Should We Move To America? - WAN Show April 28, 2023

[@Andrewligan]

Super pumped about a potential $600 ROG Ally! *Timestamps* [0:02] *Topics* [1:03] *Intro* [1:29] *Topic 1: Canada's Bill C11* >2:08 Background >5:15 Unintended consequences >9:26 What is Canadian Content? >12:05 Local content >18:04 Cultural pride >19:40 C11 Cynicism >27:36 What will happen at LTT? [30:44] *Topic 2: AMD's Burnt Chips* >33:35 Computer parts, then vs now >37:26 Quality control >38:46 Foreign Manufacturing [44:57] *Topic 3: ROG ALLY* >44:58 Leaked price (600 dollars) >45:43 ROG ALLY vs Steam Deck [49:21] *LTT Store Update/Merch Messages Explained* >50:34 LTT Store Deals >54:48 LTT Onesie >56:07 Carabiner update and demonstration [1:07:25] *Merch Messages 1* >1:07:26 Advantages/Disadvantages ADHD >1:09:14 Approach to content creation >1:13:30 Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom >1:15:29 Nvidia 50 series >1:15:35 Atlas OS >1:18:11 Nebula corrections [1:23:48] *Topic 4: School Chromebooks* >1:26:19 Kids break stuff >1:27:45 Device lifespan [1:33:18] Sponsors ft MSI, Vessi, Akiflow [1:38:18] *Topic 5: Twitter Re-verification* >1:41:16 Elon's deepfake argument >1:43:01 Twitter sucks [1:44:15] *Topic 6: Linus' Cosmetic Surgery* [1:47:52] *Topic 7: LTX 2023 Update* >1:50:34 LTX Digital Pass >1:54:50 Canadian cash woes [1:57:50] *Merch Messages 2* >1:57:51 Motherboard Chipset >2:01:16 What other company might Luke want to work on? >2:03:45 Building LLMs >2:06:23 GameLinked >2:08:42 Unlimited money >2:09:17 Ultimate gaming minivan >2:10:53 Favorite April Fools Video to shoot? >2:18:43 RCS >2:19:31 LTT Cowboy hat (no) >2:20:21 Luke's favorite bird memory >2:22:13 WAN show as Audio Podcast [2:23:07] *Topic 8: Activision Blizzard Merger Blocked* >2:26:14 Luke's (accidental) rude hand gesture [2:27:42] *Topic 9: Colorado Farmers Win Right to Repair* [2:30:02] *WAN Show: After Dark* >2:32:32 KZbin ads and sponsors >2:37:22 Favorite memory of new tech >2:39:15 Companies supporting games >2:41:38 Future town square platforms (hi future you!) >2:43:46 Future Framework Modules >2:44:46 Perception of value >2:46:31 Shooting videos at Linus' home >2:48:58 Linus' pool update >2:51:58 Non tech-savvy people [2:53:07] *Bonus Topic: Luke's NASA Trip* >3:00:14 Microcloud Server >3:02:57 Tech concept products >3:03:50 Apple and gaming >3:05:44 How to time manage for Linus >3:07:35 Merch message ideas >3:09:34 Motivation >3:11:09 Embarassing screenshare moments >3:13:02 Pet birthday >3:14:51 Solutions for C11 >3:15:53 Relocation for LTT >3:17:36 Upcoming Movies >3:20:25 Young kids and video games >3:23:20 European customers >3:23:30 Product updates >3:23:54 Coding bootcamps >3:25:36 Product design >3:26:46 Accessibility in gaming >3:28:42 Wedding ring >3:30:40 Quality over Quantity >3:31:34 Nostalgia and childhood games >3:35:40 Model train project >3:36:36 Wii on the Steam Deck >3:37:31 Closed vs open source code [3:40:43] *Outro*

[@BoldRam]

Top speed, top work bro 👌👌🙏🙏

[@xyzain_1827]

thanks

[@TheMonDon1721]

thank you!

[@Zero]

Thank you habibi

[@Skiman__]

You’re a hero. Holding the torch of niko. Great work!

[@hdc3584]

Canadian culture needs to be protected who else is going to drink milk from bags.

[@coolhand4598]

The people define the culture not the government

[@jackielinde7568]

While I do know that in Canada, milk comes in bags. However, I will point out the amusing cultural differences about "drinking something out of a bag" means. (Awe, geese. Now I thought of a Crapshot for the LRR gang.)

[@nickels8616]

We have bagged milk in South Africa.

[@MadisonSquareGardendidJFK]

And free health care in the great Biden's USA a broken leg will cost you 300 000$

[@BorisK296]

Israel has bagged milk 👊

[@Harris83]

Dan needs a stress ball to throw at Linus when he says "hit me" I'm 100% certain dbrand will want in on that in some way...

[@runejonassen3893]

This comment needs to be pinned! Best idea ever!

[@ElMoonLite]

Nerf gun? With velcro, so we get a porcupine linus by the end. Points for dodging and points for hitting because linus loves a challenge

[@EpicWolverine]

I have been waiting for him to lightly punch him in the arm but I like this idea better.

[@draginator6]

I want linus to increase his verbiage. "beat me, assault me, hurt me dan". I just think it'd be funny

[@dimitri4457]

I love this idea!!

[@geekehUK]

In the backpack fix kit you should include an iron/sew on "patch" that says "LTT Backpack V1.1" and then a list of patch notes. On a serious note it is very cool that you're fixing the problem not just for the next batch but the current ones and you're eating the cost of doing it, other companies should take note.

[@DaleStrickland]

Patch notes is hilarious

[@geekehUK]

@@DaleStrickland Thanks, you could totally just make them up too like "fixed item duplication bug" or "nerfed ability to stack 64 laptops" or maybe just "Bugfix 003B6F: Bigger on the inside"

[@j0ckel617]

About the Sennheiser story; my grandfather was a metalworker in the fifties before becoming an engineer and he once told us that a piece of Ausschuss, so a piece that didn’t meet quality standards was considered such a shame that a colleague once climbed the factory fence after closing time just to redo that one piece.

[@brahtrumpwonbigly7309]

As someone currently working in the manufacturing world, I wish I could find one person who was even half as devoted to quality.

[@jonathanshapiro6593]

@@brahtrumpwonbigly7309Anyone can be! For a price

[@XxXnonameAsDXxX]

​@@jonathanshapiro6593 Metal and steel related work generally pays pretty well even compared to IT in Germany or Austria. Depends on the company of course.

[@GodlikeIridium]

Long gone times were people cared about things...

[@jimstanley_49]

@@GodlikeIridium its all been optimized away. Extra finishing and exceeding tolerance requirements are a "value add." It costs extra time to hit the middle of the tolerance, so just get it between the bars. You only put that extra effort into the first samples. Then, after the customer has used those perfect first fifty units, they can realize they forgot the finish quality boiler-plate and didn't pay close enough to their tolerance stackup.

[@carlettoburacco9235]

I'm Italian and I live in the UK. I've been following LTT for several years because you say and show what interests me: computers and technology. I discovered you are Canadian after years of videos. I follow Electroboom because it's fun and talks about electronics. I found out he was Canadian when you guys made a video together. I follow Ozzies, Scots and Americans who talk about space. I follow Germans, Americans, Italians, British, Chinese, Japanese who talk about 3d printing and cnc. My interest in a creator's nationality is equivalent to the cube root of nothing. These puppets in the various governments have not understood that people look at what interests them not because it was done by their neighbor, and a forcing through algorithms will only serve to annoy everyone. ... or maybe they understood it very well and are just trying, as in the US lately, to put as much control as possible on information and on the Internet in general. And yes: in the UK KZbin shows a tab with local news even if they are only about politics and society.

[@ADMNtek]

I'm a German living in Paraguay and watch mostly English content. and the great thing about youtube it serves me content I care about no matter where it comes from. I don't want it to force-feed me local content I don't care about

[@Gronmin]

Ah yes it's the politicians that miss understood a small portion of some online culture rather than it being a side hit on a bill designed to target something else entirely due to bad wording.....

