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Feb 8, 2021 • 1h 4min

The DEATH of Cloud Gaming - WAN Show February 5, 2021

Start your build today at https://www.buildredux.com/linus Save 10% at Ridge Wallet with offer code LINUS at https://www.ridge.com/Linus Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222) 0:00 Intro with Google Stadia changing  1:49 Luke's take about Stadia 3:34 Linus's problem with what Google was doing 4:56 Talking about acquisition opportunities 6:38 Linus: The bigger problem with Stadia 8:24 One of the holy grail's of gaming: Fully destructible environments 9:50 Linus's prison escape simulator game idea 11:02 Game called "Teardown" discussion 11:53 The core idea of cloud gaming + Google lacking patience 13:26 Google's confusing mindset hypothetical example 14:22 Everyone knows games take a long time to develop (except Google) 16:05 GeForce Now has reached 6 Million members 16:48 Luke: Nvidia & Microsoft have good approaches 17:45 Xbox Series X example 18:40 Comparing to Nintendo Wii/Switch controller/accessory costs 19:59 Luke singing the song again + Linus trying to censor it live 20:26 Nvidia requiring companies to be transparent about RTX3000 specifications 21:57 Linus calling one of the writers about RTX3000 spec requirement 23:02 TDP not making much difference, but boost clocks are 25:01 Currently don't know much about the 80W vs. 150W (price, power usage, performance) 26:40 Luke enjoys Nvidia shooting themselves in the foot 27:44 What Linus thinks Nvidia needs (Intel like naming approach) 28:32 Is Linus still holding GME (Gamestop) stocks? (skip to 42:24) 29:05 Sponsor: Build Redux 30:28 Sponsor: Ridge Wallet 31:13 Sponsor: Honey 31:57 Luke tells us a story from his mom 34:18 Comparing old and current YouTube comments 36:23 Other people responding to comments for you 37:33 (Rumor) Apple VR Headset could cost $3,000 39:22 Linus worried about Apple's approach + How it might impact VR market 40:27 The Valve Index's VR problems comparison 42:24 Linus GME (Gamestop) stock update 44:34 (Floatplane chat) GPD video question 44:57 How Yvonne (wife) handled the GME stocks 47:28 Not LTT Store 48:14 LTTStore.com (New scarves) 49:54 Valve fined $4,000,000 on Steam controller 52:10 Linus: Gaming patents shouldn't last as long 54:18 NZXT Apologizes for safety issue on H1 case 56:30 Superchats 59:46 Linus's lifetime investments summary 1:02:17 Conclusion 1:02:41 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 1, 2021 • 1h

Let's SCREW the Stock Market! - WAN Show January 29, 2021

Sign up with Privacy and enter to win a Alienware r15 R2 laptop at https://lmg.gg/bcI4H Get 25% off Malwarebytes Premium if you sign up for 2 years at https://geni.us/malwarebytes Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222) 0:00 Intro 0:14 Topic preview 1:59 Intro 2:35 Short summary/preview of review bombing 3:17 Introduction to Gamestop (GME) stock current events  3:52 Shorting a stock: definition/explanation  6:27 Short Explanation ( Part 2 )  8:12 What WallStreetBets is doing + Elon Musk's opinion  9:48 Original intention behind shorting  11:12 Gamestop + Robinhood + Redistribution of wealth  12:08 Some people had success + The main "winners"  13:10 WallStreetBets' Role model  14:53 Hedgefunds also charged interest, amongst other things  15:25 Linus's stock promise introduction/announcement   17:15 Ivan's story   18:26 Linus starts to get worried (To the moon)  19:33 Other "Meme stocks" + "Short squeezing"  20:32 AMC in particular  21:30 Linus's promise: Cost update (+Luke laughing)  22:11 Linus doesn't do many investments  23:50 How does Linus acquire GME? + Luke's prediction  24:45 Estimates of 5 Billion lost from short-sellers  25:05 Robinhood restricted GME + Class Action Lawsuit + Reviewbombing  27:07 Other meme-crap (Dogecoin)  27:27 Robinhood possibly selling some peoples shares + disclaimer  28:23 Elon added Bitcoin to his Twitter bio  29:15 Twitch/Floatplane chats suggests promise cap (50k)  30:08 Google removing negative Robinhood review  31:38 Luke's computer lag issues (story) 33:05 Sponsors  33:13 Honey  34:08 (Not a sponsor) - Activism investing  35:46 Malwarebytes Premium  36:40 Privacy + Alienware giveaway 37:42 Calling Yvonne (the wife)  39:01 The cost reveal (50k)  41:01 Yvonne's counter-argument  42:25 Intel has more returning talent (Sunil Shenoy + more)  43:02 Linus's Apple Watch Heart-Rate  45:02 Sunil's previous work at Intel + Other names  46:13 Pat Gensinger's quote 46:35 Apple Q1 record revenue ($150 Billion) 48:37 Alleged NVIDIA 3080TI 20GB leak 49:51 "Please stop sending money" - Linus 50:12 i9 11900kf leaked screenshots 51:40 Linus trying to plan when to buy GME stocks 52:10 LTT Still Hiring 53:04 More stock talk + various comments on it 55:34 LMG is NOT going public 56:46 LTT Store reminder 58:04 Conclusion 58:40 Outro 1 59:04 Outro 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 25, 2021 • 1h 11min

