera的车主，大概率不会再去考虑7系、S级和A8L，毕竟Panamera车主追求的产品和用车体验，是和7系、S级、A8L车主所不同的。至于玛莎拉蒂总裁、捷豹XJ等等车型，目前已经很难有实力去抗衡BBA三家，而现在还有能力来掰掰手腕的，估计也只有雷克萨斯LS系列，只不过都到了这个价位，能去选择LS系列的也是凤毛菱角，而这又是另一种客户群了。试驾X7与我的感受在试驾宝马X7的时候，说实话我有点儿失望，因为拉开车门之前，我心里对他的期待是非常高的，毕竟是入门即是100万级的豪华SUV，但是坐进车内，整体内饰做工一般，没有7系的豪华感，二排座椅也很普通，第三排体验也很一般。虽然这台车开起来没有大车感，但是我仍然很迷惑，花一百多万买这台车图什么呢？也许有钱人就是换个口味，没玩过，所以买台玩玩而已。就目前的BBA三家来看，X7的竞争对手应该是奔驰GLS，而奥迪的Q7和Q8虽然定位和X7、GLS类似，但是价格就显得羸弱了不少。其实相比于同档次、同价位的轿车系列，不论是X7还是GLS都会显得有些糙，主要原因其实在于SUV车型在从诞生到现在，它的定位始终是一个“工具车”而不是“豪华车”，SUV这三个字母的定义就是“运动型多用途汽车”或者“城郊多用途汽车”，除了兰博基尼URUS这类套着SUV壳子的超跑之外，大多数的SUV其实更多考虑的是实用性。但是，不少人对于高价格的SUV会有一种误解，认为到这个价位了就必须要豪华，所以经常会让人有一种“我都花了这么多钱，怎么车子还这么糙”的感觉，所以相比之下，更擅长于内饰精装修的GLS会比X7更让人有好感。而动力方面的对比X7则扳回一城，宝马为X7 40i车型配备的是740Li的3.0T L6发动机，M50i车型换成了750Li的4.4T V8发动机，这也是宝马一贯的作风。而奔驰就比较有意思，原先2020款车型搭载的是代号M256的3.0T L6发动机+48V轻混，而2021款则改成了2.5T L6发动机+48V轻混，并提供高低功率两种调校模式，低功率版本最大马力313匹，最大扭矩400牛·米，高功率版本最大马力367匹，最大扭矩500牛米，和原先的3.0T发动机持平。我特地去美国官网查了一下（因为德国官网查询会自动跳转到国内官网），我发现在美国市场上销售的GLS系列依旧使用的是原来的3.0T发动机+48V轻混，所以这种行为算不算是“特供”和“区别对待”呢？一般来说，选择X7的客户首先是肯定认可宝马这个品牌的，这一点毋庸置疑，而他们手头的预算大多比较宽松，可以在100-150万之间自由浮动，所以X5肯定不考虑，X5M再运动，在产品等级上不入他们法眼，看看X7，产品等级够了，全尺寸SUV也够大气，看起来气势也够了，再想一想，哎哟，里面还是个7座，想想实用性也还可以，价格也还不错，那就果断刷卡买单，落袋为安，反正也就是玩个感觉，有感觉就拿下。写在最后对于宝马而言，在消费者需求越来越多样化、竞争对手的产品不断推出，而且中国市场大力支持新能源和智能化的今天，一台车到底能给客户带来什么，厂家也在思考这个问题，所以更新升级就比过往更加频繁，这也是为什么宝马还在电动领域持续发力，先是弄个i3和i8，后来iX3也和消费者见面了，再往后还会有i4、i NEXT等等。其实我自己对于宝马这个品牌还是比较有好感的，因为宝马的骨子里就有一种“不安于现状的冲劲”，宝马从当年做飞机发动机起家，到后面做汽车、摩托车……一直到现在开始进入电动化赛道，而且有一点值得一提，那就是宝马正式进入电动化之路是早于奔驰和奥迪这两家的，宝马推出i8的时候，那俩还在折腾内燃机。但是宝马同时也是克制的，一直到现在，宝马旗下品牌也就是劳斯莱斯、宝马和MINI，而且劳斯莱斯和MINI还是从英国人手里买来的，做的东西也是在原有的经典上一点一点慢慢的改变，这一点反观一下同样是德国的大众，只能说战略不同、追求不同。在我看来，7系就相当于是对传统的延续，宝马在秉持7系作为豪华大型轿车这个关键要素上，给7系不断加上新生代的元素，而X7则是新生事物，但是克制的宝马把这台车做的依旧很宝马，传统车企在燃油车市场里，还是不敢太过于标新立异，延续经典即可。当然，宝马虽好，并不代表天下无敌，宝马自家的产品其实也有不少问题，比如连很多非宝马车主都知道的、宝马祖传的“漏油”和“烧机油”问题，以及宝马的“内饰掉漆”、“把手发黏”等等问题，做二手车的老板都笑而不语，只不过由于这些年“同行们的衬托”（奔驰漏油事件、奥迪烧机油和变速箱问题），所以显得宝马相对而言还可以。从我角度出发，如果让我有机会在7系和X7之间进行选择，那我将会毫不犹豫的去选择7系，但是我不会购买现款的7系，而是去选择一台代号E66的第四代7系，因为那一台不仅是克里斯·班戈的集大成之作，也奠定了后来7系的设计与发展方向。今天，似乎没有给大家种草，反而给自己种了个草，不说了，我要去联系车商朋友找E66了……音频图文更新在订阅号： 百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

