Verified WAN Show - WAN Show November 11, 2022
The WAN Show
Is VR the Next Big Thing?
Tech companies are cutting their staff, and Flowplane is hiring. The media that we consume is effectively controlled by two utterly unrelatable billionaires: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. If you feel like you have a lot to contribute to a platform like Flowplane or to the LTT lab, maybe get in touch.
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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change
0:00 Chapters
1:44 Intro
2:17 Topic #1 - Twitter changes & controversies
3:32 Impersonators, Eli Elly And Co stock impacted
9:30 $8 Twitter Blue, major staff changes
14:30 Head of T&S, CISO & CO resigned, discussing impersonators
17:13 Potential Twitter bankruptcy, unprofitable advertisers
19:45 Elon sold $4Bn of Tesla stock
21:12 Topic #2 - Meta fires 13% of workforce
22:26 Investors question Meta's future, Luke on AR/VR trend
27:27 Linus on tech companies laying off staff trend
28:01 Floatplane & Labs hiring
28:25 Discussing sustainability of alternate decentralised web
31:56 Discord came in as a good answer, Twitter Blue V.S. Discord Nitro
35:35 Was Elon's prior success an accident, or his arrogance?
41:14 Topic #3 - NVIDIA relaunches RTX "4080 12GB" as 4070Ti
41:41 Discussing un-launch, specs & MSRP
42:32 4070Ti/4070 to release in January 2023
42:47 4080 16GB MSRP, NVIDIA's "requests" to AIBs, EVGA leaving
45:03 2060 & 2060 SUPER discontinued Should we be mad?
47:59 LTTStore 1,000/100/1 piece CPU puzzle
53:56 Crewneck sweater clearance sale
54:37 Shoelace update
55:31 Sponsors
59:50 Topic #4 - Ash Ketchum finally won PWC after 25 years
1:02:16 Linus on being excited over fictional characters
1:05:06 Luke leaves, FP comment on script & rules, Bell-cam
1:06:03 Topic #5 - Founder of Oculus creates a "lethal headset"
1:08:24 Linus on paintball & risk versus reward
1:10:51 Fun comes with real consequences
1:12:44 Topic #6 - Logitech G Cloud review sample
1:14:13 Logitech reached out to LMG for a sponsorship
1:15:58 Main concerns with the G Cloud
1:17:36 Would you consider G Cloud as a Steam Deck user?
1:18:19 Topic #7 - DeviantArt's DreamUp AI
1:22:03 Merch Messages #1
1:22:11 Follow up to cardboard PC challenge video idea
1:23:29 Weird or random requests from sponsors
1:24:29 Touch-type, young generation less tech-literate
1:25:11 If Luke was a higher up, would Linus be hired for LukeTechTips?
1:25:50 What's up with video aspect ratios?
1:27:20 Hot Ones, can Linus eat spicy food?
1:28:37 Linus finds his favorite Tweet of all time
1:30:55 EV cars as e-waste when replacing batteries?
1:33:38 Mastodon as a decentralised alternative to Twitter
1:34:54 Leaking fun LTTStore possible products
1:36:29 Benchmarking VR games?
1:37:29 Employee monitoring software, countries Linus traveled to
1:44:51 Sites, services and games Linus & Bell miss
1:58:29 Moore Threads Chinese video cards
1:59:27 Linus friendship & relationship advice
2:01:13 Bad habit Linus didn't know he had
2:02:05 If people forgot LTT, can you rebuild a large new channel?
2:04:07 Thoughts on the direction of car infotainment system
2:08:02 Hackers accessing info video idea
2:08:45 Porsche order update
2:09:29 What would a "good Internet" be like?
2:10:43 How to improve LTTStore experience in Europe?
2:14:19 AMD's Genoa Epyc CPUs, Linus in Supermicro videos
2:15:15 Fire & explosion proof Li ion battery video idea
2:16:01 Poll results: hard mode or easy mode for puzzles
2:16:52 Shopify dashboard sidebar issues on Z Fold 4
2:17:23 Outro
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