Awesome Tips 80% of Influencers Have Secret Sponsors – WAN Show February 16, 2024
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Timestamps[0:00] Chapters.
[1:50] Intro.
[2:22] Topic #1: EU study shows half of content by influencers were sponsored.
> 5:06 Luke on undisclosed ad content, Linus recalls FCC's enforcement case.
> 12:19 Comments from LTT's all Logitech build & sponsored Intel video.
> 18:18 Luke on watching briefly then commenting, Linus on Logitech prices & NCIX.
> 21:12 Luke gets canceled, AJ threatens to end the stream, Linus apologizes.
[23:23] Topic #2: Final Fantasy 7 results in a "Yellow Paint" debate.
> 25:28 AC's cans of paint & arrows, HL:A's puzzles, Skyrim's claw puzzle.
> 32:23 What was a time you could've used a hint?
[41:33] Topic #3: OpenAI's Sora, an improved realistic AI video generator.
> 53:16 Linus on lack of direct input, recalls $25M deepfake heist.
> 55:55 Linus on buying IPv4 addresses, checks values.
[1:00:40] LTTStore's new collab with Gerald Undone – 14 Stops & Bananus shirts.
> 1:01:20 Limited WAN Show & SC hoodies in stock.
[1:01:50] Merch Messages #1.
> 1:01:56 What's the next big thing for handheld gaming?
> 1:05:54 Wired V.S. wireless mouse.
> 1:09:38 Pet friendly LTT bananas for scale?
[1:14:33] Topic #4: Grok, a rocket shaped "LLM" AI toy.
> 1:16:52 Opening the toy, asking it questions.
> 1:19:57 Linus's question breaks the toy, Linus's opinion & advice.
> 1:25:04 GOODY-2, satire AI that answers by not answering.
[1:26:18] Sponsors.
> 1:26:34 Backblaze ft. Reasonably priced restaurants, subscriptions.
> 1:35:35 Squarespace.
> 1:36:35 Seasonic.
[1:38:39] Flipper Zero correction, LMG's PCs & a 4 hours FP exclusives.
[Cont.] Topic #4: Grok, a rocket shaped "LLM" AI toy.
> 1:40:05 Grok's settings, voice module ft. Dan PNG moment.
[1:42:00] Topic #5: Mozzila's research finds out AI girlfriends mine your data.
[Cont.] Topic #4: Grok, a rocket shaped "LLM" AI toy.
> 1:44:26 Linus modified the settings, asks personal questions.
[Cont.] Topic #5: Mozzila's research finds out AI girlfriends mine your data.
> 1:46:48 Implications of using Sora with AI GFs, VIP dating subscriptions.
[1:53:53] Merch Messages #2.
> 1:53:57 Your take on the longevity of IBM mainframes & COBOL?
> 1:59:47 Was it hardware, engines or time that limited gaming innovation?
> 2:06:20 Which item would you not fly without? ft. Replacement zipper to be shipped.
> 2:15:03 Is making videos of gacha games philosophically questionable?
[2:23:57] Topic #6: Mark Zuckerberg compares Apple Vision Pro to Quest 3.
> 2:26:27 Problems with the Vision Pro, QOL issues with VR.
> 2:32:56 Bigscreen Beyond, Luke on how the Vision Pro is misleading.
> 2:37:23 Linus lacks free time nowadays, Luke discusses future Linus.
> 2:39:42 Exercising as an excuse to use VR.
[2:40:44] Topic #7: Google will report methane gas leaks as seen from space.
[2:42:18] Topic #8: EU states Apple's iMessage is not a gatekeeper.
[2:43:08] Topic #9: Air Canada's AI chatbot lies about bereavement discounts.
[2:44:20] Topic #10: YouTube Premium & Google One reach 100M subscribers.
[2:45:29] Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark, many quality messages.
> 2:47:02 What is your greatest physical accomplishment?
> 2:53:03 Future of gaming consoles with multi-platform games?
> 2:53:27 ZLUDA, CUDA emulator for AMD GPUs.
> 2:54:08 Why did the GPU industry move from increased bus size?
> 2:58:58 Thoughts on the removal of letter grades in public education? ft. Linus's eyebrow.
> 3:08:29 Will the screwdriver extended shaft have knurling?
> 3:08:42 AR glasses with transparent displays? Would it replace phones?
> 3:10:03 How much longer until most AI functionality becomes local?
> 3:11:01 Suggestions of using VR with no interest towards games?
> 3:13:07 How does Luke go about approaching businesses with work?