※ 本文章发布于订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注云南腾冲试驾见闻今天一开始呢，我就先从腾冲的美食美景开始……云南我去过很多次，但是边境城市腾冲我还是第一次来，今年出差本就不多，但是最近一个月，接到的活动城市都超级远。腾冲算是中国最西边的城市之一了吧，都快到边境了，在中国地图那只大公鸡的鸡爪位置，我再过几天，还要飞中国最东边的城市——黑龙江省抚远市，如果这两个活动无缝对接的话，我就妥妥的从横跨整个中国了。腾冲绝对是个养老的好地方，当地人说腾冲有十八怪，热海温泉能煮菜，这里的人特别喜欢泡温泉，我们住的酒店也是温泉特色酒店，每个房间都有私汤，我住了两晚也泡了两晚。当地人泡温泉还会带鸡蛋去，用温泉煮鸡蛋，泡完温泉就把鸡蛋剥了吃了，还有一怪，和顺小镇叫上海，因为曾经这里是腾冲最繁华的地方，现在这个小镇被开发出来，成了可以观光的古镇，就在我住的酒店旁边，我也去逛了一下，说实话没什么意思，古镇里商业气息比较浓，没啥可看的，关键人车还不分流，小巷子里摩托车、电动车甚至面包车经常路过，你还得人让车。还有一怪，是一床棉被四季盖，因为这里常年恒温在10几度，气候非常适宜。这里四季不分明，所以还有一怪，叫做干雨两季算一载，当地人区分季节的方法，就是干季和雨季，因为特殊的地理环境，这里空气清新无雾霾。而且，因为在西边，所以晚上八点太阳晒。然后就是这里的美食，早点饵丝配酸菜，不过腾冲也在地震带，所以这里的木架房子人人爱。我感觉，我都可以不说车，去当导游了，是不是？好的，咱们把车还是开回主干道，好好聊聊这次去腾冲试驾的车型，这次试驾的车型比较多，分别有宝马740Li、750Li、M760Li和X7 40i。7系和X7可能对很多人来说都比较遥远，大家印象里，这都是百万级的豪车。实际上，现在的7系没有大家想象中那么贵，年底价格稍微涨了一点，730Li成交价70万出头，X7是真的百万级，入门定价就是100万整，还没有优惠。所以，如果预算充沛，实际上在5系的基础上加点钱是可以买7系的。但是，我身边几乎没有放弃5系换7系的，主要还是每个人对自己在社会上的定位有关，根据我的观察，7系的车主基本上都是企业主，一年至少几百万的收入，而且不是刚富起来的新贵，一般都是企业走入正轨，收入比较稳定之后，大老板换车才会考虑这个级别。X7客户就更是财务自由了，这类客户基本上豪车都换了一圈了，实力妥妥的可以够得上宾利甚至劳斯莱斯，但是没必要这么高调，所以拿100万出来置换旧车，换换口味而已，我身边遇到过的两位置换X7的客户，就是这种情况。让我比较意外的是，这次试驾的车型里有750Li和760Li，这都是200多万级别的豪车中的战斗机，一年都卖不出去几台，信仰一般的存在，但我想了想，咱们毕竟是媒体试驾，信仰怎么传达给消费者呢，还是得让媒体先种草，所以我这次也都试驾了一遍。730Li与740Li差别有多大750Li和M760Li太遥不可及，咱们可以先聊聊730Li和740Li，这也是很多购买7系的车主最纠结的点，两者相差10万，配置差别不大，主要是四缸还是六缸，2.0T还是3.0T，到底该怎么选，这10万值不值得投入？大部分问我这个问题的客户，我是直接让他选3.0T。我经常会反问一句：7系都买了，差这10万吗？你这么个大老板，开个2.0T，跟员工的帕萨特一样，不脸红吗？基本上，对方就直接PASS掉2.0T的730Li，直奔740Li了。这个月就有个朋友在我的规劝下，放弃730Li，定了740Li，月底提车，他多花了10万，月底还要请我吃饭，跟我说声“谢谢啊”。这代7系给每一款配置都提供了两种不同的设计风格，分别叫做“M运动套装”和“豪华套装”，套装之间最主要的区别体现在外观的设计上，一个运动一个商务。目前在售的730Li与740Li车型有：730Li M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价82.8万；740Li领先型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价93.8万；740Li尊享型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价106.8万；740Li xDrive行政型M运动套装/豪华套装，指导价119.8万。其中，730Li车型在中期该款之后取消了原有的低配与高配，目前只提供一款配置、两种风格；而740Li车型中的领先型、尊享型、xDrive行政型分别代表着车型的低、中、高配，同时顶配xDrive行政型还多了个四驱系统。此外，还有一款特殊的“xDrive华彩定制限量版”，指导价139.8万，是基于豪华套装设计风格的特殊限量版，并不提供M运动套装。目前在路上最常见的，就是730Li M运动套装，优惠后裸车在70万左右，还有740Li领先型M运动套装，优惠后裸车在80万出头。其实拉一下它们的配置单就会发现，它们在配置上只有不疼不痒、非常细微的差别，但无论是官方指导价，还是实际优惠后的裸车价，它们都差了差不多10万左右，差距在哪？值得吗？730Li M运动套装与740Li领先型M运动套装，最肉眼可见的差距在于发动机：730Li车型是B48高功率的 2.0T四缸发动机，准确点说是“B48B20B”，这台发动机和国产530Li的那台“B48B20D”还是有点区别的，265马力、400牛米的输出要略高于国产530Li的252马力、350牛米，在X5和X6的30i车型上也有搭载，是全进口的。其实国产530Li的动力已经非常充沛了，甚至还有一点小暴躁，6.9秒破百在路上不说逮谁干谁，至少在一般的买菜车面前是可以横着走的，730Li就更强了，6.3秒即可破百，比现款奔驰六缸的S350L还要快，宝马在动力总成这一块确实是有点东西，尤其是采埃孚的8AT变速箱占了很大功劳。但即使是这样，依然有很多人会说“2.0T的7系不是7系”，“不买3.0T就不要买7系”之类的话……原因很简单：不是730Li不给力，而是740Li太抢戏。