[@shawa666]

All anglophone creators.

[@carlettoburacco9235]

@@shawa666 Language is an attribute and part of the environment. I learned many years ago that the language of the "digital world" is English. (learning to program on a ZX Spectrum with the English manual and an a small Italian/English dictionary on one side) If you go to a place where 55 to 70% of people speak English and the highest percentage of any other language is 5% you can decide: learn the language, create for most people and follow what interests you or prioritize your language, create for fewer people and follow what you can find. Your choice.

[@Jules-i5h]

I think we're following Canada on the out of control government here. Least we don't lock you up for wrong think yet

[@deanrichter6077]

When I graduated high school they let us keep the Chromebooks because they didn’t have any more security updates. Swapped the 16gb ssd with a 64gb one and put Linux on it. Works great for browsing the web. Can’t do that with the school Chromebooks anymore because they started soldering the storage to the motherboard.

[@Lodinn]

It's interesting how much security updates mean over there when a device's longevity is being considered. I can't imagine that even being on a radar in some poorer places which are happy to just have laptops in the first place. Maybe the threat model is different. Is the Podunk High School data so sensitive they'd rather keep replacing models for software support rather than just roll with the risks? Are the upkeep costs truly that high? Not to mention it'd be easier to protect other parts of the IT infrastructure...

[@falsemcnuggethope]

I'm still using an old Chromebook with 16 GB storage and 2 GB ram and it's ok for browsing as long as you only keep a few tabs open. 16 GB is plenty for a non-bloated distro like Debian. The worst part of the laptop is the keyboard layout, but that was the case even back when it was new.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

We finally got good chromebooks for my senior year of high school. Those things _actually managed to be reliable!_ They also made good web browsing and office machines! Unlike the previous ones we had...

[@raynjpg]

@@qwertykeyboard5901 when i was in high school, the chromebooks were dinky and awful until my senior year, but only a handful of classes had the nicer, newer chromebooks. can't fucking stand those things. one time i was going through chromebook after chromebook trying to log in on my school account, but none were fucking working (some issue school-wide.) i was getting mildly frustrated because i had to finish an assignment, fumbled one and it landed on my foot, hurt pretty bad. i hate chromebooks and chromebooks hate me back.

[@TheCapul3t]

​@@Lodinn Has nothing to do with that and everything to do with cyber-security insurance. You can't insure devices that are inherantly insecure.

[@ianemery2925]

Kids123TV is the channel Linus is thinking of - and I agree 1000%, my daughter watched it; and entered Reception class age 4 1/2, with a reading age of nearly 8. There is/was a compilation video of some of the songs as a torrent, so can be downloaded and transferred to an offline device - like an old tablet or phone for your child to watch. Some of the songs have UK/US English version labels.

[@costafilh0]

It is so funny how Luke dies a little bit on the inside every time Linus says "Trust Me Bro" 🤣

[@TyBunker]

Please never let the WAN show die. See it as the spiritual successor to diggnation. Anybody at LTT has a contact Kevin Rose remind him him and Alex Albrecht owe us a reunion episode.

[@blunden2]

Yeah, I miss Diggnation as well.

[@myatairz]

Why do you have flies in your friggen house, I noticed that earlier. it's southern California and I have fruit.

[@fluideight]

Diggnation and Totally Rad Show.

[@jennymckenzie5304]

Linus: "Mother's Day is coming!" Me: *panicked as fuck before I remember mother's day in the UK is in March*

[@DungeonMetal]

Did you remember in March at least?😂

[@BrianG61UK]

Me too. And my mother died nearly 2 years ago.

[@RichardRatner.1972]

​@@BrianG61UK God bless your Mum, big respect to you. Kindest regards, Richard U.K

[@borandiUK]

For some reason North Americans don't realise that days like this might occur at different times in other places

[@a-alex-p7033]

@@borandiUK Well in lots of EU countries its still in May! For us its in May

[@Ray_LF]

this actually made me think about where the youtube content I consume comes from. I regularly watch content from canadien, scottish, australian, british, and german channels. These are creators that I almost certainly would never have heard of or heard from without youtube or a similar platform.

[@brandonmunsen6035]

Canadian* Source. I'm Canadian

[@Yuvraj.]

@@brandonmunsen6035 canadien is how quebeccers type it, it’s valid

[@callummcneill6266]

canadaiadien

[@TheDrunkMunk]

I do too. I don't think there's an issue with enjoying foreign content. The issue is when you live in somewhere like Australia or Canada, almost all the content is American. If you're a connoisseur who can pick through it and get a healthy balance then you'll do it either way, but the issue I've seen in Australia in the past decade is the rapid deterioration of any local culture. Everything is becoming American. People complained about it in the 90s and it's just hyperaccelerated with the death of tv. There needs to be some protectionism if you don't want a homogenised glob led entirely by Americans

[@vz4384]

​@@TheDrunkMunk Well, what can we do about it? Amerikans are simply the best.

[@Tommy_The_Gun]

I work at School as an IT guy and it is not just kinds. Teachers are also equally (if not more) responsible for the poor state of devices as they not only (for the most part) lack the technical "know how" but also it is not their private device, so they don't care. A not working USB mice connected by force to HDMI laptop port is a common site. Result is that A - USB mice is broken and B - Laptop HDMI port is also broken.

[@katarjin]

OH man, this things I saw doing IT work for public school for 6 years...dirty disgusting laptops, so many broken screens ...and somehow they managed to re-arrange the keys on a laptop to spell fuck you despite the keys being a real pain to get back on.

[@leonro]

​@@katarjin Where did they even get the second U? That's some real dedication, lol.

[@JJFlores197]

I had a teacher put in a ticket saying that her laptop started developing a black mark around the center of the screen. When I went to collect it, I noticed that the lid looked warped. I asked her what happened to it and she told me she didn't remember.... Anyways, I take the laptop and replace entire screen assembly. A few hours later, I bring it back to her and then she tells me that she lit a candle and put it right behind the screen. And apparently she forgot that heat and plastic and electronics don't go well together. I thought to myself, "you're lucky we don't charge you for repairs".

[@swankshire6939]

​@@JJFlores197 some of my favorites are; "earbuds was in laptop when closed" with a broken screen. "Laptop was crushed by closing bleachers" literally every part was broken And finally "dog peed on ipad" shit went straight into a dumpster. Wasn't even dry yet🤢

[@JJFlores197]

@@swankshire6939 lol. During distance learning, we ran an impromptu help desk from our main IT office. It was terrible. Anyways, we had numerous kids and parents come with their Chromebooks covered in unknown substances. A lot of them didn't even have the courtesy to give them a wipe down at home. About 2 years ago, I had a custodian bring in a Chromebook that the student puked on..... yeah I didn't touch it at all.

[@Juanni]

can we talk about Luke’s wholesome story where he brings his bird in the cage into the bathroom and turns on the shower to prevent the fire from harming his bird? it’s so cute and it nearly tears me up every time he tells it

[@JohnnyWishbone85]

Two things: 1. As an American, I appreciate how proudly Canadian LMG is. America isn't the center of the universe, and I, for one, like hearing voices from outside our bubble. 2. Yes, the ROG Ally has great specs, but the Deck has Steam OS, and that's a pretty serious equalizer.

[@jackielinde7568]

LINUS - Regarding the pool contractor situation, just remember this: If the contractor is "Robbing Peter to pay Paul", they will NEVER get caught up and are going to eventually fail. You can't protect the current customers from this from happening. SOMEBODY is going to get screwed, regardless if you don't say anything or do. This might be a case where ripping off the Band-Aid (TM) to cause pain now will save a lot more people from future pain. That being said, BE VERY CAREFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO. You do carry a lot of clout and there's always the unintended consequences to your actions. Make ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that DOXING AND OTHER MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS ARE NOT ALLOWED! (People can be assholes. Just saying.)

