Awesome Tips I'm A Short King – WAN Show January 20, 2023
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Timestamps: (Courtesy of NoKi1119)
0:00 Chapters
0:57 WAN show full-time employee, WHEEL OF PAAAIN
2:04 Intro
2:39 Topic #1: Smosh’s “Short Kings Rank Short Kings” video
3:05 Watching the video, ranked next to Markiplier & Tom Holland
4:37 Luke’s short joke, Linus on half inches & finding the board
6:22 Discussing ranked people, Tom Cruise’s tenacity
7:33 Topic #2: Microsoft & Google lay off thousands again
7:56 Reasons provided by Microsoft, focus on AI
9:04 Exactly a year after Microsoft’s major plans, Luke on OpenAI
10:24 Quote from Google’s CEO, Linus on sustainable hiring
12:57 Linus looks at Google’s stock, incompetent management
14:16 Linus hints at an official investment
14:33 Google offers 60 days of pay & 16 weeks of severance
15:36 Linus on GPT replacing Google until it fails to make revenue?
18:04 Linus on jewelry shopping, comparing to Microsoft
21:03 Twitter thread on paying for GPT 4, Luke mentions company costs
23:24 Linus compares GPT 4 to real-estate
23:53 Linus on Merch Messages with GPT 4, Luke on IRC & selling tools
27:31 Update on shadow-banning, discussing NDA & embargoes
32:44 Linus’s on algorithm = audience, 7900XT/X embargoes
36:35 Shutting down “AliExpress” screwdriver & backpack argument
39:36 Being unable to defend yourself, Luke on RTX 6000 comments
43:33 Luke’s video idea, James’s “How to Make Good Linus Videos”
45:41 Laws of Linus #1: Never insult the audience
50:11 Topic #3: Two major lawsuits on AI art generators
50:53 Stable Diffusion’s habit of replicating “Getty Images” watermark
52:06 AI replicating images, “remixing” copyrighted artwork
53:05 Luke on using replicated AI images for mobile games
55:04 Does it matter what the law is if the benefits outweigh negatives?
56:18 Reaction channels, fair use & YouTube revenue
1:06:18 Linus’s “ethical reaction guidance,” Luke on unfair usage
1:09:02 Linus on unfair usage of LTT content & mutual agreement
1:12:27 Floatplane Poll: “Reaction content” on submissions
1:15:50 Linus on LMG’s transformative reaction content
1:17:44 LMG Clips’s revenue & viewership V.S. timestamps
1:19:43 Alex P still gets clickbaited into WAN clips
1:20:55 Luke on “names of things matter,” TARKOV short video
1:21:54 Sponsor – Thorum
1:23:42 Sponsor – Audible
1:25:37 Sponsor – Vessi Footwear
1:26:33 WHEEL OF PAAAIN explained
1:28:30 WoP #1: Twitter apps broke, rules on 3rd party apps
1:30:26 Consulting firm not paid after forcing Elon to buy Twitter
1:30:53 Luke tells Linus to “sit the F down,” argument starts
1:37:01 Dan the Adjudicator, Luke to “shadow-ban” Linus
1:41:12 WoP #2: Samsung to use old patent to ban TP screen imports
1:42:44 AFBF signs Right to Repair with JD, argument starts
1:54:26 Dan the Adjudicator’s, “defend the indefensible”
1:58:59 Luke recalls Namco Ltd’s patent, TESRenewal’s Skyblivion
2:06:15 LTTStore’s new underwear designs
2:07:32 Merch Messages #1
2:08:14 Playing Runescape back in the day.
2:11:43 Account-locked phones as tech waste?
2:15:28 Merch Messages criticism from a Floatplane user
2:18:32 What is Linus’s process for choosing a supplier?
2:22:36 Topic #4: LTX 2023 update
2:23:59 Topic #5: Linus on his investment in a NAS product
2:27:55 Topic #6: Apple’s new HomePod & Mini
2:28:56 M2 Pro & M2 Max, new Macbooks, possible SC videos
2:30:10 Apple TV requires another Apple device to accept TOS
2:31:25 Linus & Luke on AirPods & lack of firmware update
2:33:10 “It’s a bug,” Linus on hand washer not working with POC
2:36:39 Apple TV+’s horrific video quality on non-Apple devices
2:37:35 Topic #7: Wyoming’s bill to phase out EVs by 2035
2:42:54 Topic #8: Stadia’s self-service to enable BT
2:43:36 Merch Messages #2
2:43:50 Thoughts on 10Gbps home fiber?
2:55:01 Addon that warns products using Labs reviews?
2:57:02 Advice for starting a job with an unfamiliar field?
3:00:11 What fictional technology do you wish to review?
3:01:25 Would you consider a team that investigates shady practices?
3:02:35 Explain the need behind improving WAN show
3:12:26 10Gbps for 3-2-1 backups, wanting 4K3D, home of 40Gbps
3:14:35 Tips of traveling with a newborn
3:15:25 Experience with Valve Index & Quest 2 for Beat Saber
3:17:12 What’s your favorite dad joke?
