Tech that DIDN'T let me down.

[@clementpruvost8670]

Evil dankpods be like:

[@Croatilillious]

"I HATE the headphone jack and I'm glad it's dead!!" -Evil DankPods

[@oseidwomoh]

Opposite Dank.

[@_SYDGAMING_]

​@Croatilillious "I don't want my PUCKCELL back you can have it " Evil Dankpods

[@Croatilillious]

@@_SYDGAMING_ Frank smells amaaazing

[@_SYDGAMING_]

​@Croatilillious lmao 🤣 that got me 😆

[@confusioned2249]

The problem with good tech isn't that it's rare, it's that when it works flawlessly you eventually forget it's even there

[@Pickelrye]

That's why crap gets more views - It's practically made to be yelled at for your dollars.

[@Moxzot]

And then when it eventually breaks people will call it a piece of crap even though it has never been an issue.

[@hornetthehivewing6265]

Unintentional poetry!

[@AntiPseudo]

It's why being an engineer can really suck sometimes; some of my best work is the stuff that nobody ever notices.

[@thomasseymour4190]

No, it’s rare. Most of it is crap.

[@SmokeyEdits]

"it's all vintage crap... bluerays," instilled a level of terror in me i was not prepared for

[@dotdot..]

Feeling old?..

[@pokehybridtrainer]

@@dotdot.. Yeah. Lots of stores don't sell movies anymore. Gotta order online. I miss browsing to find a movie.

[@SmokeyEdits]

@@dotdot.. I grew up on VHS, I've been old

[@RusticRonnie]

@@SmokeyEditsfeeling older

[@tangerine4606]

Blu ray first came out in 2006. Nearly a 20 year old format

[@GridDweller77]

valve said publicly that you should not huff the steamdeck fumes, despite how good it smells

[@Wampa842]

It smells like lung cancer

[@lilwyvern4]

Telling someone not to do something is just going to make them want to do it more.

[@izitris7]

@@Wampa842 i dont have a steam deck but i bet it smells like ANTI-cancer

[@ArtoriasNX]

It's just them covering themselves, sniff away

[@Kostofer]

too bad, smells like bliss

[@mransom94]

Wade: All my PCs are now Linux ONE OF US. ONE OF US.

[@Penumbra_Morning_Star]

I've been making the switch to linux as well. there's been plenty of really stressful moments because I have trouble learning new things, but I have a girlfriend who is amazing with it who is helping me lots, and I love it. I'm actually getting excited to do computer stuff again, I haven't been this fascinated since my first Windows ME machine from childhood. the ability to say "this is MY pc and I'll do as I please with it" and not have any giant corporation's fingers all over my data is so amazing, and I can't wait until I can officially ditch windows 100%, I only have a single machine running 10 at this point so I can play some games that dont work on linux with my other gf

[@rami-succar7356]

linux is great tbh

[@nickwallette6201]

I love me some Linux. I usually have no less than 5 computers or VMs running Linux at home for various reasons. But, moving to Mac OS for my day-to-day was the best of all worlds. App support nearly on par with Windows, all the CLI greatness of Linux, and I never have to do anything with it or to it, it just works. I enjoy screwing around with computers, it's my hobby. But for my daily driver, my work computer, and my laptop which doubles as a work computer, I want it to be powerful and invisible. Mac OS is that. Linux has a long, long way to go to reach that level of dependability. Don't get me wrong -- the kernel is remarkably stable, and much of the software I use in Linux is also solid as a rock. But as a desktop..... eeehhhhhhh.... What it needs most is antithetical to the ecosystem: Good project management with a clear vision and a defined roadmap. What it has is an army of hackers following their dopamine.

[@Butterscotch_96]

I just use Linux on every non-Mac because I hate Windows. Never had good experience with it. MacOS just works and Linux after a bit of customizing stuff it also just works. Windows is non-stop issues.

[@KKJKJH]

ONE OF US. ONE OF US.

[@byrne.]

Shrek watch will now outlast the sun

[@MasterCraft_48]

Shrek never dies!

[@karuuu]

Shrek is love. Shrek is life.

[@leothecat2834]

real

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Year 3000 Archaelogists find that Shrek watch... "Oh the poor green Dingus tribe"

[@samholdsworth420]

Shrock

[@joeofloath]

In 2014 I bought a Fujifilm X-E1 camera, used. Last year I dropped it, and emailed them asking if I could buy parts. They offered to repair my 12 year old camera for a flat rate repair fee that was essentially the cost of labour and shipping. The camera I received back a week later was almost entirely brand new. I can't stop shilling them because that's not just the bare minimum service, that's outstanding. I'd be happy if it's the last camera I ever buy, but they might get a few more customers out of me yet.

[@Girvo747]

Fujifilm are so great. I finally upgraded my X-E1 to an X-E4 haha

[@asadfarraj]

Cameras, in my opinion are still the least affected by enshittification. While yes, Fujifilm is outstanding in this aspect, you can still just send your however year old camera to traditional camera companies like Nikon, Olympus, Canon and they would repair it for a flat rate. I hope it remains this way.