[@Arbiter099]

Would be a great time for him to watch the Louis Rossmann flooring contractor saga

[@ruukinen]

This is not true mathematically. They could just charge Peter way more than they pay Paul. Obviously if they ended up in that situation in the first place they are probably not capable of digging themselves out of the hole but it is technically possible.

[@jackielinde7568]

@@ruukinen The problem is few companies that find themselves in a hole and deciding to use this unethical (and potentially criminal, please check your local statutes.) method to refund customer projects ever do pull themselves out. They end up either getting shut down by regulatory bodies or collapse under their own weight. And most instances, there are other things going on that contributed to the hole in the first place.

[@johnb0815]

I love that one guy throwing multiple backpacks worth of money into the superchat void

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Throwing it at LMG and getting backpacks instead would have made him superchad.

[@BoyNamedKelly]

I love where Linus and the others are at mentally as creators. It's awesome. Seasoned as heck.

[@coccoborg]

Speaking of school Chromebooks: I can relate to Luke's experience "fixing" school computers and finding trash in them! I once found a whole sandwich shoved inside an empty 5.25 bay in a desktop... Long story: at my highschool in Italy we had a very active community of computer-versed kids managing school projects, we had a "collettivo" (group of self-organizing people) who discussed and acted upon many political and social issues, I was part of the computer-versed, right to repair movement inside my school, supported by a couple of teachers, we often repaired and repurposed old computers for study/coding/gaming use and had access to a classroom we completely filled with puppy-linux and ubuntu computers rebuilt and installed by us and the stuff we came across was unreal!

[@jfwfreo]

Regarding KZbin and C-11, what they could do is to have a separate box for Canadian content whereby the content in that box is filled using the normal algorithm but applied only to videos that count as "Canadian" under the law. That way there is a gaurantee that a minumum % of videos shown to a visitor to the KZbin front page are Canadian but at the same time they don't need to tweak their algorithms all that much or give away any secrets about how they work. So the algorithm might show someone who watches a lot of tech videos videos from Canadian tech channels. Or someone who watches a lot of comedy content would be shown content from Canadian comedians. Or someone who watches a lot of news content would be shown content from Canadian news outlets. Or whatever.

[@dmitryburlakov6920]

I’ve switched to Canadian KZbin a while ago (not Canadian but it’s English language with metric measurements so I use Canadian format everywhere) and it’s already existing. The thing that Luke was talking about, on main page of KZbin there’s a section outlined with two thick borders with 4 to 8 Canadian news channels. Not necessarily Trudeau faces but yeah completely irrelevant Canadian news (I watch it sometimes tho 😂).

[@jfwfreo]

@@dmitryburlakov6920 I get the news bar sometimes too here in Australia, its almost always guaranteed to be news outlets that suck (i.e. basically any commercial news outlet in Oz since all of them suck) although sometimes its a video from the ABC (national government funded broadcaster)

[@First-Last_name]

​@@dmitryburlakov6920 I watch it too. I just hit "do not recomend" for the few that block comments. Before that it had probably been 5 years since I watched more then 30 seconds of Canadian news. I usually watch DW or France 24.

[@chrismillar7593]

@@First-Last_name exactly what the Trudeau regime wants to prevent. More and more Canadians aren’t listening to CBC liars so they want to force that upon us. Fuck the CRTC.

[@DeathN0cturnal]

you have to realize (and this is not canadian specific) is that politicians want control. They want to rule, and if their bill or plan is to do so and so, they will follow that bill with no compromises. politicans want zero compromises and it's either their plan or the high road. They dont really care about the people at all. they just want control and to pass bills/laws just to say they did it. And if they get sued and the bill gets overturned, it's not like it matters to them anyways. They will just say ''hey i passed this bill'' regardless of the lifespan

[@drexrew]

I was travelling in Australia recently, I watched an episode of Letterkenny on local TV. I wondered if anyone in the country understood the references being made in the episode, they were intensely Canadian and hockey centric.

[@TokyoChopSquad]

We get them in the Mid West. But we play hockey in the Mid West.

[@LordChunkyRuss]

@@TokyoChopSquad y’all in the Midwest are like a little branch of Canada at least to me

[@FlukasMcDoogle]

@@LordChunkyRuss I mean… accurate. I grew up in and have lived my entire life in northern Great Lakes states. “Yeah dere! Eh?” is part of our vernacular. Spent a lot of my youth in Ontario. We’re basically Ontario South. 😂😅

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

you gonna stand there yapping all day or are we gonna get into a tilly buds. well, break time for a puppers . i hear to play for the native team , you gotta be right native , knows Tommy knows.

[@coreycarpenter2489]

Not at first, but it eventually catches on

[@orphanuprising]

Have you guys tried swapping out the XLR cables to see if Luke's phone still causes interference? That's what I've noticed at home. It's not one phone or another that causes it, but the cable's shielding

[@BlackTownie999]

As a lifetime U.S. Citizen I say Yes...BUT you guy's have invested a LOT in Canada sooo I wish you all the best and I hope things get better for y'all....

[@bigman5125]

I do hope you are going to sell the zip puller replacement kits. I have a number of bags and coats that are pretty much useless without a zip puller, this kit would be perfect and would mean I don't have to throw them away.

[@whosdr]

I have a tiny 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD (the same as Luke mentioned) that was in active use for about 7 years, wrote its entire contents at least 100 times over. It still works.

[@praetorrus]

I bought 120Gb Agility 3 about 10 years ago. It worked in 3 laptops I used for work, and right now it works in my brother's laptop. Not a single problem with it and it should work at least 10 more years according to SMART.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

SandForce SSDs are solid. Those were among the first real good ones. Got some Corsair Force GT with Sandforce 2 still going in secondary rigs. Dropped 300 bucks for a 240Gig one to replace my dying 150GB Velociraptor in 2012 - that was a night and day difference! Bought a 120Gig one then as well to replace the 60Gig OCZ Vertex that I had running in my Samsung NC10 since 2009, but never installed it because I had to replace the monitor cable at the same time and also wanted to replace the WiFi module, but I was totally unable to remove the Chinese Butter Screws. Didn't have iFixit tools or even an LTT Screwdriver back in the day... even tried ScrewGrab. Didn't want to drill the thing up though XD

[@Harlez]

”A shrug is kind of consent." Linus Sebastian 2023

[@poochyenarulez]

yea that was kinda yikes

[@MrMurl]

Yeah big yikes

[@Harlez]

Really just par for the course

[@V3DT]

The thing that makes the internet great is being able to connect with others from anywhere, seeing others views, cultures, learning new things you likely would never know about without it. I'll watch content on KZbin from anyone, anywhere if it's good, interesting content, That should be all that matters really. I'm in the US but watch a lot of content on KZbin from Canada, the EU, UK, Australia, all over the place, as well as the US but rarely local, local to my area stuff though. Yeah a local tab/row isn't a bad idea, it's good to know about stuff happening in your area but I wouldn't want KZbin and other platforms putting is it local above all else just because it's something near me, that ruins the best thing about the internet.

[@LateNightFire]

instead of the government forcing platforms to recommend canadian content, the content creators could uhhhh, idk, maybe make content worth watching and we'll watch them? hard to listen to canadian songs when it's just drake and bieber shoved down your throats on spotify. the radio is even more obnoxious.

[@Cinkodacs]

Triple upvote from a Hungarian. I simply do NOT like local content the vast majority of the time. This would be absolute hell for me, especially if our current crime syndicate gets their claws on this. The one last real place we can escape their hateful, fearmongering, absolutely disgusting propaganda is the internet, if we lose this just nuke us please. It would be a mercy.

[@throwacnt7603]

It's not about protecting culture or anything like that nonsense, it's about censorship. Why don't people just get this? It's hilarious but also insanely stupid.