Intel is Staging a BIG Comeback! - WAN Show January 22, 2021

Try KernelCare Enterprise for free at https://hubs.ly/H0BNgj60 Remotely monitor and manage your server or PC at https://lmg.gg/pulsewayteams and get 20% off Pulseway's Teams plan when you sign up. Try FreshBooks free, for 30 days, no credit card required at https://www.freshbooks.com/wan Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222): 0:15 Topic Preview 1:27 Intro 2:07 Intel beats Q4 targets with records  3:11 Intel's Numbers were leaked "hacked" and officially released early  3:50 Glenn Hinton returns to Intel  5:15 Nehalem  7:53 Hinton's words on returning  9:17 Super smart people think of super smart things (LTTStore.com)  11:08 What Ian Cutress from Tech Tech Potato suspects  11:53 Luke interjects about business leadership  14:18 Linus/LMG's leadership perspective  16:28 Do Luke's paychecks clear?  17:30 Recognizing the people behind a company + Competition  20:07 You have to look at the motivation  21:28 Is this the first major move to combat AMD?  22:49 Key talent attracts key talent 24:23 Google threatens to pull out of Australia over new link tax laws  25:05 Explanation of the 'link tax' law  26:40 Google is fearful of precedents set  27:11 Google tests value of Australian news  27:45 James' take + James   28:21 James currently banned on Twitter  28:54 James reaching out to Twitter (x2)  30:27 Argument about being paid for something  32:00 Concluding Google topic 32:18 Sponsors  32:20 KernelCare Enterprise  33:25 FreshBooks  34:25 Pulseway 35:19 LTT Store: Underwear in stock 36:50 LTT Store: Special Edition Holofoil Shirt 37:25 NVIDIA Max-Q changes   38:45 NVIDIA's Statement about the changes  40:38 Max-P isn't an official term 42:57 Raspberry Pi Launches $4 Pi Pico  43:40 Pi Pico's Specs  45:51 Luke's next famous quote + Min-maxing Hardware  48:05 Explaining to the YouTube audience what a stream is 49:00 LMG: Job Positions/Openings + Descriptions 51:02 VIK-on YouTube mods RTX2070 to 16GB VRAM 53:18 Twitter accused of profiting from CP + Trafficking  56:11 Some LMG job links are bugged 56:47 Superchats  56:55 Kirk or Picard (Star Trek) discussion  59:58 Luke's VR Setup & old living space revealed 1:07:11 Conclusion + LTT Store reminder and Floatplane solving Luke's old videos 1:09:00 Outro + Outro 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 18, 2021 • 1h 7min