[@jesuschrist711]

​@@asadfarrajimo they have been subject to a form of enshittification. the service and quality of the items is still amazing, but the price the ask has gone up while the actual doing is kinda meh. its not crap but i really struggle to see the sold features being $4k plus worthy. $2k i can absolutely see for those top kings but the current price to performance ratio is just not the same. it seemed to start going down as soon as phones took over but they are still good devices so credit where due

[@blinkx1070]

@@Girvo747 Fujifilm are great, unless you want to buy the Polaroid film and cameras they intentionally under-produce to keep prices up

[@ChristianStout]

​@@jesuschrist711Part of it is that they keep their value for much longer. Cameras might be the only piece of tech that still fetches half its MSRP on eBay when it's 8 years old.

[@neknotnek]

Please make this a series. With the world the way it is now, you have no idea how refreshing it is to hear something *positive* for a change.

[@not_kode_kun]

there's only so much tech that doesn't let us down nowadays, sadly

[@sesch629]

It's also good to get recommendations for shit you actually should spend your money on (if you're planning on spending in the first place that is)

[@Markyparky56]

It's a yearly round-up, he's done it for a couple years now I think? Technically a series, just very far apart. Anything faster and things wouldn't get the same level of testing required to meet these standards.

[@TechnoJon96]

Cannot upvote this hard enough. Dank if you’re listening this was the best watch I’ve had in months

[@skyefarnan2311]

0:50 Valve asks people not to smell the exhaust of the steam deck

[@tedasaurusrex4402]

Gaben can't stop me from huffing exhaust fumes

[@nifiga_prikolno]

​@@tedasaurusrex4402Man I love exhaust fumes nobody can stop me smelling those

[@tedasaurusrex4402]

@@nifiga_prikolno man of taste

[@Sherolox]

Ironically, I first recall that EXACT same exhaust smell from my 6-year old Nintendo Switch. It was addicting. And now my entire Steam Deck case smells like it.

[@Crawfishness]

Isn't it just the smell of the plastic shell heating up? Well, I guess if it's making a smell at all, it means a chemical is gonna be in your nose.

[@winkystinky]

It's weird to hear Wade happy about tech, but I'm so glad he's finally found solid tech.

[@Galantium]

enshittification is SO present that this is more useful to me than videos showing something is bad. Bad is the baseline, Quality is the outlier sad as it is, and this really helps with shifting through all the manufactured landfill! 💖

[@ashkitt7719]

I do wonder what it is about DankPods that makes it so he can discuss this and radicalize folks and not get hate for being a "filthy woke commie" or whatever. Whatever he's doing we could learn a lot from him. My hypothesis is that it's subtle. Think Sonic SatAM vs Captain Planet when it comes to 90s environmentalist cartoons.

[@crazydvae]

@@ashkitt7719 Because everyone relates to the phenomenon of "I can't do my job because the tools I was given are breaking". Even if it's a phenomenon that everyone on the left side of the compass has seen coming for decades, it's undeniably affecting everyone on the planet in the present moment.

[@connivingkhajiit]

That's cause all people buy these days is whatever shows up first on amazon, never actually looking into what kind of value a product has or how good a product is

[@qwerty4748]

@@ashkitt7719 what about this is woke?

[@LairdDeimos]

​@@qwerty4748 Nothing, but some whiny people are radical corporate brown nosers.

[@CatLorenzini]

Valve, they make absolutely amazing products twice then fall asleep for years then do it again

[@kiwigaming09]

That's because they can't count to three and has to wait for the timer to reset

[@lady.foxpoint]

still hoping for portal 3 before the glados voice actress inevitably kicks the bucket...

[@thehousecat93]

Steam pays the bills so they’re not going to release something unless they think it completely upends gaming or the gaming industry and good for them. That’s mostly a positive, outside of not getting narrative closure on HL.

[@connivingkhajiit]

Feels like they are the only company that actually cares about their consumers

[@Twiddle_things]

​@@lady.foxpoint I wonder if that does happen, if they'll ever manage to find a suitable replacement. She has such a unique voice 😞

[@zer0_drayton]

"please make a desktop version of this OS" meanwhile at bringus studios "YEAH I PUT STEAM OS ON A F**KIN SONIC MENU SCREEN" We have the technology bud

[@electropulse3490]

Yeh. SteamOS ist basically just a custom linux distro with da fancy Steam-Deck-UI thingy preinstalled. Runs on almost anything

[@TyG-wk1uf]

Steam big picture mode is steam os, it used to tell you to press your steam button, it was literally copy paste

[@Cooldrew100]

the Bringus Studios-Garbage Time crossover is gonna go crazy one day, mark my words

[@bradynicolau8049]

@@Cooldrew100 bringus and dankpods crossover finna bring youtube down for a week

[@olivepear_yt]

Bringle man and Dankpods holy carp

[@chipznmusic]

I can attest that the Yamaha mixers are amazing. I have one my Grandpa gave to me that the drummer in the band he was in used for a while. He's had it for years and years and years. Still works top notch today. It's the Yamaha MG06X.