[@klaxoncow]

I used to actually deliberately choose "English (US)", even though I'm in the UK, back when KZbin had a "home page" with video suggestions, exactly because KZbin would take that and serve you "KZbin UK" on the home page. But choosing "English (US)", as it's the default language, wouldn't do that. I mean, such a thing doesn't work anymore - KZbin no longer has that "home page" concept, though they keep trying to bring it back for advertising revenue purposes - but I agree with you that where content comes from is irrelevant, as long as it's good. Having the option to choose "local" - a tab or a row or a filter option - would be good, because sometimes you want it to be localised and want to know about something in your local area. But, generally, that shit can fuck off. Because, really, it's an attempt to "undo" the Internet and bring back "DVD regions", to slice up the planet for advertisers / distributors / distribution deals. There's money to be made from dividing people up, unfortunately. We should oppose it everywhere it happens. "Netizens of the world unite", and all that jazz.

[@drworm73]

I don't know if it's my own personal unconscious bias, but the vast majority of the streaming content I consume is not-US based. In part that's due to a lifetime of (almost) strictly US based content. It's refreshing to watch things that present a different cultural POV. Then again, I'm not one that is impacted by KZbin algorithm as much. I only watch stuff from my subscribed tab.

[@cyraxnguyen1793]

A product producer who announce recalls and demonstrate how the product fail on live stream, wow that was refreshing. Love the transparency!

[@PAPO1990]

Love the Titanium, but I'mma wait until one of my old ones fail to start swapping them, the clamp looks sweet too. I really DO want to be able to buy the kits separately to replace other zippers I own.

[@MrVoyager33]

national news in Australia almost never show stuff about Western Australia unless its a slow day or its serious

[@jackielinde7568]

So... We're talking "Kitten and Joey as best friends", "Kids putting other kids' eyes out with boomerangs", or BUST?

[@shaynegadsden]

That's because nothing of interest happens there

[@yrmoma]

Don't worry, same thing happens in the US. If it's west of the Mississippi, it doesn't exist.

[@ivs721]

Hahaha, it’s always Albo and some eshay crime in NSW

[@LordManhattan]

Aussie Gold Hunters. It's serious.

[@anothermetha]

I just retired (like 2 weeks ago) an old OZ ssd from 2009. Was my daily driver on a pc that basically had 24/7 run time for the past 14 years. Still shows up with zero errors in crystal disk; just way to small and old to actually be useful.

[@jackielinde7568]

It can still live on and be useful. There are enclosures you can put it in to use it like a USB SSD.

[@JohnyMcNeal]

Woooow I remember those like it was yesterday. They shown up on very start of ssd boom. I remember we used to have discussions how much is enough for windows and basic programs. 32gb was on the edge for win7 and so on. OCZ was somehwat offering good price performance ratio back then if not mistaken. What happened with ocz in the meantime I have no idea, I still remember their Vendetta 2, their PSUs and what not. Now I don't think I heard of them for 7 or 8 years

[@chapterme]

Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - The Beginning 01:04 - Intro 01:29 - Topic 1: Abandoning Canadian Roots 02:09 - Bill C11 - Online Streaming Act 02:21 - Involvement In Bill C10 09:23 - One uncontroversial effect of the law 10:16 - What is Canadian Certification? 10:56 - Discussion question: How will government force platforms to finance Canadian content 12:06 - KZbin: What's going on in Canada section 15:57 - Discussion question 2: Thoughts on CanCon and being a cultural importer 17:12 - Influences from Outside vs Canadian Content 20:44 - Intense piece of Canadian content: Letterkenny and Shoresy 21:20 - How difficult it is to get funding as a small time creator 27:38 - Frustrated to pick up and leave? 30:44 - Topic 2: AMD is rolling out an fix for burnt Ryzen X3D CPU 32:29 - Has more hardware been failing recently than used to? 36:06 - OCZ memory modules would drop dead spontaneously. 38:45 - Factory Tour Failures. 42:53 - Cherry MX switch vs Romer G. 44:02 - Romer G - Reliable Switch 44:58 - Topic 3: Leaked pricing for ROG Ally 47:56 - Do you think Valve would have been interested in packaging Steam OS with the Ally? 48:26 - Steam OS alternative for desktop. 49:22 - Explaining Merch messages 49:45 - LTT Store Deals 54:42 - Onesie 56:06 - Carabiner update and demo 01:00:01 - Titanium zipper. 01:07:19 - Merch Messages 01:07:27 - What are the biggest advantages and disadvantages of ADHD? 01:09:14 - How has your approach to content creation changed over the years? 01:11:28 - RF chamber 2 days into its 10-day construction 01:13:32 - Demo of Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 01:15:30 - Nvidia 5000 series pricing 01:15:38 - Atlas OS: Downsides 01:18:11 - Nebula miscommunications 01:23:48 - Topic 4: Mountain of Unused Chromebooks in Schools 01:26:32 - Why do kids break school-owned laptops? 01:27:48 - They will expire in 4 years 01:33:19 - Sponsors: MSI, Vessi, Akiflow 01:38:24 - Topic 5: Twitter Re-verification 01:39:00 - Why Twitter's badge matters 01:40:57 - Fake Twitter accounts verified 01:42:14 - Elon Musk's statements could be Deep Fakes 01:44:16 - Topic 6: Linus' Cosmetic Procedure 01:44:47 - Helps with collagen production 01:47:49 - Topic 7: LTX 2023 brought to you by a Asus ROG 01:47:56 - LTX 2023: More creators confirm attendance 01:49:00 - Sim racing set up with four to eight rigs. 01:49:51 - Google sponsored a water cooling workshop. 01:49:58 - Neat, Kyoxia, Silverstone to be sponsors of Grand Prix 01:50:10 - Whale PCs. 01:50:34 - LTX Exclusive Merch made available online 01:51:54 - What is the LTX Digital Pass? 01:54:44 - How to Take Canadian Cash at an Event 01:55:25 - How do we avoid fluctuations in the value of the dollar? 01:57:36 - Merch Messages 01:57:48 - Is it worth spending more on a more expensive motherboard chipsets? 02:00:06 - USB extension multi-port 02:00:20 - Thunderbolt and PCI-E. 02:01:17 - Dev host for outside companies 02:03:44 - Will Large Language Models Be a New Space for Startups? 02:06:25 - GameLinked branding is up 02:08:42 - What would you buy if you were given an unlimited budget? 02:09:17 - When is part two of the ultimate gaming minivan coming out? 02:10:06 - IPFS as a solution to the centralized internet model. 02:10:54 - What is the best April Fool's Day video? 02:11:13 - Truth about Linus Tech Tips Exposed 02:11:37 - Unboxing a Twitch shirt. 02:12:42 - Linus' Classic Moment 02:15:44 - Which one was the most fun to plan? 02:19:30 - Can we please get an LTT cowboy hat? 02:20:21 - What is your favorite moment as a bird owner? 02:22:13 - WAN show like an audio podcast on Floatplane 02:23:04 - Topic 8: UK blocks Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard 02:23:48 - Microsoft does control 60% to 70% of cloud gaming market 02:24:38 - Microsoft's stock jumps 8% after Blizzard layoffs 02:26:12 - Rude hand gesture 02:27:43 - Topic 9: Colorado Farmers Right to Repair 02:28:56 - John Deere sued for monopolizing repair services 02:30:02 - WAN Show: After Dark 02:30:48 - Towel sales 02:31:18 - Most popular items today 02:32:34 - Amount to remove Ads from KZbin Premium 02:34:42 - How does LMG make money? 02:37:20 - New tech that blew your mind? 02:39:16 - Game dev hosting multi-player games without anti-cheat updates 02:41:35 - Town square social platform 02:43:43 - Open source framework module you like to make 02:44:45 - Past purchase price comparison to new purchases 02:46:32 - Shooting videos at Linus home 02:49:00 - The Pool at Linus's House 02:51:57 - Get through the resistance with very few tech savvy people 02:55:56 - First moon landing mission in a long time. 02:57:50 - Luke Denies' Lunar Landing Confirmed 03:00:13 - What should I do with a Micro Cloud Server (939-20) 03:02:31 - What's your opinion on the concept tech products? 03:02:56 - What is a concept tech products? 03:03:51 - Why does Apple Lock Out Gamers? 03:05:46 - How does Linus manage time to run LTT 03:07:26 - Suggestion for Merch messages 03:07:39 - Cutting off Merch messages and switching to upvote system 03:09:36 - What keeps you going during the difficult times? 03:11:07 - What's your most embarrassing screen share moment? 03:13:07 - Celebrating birthdays of your pets? 03:14:50 - What should they have done to foster more Canadian content creators? 03:15:53 - Canada only Job roles 03:17:36 - Movie you will see opening night 03:20:29 - How did you introduce your child to video games and computers? 03:23:12 - Any news on shipping for European customers? 03:23:31 - Updates on products under development 03:23:54 - Coding Bootcamp 03:25:36 - Experience with physical products influenced your design or development of digital products? 03:26:48 - What are your thoughts on the rise of the accessible games for the blind? 03:28:41 - Advice for picking a wedding ring? 03:30:10 - Linus commitment to quality 03:31:36 - Wow, this is actually garbage moment 03:35:27 - Audio only WAN show 03:35:39 - Shelf Model Train Layered around Your House 03:36:36 - Wii games suggestions 03:37:29 - What is the business benefit for closed source code? 03:40:49 - Outro