Was our Raid Shadow Legends Sponsorship a Mistake... - WAN Show January 15, 2021

Get $5 off your first online purchase using Privacy at http://privacy.com/linus Get a 15-day free trial for unlimited backup at https://backblaze.com/WAN Sign up for Private Internet Access VPN at https://lmg.gg/pialinus2 Check out Linus’ Interview on Privacy at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3N-iNg1rK0 Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222) 0:07 Fake Raid Shadow Legends Sponsor 0:22 Recap 0:55 Intro 1:36 Raid Shadow Legends Sponsor Controversy  2:47 What Luke likes about Raid Shadow Legends  3:53 Raid Shadow Legends Sponsor - Linus' Response  7:00 What apps/games Linus has on his phone  8:20 The integrity of sponsors  9:55 Why the community was mad - Raid Shadow Legends' Parent Company  11:30 World of Warships Comparison  13:50 People are tired of hearing about Raid Shadow Legends  14:52 Luke on people focusing on something small and taking up comments  15:50 Not planning to sponsor it again and why  17:23 Reacting to some of the comments on the video 18:56 Should you leave WhatsApp? (Luke)  20:34 Linus' take on WhatsApp  21:42 FaceBook moving the goalposts  22:50 Everyone needs to leave mentality  23:53 Why Luke has a FaceBook account  24:27 Stream Lag/Reconnect + Linus' family members using online DNA test kits  26:57 Linus' digital information's ship has sailed  28:01 Back to WhatsApp privacy  29:30 What difference does it make what chat app(s) you use  31:34 Why Linus uses WhatsApp  33:03 We need a new Trillian  33:48 How can people mass migrate through apps  34:24 Invisible status on apps 36:19 Ranking message apps' security 37:40 Superchat about Linus fixing a 5950X pin 38:15 Message from Jake about switching to 25 Gigabit Fiber 39:46 Sponsor Spots  39:52 Backblaze  41:05 Privacy  42:01 PIA (Private Internet Access) 43:11 Intel replaces Bob Swan with Pat Gelsinger  44:31 Lead by an engineer  45:01 Gelsinger's background  46:03 Accomplishments   46:47 Whipping new CPUs out of the oven 47:48 LTT Store Announcements  47:48 Launching limited edition Pink "Lambo" Beanie on LTT Store  49:19 What you get with the Pink Lambo Beanie  51:05 Limited Edition shirt "Live - Laugh - Liau"  52:57 The Grey Crewneck Sweaters are back in stock 53:27 Google purchases Fitbit 55:10 Swacket V2 56:12 Samsung "Upcycling at home"  56:55 Avoiding damage from it 58:02 Razer debuts Project Hazel (Mask)  59:34 Luke surprised at lack of fashion masks 1:00:56 Swacket V2 Mockup 1:01:44 Superchats 1:05:04 Outro 1:05:29 Linus Braces Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 11, 2021 • 1h 20min

I Hope you HATE Buying Graphics Cards - WAN Show January 8, 2021

Visit https://www.squarespace.com/WAN and use offer code WAN for 10% off Learn more about Kite at https://lmg.gg/t0Bi7 Download Kite today at https://lmg.gg/9qpo7 Keep your feet dry and get $25 off each pair at Vessi with offer code WANSHOW at https://www.vessi.com/wanshow Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of SirTobiGoodboy) 0:37 Recap of topics  2:00 Intro 2:13 Carmen Sandiego 4:46 GPUs getting more expensive  5:16 Import tariffs increasing prices 7.5% to 25%  6:20 Tariffs implemented in 2018 and exemptions expired  7:00 Shipping costs increasing  7:50 Canadian computer prices falling  11:12 General tariff and trade discussion  11:52 Foxconn US factory         15:40 Price Creep of GPUs  17:40 Now is the time to pick up gaming laptops 18:20 RTX 3080 MaxQ far slower than desktop  18:43 RTX 3000 power efficiency is not enough for laptops  19:45 GPU prices will never be competitive again due to the shortage debacle.   21:06 GTX 1080ti performance equivalent for RTX 3080 MaxQ  22:02 Performance parity gone between desktop and laptop  24:49 Detailed specifications  26:40 Potentially confusing marketing and nomenclature 29:19 GPU rating system proposal 39:20 Sponsor Spots  39:24 Kite  40:07 Squarespace  41:05 Vessi 42:27 LTTStore 47:05 WhatsApp Facebook data sharing  47:54 Video calling tangent 51:19 Self image and body modification tangent 1:11:11 WhatsApp Facebook data sharing  1:11:16 Data to be shared 1:12:34 Ikea created mockups for new consoles (unclear validity) 1:13:11 Trump permabanned on Twitter  1:13:45 Many other apps and websites banning Trump 1:15:47 Switch Pro leak/rumor 1:16:49 Superchats  1:18:17 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 4, 2021 • 1h 11min