740Li车型从2.0T的小心脏一下换装3.0T的大心脏，B58发动机是宝马最新的主流六缸涡轮增压发动机，也是Bimmer最喜欢的直列六缸布局，340马力、450牛米的B58发动机+采埃孚8AT的动力总成，当然这套动力总成在很多宝马车上都有，只要你在车型命名中看见“40i”或者“40Li”，那基本上就是它了。这套动力总成有多强？这套动力总成，让7系这样接近5米3车长的大型豪华轿车，可以做到5.6秒破百，即使换成后面会聊到的全尺寸SUV X7，也可以做到6.1秒破百，此外偏性能化的M-performance系列中一些车型也是B58+8AT的动力总成，只不过在硬件和软件上会经过一些改进，比如没有引入国内的M340i、M440i，更是能达到382马力、500牛米。光看数据是非常枯燥的，还是建议大家去对比试驾一下730Li与740Li，对于很多人来说B48与B58发动机在主观上的区别，可能并不像数据上的差距那么明显，因为这一代的730Li已经比上一代搭载3.0 L6自然吸气的730Li还要快不少，而且绝大多数7系车主在日常用车时很少会将油门踩到一半以上。在法定限速范围内，730Li与740Li在动力上没有什么明显的差距，如果你实在开不出730Li和740Li的区别，那你可以选择730Li，因为买了740Li对你来说也有些浪费。而我认为，730Li和740Li在日常驾驶时最大的区别其实是平顺性，730Li缺少了740Li的那种发动机运转时饱满、细腻的感觉，这完全是四缸发动机与六缸发动机在缸数上的差距造成的，也是数据上体现不出来的。此外还有后段的动力储备，730Li在市区里已经非常轻快了，但在高速上超车时的力道明显没有740Li那么直接，就像你在浴室洗澡一样，水压小的时候，也能洗，但肯定没有水压大的时候，哗哗的热水从头顶上灌下来那么爽。换句话说，比如730Li要连降三挡才能满足你的加速需求，那740Li也许只降一挡就可以达到相同的效果，你觉得哪个更爽？当然，如果在120的时速，再给一脚地板油持续加速，那两者的差距会更大。还有一个区别，体现在心理上，在我们的固有印象中，像7系这样的大型豪华轿车就应该是大排量。动力这玩意儿就像存款，我可以不用，但不能没有，这就是底气。所以，730Li与740Li怎么选就很容易了，如果你有这样的“存款心态”，虽然很可能用不上但又在意后段的动力储备，或者你对发动机的平顺性以及驾驶的质感非常敏感，当然钱包也得到位，那么就去选择740Li。但对于一般人来说，740Li在驾驶层面给予你的已经算是“过剩”了，而7系车主中追求驾驶乐趣的人并不多，所以选择740Li的人也不多。而730Li在驾驶层面更多代表着“够用”，买的就是宝马这个车标、7系这块招牌，同时730Li也有空气悬挂，与舒适性上与740Li也没有什么区别，这就够了。如果真的追求驾驶体验？为什么要买一台7系？所谓的平顺性和后段动力储备也不是所有人都能感受出来的，最重要的是钱包略显干瘪。抱有这样的心态，选择730Li就可以了。但尴尬的是，如果你不需要通过驾驶去取悦自己，同时又期望有更多平常能看得见的配置，由于730Li在中期改款之后已经没有高配可选了（虽然这种百万级豪车配置已经很齐全了，但是有钱人的要求千奇百怪，总有喜欢高配的），所以只能去买740Li的尊享型或者xDrive行政型，但这里面就相当有一部分钱打了水漂了，为了配置，你还得花钱在你不需要的六缸发动机上……买7系都是什么样的人7系的车主我觉得可以分为三类，M760Li、750Li可以分为一类，740Li可以分为一类，730Li又可以分为一类。首先是M760Li和750Li车主。M760Li已经是奢侈品级别的车了，且严格来说属于M-performance系列，对标奔驰S65L AMG和奥迪S8L，搭载的劳斯莱斯6.6升V12双涡轮增压发动机本来就是奢侈品，再搭配方方面面都堆到极致的配置，加上242.8万的指导价，注定就是7系中的精神领袖。750Li也是同理，搭载的4.4升V8双涡轮增压“N63B44D”发动机属于宝马旗下的顶级发动机之一，在大排量税的背景下注定不是一般人能负担得起的，198.8万的指导价就是算上优惠也差不多可以买两台730Li了。当然，M760Li和750Li对于大多数有这个能力的人来说还是太过低调了，这两车的嚣张不是写在脸上的，而是藏在引擎盖里的，就算是更便宜的迈巴赫S450，都比这两车在面子上更好使，所以买单的多是手里多金的低调主义人士，车买来不是别人看充门面的，而是每天用来取悦自己的，就像电视剧《我的前半生》里贺涵这样的人，骚是真骚，但不是明骚而是闷骚，不过也有懂车的朋友质疑，贺涵的在剧里的角色配不上M760Li这种200多万的车……哈哈，我不做评论。我相信，宝马也不指望M760Li和750Li能卖出去多少台，这两车的象征意义明显大于实际意义，全中国有多少贺涵这样的人，看看每年的销量就知道了。至于740Li车主，我觉得他们都是各行业的大佬，或者是事业有成的大公司老板，同时又有点个性，毕竟他们选择为别人眼里看不见的驾驶乐趣买单，而相同的价格也差不多可以入手奔驰S级了，看上去也更有面子。当然，740Li车主当中也有一部分是年轻人，预算百万想买跑车、性能车但家里人不同意，最后无奈妥协选择了740Li，毕竟宝马的slogan是“Sheer Driving Pleasure（纯粹的驾驶乐趣）”，总比老气的S级和A8L要更适合年轻人一点。而730Li车主，有一部分就像我刚才说的，是宝马、是7系就可以了，实际上他们当中很多人的预算不太够得上7系，530Li可能更适合他们的经济情况，但碍于面子，还是要入手7系，后面的贷款慢慢还，毕竟开一台5系去和人谈生意，和开一台7系去谈生意，对方只要不是汽车小白，肯定一眼就能看透你的用意，开7系来就是摆明了要告诉对方你的实力，这些表面文章，有些时候在生意场上还是挺管用的，你也别说虚伪，成年人的社会比你想象中还要肤浅。