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The real underlying problem is that LMG doesn't seem to have proper HR procedures and standards in place. This was just a big problem waiting to happen. Now, I don't know if the Madison allegations are real or not, but what we can understand by this whole thing is that the whole LMG stood on a "just don't misbehave" policy, where it dumped all the responsibility on how to behave on the workers rather to inform them on how to behave correctly in a workplace. This is extremely important in companies like LMG where you need to discerne between being on camera and off-camera. Maybe I'm ok with doing lots of sexual innuendos on camera, as part of my character, but I'm not ok doing or receiving them off-camera. A bit like an actor is ok being groped in a scene (if it was required) but it's not ok when they're having their lunch.
That meeting tells us a lot about how things work at LMG.
First a 4 minute meeting about a serious SH allegation is totally unthinkable by me, there should be a lot of things to say, 4 minutes should have been just the introduction. I've had longer meetings to tell us to not smoke or use flamethrowers while we were refueling things or not do extremely stupid stuff. Condensing such a serious issue in a 4 minute meeting is so absurd. Like, The Office absurd. 
To cite Linus during the meeting:
Which it doesn't make particular sense to me. There are many kind of complaints, you can't just put them all in the same category. Like, you can't treat a complaint about Janet eating too loudly and Bob urinating in the sink in the same way. In the first case you should go to Janet and ask if they can chew more quietly, so the suggested path by Linus is correct, but Bob urinating in the sink is a problem that should go straight to HR.
They are right to say that minor complaints should be resolved by coworkers and not involve upper management or HR, but then don't give an example or instruct and inform people do discerne between what is and isn't a valid complain for management or HR. You need to educate people on these kind of things, especially if you run a very young company with very young people who might be employed for the first time of their life and know absolutely anything about the office life, how it works, how they should navigate between complaints, who they should speak to.
He then adds: 
Which, again, doesn't make sense. HR and managers aren't the same thing, there are problems where you should talk to a manager and problems where you should talk to HR. That's why they are two separate entities and one can't be the other. If Janet doesn't do her reports correctly, the first complaint should be to the manager, then Linus or Yvonne, HR has noting to do with this, especially if it's a 3rd party firm that may not know anything about what work it's been done. 
If someone is a bit too touchy, makes lots of sexual innuendos, doesn't shower enough (BO problems), watches NSFW material in the office, then is a HR problem and not management's one. So, if Bob watches porn in the office, the complain should be wrote and directed immediately to HR, and not go through all the chain Linus said. That's why HR exists, otherwise managers would do all the work. 
Furthermore: 
Again, really really bad. I cannot stress how bad it is. There's no point in having an anonymous form if people aren't aware of it. At my work, in every single break room we have a poster about whistle-blowing, anonymous form how to compile and send them (you can even send them trough standard mail, so you really cannot be traced) with e-mails or IPs. We also are reminded of this at every re-certification course which takes place once every years (state mandated). So "a lot" of the LMG employee that didn't know show how deep it is the lack of training and information about thins kind of stuff is.
Finally, James saying this:
This shows how Linus' words for some people were just hot air and nothing more. Now, this shows exactly why this sort of meetings should't be done by a manager and why having a course on SH done by an HR firm is extremely important. Linus doesn't even acknowledge the joke, even if the whole meeting was done to avoid this kind of stuff and this means that the meeting was just an exercise in futility. A bit like "I have to do this because I'm obliged to do so, let's make it as quick and painless as possible so we can all go back to our work. I don't care if you get the message or not, I just want to cover my bottom in case anything happens."
Do I exclusively blame James for that unfortunate joke? No. If nobody says anything, except for the most bland and short meeting here and there, then it's normal for people to think that this kind of behavior is totally acceptable. If he always made those jokes and nobody said anything to him, then of course he thinks it's totally ok to do them. Again, this is a prime example of why HR should do the main training, courses and meetings about this stuff and not managers. 
 
