My CEO Quit - WAN Show February 17, 2023
The WAN Show
Is It Better to Not Have a CEO?
"As an audience, I guarantee you it is better to not have a PR layer there. It will be worse," he says. "I am the worst when it comes to remembering names and replying to people promptly." He doesn't know where MRocks would look for a CEO but knows other creators who do.
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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change
(0:00) Chapters
(1:10) Intro
(1:48) Topic #1 - YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki to step down
(3:03) YouTube’s past, was YouTube under Susan a success?
(8:08) What would you like to be changed moving forward?
(10:26) Suppressors, transparency & abusing the system
(14:46) Malicious people throttle the advancement of tech
(16:12) Linus on security, theft, insurance & tax write-off
(24:20) Should Linus have a CEO? recommended LTT back catalog
(29:03) CEO stuff someone could do better? Luke on PR
(32:37) Linus on maintaining business relations
(35:12) Linus is a control freak, Linus's uncle on his ROI
(37:02) Linus on corporate attitude towards planning
(38:47) Discussing Lab, teams moving to it & WAN acoustics
(40:58) Linus's abandoned office nightmare, LMG's success
(43:04) Recalling backpack pop-up, "projected" price point
(45:54) Cost of Gary, Linus on what Dan put in the WAN PC
(49:08) Linus on tech testing & "flipper of shiz”
(50:34) Topic #2 - Intel launches Sapphire Rapids
(51:12) Office tech value video idea, Linus on talking about money
(54:09) Impressive workstation chips & specifications
(55:35) Xeon W-3400 specs compared to Xeon W-2400
(58:30) AMD lied about Threadripper, is W2400/3400 going to harm AMD?
(1:01:12) "Threadripper is useless, get server CPU" comment
(1:04:00) LTTStore new pins series 1, track suits comments
(1:05:42) Showcasing pins, RGB PC sold out during preshow
(1:08:46) Would there be more serieses of pins? Pin loot box
(1:12:18) Sarah the perfectionist, Twitch's "legendary" idea
(1:14:36) "Digital tokens" & "people are stupid" comments
(1:16:57) Ideas to be discussed for the pins
(1:19:23) Merch Messages #1
(1:19:53) Is it more difficult to inspire the next gen with new tech?
(1:23:32) Insights Linus taken from his practice of following others' careers?
(1:26:24) How much of the script writing comes out from Linus?
(1:30:54) Sponsors
(1:40:32) Luke on Bing's politeness score evaluation.
(1:42:46) Bing's wild response gets in a fight with Luke
(1:43:48) Bing's aggressiveness in a new conversation
(1:47:06) Compares Bing to a real scenario, "depressed" Bing
(1:48:57) Odd suggested prompts & removing text behavior
(1:52:29) Bing replies with two boxes, clears the chat after threats
(1:54:16) Bing's comeback, Luke on Bing's behavior
(1:58:32) Verge's article on Bing chat length
(2:00:18) Asking Bing for proof, forges fake ones instead
(2:00:48) WHEEL OF PAAAIN! ft. new rules & timer
(2:13:03) Topic #4 - US States now require identity of users
(2:14:18) Luke suggests a WoP rule, Linus on "political freedom"
(2:17:14) WoP #3 - Dan the Adjudicator defends IDing porn users
(2:20:44) Topic #5 - Samsung partition space explanation
(2:23:18) Topic #6 - LTX 2023 update
(2:24:52) Tickets, partners & plans
(2:27:08) Topic #7: Stealing Hyundai & Kia TikTok trend
(2:29:06) Kia & Hyundai cannot be insured, who is to blame?
(2:32:54) Topic #8 - Twitter will now charge for SMS 2FA
(2:33:49) Merch Messages #2
(3:24:39) Topic #9 - LMG acquisition offer
(3:39:04) Topic 10 - Android Auto moves Spotify & issues with usage
(3:49:42) Merch Messages #3
(3:55:37) Outro
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