[@cloudy7003]

Thank you

[@ashokkumar-sn8iv]

Thank you so much

[@grumpygenesworld]

One of the first wins for right to repair, This bill was not stripped down, This was really a big win. We need to thank everone who worked their asses off to make this happen and now we need to make it a lock for every state and stop these companies from screwing over the customers who buy thier products.

[@Outright_Table]

I worked in a repair shop with contracts with insurance companies to repair school chromebooks. They were made so cheaply that when dropped most of the plastic chassis parts would break but they were assembled so simply that repairs were still faster than a typical laptop. The techs who worked on the chromebooks usually had at least double the daily repairs closed compared to techs working on other computers. Individual keys can typically be replaced on laptop keyboards as long as the rubber dome isn't damaged. Just need the right technique to get keys off the donor keyboard without damage.

[@johnmijo]

Hmm, I maybe a Yank but really some things come to mind that I love about Canada: 1) The Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island 2) The Band Rush, RIP Niel Piert 3) SCTV 4) John Candy, Big Bear, Big Bear ;) 5) Bob and Doug Mackenzie, Take off Ehh. The Great White North Vinyl got played so many times back in the day.

[@948320z]

Speaking of Great White North, that segment existed exactly because some bullshit mandatory "Canadian Content" required per program, so Bob and Doug just literally drink real beer and eat Canadian bacon in front of camera unscripted for 2 minutes. LTT can do that too, with exaggerated hoser accents lol

[@hooby_9066]

I would really like to see a Video of Anthony installing SteamOS onto the ROG Ally!

[@Total0Reverse]

What I took from the German vs Japanese approaches was that the German approach is to make something that never fails, no matter how difficult it is. The Japanese approach is try hard to make something last, and in case it wasn't enough, back it up. One approach strives for perfection without failure, the other is perfection with failure. And these are somewhat at odds with each other. If something doesn't fail, then why waste materials on a backup? If you have a backup, why waste resources on perfecting the main? Either way, both mentalities arrive at the same end goal: perfection. An approach that manages to marry the two would be amazing, but it seems that it would be an utterly wasteful process probably. Tl;dr: Germans make it so it WON'T break, Japanese make it so it CAN'T break.

[@damikey18]

It takes failure to learn how to reach perfection German engineering is better than japanese engineering

[@z24panther3]

29:00 Not that you care but FYI if you care to know the conventional thought is don't bring a gun to a knife fight 10' or less! But on the other hand, don't bring a knife to a gunfight at distances greater than 10'!

[@sagacioustradez3049]

I am IT Director at a school and it was funny to hear the Chromebook comment from someone at a school. We have over 600+ Chromebooks used daily and constantly swapping out parts from the broken ones. We have so many extra parts it's nuts. We needed to buy more Chromebooks because the updates stop and even though it works fine still, it no longer works for the specific testing software we use. I have probably 200 of these older Chromebooks sitting mostly unused. Due to red tape we can't sell them and end up creating lots of waste

[@Official_Blair]

Welcome to Canada. Not just C11 (Which is bad enough)C21 is also insane! Even the RCMP's own union doesn't support it.

[@andmicbro1]

Many of my favorite KZbin channels are actually Canadian. LTT, ThrottleHouse, theStraightPipes, and FortNine to name a few of the fantastic high quality Canadian channels I follow. Whatever happens hopefully it won't hurt any of my favorite creators in the space.

[@spudlord7743]

I only recently discovered fortNine and I've basically binged all his recent studf

[@barakobama8194]

I hope it does. This is what they get for voting in Trudeau

[@andrewsimpson7332]

For years I’ve been dreaming of LTT videos at NASA. Please do it!!!!

[@chadbizeau5997]

He did one in 2019. 😊

[@andrewsimpson7332]

@@chadbizeau5997 wasn’t that with Smarter Everyday, and they weren’t at NASA if I recall.

[@evildude109]

I don't know about schools, but my employer during the pandemic, a medical lab, treated chromebooks as literal throwaways. They would sterilize the laptops used in the lab with bleach three times a day, and when one finally died by, you know, being corroded by bleach, they'd throw it away and put a new one into service.

[@Charliendt]

for the people looking for the audio only version, the WAN show it's been uploaded to the google podcast page

[@alexschubert]

A local tab with local news would be super cool, if we can have people submit stories that be cool

[@falsemcnuggethope]

Not just news but local content in general, released within a certain distance. Although, that would create a situation where content creators would move to a rich district for posting videos, kind of like certain places in China where streamers have streaming booths under bridges so their content gets promoted for a riches audience.

[@alexschubert]

@@falsemcnuggethope maybe have a public studio space thats central

[@MrDeaf]

Oh, I think I figured out how to break C11. If it's going to force boosting Canadian content, why not flood it with how Canada treats Indigenous people? We have so much content that MSM doesn't want to cover. Wet'suwet'en, unmarked mass graves at catholic buildings, RCMP having a financial stake in oil pipeline. There's just so much stuff that gets deboosted, but with C11, they'll have to boost it.

[@acutelilmint8035]

Or how they treated Asians..

[@acutelilmint8035]

Btw unmark graves were debunked

[@gboy1301]

@@acutelilmint8035 read a history book lol its not like its hidden

[@greganator111]

Unfortunately it’s not KZbin who decides what Canadian content is under this bill but instead the CRTC

[@chrismillar7593]

@@greganator111 exactly and they will use that power to ban Canadian content. This is just dystopian bullshit.

[@tomgol6971]

Linus Sebastian: I don't mind paying my taxes also Linus Sebastian: buys "used" Porsch to avoid paying tax

[@SolluxDivide]

I don't mind paying full price for orange juice, but you bet if I see that good Tropicana non from concentrate on sale I'm buying it 😂

[@swankshire6939]

For the record i worked at a large repair company that did a lot of Chromebooks. For my experience they were the easiest things ever to fix. Could be different with newer models but 5 years ago you could completely rebuild a Chromebook in like 15 minutes

[@Mr_Mcgee_]

Let’s just be fair here, there is a lot of Canadians who think America is a dystopian hellscape as well. This isn’t a one way street.

[@sourabhkatti]

I love Canadian culture! Terrence & Philipp were my favourite cartoon characters growing up

[@xGaLoSx]

I need timestamps boys!

[@BiologyIsHot]

Love when Luke laughed about Linus talking about DP points and Linus didn't get it.

