My Reaction Channel Is Getting Called Out - WAN Show January 27, 2023
The WAN Show
Original Sauce - The New Segment
"Original sauce" is a new segment on the show. It's going to be about finding interesting developments in tech world. This week, we're looking at AMD graphics cards and how they relate to gaming. We'll also look at some of the challenges that gamers face every day.
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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:
0:00 Chapters
1:30 Intro
1:55 Topic #1 - DarkViperAU on reaction channels
2:06 Linus confesses he only read the video's comments
3:08 Summarizing last WAN & Linus's impactful size
8:43 Linus on community backlash & perception
10:45 Collabs, pressuring, zoned ads & fair play
13:26 Matthew's points, Luke on "react" content
15:58 LTT's GPU tier list video, low-effort content
19:38 Discussing & defining reactions on YouTube
23:07 Matthew on transformative content
24:49 James's small creators showcase idea
25:42 Linus on LTT's reacts, Luke on reacting to mineral PCs
28:12 Is there value in providing good reacts content?
30:04 Ethical reactions, LTT's GTX Titan "benchmark"
33:03 LTT's unpaid intern's "C-clamps"
36:14 Original Sauce - CaseLabs returns from the dead
43:11 Would LMG consider making their own cases?
44:38 Linus apologizes for reading off the script in Arc video
46:52 Luke notices Linus reading on the video and laughs
48:24 Reason behind scripting the video
50:43 Discussing new AMD & Radeon challenge
50:48 Bricked BIOS, summarizing the challenge & adding Jake
52:32 Luke's GPU not fitting, forced into watercooling
55:10 Merch Messages #1 ft. Dan's Noctua hoodie
1:16:20 Topic #2 - Activation lock scraps MacBooks
1:16:56 Explaining encryption feature
1:17:54 Proposed solution
1:20:28 M2 MacBook Pro SSD slower than M1 models
1:24:29 MacBooks lock, Jonathan's reaction to Apple
1:27:46 Sponsor
1:31:52 Topic #3 - Microsoft's Power-Savings option triggers outrage
1:32:53 A terrible take & an adult man's tweet
1:33:49 FOX's "Woke brigade is after video games"
1:35:20 FOX's boomer guide on XBOX, Microsoft on savings
1:41:02 Confusion behind Microsoft's wording
1:44:42 Funny comment on fighting savings, why do people care?
1:45:48 Topic #4 - Linus's experience with Ludwig's bidet
1:47:16 Linus's bidet experience & "the upper hand"
1:49:52 Linus on fancy toilet & pricey stores
1:52:28 Luke thought of getting a bidet
1:54:46 Luke is alone, Merch Message #2
1:58:29 Topic #5 - CNET used AI tools for finance articles, corrects again
1:59:02 "Thoroughly edited," corrects half of it
2:00:44 Medium bans unclear AI-authored work, theft problem
2:03:17 Anti-AI idea for plagiarized scholar articles
2:05:15 Linus mentions "TikTok's enshittification" article
2:08:56 Pros & Cons on competing with BuzzFeed using AI?
2:11:39 Topic #6 - Cryptominers AMD GPUs cracks
2:11:56 Topic #7 - Samsung's 990 Pro SSDs failing
2:12:53 Topic #8 - Google drops support for OnHub
2:16:04 Recalling Google Clips camera
2:15:04 Can we trust Google products? Luke on "smart" bird feeders
2:18:54 Cole-Bar responded, Luke on Linus's face & updating passwords
2:22:28 Topic #9 - AMD "calls out" older AMD GPUs
2:24:28 Topic #10 - LTX 2023 update
2:24:42 Tickets to go live this Monday
2:27:35 Merch Messages #3
2:36:20 How many hours a week do Linus & Luke work? ft. history with Yvonne
2:50:39 LTT to react to The Verge's build video?
3:01:50 The next Nintendo console to be similar to Switch, or a fixed station?
3:11:28 Outro
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