[@bruhark]

I hadn't realized you were also rocking the Casio F-91W. Been rocking mine so long the original band dissolved, and I put it in a drawer for a decade or two. Swapped that out and its still going strong. Don't even recall having to touch the battery.

[@smadge1]

I’ve owned several over the years. Sometimes the band would break, and I’d go out and just buy a whole new one.

[@marcusborderlands6177]

Whenever I wear mine flying I get pulled aside by the tsa, no questions asked lol. It's only when I wear it, it's pretty funny.

[@beetlemilkpublishing2665]

I had an Apple Watch a few years ago, and it kept pissing me off because it couldn't maintain a charge for anything. Then got a Galaxy Watch, realized all the watch faces I was using were based on Casio, sold both of those overpriced pieces of junk and got the Casio I'm wearing today, which is like his but has a BDU military face. Love it. Simple, low profile, never fails. Apex.

[@panagiotispappas1001]

A video about Wade being positive about new tech? WE HIT THE JACKPOT!

[@jakediditagain]

I don’t want to be called a “hater” or for people to think otherwise, since DankPods (and Garbage Time) are two of my favorite channels of all time. But I just don’t enjoy the “tech that let me down” videos since they blend in with many other channels. I’ve kind of had enough of the post-2020 doomerism on KZbin myself. They just don’t feel like DankPods videos to me. I’m curious if anyone else feels the same.

[@panagiotispappas1001]

I’m trying to make a comment about how you can install SteamOS on a regular computer but KZbin keeps taking down my comment because it thinks I’m a bot or something. I f*cking hate this :(

[@Zeldario]

@@jakediditagaini see what you mean but he needed to do more things that ipod and mp3 to dont run out of video material so he changed a bit the formula and personally think it was made great

[@adriandesi2809]

OR its the end of day's!

[@Klaevin]

@@jakediditagain I get that, but from the beginning, he was always fixing stuff, keeping stuff out of landfills and giving good advice to make your stuff last longer. I think that it's perfectly reasonable to then go "and here's what you SHOULDN'T buy, because you will immediately be throwing it away" Louis Rossman used to make macbook repair videos, but as the years went by, it became harder and harder to DO those repairs, and so what started as the occasionnal rant about bad board design turned into political action and militancy to make people aware of what they are losing. Anyone who fixes things will tell you that stuff has gotten WORSE over the years, not better. "tech that let me down" is a reminder that modern crap is built to fail and to force you to buy a new piece of crap, rather for the crap to be repaired, or for the piece of crap to *not* be crap, and just not fail at all. It's also informative as to what brands and products to avoid

[@zeph_os]

The Nissan Leaf is such an interesting car; it's easily one of the best possible choices for getting into electrification, but the fact it uses Chademo is a huge thorn in its side. The second generation would be a phenomenal pick, but nothing beats the pure unfiltered nugget energy of the first gen that started it all

[@joebot86]

They are so cheap and reliable, even in the US they make amazing secondary city cars.

[@PhilKulak]

There's a CCS1 adapter now!

[@mesiroy1234]

Bro I live near Europe Thic car is half price of tsla And almost cheap as Toyta But it's so small that's why I'd dint buy

[@Thelango99]

Chademo is the main fast charging standard in Japan still.

[@assassinprohd4539]

Mine unfortunately came with cooked batteries dispite it only having 62000km on it. Which sucked because it was so much fun to drive.

[@ast_rsk]

Good news is Valve _has_ committed to releasing steamOS 3.0 as an independent OS, much like the previous versions before they switched to Arch based. Patiently awaiting, got my system setup with EndeavourOS specifically to prepare for steamOS once it releases for desktops.

[@Twiddle_things]

Valve + 3? What world do we live in

[@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2]

​@@Twiddle_thingsthis one

[@notme8232]

@@Twiddle_things Half-Life 3 got leaked

[@VoidAlo]

steamOS "3".0 ??😱

[@ardnys35]

that's cool and i hope it works well with nvidia drivers

[@accountid9681]

"my next thing's gonna be linux" "Valve make a desktop version of your OS" I can't wait for the collab with mutahar

[@TheDiner50]

Valve making a desktop/TV Steam device would also be a grate step. And a full blown OS for Winblows first hardware? Yea that would probably force a change in the hardware and software market to not be shit. Say whatever about usability of Windows/Linux. The fact is that booting up Winblows leaves you with a idle desktop that SUCKS power and resources. Hitting ram/cpu/internet constantly without you doing ANYTHING. Whiles Linux is at most talking with your network for the bare minimum to be 'on' the network. There really is NOTHING going on in the background of a Linux OS. SSDs Trim might not even be scheduled to run. While Windows have to repair the filesystem it uses constantly to hopefully not be broken when trying to start it up next time... It is insane having a 4-12core CPU on linux. It barely needs a single core to run. Compared to Winblows that wants 4 cores to do who knows what. 2GB of ram on Linux is not a big issue either. 4GB is more then good enough to do serious stuff on it. Winblows? 2GB is what you probably are left having usable with 'only' 6GB of system memory.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@TheDiner50 the funny thing is they did make a little SteamOS box for your TV, like 10 years ago, but basically no one bought it. Possibly because it had to stream from your gaming PC over your LAN, rather than being truly standalone like the Deck is, but yeah. That's where Big Picture mode came from!