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

He got it. He made the joke. Part of playing a comedian is sometimes not laughing

[@costafilh0]

1:30:40 THIS It is so important! Really hard for people to grasp this simple concept. And it actually applies way beyond tech!

[@why_though]

1:56:45 Linus, solving the currency conversion problem is actually incredibly easy. You charge a fixed premium for foreign currency, say 5%, while offering the customer choice of currency. ANYBODY with a bank credit/debit card can just pay in a foreign currency and their bank will do the conversion, so all you will ever see is CAD. If they for some reason still choose their own currency you get a 5% premium which is basically your way of offering a currency conversion fee to protect your side. Just make sure you alert the customer that it is cheaper if they pay in CAD if they are willing to take on the FOREX risk themselves. This is what restaurants do when accepting foreign currency, offer a bad rate, and let the customer choose if they still want them to convert or will they have their bank convert it and pay in the seller's currency.

[@ari54x]

The "what's happening in country/region" thing seems to just be local (ie. same-nation) news sources. (I actually get corporate news that's not super political despite being pretty political) I'd love to be able to have local news feeds, local creators feeds, interest-based feeds, etc... and be able to drag them around. Lots of sympathy about being America's hat from Australia's boots ;)

[@JanTuts]

Nth time asking: can you PLEASE keep the Auto-generated Closed Captions enabled after the stream ends? They are always there _during_ the stream, but gone immediately after it ends. This doesn't seem to happen with other (and sometimes equally long) livestreams I've watched on KZbin that had auto-CCs, only WAN Show. CCs usually seem to come back on Monday, so maybe they are manually re-enabled, but that's still really annoying when you only get to watch part of the livestream for whatever reason, and then have to continue without CCs later on, or have to wait 2.5 days to continue watching... Surely there _must_ be a way to not have them disappear in the first place?

[@screwaccountnames]

I suspect it's something about using a live closed captioning system during the stream that has worse performance, vs using a higher quality one that needs more time for the recorded videos? Interesting that it only happens with this show if that's the case.

[@okaydetar821]

​@screwaccountnames It's possible a mis-captioned word ended up getting them demonetized and they decided F that.

[@BartKost]

Phone reception testing would be awesome as it has become a problem again with the decommissioning of 3G. I cannot have a phone conversation over 4G at my house unless I am glued to the window at the front of the house, where on 3G I had coverage in the whole house. Since last month I have voice over WIFI and as I control the WIFI setup I am back to full coverage yay! Also maybe this is why you can hear Luke's phone over the microphones: he uses 4G and Linus uses VoWIFI?

[@solosamuraiz1526]

That might be a provider based issue. If using a mvno, their customers are deprioritized on the network. Tons of areas still arent even wired for reliable cell service let alone wifi. The prob could also be congestion or poor phone radios. The lack of competition means theres no motivation for cell companies to test or fix it. 5g is worse but I have no probs on 4g lte and rarely with 5g. Wifi voice is the only time I've ever had feedback , echo & lots of other ppl I know had the same prob. Might be geographical for u. Here cell service is pretty good unless u are using a mvno

[@Rorgash]

Promote Canadian content in Canada! Google: Ok, here are all the controversy's that your politicians are involved with and have committed! Just fill everyone's feeds with that and see how this works out :D

[@brandonwhitney7672]

I like that Linus is so expressive with his hands, Luke looks like he's playing pocket pool under the desk XD

[@crowonthepowerlines]

2:57:06 Now you have Dennis doing the sponsor spots, they're some of the best content. It reminds me of Tim and Eric.

[@AMerexican787]

Another vote for selling the zipper repair kit. Would be in for a few

[@wishdankpods]

WAN show is the saving grace at work i need a good podcast or long form video to keep me not wanting to die

[@denvera1g1]

Despite being a midwesterner most of my favorite shows growing up had been canadian. Stargate Red Green Show Sanctuary Ed, Edd, and Eddy Fringe Totally Spies

[@Yuvraj.]

Holy shit haha those are Canadian? Totally spies and stargate were on all the time growing up, didn’t know they were homegrown

[@MaaZeus]

Stargate is canadian!?

[@QuasiMonkey]

​@@MaaZeus The tv show was filmed in Vancouver and has a lot of Canadian actors, but that's about as Canadian it gets for a show about a secret American military wormhole traveling planet exploring team gets lol

[@WyFoster]

Canada, an dangerously close example of why you need a 1st and 2nd ammendment.

[@iainh]

37:40 - Talking of OCZ... my first SSD was a 60GB Vertex 2E and it's still in use to this day. ~13 years of daily usage.

[@Ish216]

Boosting canadian content [in Canada] means suppressing other content, so from that point of view i think it is actually fair to suppress canadian content anywhere else

[@Tink00]

You know it's a bad sign when one of the biggest Canadian creators is joking about moving to the US because of a bill that is (allegedly) meant to protect Canadian creators

[@noahfense]

5-7 years ago I bought a used Thinkpad t430 with an ivy bridge i5 for like $140 and used it for 2-3 years before switching to a surface pro for college. It was a great little.machine and well worth the money!

[@KarldorisLambley]

i love Canada. the way it wants to be a post countries country. it's commitment to freedom, the way it treats it indigenous peoples. Canadians have a lot to be proud of.

[@Curtis.Carpenter]

i hope your joking.... The people who you are calling indigenous peoples quite literally absolutely hate everyone who is not a part of their race and they blame us for every single thing that goes wrong in their life. And commitment to freedom? 🤣 Yes sure you have freedoms as long as you are a native and are supported entirely by the government. The actual Canadian people themselves have a lot to be proud of but that does not include foreigners who come here to take advantage of the housing market of which ethnicity should be apparent as we have had to impose laws against them from owning property from their home country as it has absolutely destroyed our housing market making it impossible for anyone that is not making hundreds of thousands a year To purchase a home in their lifetime here in Canada.... The only way we could ever begin to get things back on track as if a certain ethnicity stopped blaming the white man for all of their issues since they make no effort to actually improve their own communities and if we are able to get rid of Trudeau and hopefully stick him on a boat and send it off into the ocean never to be seen again. I have lived through my entire life and as someone who has only ever been robbed or assaulted by native Americans and has no criminal occurred I can tell you with true And genuine conviction that unless you are a Native American , Or someone who is so rich that you would never have to actually deal with any of the issues that cause in the community then you are not someone who is fond of them in the slightest.... That is not simply just an observation that is a lifetime of personal experience and Talking to hundreds and hundreds of people who live in my community which is directly beside a reservation in British Columbia. They even have their own police force and can literally do no wrong... If they were to dispatch regular officers to any of the issues that these people cause on a daily basis they would need their own private graveyard. And I say that because they constantly try to physically assault people in a deadly manner such as throwing rocks at people walking through the reservation or even near it at night as well as walking around with handguns and threatening people Or robbing them in groups. Though since I'm telling the truth and this is KZbin I can't imagine this comment will survive very long

[@NexVoidGaming]

Not just your kid benefit from education. Your employees are educated by the school system, the fans in the audience, the vendors you work with to get products built. We all benefit from the taxes that go towards education. And this is coming from a DINK.

[@neuro3423]

As someone who wants to be DINK I am glad for the government to take some of my money to better educate children. It is only a good thing for society to have educated citizens. Anyone arguing otherwise is uncivilized. Lol

[@ghohenzollern]

Maybe it's just because I"m in Minnesota and we're quite close to Canada, but I feel like Canada hits way above its weight class in culture and the arts already. The amount of "American" content that is actually made by Canadians is kinda mind-boggling especially if you include all the gaming studios in Quebec. Personally, I think it i is because Canada has a robust system of arts colleges and opportunities for arts graduates, and values art in ways that the U.S. simply doesn't. Here art is so much more of a commodity that much of it seems cheap and crappy compared with what Canada produces, even if much of that is produced to some extent on our behalf. Personally at least half of the KZbin content I consume is produced by Canadians, and at least a quarter of the television.

