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CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Steve's been on a real airflow kick. Its guaranteed to have at least a mesh front panel, and maybe a return of side panel fans

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CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



The intro was the best part. There wasn't any actual build this year, it just went over poo poo from 2020 and Steve gave Nvidia the middle finger.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Love to custom build all my mission critical production servers so there's no real warranty.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Fame Douglas posted:

Is getting Covid good for losing weight?

Speaking from experience, yes! Not eating for like 4 days will get you down a bit.

Though not being able to breathe properly for a while after will cause it to come back pretty quickly

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Klyith posted:

I didn't mean that he shouldn't, more that I super disagree that it's "everyone wins". LTT sometimes blurs the line between reviewers, informational content creator, and influencer.

They've gone with content featuring expensive stuff because it makes them money. The problem with a popular channel that exclusively revolves around high end stuff is that it ends up being an ad for high end stuff in general. You're not shilling a particular product or company, you're shilling the idea that spending a bunch of money is a good & normal thing to do.

Chill, very watchable solo tech youtuber reviews phones. Gets popular. Now does slick, far less chill youtubes about high-end phones & lambos.

It's not like he's totally unethical or anything, but he's definitely an example of someone who decided to be an influencer rather than a reviewer. His content depends on the corporations giving / loaning him product. And he makes bank.

Yeah this pretty much sums him up. Basically the dude version of iJustine

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



JuffoWup posted:

Only yelling I can think of more recently was directly at nzxt and gigabyte. Outside there was the exasperation in his follow up about correct aio radiator orientation.

He was yelling on Twitter a while ago when he was testing PS5 and Series X thermals. The console crowd is built different and they saw this as a personal attack against Their Brand

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



JuffoWup posted:

Including the monitor, we have most of the bones for a true fire hazard pc for the year I think. Between the evga 3090s in new world, the nzxt riser cable, the smoking monitors that gn couldn't recreate, gigabyte's exploding power supplies, and now an asus motherboard. Just need some ram and nvme drive to finish out the year properly. Maybe even a cpu for comedy.

Ask, and ye shall receive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhUtAOmGKc

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Holy poo poo, Newegg BTFO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c_rKnK-uAM

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Well, good luck to GN. I hope they enjoy the vacation



https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1493057387791540224

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Holy poo poo they did it

https://twitter.com/Newegg/status/1494787583926099968

https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1494793973709381653

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Mr.Radar posted:

Linus was visibly consternated and reminded him it's company policy that ad blockers are disallowed on company computers :nallears:

lmao how do they anything done, the internet without adblock is a loving nightmare. What a dumb micromanagement policy.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



3/4 of the dudes in this meeting haven't worked at Newegg for more than a year, and 20 minutes in they've just been blowing smoke and corpo-speak.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



SlowBloke posted:

You don't get a UDM because you need speed, you get a UDM because you don't want the shitshow that is EdgeOS and their USG lineup.

You get a UDM if you want your internet to drop once or twice a day and like hard resetting routers.

I don't think anyone has a problem with LTT being janky and doing dumb poo poo for entertainment, but when it gets dangerous and damages property like throwing a wrench between buildings, that's a problem.

CBD Corndog fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Mar 16, 2022

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



pzy posted:

headphones ranked by their ability to make Linus cry

Yeah, in light of the new Crinacle video this is required re-viewing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT3SInHr9ck


Also Crinacle rules, dude knows what he's talking about and is no-bullshit about it

CBD Corndog fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jun 18, 2022

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



The OTK PC company also got Artesian's old COO, who ran the only part of the business that worked.

Those prices are kinda nuts though, the low-end build is about $400 more than just building it yourself and their livestream announcing the new business was an absolute dumpster fire, none of the owners could answer any questions on what set them apart from other pre-built companies, didn't know who NZXT was, banning chatters.