Foldable iPhone.. YES!! - WAN Show January 1, 2021

Buy LTT water bottles on Amazon: http://lmg.gg/lttbottleamzn Check out Seasonic's PRIME 850 W Titanium on Amazon at https://lmg.gg/seasonicprime Start your build today at https://www.buildredux.com/linus Learn more and try KernelCare+ for 7 days on all your servers at https://hubs.ly/H0BNgfv0 Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of Pizza Thyme Pizza FanClub) 0:00 Start 0:24 Linus And Luke's New Years experience. 1:42 Topics to be covered 3:09 Intro 3:52 Linus forgot something 4:30 Foldable iPhones and Apple's whole product ecosystem  4:40 Two different hinge designs  5:20 Apple has been introducing more SKUs of the iPhone since original launch  7:39 Apple is likely to make folding phones as a parallel product line   9:53 Nintendo is similar to Apple with killing popular products and reimagining it.  13:24 Future iPhone lineup predictions  14:33 iFold as a new device?  17:14 iPod's Reason for Existence  20:02 Airpod versus Beats  22:23 Beats May Have Been Bought to be Killed  24:35 Details on Foldable iPhone Prototypes 27:15 The Artificial Sun Rises in the East (Fusion Reactor)  27:22 Superconducting Fusion Tokamak Reactor Operates for 20 seconds  28:37 Current issues with fusion reactors 29:39 Tyler update 33:17 Hedge Fund Advices Intel to Outsource CPU Manufacturing  33:26 Just because you give someone funding does not mean you know how to use it.  35:18 Hedge fund demands intel shed CPU manufacturing.  37:03 Gamers Nexus Disappointment 2020 Build.  38:22 Hedge fund manager victim of Dunning-Kruger effect.  39:38 Linus's Speculation on TSMC Intel Collaboration  42:58 How Intel Differs From The Competition 45:06 Sponsor Spots ft Incorrect Banners  45:30 Redux  46:25 Seasonic  47:52 KernalCare 49:01 LMG hiring interview with Madison tomorrow 51:47 Linus selling water bottles on Amazon. 54:00 Apple knew about child labor for years. 55:50 Shroud  56:24 Shocker Linus knows what happens in videos and acts first reactions sometimes.  58:48 Linus Reacts to Shroud Reacts to Linus Tech Tips 1:02:00 Superchats  1:02:03 Hello from Texas  1:02:17 What will happen to old LTT servers?  1:02:56 Apple Child Labor Hypocrisy  1:05:00 Northern Lights Deskpad  1:05:38 Dell Update  1:05:56 Linus workstation stream  1:06:32 Underwear in stock when? 1:10:18 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 28, 2020 • 1h 1min

The KFC Console Ripped Off our Idea!! - WAN Show December 25, 2020

Save 10% at Ridge Wallet with offer code LINUS at https://www.ridge.com/Linus Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at  different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus Sign up for Private Internet Access VPN at https://lmg.gg/piawa Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of Blake Rodriguez) 00:00 - Show starts 01:40 - Topic introduction 02:19 - Intro rolls 03:20 - Linus talks about twitch personalities 05:30 - Linus talks about Luke's chin over lower third 06:20 - KFConsole  11:30 - Luke's pizza heating computer video 17:30 - Cat bed PC 19:00 - Simpsons politics 19:30 - "Why no WAN show VODs on floatplane?" 19:50 - Back to the KFConsole 21:30 - Linus 3D printed a stencil for his badminton racket 30:40 - Sponsors (PIA/Ridgewallet/Honey) 33:30 - Tesla/Elon announces full sell driving subscription 41:30 - General car topics (insurance, self driving, car ownership, defensive driving) 49:10 - US ISPs can no longer charge rental fees for equipment customers already own 50:30 - Intel is rumored to be taking back the gaming crown  51:40 - LTT store boxing day promotion ($5 off storewide) 52:00 - Luke formally introduces his bird Taquito 53:50 - Luke leaves and Linus does superchats for the rest of stream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 21, 2020 • 55min