[@heyjero77]

Why anyone would be onboard with government having editorial control over your content is beyond me. Why do you all put up with this?

[@chrismillar7593]

Because communism

[@Ryanborambo]

1:23:48 I fix chromebooks at my school, I can confirm lol. Older ones we have, if they keyboard is damaged you need to replace the whole top shell as it’s not removable, which it’s usually easier to get a bad motherboard laptop and swap the motherboards and the hinges up.

[@MrNegativeable]

Paused at 21:19... Aaaand as a Lithuanian-American I'm dropping off to re-watch all of letterkenny. Maybe even pull out my dad's VHS tapes of the Red Green show. I'm very certain you had more interesting things to say, but now I feel it is my duty to continue to watch beautifully Canadian things. These are things that are the only antidote to listening to Lindsey Graham on Sunday morning.

[@Ghennesph]

I don't think there's a single time in history where regulating the content of the internet has ever had any positive impact on the broader internet userbase in all of history.

[@First-Last_name]

KZbin already added the Canadian news bar and were all fine. Linus making mountains out of mole hills

[@stephenkelly8312]

Does the Red Green Show count as a cultural export? It was one of my favorite shows growing up, and I’ve lived in the US Deep South all my life.

[@burntearth85]

Yes

[@rmo9808]

Red Green Show, The Raccons cartoon, Fred Penners Place and Mr. Dressup all quality exports.

[@burntearth85]

@@rmo9808 don't forget Corner Gas!

[@costafilh0]

Spon sorBlo ck is AWESOME! Thank you Linus! That's why I love this channel! Totally deserves the success!

[@RavenAdam]

With Dennis doing the WAN show sponsor segments I actually stopped skipping them and watched them in their entiriety for the past few shows. This one unfortunatelly was missing all the memes (ignoring the fail to play), so thats sad. Hope they go back to making them so random and wacky like last few weeks.

[@pragmatix1777]

Linus has claimed that you can understand a KZbin video by reading only the comments, so I popped the first 10 or so comments into GPT4... here is what it came up with: "Based on the comments and timestamps, this KZbin video is an episode of Linus Tech Tips' WAN show, which covers various technology-related topics. The main topics discussed in the video include Canada's Bill C11, AMD's burnt chips, the ROG ALLY, School Chromebooks, Twitter re-verification, Linus' cosmetic surgery, LTX 2023 Update, the Activision Blizzard merger being blocked, and Colorado farmers winning the right to repair. The video also features several merch messages, discussions about various tech products and concepts, and a bonus topic about Luke's NASA trip. The comments suggest that the video also touches on the protection of Canadian culture, the use of Chromebooks in schools, and the impact of potential changes to KZbin algorithms on Canadian content."

[@da_uno]

I can't wait for the south park episode about this.

[@nakmail]

It’s simple, now everyone will have to be subscribed to AVE and hence he’ll become everyone’s uncle bumblef*ck

[@bangleyjelly]

AVE is the GOAT Canadian

[@DanielKennedyaeos]

Linus gonna discover how messing with vram allocation in windows with handhelds completely breaks vram allocation.

[@Hile648]

Working in K12 tech, we purchased a huge number of devices for one to one virtual classes over the pandemic. HP was one of the only brands we were able to get our hands on at the time. Specifically their 11 G8 EE model. It has been an absolute waste of a device. Well over 20% failure rate in our district has been troublesome to keep up with. Mostly the issue is with the cheap plastic in the hinges breaking and basically totaling the laptop into the parts bin. Along with the structural issues, we've had a huge amount of them have failed NIC cards, and other motherboard issues. Many cameras fail because the ribbon cable connector just FALLS OFF the motherboard without any user interaction. Our Samsung units we bought recently have been rock solid. I think it's luck of the draw when you have to buy these cheap devices, but anymore they are just as important as a textbook in the classroom. I just hate to make so much E-waste. There's very little use to these devices once they hit their AUE date.

[@ZachBrannigan]

Don't assume malice for what can be explained by incompetence.

[@versacepapi350]

This is the regulatory equivalent of handing out toothbrushes on Halloween

[@davidowle3772]

I think your gripes about Canada would quickly disappear upon receipt of your first American hospital invoice... 😂 All them LTT employees will want health insurance coverage too.

[@innocentbystander3317]

Who do you think pays the hospital bills in Canada, genius? Take all the time you need, and don't forget to account for the added layers of burocracy, Einstein! Rucking fetards...

[@elezraita]

Yes, but at least in the US, euthanasia isn’t a standard cost cutting measure for non-life threatening maladies.

[@chrismillar7593]

In the US the cops also shoot you for free. So what’s the difference between that and Canadian health care.

[@innocentbystander3317]

@@elezraita We brought back Natural Selection. Only the weakest and most insignificant will accept an end, and that doesnt bother me one bit.

[@Rogerian2012]

I won't lie to you, I'm not up on C11 but there is no way that is a lesser evil than moving to America right now.

[@dhrida5518]

Awesome! Good to see everyone having a great time! Good thing you mentioned the boostless brake system, I was wondering do you need to reinforce the panel?

[@Papajin68]

As an American, I've never really looked at Canada as some sort of dystopian hellhole nor have I ever had that sort of impression of it as a whole. Hell there've even been times I wish I could just pick and move there, but unfortunately it's not quite that simple for your ordinary person. I think I'm allergic to winter now too... But then again, we have a lot of "news" outlets that are pretty fast-and-loose with truth and accuracy that have perhaps been painting an unrealistic picture of Canada in the eyes of Joe Ordinary Citizen who believes everything they see. It's been quite a long time since I've visited Canada, but I can't imagine a town or city in Canada is that that much different than a similarly-sized town or city in the US each likely having their own local "flavor" perhaps, but otherwise not that disimilar. As to Canadian programming, there are a ton of either partially or fully Canadian productions that I've enjoyed over the years! Thing is, it's not always obvious that a show originates in Canada with the exceptions of things like Letterkenny which is very obviously Canadian or something like the Red Green show which never really made strong circulation in the US that I'm aware of... I only stumbled across it on youtube a few years back and will watch episodes or snippets of it from time to time. Hell there've been tons of well known actors that I had no idea were Canadian for _years_. For whatever reason I tend to watch a lot of videos from Canadian content creators as well. Anyway, as Linus was trying to say using 2x4's and splinters.... the grass isn't always greener on the other side... sometimes it's just a different shade of green or brown... similar but different and no gaurantee that one is any better than the other.

[@Skrenja]

Besides our "free" healthcare and mostly polite people, America is the superior country. You're lucky to live there.

[@barakobama8194]

Canada is turning into a communist hell hole

[@Zidbits]

I love you Linus, but if you have more than 25 employees, you're no longer an "independent content creator". Do you not have 100+ employees? An independent content creator is someone in their basement or garage making videos about their hobbies with their hand-me-down DSLR. If you have employees, literal studios (plural) and Red cameras, you're not small time.

[@aosii24]

It's a genuine question as to what counts as an independent content creator, since LMG is independent, and does create content. Yet, Linus isn't independent. A lot is up to interpretation, specially when it comes to government interpretations of their word choices

[@MrHerrS]

Here in Germany some people who are streaming on a scheduled bases needs to buy a broadcasting license. The one that radio and TV broadcasters needs to buy. The legal reasoning was: "A legal person or company who have a scheduled broadcasting programm needs a broadcasting license based on an "antique" law. It does not matter on what medium or what content it is". Basically it was the successful attempt of the public and private broadcasting lobby to dump their "new rivals". You know I could even understand if there were some requirements to fulfill, like you guys in Canada now do have. But here in germany it's just paying a big amount of money to continue streaming without being sued by the government. The ones who can't, yaeh my bad. But hey, here are some fasct about Internet and germany, to understand it a bit more. - our former chanclor Mrs. Merkel called the internet "new territory" ... in the year 2013. - on average the availability of (50MBit+) internet connection in Germany is worse compared to Ukraine in it's current state. And this is really not a joke. - doing public service things on the internet? No, not possible. I do not mean, it's slow or has a lot of bugs. There is simply no digital service. Ohh wait, I lied, you can make an appointment digitally. At least in bigger cities. - mobile internet? Sure, if you are willing to pay 30€ / month for 5g ... for max 8 GB download ... if 5G is even available outside bigger cities. Tbh. it's getting better, but slowly. Anyways, good luck with the Canadian law!

