We Talked To A VP At Microsoft - WAN Show December 23, 2022
The WAN Show
The Dark Pattern
Epic Games is going to be paying half a billion dollars for cop evaluations and the use of dark patterns. A dark pattern is like trying to mislead or trick users in certain ways. They've gotten a little bit better with it over time, but like it's still far from what I would consider acceptable.
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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change
0:00 Chapters
2:11 Intro ft. unlisting YouTube stream
2:52 Topic #1 - LMG reached Microsoft for Modern Standby
3:30 Explaining S0 & S3 states of sleeping
6:06 Discussing the removal of S3 from MS laptops
7:35 Linus on "Why not shut it down lol" & comments from LTT's video
9:12 Feedback on LTT's video of Linus's tour to Micron
9:48 Power loss due to weather, preparing UPS
12:26 Topic #2 - John Carmack leaves Oculus
12:50 Meta's policies, John on efficiency & developers
16:14 Keen Technologies' AGI, what VR should have been
18:27 Linus on mutual agreements with co-workers
20:05 Explaining why WAN was interrupted
20:32 Sponsors
23:20 Topic #3 - Anker's eufy admits they lied
23:51 Anker's blog post, how much does this tarnish the brand?
25:35 How to choose discussion points, Riley's sad e-mail
27:35 What would you do if you became the CEO a week before?
31:42 Thoughts on Anker's response
33:37 Topic #4 - NIVDIA axes GameStream, recommends Steam Link
36:36 Why petitions won't work
39:32 Discussing Apple's continuity, wireless GTX 460 video
40:50 NVIDIA's history of abandoning products
41:57 Why "smart home" technology is a struggle
42:14 SHIELD's advertising & commitments, Google's Nest Audio
44:52 Power is back
45:50 Topic #5 - Lawyer mother denied entry after AI face recognition
46:27 MSG entertainment's statement, Linus & Luke on AI recognition
49:44 This might go to supreme court, discussing outdated legislations
51:29 Jake joins the WAN show, Luke's roof caved in
52:22 Linus & Luke reacting video, commends Luke's professionalism
53:33 Linus's sense of humor, mentioning LTT's WD video
55:35 Topic #6 - AI uses podcast data to generate topics
57:23 Luke says which was by ChatGPT, Linus shows WAN notes
59:22 ChatGPT uses data from huberman lab to generate a new article
1:02:21 Stance on data set training, discussing WAN show
1:06:10 "Free content," ethicality behind using ChatGPT
1:10:32 Clearing confusion behind Linus's stance on ad-blocking
1:11:40 Linus thanks customer care employees & FloatPlane
1:14:17 Merch Messages #1
1:22:54 Topic #7 - Apple allows sideloading & third-party app stores
1:23:55 Apple's objections, stock surging
1:26:06 Discussing developer's aspect & certificates
1:31:30 Topic #8 - Epic Games pays millions to COPPA for "dark patterns"
1:33:54 Luke on canceling his late grandfather's Prime subscriptions
1:36:20 "WAN show must go on," Linus & Luke's streak
1:37:23 Topic #9 - LastPass August breach was way worse
1:39:48 Luke suggests leaving LastPass & updating passwords
1:40:38 CelebrityFeetPics site, Linus is on Men Wikifeet
1:42:08 Topic #10 - Sharing Netflix passwords may be illegal
1:43:00 Linus not noticing ads, like-dislike ratio
1:45:36 CPS might seek criminal charges against close people sharing passwords
1:48:31 Merch Messages #2
1:49:54 Linus enjoying making videos, does he need a smaller team?
1:54:54 How is the dual audio LTT project going?
1:57:03 Would there be more GPUs with different RAMs?
2:00:12 Any favorite go-to movies for testing home theaters?
2:27:00 Outro
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