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We Messed Up - WAN Show November 5, 2021
2 hour 19 minutes Posted Nov 8, 2021 at 6:10 pm.
Intro
Topic #1: Intel's Embargo a.k.a. The Big Oops.
Typical video scheduling, release and promotion.
Quick summary and new approach.
Topic #2: Intel's 12th gen processors.
Controversy on evaluation methods and performance.
Controversy on DDR5 RAM.
Further performance and temperature technical info.
Take on competition (prices, vs AMD, etc.)
Perspective on PCIe Gen5.
Sponsors Time.
Spanning.
MSI.
Ridge Wallet.
LTT merch
New item: (Sample) backpack. (Princing guidance on 01:57:55)
Luke's First time... with the LTT screwdriver.
New dynamic: Buy merch, send a message (Superchats-like style, jump to 01:37:39)
New item: Bananas for scale.
Latest newsletter.
Topic #3: Linus's First Time... on D&D.
What D&D is?
Linus "new" opinion on D&D.
Video on Demand (VOD) info.
Topic #5: Linux stuff.
Latest on Linus's experience.
Latest on Luke's experience (also, past experiences).
GPUs are the problem?
Series in the making: Linux challenges.
Why Bing is the superior search engine.
Quick take on gaming user experience.
There are dumb things about Windows too.
Command-Line Interface and Graphic User Interface (CLI / GUI).
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Forever (FAF) experience on Linux.
Take on (non-gaming) user experience.
(Little off-topic) Previous "controversies"/techtubers with similar video ideas.
Final thoughts: Distros, hardware, etc.
Nick off-camera appearance. (P.S. We can hear him)
Luke's take on "bleeding edge" distros and its updates.
Unofficial Topic #1: EVGA (literally) lost a truck full of GPUs.
Unofficial Topic #2: Facebook plans to shut down Facial Recognition System.
Unofficial Topic #3: Side-loading apps.
Craig Federighi (Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering) statement.
User experience and other nuances.
Topic #4: Switch modder vs Nintendo case.
Context.
Opinions.
Unofficial Topic #4 - SQUID crypto was a scam.
Unofficial Topic #5 - NFTs and blockchain games.
Anthony's rant, read by Luke.
Valve/Steam and Epic Games takes on it.
Merch messages.
How to clean the spout lids?
Floatplane weird thing, Twitch and VOD.
Newsletter archive or blog?
Themed-pins or badges.
Deskpad configurator. (Video on 01:54:53)
Bad-time, same bad-channel explanation.
T-shirt long-term goals.
Farewell.
Same bad-time, same bad-channel.
BYE!
Outro.
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