7系的对手们我们都知道，7系主要的对手就是奔驰S级，奥迪A8L勉强也能算一个，这三台车经常会让人有一种“既生瑜何生亮”的感觉，但是通过车辆对比和目前的市场反馈，我们似乎能看出宝马7系的纵向深度是最长的，下到730Li上到M760Li，动力总成有2.0T、3.0T、4.4T和6.6T可以挑选，可以说“只要钱到位，动力、配置都到位”，而S级和A8L则都是3.0T+48V，只不过动力系统针对不同车型进行了不同的调教和设定，但是这也为宝马带来了一个很实际的问题，那就是7系没有超越其等级定义的更高的产品。这话怎么理解呢？我们都知道，S级目前在售的入门版本是S350L，最高版本是S450L，之后还会有S500L，但是在S级之上，奔驰还有迈巴赫作为顶级奢华的代表放在那里，让那些对S级感兴趣的人或者是准客户们，能很直观的看到、买到这台不止于S级的S级，以至于通过迈巴赫车型，直接带着把S级的调性一并拉高，而迈巴赫其实就可以看作是奔驰手里那个超越车辆本身等级定义的产品（说实话，有点耍流氓），更不用说自家的AMG，和不是自己家的IMSA英飒、卡尔森、Lorinser劳伦士这些同样高端、也同样有基于S级车型打造出整车产品的品牌。而奥迪在A8L之上，不仅有运动性能爆炸的S8（目前2021款的预售价207.7万），甚至还有那台官方一直否认三连，但是依旧存活在传说中的RS8，并且奥迪除了自家的“S”和“RS”之外还有“ABT”，而这些都是不止于A8L的A8L，也可以看作是奥迪手里超越车辆本身的产品。反观现在的宝马，虽然有750Li和M760Li放在那里作为大马力、大排量的象征，同时也能秀一秀宝马的肌肉和造车工艺，但是这两台车依旧没有跳出7系这个范畴，换言之如果你买的是一台迈巴赫S级，你大概率不会跟人家说买的是一台奔驰，而会说“我这车是迈巴赫”，同样当你买了一台S8L（之前是标轴S8）回来之后，你大概率也是跟别人说“我这车是S8L”，并且会把“S”这个字母说的斩钉截铁，甚至会拉着人去看车身上的S标和机盖下的那颗V8大心脏。至于宝马，虽然有个Alpina阿尔宾娜B7摆在那里，但是知名度和购买难度……你懂的。当然，除了A8L和S级之外，还有一个对手就是我们之前聊过的保时捷Panamera，不过保时捷给到Panamera这台车的定位本身就是高于7系的，而且能去选择Panamera的车主，大概率不会再去考虑7系、S级和A8L，毕竟Panamera车主追求的产品和用车体验，是和7系、S级、A8L车主所不同的。至于玛莎拉蒂总裁、捷豹XJ等等车型，目前已经很难有实力去抗衡BBA三家，而现在还有能力来掰掰手腕的，估计也只有雷克萨斯LS系列，只不过都到了这个价位，能去选择LS系列的也是凤毛菱角，而这又是另一种客户群了。试驾X7与我的感受在试驾宝马X7的时候，说实话我有点儿失望，因为拉开车门之前，我心里对他的期待是非常高的，毕竟是入门即是100万级的豪华SUV，但是坐进车内，整体内饰做工一般，没有7系的豪华感，二排座椅也很普通，第三排体验也很一般。虽然这台车开起来没有大车感，但是我仍然很迷惑，花一百多万买这台车图什么呢？也许有钱人就是换个口味，没玩过，所以买台玩玩而已。就目前的BBA三家来看，X7的竞争对手应该是奔驰GLS，而奥迪的Q7和Q8虽然定位和X7、GLS类似，但是价格就显得羸弱了不少。其实相比于同档次、同价位的轿车系列，不论是X7还是GLS都会显得有些糙，主要原因其实在于SUV车型在从诞生到现在，它的定位始终是一个“工具车”而不是“豪华车”，SUV这三个字母的定义就是“运动型多用途汽车”或者“城郊多用途汽车”，除了兰博基尼URUS这类套着SUV壳子的超跑之外，大多数的SUV其实更多考虑的是实用性。但是，不少人对于高价格的SUV会有一种误解，认为到这个价位了就必须要豪华，所以经常会让人有一种“我都花了这么多钱，怎么车子还这么糙”的感觉，所以相比之下，更擅长于内饰精装修的GLS会比X7更让人有好感。而动力方面的对比X7则扳回一城，宝马为X7 40i车型配备的是740Li的3.0T L6发动机，M50i车型换成了750Li的4.4T V8发动机，这也是宝马一贯的作风。而奔驰就比较有意思，原先2020款车型搭载的是代号M256的3.0T L6发动机+48V轻混，而2021款则改成了2.5T L6发动机+48V轻混，并提供高低功率两种调校模式，低功率版本最大马力313匹，最大扭矩400牛·米，高功率版本最大马力367匹，最大扭矩500牛米，和原先的3.0T发动机持平。我特地去美国官网查了一下（因为德国官网查询会自动跳转到国内官网），我发现在美国市场上销售的GLS系列依旧使用的是原来的3.0T发动机+48V轻混，所以这种行为算不算是“特供”和“区别对待”呢？一般来说，选择X7的客户首先是肯定认可宝马这个品牌的，这一点毋庸置疑，而他们手头的预算大多比较宽松，可以在100-150万之间自由浮动，所以X5肯定不考虑，X5M再运动，在产品等级上不入他们法眼，看看X7，产品等级够了，全尺寸SUV也够大气，看起来气势也够了，再想一想，哎哟，里面还是个7座，想想实用性也还可以，价格也还不错，那就果断刷卡买单，落袋为安，反正也就是玩个感觉，有感觉就拿下。写在最后对于宝马而言，在消费者需求越来越多样化、竞争对手的产品不断推出，而且中国市场大力支持新能源和智能化的今天，一台车到底能给客户带来什么，厂家也在思考这个问题，所以更新升级就比过往更加频繁，这也是为什么宝马还在电动领域持续发力，先是弄个i3和i8，后来iX3也和消费者见面了，再往后还会有i4、i NEXT等等。