So, all this wall of text to say what? That, regardless of Madison accusation, from what we've seen so far, there is a very real possibility that if something like this happened the way it could have been handled was really as bad as Madison says it was. And that's really really bad for a company of over 120 employee and valued at over 100 million $. 
 

There are a lot of people in here saying things like, "if she was treated this badly why didn't she go to the authorities?" or "if these allegations are true, she should sue!" or "the timing of her coming out with this information is very suspicious." While I don't know that much about Canadian law, there are very good reasons why someone in this sort of situation wouldn't be able to take these accusations to court.
 
When it comes to workplace abuse here in the United States, it is critical for employees to create a paper trail that they can access if they are ever fired. This means, if an abuse happens, the employee has to notify HR via email from a non-work related email account in order to show proof that HR was notified about these violations. Madison mentions that she went to talk to HR and that a lot of there interactions were strictly verbal in nature. This was a huge but understandable mistake as a lot of employees make the assumption that HR is there to protect them, when in reality, HR departments exist to protect the company.
 
Additionally, the idea that an employee can "just leave" an abusive company whenever they want is not accurate. Lots of young professionals who are just starting out don't have the extra money in savings to leave without another job already looking to hire them. Additionally, if you are just starting out in your preferred career field, it can be devastating if your previous employer is contacted for a reference and ends up portraying you as a problem employee for speaking up.
 
Large companies have a massive advantage in court when it comes to finances and documentation. And the stress of the legal process is absolutely terrible on someone who is already suffering with poor mental health. Often, it just doesn't seem worthwhile to sue a large company as an individual.
 
Just as an example, there are several companies that I worked for in the past that I could have sued for wage theft as they were clearly violating federal labor laws. However, even with documented proof of these abuses, I realized I would ultimately still lose in the long run. And the fear that my former employers could retaliate by sabotaging my future work opportunities was also a huge factor. Even if they did retaliate and I could prove it, all that would mean was more legal action that could get drawn out and ultimately make my life a living hell.
 
I'm not saying that Madison's allegations are 100% true. I am only saying that her actions make sense in the context of an ex-employee who was scared to speak out against a very public and popular employer. It also makes sense that she would vent all of this on Twitter as this might be the only way to hold LTT accountable at this point if she doesn't have a paper trail she can take to court. Even if she doesn't have documented proof of these abuses, there is the possibility that other employees who do have documented proof of their own mistreatment may come forward and rally together.
 
I sincerely hope that what Madison is alleging is not true, but none of us can afford to completely dismiss it out of hand. People don't come forward with these kinds of abuses because they are afraid of being victim-blamed. Don't perpetuate the cycle.

A lot of the comments on this thread go a long way to highlight why it's so difficult for so many women to come forward with allegations of sexual harrassment or abuse. 
 
This girl has now exposed herself massive amount of gross BS from various detractors and trolls. That's not something you choose to do lightly.
 
Calling into question her accusations and/or making light of this fact or calling it into question takes us back to my first point here. 

Obviously there's unsubstantiated claims and hearsay but the amount of and the detail of the claims laid out shouldn't be initially met with  being written off as attention seeking (see my points above). 

Understand how hard it is to come forward with these sorts of allegations.
 
Understand the part you play in that. 

GN's take on it seems a bit 'fainting couch' to me. And not a little self-serving.
Douchbaggery sells, and calling out douchbaggery sells.  It's hard not to be a nihilist watching this stuff; nothing they do really matters neither do opinions on what they do matter. But plenty of mats and bottles and screwdrivers and coasters will get sold and at least that matters to someone, somewhere. Not sure why. It's all a bit pointless. But fun to watch.