[@problemdude390]

Too bad that guy sucks

[@Ze_eT]

@@TheDiner50 My "as cheap as possible" school laptop couldn't run a consistent 30 FPS on Windows 11 when running _nothing._ Installed Linux Mint immediately, and it runs perfectly even when having multiple programs open or a simple game.

[@Chirishman6]

⁠@@kaitlyn__L they actually shipped a full desktop SteamOS back then but it had serious issues. The state of gaming on Linux was not yet what it has become, Proton didn’t exist yet and gaming using Wine was *rough*. Drivers support especially for gaming GPUs was hit or miss too. The installer also didn’t ask you about drives so it would just wipe all of the hdds that you had mounted at time of install and just kind of… choose one to write itself to. With no warnings. I also don’t remember it having a desktop mode like the DeckOS has but I could be wrong about that. The device that you’re thinking of was called the Steam Link. I actually still have one in a box somewhere. Source: I helped people build gaming PCs for a living back when the original SteamOS/Steam Box thing happened so it was relevant to my livelihood.

[@myrmeko]

3:33 I'm surprised that James didn't tell you, but you have to change the reductor oil and diff oil at some point. Idk if the Leaf has any water cooling, but also the cooling liquid needs to be changed in EVs that have it. The OG Leaf needs to have the oil changed, even though there isn't a well defined interval, oil should be changed every 50-100k km. These "gearboxes" tend to go bad in about 8 years if driven a lot without the oil changed. It just loses its properties from the heat cycling. People are saying that at 100k km the oil is already black and full of metallic sparkles. Also, the official interval for coolant is 200k km. That's straight from Nissan. It's in the Leaf's service manual. Just don't mess up your Leaf because of some uninformed decision.

[@herbertsmutek5395]

so nice to hear that 5 of the hundreds of tech stuff didn't fail you

[@spartacus778]

Now we need the final video. Tech that MIGHT let me down

[@AyyEf]

That would be just a nugget lucky dip

[@WingMaster562]

Tech that will never give you up

[@kacperolszowski1331]

>"I played so much baldurs gate on it" >"86 hours" Those are rookie numbers

[@sadluc424]

Fr, now I'm just curious about who did he romance...

[@NoraJae]

"I'm a total loser and still play skyrim." Me with 1000 hours.

[@ChaosPootato]

The man's busy

[@Pet_Hedgehog]

@@ChaosPootato bg3 is the one thing busy is not an excuse

[@cortster12]

​@Pet_Hedgehog Literal children.

[@Drn10n]

Know why steam just works? It's a private company that doesn't chase infinite growth to please share owners.

[@lexikuro]

GOOD OL' CASIO F-91W! Cheers man, definitely one of the watches of all time.

[@SlyMan420]

7:46 "being in my 30s has made me un-fun" why you gotta hurt me like this bro

[@Markyparky56]

I'm not 30 just yet but I'm growing increasingly interested in air filters and dehumidifiers. Funny how our tech tastes evolve with age.

[@clorky2250]

I totally understood: "being in my 30s ended me - I'm fine." And I really don't know, which version I like more.

[@nickwallette6201]

@@Markyparky56 It gets worse. Some day you'll be contemplating appliances and yard care and getting great satisfaction out of things that would make your 20-year-old self profoundly sad.

[@Markyparky56]

@nickwallette6201 Already there, my friend, already there.

[@sickbozzer]

6:30 wade, my family still have a dyson fan from 06, which is 3 years older than me. It works like brand new and is SILENT whilst using minuscule amounts of electricity. bloody marvels of engineering and 100% worth the extortionate price

[@WiddlPeppuwu-sx3rx]

Dyson products have never let me down. I still use my Dyson vacuum from around 2004 and it chugs perfectly along

[@guitarfreakizoid]

It's scary to me that someone born in 2009 is writing sensible and coherent comments on KZbin. I'm old.

[@jannikwillma7330]

@@WiddlPeppuwu-sx3rx But they are definitely getting worse. My roommate bought a new handheld vacuum. I laughed at him when he had to install an app to use it and when the vacuum has to get updates before using.

[@xenotiic8356]

@@guitarfreakizoid They're in high school now. Time comes for us all...

[@jannikwillma7330]

@@guitarfreakizoid Remember, when he was born, the iPod was almost a decade old

[@binja_]

Desktop versions of SteamOS do exist but there's not much of a point IMO. You can just use the new steam big picture mode on any Linux distro and get a similar, and in some ways better, experience.

[@Memphis98NT]

Except for gamescope integration mostly, getting gamescope working on some edge cases outside of SteamOS is kinda fiddly. But yeah, New Big Picture is pretty great.

[@EeveeEuphoria]

i use bazzite OS on my main PC, it works a treat. albeit, i use the non-gaming mode version. but i do use that on my steam deck (yes really) and it works amazing well. i think the utility of that is underrated, whenever i upgrade my PC, i'm getting all the old parts into a new motherboard in a small case to sit under my TV, because that'd be insanely useful to have as a mini-console PC, that doesn't suck.