其实我自己对于宝马这个品牌还是比较有好感的，因为宝马的骨子里就有一种“不安于现状的冲劲”，宝马从当年做飞机发动机起家，到后面做汽车、摩托车……一直到现在开始进入电动化赛道，而且有一点值得一提，那就是宝马正式进入电动化之路是早于奔驰和奥迪这两家的，宝马推出i8的时候，那俩还在折腾内燃机。但是宝马同时也是克制的，一直到现在，宝马旗下品牌也就是劳斯莱斯、宝马和MINI，而且劳斯莱斯和MINI还是从英国人手里买来的，做的东西也是在原有的经典上一点一点慢慢的改变，这一点反观一下同样是德国的大众，只能说战略不同、追求不同。在我看来，7系就相当于是对传统的延续，宝马在秉持7系作为豪华大型轿车这个关键要素上，给7系不断加上新生代的元素，而X7则是新生事物，但是克制的宝马把这台车做的依旧很宝马，传统车企在燃油车市场里，还是不敢太过于标新立异，延续经典即可。当然，宝马虽好，并不代表天下无敌，宝马自家的产品其实也有不少问题，比如连很多非宝马车主都知道的、宝马祖传的“漏油”和“烧机油”问题，以及宝马的“内饰掉漆”、“把手发黏”等等问题，做二手车的老板都笑而不语，只不过由于这些年“同行们的衬托”（奔驰漏油事件、奥迪烧机油和变速箱问题），所以显得宝马相对而言还可以。从我角度出发，如果让我有机会在7系和X7之间进行选择，那我将会毫不犹豫的去选择7系，但是我不会购买现款的7系，而是去选择一台代号E66的第四代7系，因为那一台不仅是克里斯·班戈的集大成之作，也奠定了后来7系的设计与发展方向。今天，似乎没有给大家种草，反而给自己种了个草，不说了，我要去联系车商朋友找E66了……音频图文更新在订阅号： 百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

Our first story for today is about the DJI Mavic 3. Drone enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for DJI to release an all-new Mavic. Recently, there were some "DJI Mavic 3" images being circulated on the internet. But is this really the DJI Mavic 3? Tune in to find out what Paul and Haye have to say about this. Additionally, we also reveal some latest industry news which has impacted the release date for the DJI Mavic 3. You will learn how the current US-China standoff is impacting the world's largest drone manufacturer, DJI. Next, we have some exciting news to share about the drone delivery industry. After Amazon, another retail behemoth, Walmart is actively looking to commence drone delivery operations. While in the UK, Tesco has tied up drone service provider, Manna. Certainly, using drones will help retailers deliver goods even faster and possibly, at lower costs. It remains to be seen whether administrations across the world see the writing on the wall and proactively work on coming out with more progressive drone laws. Other stories discussed in today's show include latest updates about the Ronin RS2, information about Prism - a new drone platform by Watts Innovation, and much, much more… We hope you enjoy this show! Whether you are just getting started or looking to increase your revenue stream, our drone service providers are ready to help you achieve your most ambitious goals. Check out all our classes for 2020 by going here - http://bit.ly/mapclass2020 Recently crashed your drone? Unable to find trained technicians who can repair your drone quickly and at a reasonable rate? Don't fret. The cool folks at Fortress UAV can help you get your drone back up in the air in as little as 7 days! Use Promo Code “DroneU” to get 25% off. Drone U Members get an extra 5% off on total repair costs. Check them out now! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community.Follow us:Site - https://thedroneu.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/droneuInstagram - https://instagram.com/thedroneu/Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedroneuYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [00:56] DJI Mavic 3 or X7 gimbal? Are the latest images on the internet really authentic? [02:48] After Amazon, Walmart jumps on the drone delivery bandwagon; to conduct tests in North Carolina [05:29] UK retailer, Tesco ties up with drone delivery company, Manna [09:03] Should the FAA allow BVLOS drone deliveries if flying with strobes? [11:17] University of Rhode Island uses drones with thermal cameras for monitoring ground water level [12:52] Drones used for tracking wildlife in Australia [15:12] Launch date for Ronin RS2 pushed to October; much-awaited gimbal to come in two variants [17:42] Prism, the new drone platform by American drone manufacturer, Watts Innovations comes with variable propulsions and payloads

Drones in Construction | Using 3D Models for Inspecting Rebars Today's question is about using drones in construction. Can you build accurate drone models for inspecting steel rebars? Our caller for today, Jon is using a Phantom 4 Pro to map a construction site. He wants to know the best mapping workflow so that the steel rebars can be accurately inspected by the project management team. To help Jon out, we first reveal some expert data acquisition tips. Will a orbital flight help you capture better data? And can you build an accurate drone model without using GCP's? Next, we move on to data processing. Paul reveals some interesting details about Pix4D Cloud and reveals why it is a better option compared to Matterport and Drone Deploy. You will also learn some great tips for building an easily navigable drone model. Towards the end we discuss if the Inspire 2-X7 combo is a good set up for drone mapping. Thanks for the great question, Jon. Fly Safe! Whether you are just getting started or looking to increase your