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Linus Tech Tips
Every week Linus and Luke discuss the most current happenings in the technology universe.
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Apr 5, 2020 • 1h 21min
Samsung Discontinuing LCD Production?! - WAN Show April 03, 2020
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Mar 30, 2020 • 1h 45min
YouTube Nerfing Video Quality ON PURPOSE?? - WAN Show Mar 27, 2020
Use offer code LINUSTECH to get 15% off everything at MOS https://lmg.gg/mosorganizer Sign up for Private Internet Access VPN at https://lmg.gg/piawan Save 15% today with offer code LTT on Displate at https://lmg.gg/displatewan Buy LTX 2020 Presented by Intel Tickets: https://lmg.gg/ltx20tickets Learn more about LTX 2020: https://www.ltxexpo.com/ LTX 2020 Activities: https://www.ltxexpo.com/attractions LTX 2020 Special Guests: https://www.ltxexpo.com/guests Buy an LTT shirt, hoodie, hat, and even our water bottle at https://lmg.gg/wanlttstore Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps: (Courtesy of Lebon19) 0:00 Welcomes and Linus' jank setup for this stream 6:38 Topics 7:43 IOS restricts Cloud Gaming 8:28 Intro rollin' (Yes, there's sound - warning to headphone users) 8:58 YouTube defaulting to 480p / SD 12:00 Work from home 15:18 Back to YouTube defaulting to 480p / SD 16:15 Luke helped set up a school for online lessons (setup Discord, etc.) 17:35 Linus discovers that the stream is 720p 18:30 Other remote work options (ShadowTech, Parsec, etc.) and more discussion about Work From Home (Future of WFH, WFH @ LTT and FP) 33:46 Working and cities of the future 36:11 Sponsors (Displate, MOS, Private Internet Access) 40:17 Linus' scruff and Luke's hair length 43:00 What to do best during your COVID-19 confinement -- 43:41 Sub-subject: Linus and badminton and his handshaking -- 44:45 Sub-subject: Linus' dumbest purchase in a while -- 46:29 Sub-subject: Has luke made any dumb purchase? What he bought recently + Luke's chairs 49:27 Logitech and Herman Miller creates gaming furniture 52:24 Source code for AMD's Graphic Cards stolen 55:12 LTT Folding@Home Team performance 58:13 Update on Linus Folding@Home ingest server 59:25 Folding@Home surpasses all known supercomputers 1:01:24 Firefox introduces paid ad-free program 1:02:54 LTT Forums -- 1:02:54 Sub-subject: Monetization -- 1:05:09 Sub-subject: Dumbest moderation thread on LTT Forums -- 1:05:51 Sub-subject: LTT Forums "almost is a separate entity" 1:06:25 Back to Firefox paid ad-free program and discussion about ads and ad-blocking 1:15:02 lttstore.com shipping promo + mystery shirt 1:16:40 T-Shirt Shipping price story during COVID-19 pandemic 1:19:48 Animal Crossing, ANNO, and general video games talk 1:24:36 Nintendo theme park talk 1:28:13 Superchats 1:28:41 Half-Life: Alyx and other Half-Life talks 1:32:00 Back to superchats 1:32:56 Back to Luke and a Half-Life: Alyx video with math lessons 1:34:50 Back to superchats again 1:36:41 Luke's headphones 1:39:16 Even more superchats 1:40:40 Streaming plans 1:42:00 Luke's Beat Saber training and NAS update 1:43:18 Outro
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Mar 21, 2020 • 1h 25min
More Xbox Series X Details - IT'S A PC! - WAN Show Mar 20, 2020
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Mar 21, 2020 • 1h 7min
Pixel 4a LEAKED?! - WAN Show Mar 13, 2020
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Mar 8, 2020 • 1h 9min
UNFIXABLE Intel CPU Flaw - WAN Show Mar 6, 2020
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Mar 2, 2020 • 1h 8min
Android Phones are for Bad Guys CONFIRMED - WAN Show Feb 28, 2020
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Feb 23, 2020 • 1h 1min
I WAS RIGHT!! - WAN Show Feb 21, 2020
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Feb 17, 2020 • 1h 32min
GPU wars are coming!! - WAN Show Feb 14, 2020
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Feb 10, 2020 • 1h 5min
PIA Executives Give THEIR Side of the Story - WAN Show Feb 7, 2020
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Feb 2, 2020 • 1h 8min
Is This The Worst Rated Game EVER? - WAN Show Jan 31, 2020
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