[@Rerum02]

Bazzite supremacy! Great docs too

[@Fxltl]

Also steam announced there will be a desktop version soon

[@BamsyTheSergal]

bazzite is dope asf, and works pretty well with nvidia now!

[@st.altair4936]

The Steam Deck is amazing. I like that every improvement Valve makes to gaming on it also applies to my PC for the most part lol

[@bens1343]

Tech that hasn't let you down... yet

[@awesomise]

> 2:50 Golf's gearbox blew up And here I am, driving a DSG golf and the gearbox has been acting funny for a little while 💀

[@gentle285]

I'm sorry to bring bad news, but DSGs were always crap, especially in the beginning. So it will act funny for a long time. The 6-speeds are more reliable because they have a wet clutch system compared to the 7-speed which is dry clutch. They threw reliability out the window in favor to super quick shifting which no-one actually needs on a day-to-day basis (or ever). What a stupid idea to put it in regular cars...

[@ICANTTHINKOFANYTHINGORIGINAL]

They did it because a manual gearbox is cheaper to build, more efficient, and more reliable. They just failed on the reliability

[@theplayer12312]

@@gentle285 It isn't about the reliability, it's about how much service Volkswagen can charge you for

[@masterkamen371]

Can someone explain to me the logic behind putting a DCT in a Golf? It's still rubbish in the straight line and it's still horrible in cornering. A 15000€ bike engine powered formula car with a manual transmission will always run circles even around supercars. It's like buying a racing bicycle to improve your performance when you are 30 kg overweight. Honestly sounds like brainwashing from the manufacturers "oh but the DCT makes your shifting 0.03s faster!" to keep their repair business thriving and vehicle prices skyrocketing.

[@goonko2715]

9/21/2024 will be an interesting day for your engine

[@tmntleo]

It gives me so much joy to know I'm not the only one who misses physical buttons, I buy so much old tech just for buttons these days.

[@allenqueen]

Just today I was looking up mp3 players and cassette players. Too bad good ones are hard to come by

[@n_art_cissist]

It’s also a huge accessibility issue for low vis and blind ppl like myself

[@corruleumblue3317]

Yeah, physical buttons are just so much more satisfying. (Personally I liked them too much to leave them behind in the first place, except when I got my ereader. Only device I own that uses touchscreen as a sole/primary input method.)

[@dtomvan]

1:35 That's the best part, since steam made steam OS they replaced the old big picture mode in desktop steam with "steam OS" which controls in the same way either with mouse and keyboard or even with your controller! PS4 killer!!!

[@AmyNumberSeven]

Yeah but it's still Windows, and they still nag you.

[@Troy-ih8gb]

Would be cool if Steam just made steam os available on pc for like 20-50 bucks so you can download that instead of Windows, cuz Windows is getting worse each day Edit: If Steam decides to make an official desktop steam os they might make it free, cuz that way they can sell more games, with less competition

[@the_otamatone]

​@@Troy-ih8gbor they could make it free 😮

[@the_otamatone]

Like every other operating system

[@the_otamatone]

And windows, because who pays for windows.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

I'm so glad a positive video finally came out. I'm so tired of the gloom and doom. I want things to go right for a bit

[@maximes2613]

earing that you are switching full linux brought me a smile, linux is so good

[@pastedtomato]

Wade becoming a Linux user will be the highlight of the year

[@10brokenradios]

year of the linux danktop!!

[@AceH.-jk5kn]

he's been using linux for a while

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

He's too angry for full time Linux.

[@scramblerbricks7293]

Dankpods is the KZbinr that hasn't let me down

[@eclipseurban]

this, so many have but not dankpods

[@LeoFlipnotes]

Thanks James for fixing the watch

[@rartolak]

7:38 I found one in a dumpster. Still works fine

[@hotgamezyt5992]

W?

[@WingsandBlades257]

who in the right mind would put one of those in a dunpster *facepalm*

[@mineatomtr]

Why would one put that in the dumpster if it still works ☠️

[@BunkerSquirrel]

The Dyson bit is surprising. Not a fan of whatever plastic they use (feels cheap) but considering how overengineered they are on the exterior it’s nice to know they’re putting that extra work into the bits that count too

[@plumokin5535]

Yea I just wish the repairability was better

[@fredwupkensoppel8949]

@@plumokin5535 Oh, do they break?

[@plumokin5535]

@@fredwupkensoppel8949 They break more often than other products in the same category, but that's not the biggest issue. Because the products are over engineered, once they break, it's expensive and difficult to repair them. So even if your reliability is good, something is eventually going to need repairs, and once it does, it's going to cost a lot

[@savantshuia]

8:00 are you trying to woo me, sir?

[@Momo-bb2fn]

4:00 M-powered macs are awesome; they do things no other laptop can do. But I just can't forgive the egregious sin of forcing the customer to pay $200 for 8gb more of ram. People say that the 8gb of ram is enough given the M chips' efficiency, but it's not. Even with the M chips 8 gb is not enough. It's not. And $800 for 2TB of storage, jeez.