revenue stream, our drone service providers are ready to help you achieve your most ambitious goals. Check out all our classes for 2020 by going here - http://bit.ly/mapclass2020 Recently crashed your drone? Unable to find trained technicians who can repair your drone quickly and at a reasonable rate? Don't fret. The cool folks at Fortress UAV can help you get your drone back up in the air in as little as 7 days! Use Promo Code “DroneU” to get 25% off. Drone U Members get an extra 5% off on total repair costs. Check them out now! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community.Follow us:Site - https://thedroneu.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/droneuInstagram - https://instagram.com/thedroneu/Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedroneuYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [02:23] Our question for today is about acquiring data for inspecting rebar walls on a construction site [03:29] How COVID has resulted in rising usage of drone inspections [04:50] What is an orthomosaic? Paul explains in simple terms [05:20] What is the best workflow for flying a construction site and accurately capturing data? [06:10] How to use Drone Deploy and Pix4D for creating am an easily navigable 3D model [06:42] Can you lose access to your data if it stored on the cloud? [08:43] Should you use GCP's to build a drone model for a construction site? [09:40] Can your replace Matterport with Pix4D Cloud? [10:25] Does DroneDeploy offer cloud processing? Paul explains how you can exert better control using Pix4D Cloud [15:15] Using Pix4D Cloud, what sort of information is available that is not available in Matterport [17:08] Why is the Inspire 2-X7 a great combo for drone mapping? [20:23] We have some interesting virtual mapping classes coming up soon. Check them out now!

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In this episode of “The Special,” we learn how Houston has embraced its heritage and reimagined it for a modern era. We meet Anna Pham, whose Mai's Restaurant has been a city staple; Chris Shepherd, a chef who draws on Houston's ethnic blend for his culinary creations; and James Glassman, a historian with insights on the city's changing culture.Mai's serves as the venue for our talk, as we dine on traditional Vietnamese fare, including catfish, hot and sour soup and