CBD Corndog fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Aug 9, 2022

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

Right. But my point is that nothing LMG produces is within GamersNexus' usual purview, so they are going outside their typical scope of coverage in order to criticize Linus, which is not something anyone would ordinarily expect them to do. Again, I agree with Steve's points, but this is clearly some youtube drama and not just their normal industry criticism.

I mean, GN put out at least 3 videos on the AMD mountain bike death trap. Tech adjacent stuff isn't new for them.

There can also be a little Youtuber schadenfreude thrown in there for fun

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Arivia posted:

It's in the last few GN news videos:

-LTT sold the backpack without a warranty until people publicly shamed them into adding a not great one
-GN was offended because warranty and reliability is important to them and is something LTT talks about sometimes, so GN backdated extra warranties for every modmat released ever
-LTT doubled down and offered a "just trust me bro" shirt about how good their warranties would be, with Luke (Linus' #2) being visibly uncomfortable on their weekly talk show, the WAN Show
-GN has written new policy about engaging with other youtubers and their products, especially LTT, and made it clear they can't let LTT pass as friends, no matter how friendly they've been in the past, and that GN will be treating LTT like any other company they cover from now on (with the important note that LTT is larger than many of the hardware companies GN already reviewed)

the backpacks seem to be "homer's car" esque overbuilt with tons of extra features (like a laptop sleeve that's actually three sleeves, for two laptops and a tablet) that Linus might want but many people are unlikely to use, but they're not poorly made or of bad materials (at least not yet), having no warranty for a $250 backpack is absurd though
Linus is just riding this for all the publicity and cash he can
GN poked at Linus with their own warranty changes and then got real serious about it and went "hey, we gotta change how we think about LTT now"

tl;dr: GN good and continues to be good; LTT is unsteady and this could all blow up in their face; LTT backpacks are fine but not worth $250 unless it's exactly what you want and you're willing to risk that cash on an unproven product

This is 99% correct, except you forgot the part where Linus didn’t want to offer a warranty because ‘if he died tomorrow he wouldn’t want to put his family on the hook for honouring it’

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



priznat posted:

NCIX salesman :lol:

Their customer service was almost nonexistent even during the “good” years.

The NCIX store in Markham was the only store I've ever been to that caused my credit card company to call and make sure it wasn't fraud. Every time (I only ever went like twice), without fail.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



rip to the best warranty in the GPU industry. Wonder how long they can survive on peripheral and motherboard sales

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Bloodplay it again posted:

I may have misinterpreted, but I believe Steve said at some point during his video that the EVGA employees would not be finding out until today. He said something about "a few hours," but I don't know whether that means the video went up a few hours before they found out or that they found out a few hours before the video went live.

The GN video went up a few hours after employees were told, and it sounds like maybe only Steve and one other GN person worked on the video so it was handled well by GN and kept tightly under wraps.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Its a good screwdriver guys, we promise

https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1571997810572017666

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



:allears:

https://twitter.com/CORSAIR/status/1580649952082268160

Stebe went off on Corsair in the latest 4090 cooling/power video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmUb9sDS9zw

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Kramjacks posted:

Uh oh, looks like Newegg is at it again! Though I don't know if the person on reddit bought the card from Newegg, or a third party vendor.

https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1583166820517023745?t=3Obl9z3Mpp2CD2Km1h6Naw&s=19

lol

https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1583172536095113216

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



When they built one for Hasan he took off 2 of the supports so it would lean left, and they installed folding@home to make it Our PC, comrade

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



the gamersnexus EVGA finale video is out, and its pretty great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc0YlQS3Rx4

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



GN's got a new project/deskmat out, looks good

https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1642926883569319936

https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1642933353048424451

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Hell yeah this owns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r03mcCLQI4

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



why is it orientated like that what the hell

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



We gave y’all Rush, we don’t have to apologize for poo poo :colbert:

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



mewse posted:

Wasn't it an extremely lovely fan hub PCB (voltage traces running underneath screw heads) that was a fire hazard on those NZXT cases?