[@sylfrear]

the ram is somewhat justified (maybe not $200 but it makes sense for it to be more expensive) because it’s a completely different type of ram architecture than what you’re used to on x86 machines, storage prices are ridiculous though

[@stevewalker9870]

Seriously, you can buy 32gb of RAM for < $100 and a 4tb HDD for < $90, Apple just knows people will pay just about whatever they charge so they price gouge like crazy

[@snil4]

I love my m1 macbook air as well but you don't want to buy the base model ever, even if it gets stupidly expensive I made the mistake of having to deal with only 500gb. Just like wade it's the best laptop I've ever owned but my next laptop won't be from apple.

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

For what i typically do, it would be great. But it's still a Mac, so it can't do what most other laptops can.

[@grqfes]

@@stevewalker9870 a hard drive on a laptop an arm based laptop at that in 2024 is absolutely criminal and foul and i cannot believe you just recommended that be honest youre just exaggerating. yes the storage prices are bad. no you cant get 4 good terrabytes for less than 90$. thats silly.

[@melodieisntreal]

we have the tech that let him down, now we have tech that didn't!

[@efenow1]

1:29 bro didn't watch a SINGLE bringus studios video

[@bone-a-lisa]

The Dank Pods Linux arc is something I didn't know I needed, but I'm so here for it. Welcome to the club brother

[@haysonwong9687]

But did it give you up, and did it run around and desert you?

[@captcha42]

God damn it !

[@Nahyoudontgetthat]

​@@captcha42 Did that make you cry?

[@notme8232]

@@Nahyoudontgetthat Goodbye

[@ArinStitch]

@@notme8232the Earth is flat (this is a lie)

[@gentle285]

Niiice 🤣

[@DrAnimePhD]

The Deck OLED being the thumbnail puts a smile on my face. Valve seriously start selling it in Australia. You need to expand the handheld to more regions already.

[@yourboyrussell6738]

Hear hear!

[@ootoot2152]

2:28 SHROCKS SPOTTED

[@JayFochs1337]

0:12 I have a Shrek figure from McDonald's in 2001. Still makes noise like it's supposed to 😂 same batt

[@lorenipsum93]

3:21 I see they took notes from honda.

[@BigManFred27]

Why is an australian man talking about random things so entertaining

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

3:47 damn, Wade's hair must be reaching impressive proportions

[@misterx420]

2:16 - Yamaha has always been top notch!

[@Y33haw355]

On a related note, I have two Casio guitar synths from the 80s that are still working perfectly. Both can be completely dismantled in under a minute, and have full service manuals available down to the level of individual capacitor specs. I miss old technology.

[@Sohryu-Asuka-Langley]

Even their car engines, various performance engines from Toyota and Ford were developed with Yamaha and happen to be very loved and capable designs. Even the little Ford 1.25 used in some nuggets originated from a Yamaha/Ford developed design, and they're a tough little motor.

[@sacrosanctgrave1958]

Threy also made all the wood accents for Lexus at one point because they're pianos still last to this day, and "Toyota's" wood didn't last. My lexus still has perfect glossy wood.

[@gentle285]

@@Sohryu-Asuka-Langley Yes, or the 1.6 Zetec-S, which was also co-developed. I have a Mk1 Focus with the 1.6 and a 4-speed automatic which was co-developed with Mazda. Also.. the Volvo 4.4 V8s!! They're bulletproof and sound soo nice!

[@itsdokko2990]

is there anything that Yamaha has made that is absolute dogsh*t?

[@lightning11ashu86]

8:02 yooo i have the same watch and use it on a daily basis

[@cutsleeve117]

Hell yeah, I got it when I was in the army, and it's been my daily driver for non formal use ever since

[@thejackimonster9689]

Awesome video! It's great to see tech can still be good.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Year 3000 Archaelogists find that Shrek watch... "Those poor green people" 😢

[@Beegstation]

4:39 "I do have an M3" A BMW???

[@hikaru9624]

M3 is apple's cpu

[@ΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔ]

​@@hikaru9624r/whooosh

[@archux_]

smartest man born in chernobyl

[@lrogan4634]

@@hikaru9624 A BMW???

[@ThePaperKhan]

​@@hikaru9624 i knew apple was still making the apple car! I don't know why their car needs potato chips though...

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

0:30 My Steam Deck completely stopped booting after a BETA update. Whatever you do, stay on the regular stable updates.

[@Christhegoldenboy]

Had something similar happen when I updated one of my old phones. I downloaded a beta update from Apple and it basically bricked my phone.

[@AlexanderHansen-8Bitz0]

Betas are betas for a reason. You can always re-image the disk with SteamOS if this happens. If using the beta channel somehow completely bricked the device, Steam support is amazing and will probably help you out.

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

@@AlexanderHansen-8Bitz0 They are. I already shipped it in because I don't have what's needed to re-image. I can only imagine the headache of smuggling one to Australia just to be told you're SOL. I live near Seattle so it's not so bad for me.

[@Problematist]

Have you tried the Steam Deck recovery image?