NVIDIA APOLOGIZED (sort of) - WAN Show December 18, 2020

Save 10% at Ridge Wallet with offer code LINUS at https://www.ridge.com/Linus If you’re looking for a directory that supports heterogeneous OSs, or you need just SSO, MDM, LDAP, MFA – or all of the above – JumpCloud will make your job easier at https://cloud.jumpcloud.com/l/876401/2020-11-11/gy41fq Check out Seasonic's PRIME 850W Titanium on Amazon at https://lmg.gg/seasonicprime Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of Pizza Thyme Pizza FanClub) 1:25 intro 2:02 More on Hardware Unboxed getting denied cards.  2:40 Nvidia apologies sort of for hardware unboxed ceasing getting cards  4:43 Luke is unsure if Nvidia is apologizing to save face or is sincere  6:00 Summary of the "scandal" between hardware unboxed and Nvidia  8:55 Luke thinks that Nvidia is doing this bc they are saving face.  12:40 Linus is trying to get someone from Nvidia to talk to him.  14:30 Linus burning bridges with Nvidia and meme-ing on them.  16:45 This PR does not make very much sense for Nvidia. 19:00 Cyberpunk 2077 review  20:22 Cyberpunk pulled from Sony play store   21:35 CD Project Red reputation has been messed up         22:42 Sony pulling Cyberpunk from play store  23:15 Cyberpunk unplayable on last gen consoles 26:40 Devotion Pulled from Good Old Games with pressure from the CCP  26:52 Contained unflattering references to [Winnie the Pooh] relating to the Taiwan situation  28:09 GOG/Steam caved to CCP  29:20 Twitter might not be representative sample of gamers' thoughts  30:24 Different Mentality in China versus USA  36:09 A poll of live viewers' opinions finds that opinions have worsened about CD Project RED 37:54 Microsoft might start to make ARM designs?  38:45 Microsoft may become Microhard if they get into hardware 39:57 Sponsor spots   40:11 jumpcloud dot com  41:08 10% off at ridge dot com slash linus  41:45 Seasonic has good PSUs 42:45 Antitrust lawsuits  42:55 Allegedly Google Has a monopoly over ads   43:25 Allegedly Facebook has been buying competitors and has a monopoly  44:01 America Has not exercised the laws in a long time  45:37 Google and Facebook account for 54% of advertising  46:35 Linus does not like the privacy violations done by Google et al. and prefers his form of ads 47:12 LTTSTOREDOTCOM 48:10  Linus talking about parenting and children's literacy  51:10 Superchats        51:18 Airpods review question        51:26 Paying for refunded shirts        51:39 Dual shock "low latency" 52:35 The Mandela Effect 52:55 Outro 53:18 Dell insider follow up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 14, 2020 • 1h 21min

NVIDIA might ACTUALLY be EVIL... - WAN Show December 11, 2020

Get a 15-day free trial for unlimited backup at https://backblaze.com/WAN Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at  different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus Visit https://www.squarespace.com/WAN and use offer code WAN for 10% off Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of Andrew Small) 3:25 Titles 3:50 Merch: New 'Northern Lights' mouse mats, in over-compensating sizes 4:25 Nvidia & Hardware Unboxed issue 40:00 Electroboom collaboration, sponsored by a seasonally chilled Seasonic 45:40 Sponsors: Backblaze & Squarespace 47:40 Hardware Unboxed messages 49:40 Cyberpunk 2077 non review by Luke 1:01:35 Apple silicon leak 1:03:10 6900XT launch ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1:04:05 Apple AirPod Max bestest ever 1:07:45 HP Instant Ink dries up 1:10:59 Superchats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 7, 2020 • 1h 30min

Don't get SCAMMED when you buy an SSD - WAN Show December 4, 2020

Learn more about Kite at https://geni.us/aCUi Kite Download Link: https://lmg.gg/kite Keep your feet dry and get $25 off each pair at Vessi with offer code WANSHOW at https://www.vessi.com/wanshow Start your build today at https://www.buildredux.com/linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of Vistrus) 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:34 Sara Secret Shopper Interview 0:56:00 Tech News 0:56:13 RTX 3060 Ti Market 1:01:51 Rumors of AMD's answer to RTX 3060 Ti 1:02:23 SSD Makers swap parts without telling us 1:12:06 Thumb drives 1:12:48 Linus reviewing thumb drives 1:14:49 RISC-V record-breaking efficiency 1:18:33 Micron DRAM fab goes offline 1:20:10 ASUS & ASRock enables resizable BAR on Z490 1:21:58 lttstore.com 1:24:13 Super chats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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