Vietnamese crepes. BMW's first ever X7 inspired “The Special,” by bringing together a new collaboration between two expert storytellers — The New York Times T Brand Studio and The Infatuation for the first time. Together, we examine culture and food in a way only we can. For more information and behind the scenes photos, visit nytimes.com/thespecial. Sponsored by BMW.

When you're in Greenville, S.C. you feel like you're home. There are no strangers in Greenville, the locals say, only friends you haven't met yet. In this episode of “The Special,” we explore Southern hospitality through the eyes of the people who live there. We'll hear from the chef Shaun Garcia on his restaurant, Soby's, where he puts a modern twist on recipes from his great-grandmother. We'll also explore how Greenville's dedicated residents transformed the city for the modern era. We'll tour the city's parks with a member of the City Council, speed along BMW's test track with a high-performance driver, and learn about the city's past from a civil rights legend.We'll sit with our guests for a meal of fried chicken with a honey and peppercorn twist. Sponsored by BMW.BMW's first ever X7 inspired “The Special,” by bringing together a new collaboration between two expert storytellers — The New York Times T Brand Studio and The Infatuation for the first time. Together, we examine culture and food in a way only we can. For more information and behind the scenes photos, visit nytimes.com/thespecial.

In this episode of “The Special,” we explore the constantly evolving South Philadelphia neighborhood. Once considered a red light district, an influx of businesses have moved there, some of which are owned by the chef Marcie Turney, who has opened restaurants, bars and boutiques in the area. While Turney prepares this episode's meal, we'll tour South Philly and visit a local glassblower, a butcher and a boxing coach. We'll sit for a traditional Italian-Philly meal of “Sunday Gravy” with three female entrepreneurs. For more information and behind the scenes photos, visit nytimes.com/thespecial.BMW's first ever X7 inspired “The Special” by bringing together a new collaboration between two expert storytellers: The New York Times's T Brand Studio and The Infatuation for the first time. Together, they examine culture and food in a way only they can. Sponsored by BMW.