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

Lmao 50Mbit I live in a major metropolitan area and 50Mbit was something relatively recently added, most places out in the country have the weakest broadband known to man if that. Canada is extremely far behind on their infrastrcture.

[@MrHerrS]

@@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire Welcome then 🙂. I'm also still waiting for a faster than 50MBit connection and I'm living in Berlin. The one who get's a 100MBit connection first, needs to buy the other one a beer or a can of Dr. Pepper. Deal?😆

[@BitHappyy]

3:18:11 - Luke: “my favorite thing about watching movies is when Linus and I go, and my actual favorite part about it is when we just like sit in the car afterwards and *BEEP*” 😮

[@4b0d3]

rj-45, add 2 pieces to stick out further with a terminated on both ends plastic nut, and add the mirror threads on the head, split the head and as you screw clockwise it wedges a sturdy piece into the split which wedges itself into the slot. Unscrew will be terminated so still sturdy enough to use to pull out of the jack. (or it could be spring actuated, like a notch clip, push and turn . Could even security lock it for physical security.

[@Wolverine_onYTTV]

For the love of all that is universal Healthcare, stay in canada

[@bankruptjojo5009]

I'm pretty sure they can afford their own healthcare and would provide it to their employees in the US... One day maybe Canada will provide R&D towards new drugs. Then see how that universal healthcare does.

[@CanadaBud23]

People in chat blaming Harper for c10 when it's actually Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault that proposed it.

[@XInfinity2024]

One thing I think Linus not having stalkers at his house might also come down to not showing the outside of it, not showing any outside while inside the house and also blurring the reflections on surfaces

[@TheBipolarx]

Your decision to do microneedling led me down a rabbit whole of self research. I am 34 and been using a good moisturizer and eye cream since 27. I am doing a lot better than most guys my age with wrinkles, but I would like to take the next step. Moisturizer can only do so much before your skin starts to lose it's elasticity and firmness. I am thinking about doing a microneedling session my next vacation and starting a Retin A routine.

[@ashleyobrien4937]

I think if we are all honest, most of our "mind blown" moments with new tech all came from those when we were all young, and just getting into the scene, because after that, you sort of know what's coming or what to expect. For me, it was when I was 14 and got my very first home computer, the mighty Sinclair ZX Spectrum ! because all the games for it were on normal cassette tapes, the swapping and trading of these games became very widespread and I made many new friends and we'd get together on the weekends and swap, copy games etc. so it had an incredible social scene to it, kind of miss it actually.

[@_i_don.t_need_a_unique_handle_]

1:13:57 I do the same thing. I want to be surprised and enjoy what I'm playing or watching. I don't want the storyline overly explained in the previews or demos.

[@nickwallette6201]

Regarding the ring -- I think Linus totally missed the point here. The message said "proposing," so the question isn't about a wedding ring, it's about an engagement ring. The answer is pretty spot-on for a _wedding_ ring: Yes, talk about it with your SO. Do some image searches and get an idea about what your respective styles are, and if you want something that matches, or if you're content to let each do their own thing. For an _engagement_ ring, it's a whole other matter. The point is NOT to have your SO aware of the event ahead of time, so you need to enlist the help of friends and family. If you're like me, you don't necessarily have the greatest sense for jewelry. You might also not want to spoil your SO's fun by having all of their acquaintances know before they have the chance to plot their reveal. My solution was to ask for some very general guidelines from a few close people (her mother, e.g.) to help figure out ring size, any metal allergies I might need to consider (usually not an issue for gold or platinum anyway), any preferences (gold vs white gold vs platinum), and so on. I tried to keep the reason vague, and hinted that it had something to do with a gift. However, I did bring her best friend in to the inner circle -- which was _so much fun_ for that friend, and a huge help for me. I tried to include things that are really important to my SO, then did some image searches to try and find some ideas that looked like they would appeal to her. Go with your instinct. Then, run those examples by your helpers to get their input. In my case, I picked a primary option, and a couple secondary options, and every one of us chose the primary. That was a really good indication that I was on the right track. After the fact, I showed her some of the backups, and she also agreed we had chosen correctly. Bear in mind, there are guidelines on what you should spend, but AFAIC, that's all nonsense. For something like this, don't lead with price. Lead with what seems like a match to your SO's personality and habits. For us, a solitaire diamond was absolutely not the way to go. It snags on things, it's bulky, it's not comfortable or subtle... _and_ it's expensive. But mostly, it just wasn't right for _her._ Hopefully whatever suits your future mate will be within your budget. If it's just outside your budget, think about saving a little longer, but don't go too overboard either. If it's so valuable they're afraid to wear it, you're not doing anybody any good. From a technical perspective, there are lots of choices, and sometimes the oft-repeated differences can be misleading. In general, you're going to be choosing between silver, gold (including colors of gold), and platinum. There are exotic metals too, but that's probably going to be more of a thing for a wedding band than an engagement ring. Also, beware exotic metals are often more difficult to work with after manufacture, including having them sized -- which could be an issue when you're having to guess at the size, and might not get it completely right. Silver is obviously least expensive, but can be soft, and will tarnish (but can be cleaned.) Gold comes in different karat ratings, with higher purity being a higher karat (24K gold being "pure"), but don't just assume more is better. I chose 14K gold because it's more durable, but still valuable, and, most importantly, looks good. Depending how often your SO will want to wear it, you might opt for anything between 14-18K. Less (12K) starts to fall into .. er.. budget territory, which may still be OK. White, rose, and yellow gold are just different alloys which result in different coloring. All else is nearly equal. Note that white gold may or may not be plated in rhodium, which gives it a whiter color (like platinum), but wears off. It can be replated, though. Natural white gold is just a lighter shade of yellow gold. Platinum is more rare and expensive, but tougher. However, it is more malleable than e.g., 14K gold, and so it can bend. Our local jeweler recommended avoiding platinum for small / thin rings, and even had some reservations about platinum posts or clasps (the tiny details that hold in gemstones.) Apparently they are more prone to getting bent or damaged when snagged on clothing, etc., and tend to fail more frequently than gold / white gold. BTW, find a local jeweler that is reputable and willing to help. You can still order a ring online if you find something you really like. Our local jeweler was very transparent with us, suggesting that some niche types of ring (puzzle rings, certain kinds of etching or detail, or stuff that was machined) would be difficult or basically impossible to do locally with equivalent results, and would certainly cost more than a retailer that focused on that kind of ring, essentially giving us the nod to go ahead and buy those elsewhere. But, it could be well worth the time and money (which may be free) to have a jeweler inspect your new ring and give you insight on its quality and any problems or quirks you might need to know about. Particularly if there's a return window to consider. One last thing: Don't put it in food. That's a terrible idea. Find a place that is special to you two, and as long as you put your heart into it, everything will be just fine. Good luck!!

[@potholedcactus]

2:26:17 - Love that Luke casually flicks the Vs and has no idea how rude a gesture it is (in certain countries) 😂

[@vz4384]

And in which countries is the victory sign or peace sign that he is showing offensive? I know for the reversed victory sign, with the palm inward, has been known as an insulting gesture in some Commonwealth countries.

[@potholedcactus]

@@vz4384 eh? ‘Flicking the Vs’ is a term for the offensive gesture you have described (and what Luke did) in the north of England.