[@TheLunaLockhart]

when I first arrived on this channel, you had an iphone for every purpose and an imac for every reference, and now you're an old linux guy who collects watches, flip phones, and FANS. I'm here for it honestly, I'm 34 now and convenience really is so much more exciting than novelty these days

[@FinnDarius]

Always good to see it ain’t all bad out here, the bad stuff often just gets a lot more coverage

[@OrthodoxPriest69]

0:09 thank you for reminding me of my bi-monthly checking on James Channel

[@MrMarcost2]

Nokia dumb phone, Casio watch and Linux everything? Oh no, wade has been possessed by an arch user

[@archgirl]

My apologies...

[@xmoncocox]

1:25 : bringus studio is currently watching.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

4:50 not gonna lie, the #1 grit stone on the upper right of the screen made my laugh more than I should XD😂

[@Desmodious]

1:30 holo ISO is a recreation of the SteamOS, at least till steam does a full release. I haven't tried it personally but Ive heard good things.

[@the_otamatone]

1:28 they actually are!

[@the_otamatone]

An official port, that is, they are already making the rog ally compatibility better.

[@bandyinkeplayz4404]

Tech product that didnt let me down 1: frank 💀

[@archgirl]

Snech product*

[@pulanjuri]

Valve did launch a SteamOS image, but for desktop you would probably be better off with a regular linux distro

[@Xcizior]

love that you are still going strong

[@samtorbert6554]

You inspired me to buy my very own Leaf. It's awesome, thank you

[@cloudycolacorp]

I think I've played more games on steam deck than any system I've owned in years lol, very convenient to have the backlog on its own nugget

[@pjonesmoody]

Solar - ☑️ EV - ☑️ Dinguses-a-plenty - ☑️ ☑️ ☑️ You’re living the life, mate! 💪

[@hendvanduijn758]

"my 2017 car is still working" I feel so sad that that's an achievement for cars nowadays, like I drive a volvo v70 from 1998 and it works perfectly, I own a volvo 740 from 87 and it works great, my parents bought a 2010 land rover, and the bastard breaks down every single time. I hate consumerism and that companies are focused on it. Keep things alive, make stuff that's sturdy 🥺

[@urgay1992]

There have always been lemons, for example my '97 BMW which was in a junkyard by '05... The fact that some car models are bad is not a condemnation of modern cars as a whole because there have always been bad models. In fact most modern cars are much MORE reliable than cars in the past, people just tend to focus on the golden examples and forget all the turds.

[@please-wake-up-now]

Love how this vid gives credit to the tech that actually works! It's so nice to see positive vibes around it. Also, I'd love to see a deeper dive on gaming gear next! 🎮✨

[@Nurf]

there's a funky button in the top right corner of steam that says "big picture mode" if you click that, u get basically "deck OS" on any OS.

[@max373-1.0]

5:50 Welcome to the dark side :)

[@abhijithnarayan1370]

00:18 COMRADE WADE

[@pizzadude808]

"please make a desktop version of this OS" literally any linux distro with KDE

[@raekkk1038]

I liked how you showed a little bit of the road when you launched the leaf… it gave me a better feel for the acceleration than just a speedometer. Just mentioned because I’m considering buying

[@Mrdrcaptaintroy]

I love that you're watching the motorweek retro reviews. They're a local thing here in Maryland, and i get so much nostalgia from them.

[@lorenipsum93]

5:30 yeah, no joke. You could fry an egg on them I swear.

[@Koisheep]

So, Arch Linux? (Don't install Arch Linux it's a headache and a half but SteamOS is just Linux) 1:30 EDIT: 5:53 well ghat answers ghe question

[@DJ_Level_3]

Pretty sure you can just install SteamOS

[@piotrherda7062]

Yep, you can indeed install it. There are even modified versions of the SteamOS itself (I mean it's just Arch btw but still)

[@EeveeEuphoria]

gonna be replying to all these comments i guess lol, bazziteOS would handily smash installing just steamOS. especially when fedora atomic (which is what bazzite is based on) is extremely convienent to use, and has a bunch of good features that are lacking from steam OS. not saying steamOS is bad btw, i just prefer it, i have it on my steam deck (and main PC) for a reason :p

[@piotrherda7062]

@@EeveeEuphoria I had an experience that Fedora was working poorly compared to like Arch btw on a low-end PC, but honestly Linux is Linux, distro is your preference and no one should judge that. I'm happy that it works well for you :)

[@dgbsbalv]

archinstall makes it rather easy to install arch

[@BFDIFinalistsfan2763]

Dankpods just posted

[@EdibleGymSock]

I don’t believe you

[@DanielAy_]

no shit you melt

[@JamesChurchill3]

Thank you, I wasnt sure which video I just clicked on.

[@DatSun.]

ok

[@idkMediumFry]

It’s beautiful day because of this

[@OverwatchPlaysGames147]

I have had a lot of cars, probably about 20 or so by now. I still maintain that the little leaf that I had was one of the best cars ever. Such a dependable beast! I only got rid of it because I moved out of town and needed more range.

[@Justinalexisp]

Love seeing the genuine enthusiasm!