Nah, that was the PCIE riser. Even more voltage going through the exposed traces!



yummycheese posted:

my more or less entry level enthusiast overclocking mobo has four fan headers on it and seems to have no problem driving any sort of combination of fans and rgb silliness.

so you do wonder who that product is for

Probably for the people who want to keep all the fan cables organized and out of sight. Though that diagram reads like audiophile woo poo poo, why does a PWM signal need signal quality improvements if its traveling like 2 feet at most.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



:sickos:

https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1656647800371699712

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbGfc-JBxlY

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



priznat posted:

NCIX declared bankruptcy abruptly as I had an order in flight and I had to do my first ever charge back. Apparently the books were being completely fabricated and it was just rife with the CEO's relatives pillaging the place.

So, good luck dude! Solid pedigree to hire from.

As a company it sucks as well but was sort of the "least bad" option. You hated having to go to the stores even to pickup your order because everyone working there was surly, slow and didn't give a poo poo about customer service.

I'm glad it's dead!

NCIX in Markham still remains the only store where my credit card company called me immediately after buying something to ask if that was a legit purchase or if my CC was stolen.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Rinkles posted:

jeez some of these linus quotes

    for real okay it's 800 US dollars. I don't know guys I'm not sure if I can apologize for not spending another 100, 200, 300, 500 dollars of various people's time

i don't watch their channels so idk how typical of him this is


also this is hosed up:

yeah, its obvious Linus has major small business owner brain and he thinks about everything in employee pay hours. Its a dangerous way to think because he'll just nickel and dime his company to death, even when they've got an apparent infinite amount of money to spend on testing hardware they don't know how to use.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



mewse posted:

Do I get credit for saying LTT is probably a terrible workplace in 2019

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Rinkles posted:

I’m assuming Steve could tell that they don’t redo all their testing, because the results were identical across different reviews?

I don’t think anyone believed they redid their testing every time because it’s a monumental waste of time unless you’re making changes to the testing environment outside of the part you’re working on.

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



Their Floatplane subs are looking great, its a good thing Linus is so good at crisis management

https://grafana.elizabeth.codes/public-dashboards/10023c4c479744e191760225708c0124?orgId=1&from=now-12h&to=now


CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



lol amateurs

12 hours talking about Oblivion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-otpq6oI2Q

and 20 hours talking about Skyrim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHP02JEC5H0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOsQRhK_ktY

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



let me just wipe the teeth blood on my wall before watching this asmongold video

CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



mobby_6kl posted:

That's fine, you're not getting a warranty anyway.

E:

That might be more Linus fanboys thinking that? I came across a related post in a defense shitposting sub (of all places) and everyone is dunking on LTT

The whole thing has gone critical mass and there are people who have never heard of LTT coming in to defending Linus because a :females: is involved now. r/linustechtips is in a semi-lockdown state and every post has an insane amount of automodded comments in it now

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CBD Corndog
Jun 21, 2009



beep by grandpa posted:

Can anyone find the full statement from this week of Linus denying Madison's accounts "to his recollection" or whatever? Now that there are 3 rock solid accounts*** corroborating that she absolutely was was making those complaints at the time and he 100% knew about it and is caught lying, I just want to read it again so I can get mad

*emily young, current lmg staff
*colin (??), former lmg staff
*leaked vid of the meeting linus talking about a staff departure & harassment protocols (I still can't get over the company policy of "pls take up your sexual harassment grievance with that individual first", I've never heard of that anywhere in my career)

Are you thinking of the statement to the Verge?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834190/linus-tech-tips-gamersnexus-madison-reeves-controversy

quote:

I was in a state of shock reading through these allegations, plain and simple. They aren’t consistent with my recollections. They aren’t consistent with our internal processes. They aren’t consistent with our company values.

We pride ourselves on maintaining a safe and inclusive environment. In addition to our existing report systems (both anonymous and otherwise) we’ve proactively reached out internally today to encourage members of our team to report any workplace bullying or harassment they might be experiencing so we can take quick and decisive action.

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