3:18:15 Luke addresses 1Gb chat misconception
3:19:05 Does Linus code?
3:22:35 Biggest struggle as a new developer after graduation?
3:25:22 chatGPT prompt on why one needs 10Gbps
3:26:01 Being a successful YouTuber while keeping your life private?
3:28:39 How do you come up with products to develop & sell?
3:31:18 Did Luke try out Dark and Darker?
3:33:56 Does LMG have a gym for employees to use?
3:35:40 Outro
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Apple or any encrypted device should allow the previous user to be contacted about the device. If someone stole my phone I would like to know who received it. Phone companies should have a recovery service no cost no reward to the person trying to reactivate it but the phone would be sent to Samsung for verification of the hardware and then sent back to the customer.
2:48:52 There is clearly no need for a carriage that can travel at more than 20 miles per hour as you would hardly be able to find a horse which could draw it! 20 miles per hour is the maximum speed for travel and nothing will ever change that because horses can't go any faster. Even if you made a carriage which could go faster, it would be wasted for lack of a horse to draw it! Horsefeathers to faster home internet!
The changes to this WAN show does have a little bit of a "good mythical morning" feel. Not bad, but different. Not sure though if I would want that as a regular thing… If I wanted that I would watch the other podcast type shows.
I am just curious to see how this goes in the long run….just don't break what works.
Instead of product recommendations, link back to your product review. "We have reviewed a product in your cart. You may want to see our review before completing your purchase and compare it with similar products."
This doesn't make the product better or worse and leaves it up to the consumer to decide. It only confirms that you have tested the product and have others for comparison.
hey, Linus I lost my memory can I have some?
2:18:13 I think Linus and Luke's stance here is pretty bulletproof. If your financial situation is bad enough that $10 is too high of a barrier to entry and spending it would put greater financial stress on you, then you should save your money for things like food, rent, or other things that have more direct benefit. $10 to them is great, but not a lot in the grand scheme, but it is a lot to you. Work hard for your money and spend it wisely.
– From someone who wanted a $5 gift card to appreciating a hard truth
Did someone make the censor bleeps longer? I feel like they are cutting off more audio than intended.
make a chat gpt bot that corrects misconceptions for you in the comments. problem solved.
Hey Luke, one comment about the third-party Twitter thing could have been due to the "recent reduction in staff", consolidation of the user experience by eliminating third party apps helps streamline the troubleshooting process should any issues arise. This would be to ensure the best Twitter experience possible given the current circumstances. Makes it seem like a "good guy Twitter" stance while not entirely dismissing the dumpster fire haha.
Honestly, if I wasn't in a position where I could have you buffoons on in the background while I work in my home office all day, I don't think I would watch 3.5 hour wan show episodes. As it is, It usually takes me a couple days to make it through to the end. If I had to cut into my free time to sit through them, I would probably do other stuff.
Didn't expect linus to spend a solid 30 minutes ripping into Asmongold this episode
My take on the AI stuff… If an artist's work is used to train an AI, that artist deserves a cut of whatever is made using that model. Its like people who make mixes on soundcloud or whatever. If youre taking a snippet from another artist's song and chopping it up and using it in your mix, they deserve a cut.
I’m excited about the NAS investment. I’m embarrassed to say I bought a Synology NAS and didn’t have the tech skills to get it up and running.
The thing about the screwdriver: They sell it for what they honestly feel is fair, and it is an LTT branded screwdriver THEY BUILT FROM SCRATCH LITERALLY. They didn't just throw their logo on a screwdriver like basically everyone else would do. They are transparent of the mother company offering similar performance for less… but it is NOT as personal or prefered as theirs, period. BUy it or not, it is a free market. But don't even for a second act as if they didn't do this right or price it fairly. Keep in mind also, the production costs are WAYYY higher for their product than competing products. Side note, I own an LTT screwdriver and it is fantastic, I used it almost daily to tinker with computers or my rc cars or around the house.
Guess the fiend react content did hurt some feelings :D. But totally understand why, creating good original content is really hard.
Omg you got the Twitter thing so wrong. They want to sell the blue checkmark that prioritizes your tweets against non-blues. And third party apps might charge themselves or get rid of that, much like duckduckgo does with Google search results. So that is why. You monetize your platform and third party apps works against your income. A company has to turn a profit. And they won't comment since that would ruin what is left of the blue checkmarks imago.
2:13:00
Can a solution be a way to contact the previous owner of the device?
Linus talking about the food synthesizer right after I finished watching all of the Orville was kinda cool 😎
The idea of a box that can basically atomic print things would lead to the dissolution of modernity as we know it and launch a new age.
If you can just pump energy into a box, push a button, and it can create ANYTHING, then life's basic needs all become met and the idea of working a normal job for currency breaks
What you need for something like your devils advocate segment is something like a chess clock where you each have a set amount of time, and when the other person starts talking you hit your button to start their clock. then once they are out of time, the person with time left is free to make their points until they finish/run out of time themselves
Wheel of boring