[@GridDweller77]

also idk if it's just tesla cars, but I do think electric cars have oil in the motor for lubrication and heat management, so it does need to be changed. If the leaf doesn't have it, then, boy do I look stupid

[@nickwallette6201]

I seem to remember there being an enclosure for coolant, but AFAIK, there's no oil. Not sure if there's any maintenance schedule for that, or if it's meant to be run until some part of the loop fails (o-rings, tubing, etc.) I believe most electric motors are completely maintenance-free though. You will often find the motor controller needs to be actively cooled, and sometimes the charging system -- and in some cases, the batteries themselves -- do too. That said, ICE cars also require coolant systems, and I will take flushing a coolant system over changing the oil ANY day.

[@novanation5870]

4:13 now, I'm a pc nerd. I'm the biggest apple hater out there. But M1/M2 MacBooks? PEAK. The compatibility is still pretty shitty, because of it being an ARM based system instead of x86 like Intel and AMD. But this thing is a powerhouse. In the games and actual good applications that can run it, this thing beats EVERYTHING. A windows based workstation wouldn't be able to compete with an M1/M2 workstation, I'm just saying. These systems with the M chips are absolute beasts, and I hope ARM becomes more mainstream and accessible for other applications because believe it or not, ARM systems are the future. Eventually, the AMD and Intel race isn't going to go anywhere, and AMD already has access to the patent of ARM. Computers in the next 5-10 years are going to be INSANE, mark my words.

[@hotgamezyt5992]

Yes

[@Steakkiller]

2:23 I actually thought you'd mention the iPad instead of the Leaf for number 3...

[@ThePsyfurnosis]

Also had an AG06 for years, fantastic little desktop mixer and DAC!

[@BenJaded]

Nissan Leaf sales after this video gonna skyrocket, I don't even have my license yet and I'm considering it

[@kale_chippy]

I bought one this week. In part, because of this video.

[@sonicunleashedfan124]

6:00 there is a Linux distro for these M-series Mac’s, take a look at Asahi Linux

[@hotgamezyt5992]

Nuh uh

[@sonicunleashedfan124]

@@hotgamezyt5992 I was talking to Wade, not you

[@notmanatee2445]

What about your green iPad?????

[@kackers]

i swear i was expecting him to stop waving his hands about and just point down and go "this" at some point, old mate ipad has been hanging out there for like 5 years through many a grit and it still works

[@sammydunbar8823]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@RayTheFloofyBoi]

Did I hear a rock and stone?!

[@Lorentz_Driver]

ROCK AND STONE to the bonneee

[@Wampa842]

ROCK AND STONE, BROTHERS!

[@Mesozoic00]

FOR KARL

[@heggle-]

MUSHROOM!

[@ImaginationsArmy]

More of this pls Mr pods.

[@l.e.a.d.761]

Would love to see more of these! Hard to find good stuff out.

[@TiBiAstro]

steam deck OS for PCs is coming, it was supposed to be out already, but the link isn't fixed yet.

[@n4uski]

Its the big screen mode in steam but if you want the full OS its a different question

[@seendabeen1740]

@@n4uskithere’s actually multiple distros that mimic steam os to a really good level

[@msaenz4768]

I honestly just use Fedora with KDE Plasma for my living room PC and leave it in Big Picture mode all the time. Feels right at home alongside my actual Steam Deck.

[@mesiroy1234]

I can't with steam deck fan biy It'd can't wven run the most famous valve game ca go😂 And rog can xbox natrualy(

[@ToastyMozart]

​@@mesiroy1234Are you feeling OK? If you smell toast you should tell us.

[@AlexofZippo]

Literally the only reason I don’t have an electric vehicle is that I actually need to travel like, 1000 miles in a couple days occasionally. If there was a battery that could last that long or charging stations were more common (especially in the Mojave here in the states…) I’d go for one in a second. Also I like being able to move house in like, 3 trips with my current car. It’s so nice.

[@Lolwutfordawin]

Modern plug-in hybrids are pretty decent at filling both roles nowadays! Small battery for daily errands, and an engine for long trips.

[@mjc0961]

Does patrolling the Mojave looking for a fast charger make you wish for nuclear winter? 🤓

[@mjc0961]

@@Lolwutfordawin Modern plug-in hybrids are the most useless cars out there. Battery range is too low to cover even the most basic daily commute to work + errands, so nearly every day you'd still need gas. If I wanted a gas car, I'd have just bought a gas car. If a plug-in hybrid could get around 100 miles of electric range instead of 30-40, they might be worth something. But they can't, so they're not.

[@Lolwutfordawin]

@@mjc0961 40 miles covers most Americans actual commutes just fine. Yours might be longer, but the majority isn't. Besides, even if you need the engine for the last few miles, you've still saved 90%+ of gas, which is a lot of money if you have solar or other cheap electricity.

[@ArcaneGhost0524]

3:48 mate somethings a bit off there isn't it?

[@nuffens]

I'm totally into learning about the good "old" tech you have running and working well

[@AjaxAS]

Thank you so much, you made my buy an amazing pair of Yamaha HS8 speakers that I absolutely love and now will be selling my smaller interface to upgrade to Yamaha AG03 Mk2 black.