> 3:15:43 Complete software requirements in conventional software.
> 3:17:10 Would you replace tech to fix your review on an OLED product?
> 3:25:38 Favorite dive spots? LTTStore women cut shirt?
> 3:26:34 Would Linus consider using mobile gaming controllers?
> 3:29:00 Has Linus's kids expressed interest in careers that worries him?
> 3:38:44 Would LMG exist for another 16 years? ft. Linus's mother, real honey.
> 3:46:06 Is there a story behind the Cleveland Browns lava lamp?
> 3:47:29 How to structure a video to be critical, but not too critical?
> 3:50:05 What would a musical of your life consist of? Fun tech you'd use?
> 3:51:22 Are Li-ion batteries from 2002 better than present batteries?
> 3:52:10 Any memorable stories of onboarding new members at LMG?
> 3:52:55 With products like the Noctua driver, who pays who?
> 3:53:59 What contributes to the strong emotional response AI causes?
> 3:54:50 What changed your mind with buying EVGA?
> 3:55:17 What is Luke's favorite retro game that isn't Morrowind?
[3:55:48] Outro.
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My face I have played a few times is metro 2033
LTT: The Musical – think Gilbert and Sullivan on LSD, then set to 2x speed. 😁
I have to wonder…if the people who are trying to remove competitiveness from schools are also teaching their kids to be competitive behind closed doors? After all, if you don't want your kids to have to fight for advancement, it'll make their lives (and by extension, their parents' lives) much easier.
More like banana for science amiright
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We still have Aunt Jemimah syrup in Ohio lol love it
ok now linus is 15 years younger and its not only the beard i watch last week wan show too its not the same this is like time travel LINUS 🙄😬😬😬
sorry but… the skyrim claw puzzle was not hard at all.
10 years old and doesn't know what he wants to do with his life? Clearly going to end up a homeless bum
Why are all of Luke's best physical accomplishments him being violent?
You could easily do a banana for scale 10 times bigger or smaller for different units of measuring
The people getting mad over video game yellow paint just don't have a single thing more important in their lives to discuss. If something that asinine is a reason for someone to open their mouth about it, they either work on game design themselves, or they simply aren't worth listening to. Seems like people who understand game design agree it helps. Debate done.
I hate that some main ISPs still don't offer IPv6 at home. ( recently got myself a /40 IPv6 range but still need to spend so much on IPv4 just because some people can't access ipv6 )
The in person wan viewers are the embodiment/stereotype of gamers/it'ers.
Regarding the Tinder conversation, for me it shows in app that Tinder Platinum (the highest tier) is $50 USD/month. The way it phrases it is “$12.50/week” though, which is pretty scummy, and reflective of just how much these apps have become focused on sucking every single penny they can out of you.
Agree on IPv6. At this point in my career, working in IT for over 20 years, I have still… still… never actually configured a production IPv6 interface. I've left IPv6 running and generating addresses for itself. But not once have I ever been asked to enable IPv6 intentionally for anyone. Not internally, not for enterprise customers, not with the ISPs I've worked with. I don't even know if my local ISP offers IPv6 addresses to customers.
I blame that on two things: 1) It changed too much. It tried to solve every real and imaginable problem all at once. Including the "we might run out again" problem, which led to… 2) The addresses are tooooo long. Pretty sure everyone who sees an IPv6 address, especially when it's not in compacted form, just thinks to themselves… "what tf is that?"
Of course, "what I have already works" and "but then I need two IP stacks" is also an inertia that needs to be overcome, but I think it's mostly the first two.
29:41 luke looking bit sus
The saddest thing about those "look at these shills" comments is how people who post that stuff are trying SO HARD to not be fooled, that they make a total fool of themselves. We've gotten that cynical, that it's better to be ignorant and confidently wrong than to have been fleeced into believing something artificial was genuine. That is truly unfortunate.
Dude linus just because you got lucky and your channel blew up doesn't mean it'll happen for your kids. I know you put in the work, but for every channel that succeeds they are 100k that don't.
In one of the recent ltt videos there was a lcd catbed in the background. When will this be released?
in skyrim the first quest that has one of those claws tells you how to do it
Luke listening to Lucy rose to sleep is so baby girl of him 🥰🥰
I find jedi: fallen order does the whole climbing indication thing really well. Just specific surface types, very distinct from the regular cliffsides
Linus showing how little he knows about historic online dating where you had a profile and anyone could message you. Why should someone have to "consent" to a message…tinder ruined and gamified online dating turning it into an online casion and buying up every single company in the soace resulting in a dystopian monopoly