GN is a prime example of what the purpose of the internet should have been and how technology should have been used but instead GN is a dying breed, an artifact of an old world and once he is gone there won't be anything like it. Steve goes into absurd amounts of details when reviewing just like people used to back in the day. These days Linus and any other "content" creators just scream a little into the mic cause they know the Fortnite and Minecraft generations like that very much and put idiotic expressions into their thumbnails blaming it on the fact that "it works". If their wives starts going out naked because "it works" to get rich will they also accept "it works" as a reason lol? How about some common sense and decency? What about ethics? Shall the biggest countries in the world just start bombing the weaker ones because they "can" and it is the "logical" step toto a better life for developed countries? I mean.. it works.. no..? Anyway, who cares, everything is going to shit anyway and this debacle has everything to do with it. What kind of argument is "just trust me" which Linus made when it came to the warranty..? Why does he think he can get away with behaving in this manner..? Oh yeah, because he actually thinks he is an "influencer" so he is cool. Again, one more thing that the internet spawned that should have never existed. Do you guys think Linus would buy a £500 bag literally ever? The nerd? Who built his own PC cause it saves him money? He is just milking the gullible and naive people just like all other "influencers". We used to hate on celebrities for their greed but all those celebs actually produced movies and music to get their cash and those are available for very low prices to anyone and now hobos are getting $1,000.00 donations randomly cause someone thought they looked cute or their validated their opinion.

We need Brandon do review this camera now. a video of him putting it together and explaining why its worth it. 

This is how mine is set up. Using Columns UI currently 

Gonna do this on my NZXT Phantom. #yolo

What time is it Wendell?
 
Oh god, it's that time again..
 
Alright.  I am legitimately mad by the marketing of this bloody thing.  That artists, professional musicians would stand up and claim this piece of.. toss is worth the absolutely insane listening price.  My thoughts during the review were such:
 
Wow, for $400 the design of this thing is fucking terrible.  The materials used are just fucking awful.  This looks like any knock off MP3 player you can buy from China.  Terrible aesthetic and design. The screen, a god dam joke if you ask me.  I understand audio is the focus.  But for christ sakes that is again, the kind of screen you'd see on a chinese knock off device, not a flag ship "Revolutionary" audio player this is marketed to be Storage.  If you're going to market high bitrate files, 64GB is honestly unimpressive.  No, it's not terrible.. but come on guys for that much for JUST AN AUDIO player, I'd expect.. 128 at the least. The UI.. servicable but jesus christ, when it sleeps the only means to wake it is through pausing/playing or changing the volume.. What.. I can't even Dual Headphone jacks.. not a terrible feature but It didn't look like the contacts inside the connector were gold plated; honestly I'm not too worried about this.  It's the least of the problems.  My main complaint is why have that feature for one for right and one for left?  When will anyone ever use that?  Even if they do, who in their right mind would need that on a portable device? The shape.  The bloody shape.  What the.. f.. why.  I honestly cannot think of a shape that is less useful for utilizing the maximum area of the device for components, maybe a bloody circle.  Christ that is stupid.  If they made a nice aluminum box with moderate thickness instead of this insane design..  Jesus Battery Life.  8 Hours.  I get more on my I Phone.  My fucking, thin, multi functioned, I Phone.  Come on guys.. This device is a bad joke, I'm more mad about the incredible price tag.  It's just like Beats, bloody Streets by 50, all of this garbage.. whoever bought this I feel honestly bad for; this is a $50 device maybe.. just ridiculous.

Just. Got. Rekt.

Videos where Linus rekts a product are really fun to watch.

If your your hearing is normally there won't be any difference.However it is possible that your hearing is damaged eg after a blast injury so that the compression doesn't work for you properly, but that's a rare case.
Also it can be good to know that the music is uncompressed.
You can't listen to digital music, you always have to use a DAC.Dynamic range is the difference between the quietest and loudest sound.96dB for 16bit(CD) without noise shaping
Compact Cassette ~70dB with Dolby C
Studio grade tape recording ~105dB with Dolby SR
So that's not entirely true.
Stop Loudness War!http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

Ah, I see. Thanks!