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Quinten Verhelst

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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to LinusTech in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    There won't be a big WAN Show segment about this or anything. Most of what I have to say, I've already said, and I've done so privately.

    To Steve, I expressed my disappointment that he didn't go through proper journalistic practices in creating this piece. He has my email and number (along with numerous other members of our team) and could have asked me for context that may have proven to be valuable (like the fact that we didn't 'sell' the monoblock, but rather auctioned it for charity due to a miscommunication... AND the fact that while we haven't sent payment yet, we have already agreed to compensate Billet Labs for the cost of their prototype). There are other issues, but I've told him that I won't be drawn into a public sniping match over this and that I'll be continuing to move forward in good faith as part of 'Team Media'. When/if he's ready to do so again I'll be ready.

    To my team (and my CEO's team, but realistically I was at the helm for all of these errors, so I need to own it), I stressed the importance of diligence in our work because there are so many eyes on us. We are going through some growing pains - we've been very public about them in the interest of transparency - and it's clear we have some work to do on internal processes and communication. We have already been doing a lot of work internally to clean up our processes, but these things take time. Rome wasn't built in a day, but that's no excuse for sloppiness.

    Now, for my community, all I can say is the same things I always say. We know that we're not perfect. We wear our imperfection on our sleeves in the interest of ensuring that we stay accountable to you. But it's sad and unfortunate when this transparency gets warped into a bad thing. The Labs team is hard at work hard creating processes and tools to generate data that will benefit all consumers - a work in progress that is very much not done and that we've communicated needs to be treated as such. Do we have notes under some videos? Yes. Is it because we are striving for transparency/improvement? Yeah... What we're doing hasn't been in many years, if ever.. and we would make a much larger correction if the circumstances merited it. Listing the wrong amount of cache on a table for a CPU review is sloppy, but given that our conclusions are drawn based on our testing, not the spec sheet, it doesn't materially change the recommendation. That doesn't mean these things don't matter. We've set KPIs for our writing/labs team around accuracy, and we are continually installing new checks and balances to ensure that things continue to get better. If you haven't seen the improvement, frankly I wonder if you're really looking for it... The thoroughness that we managed on our last handful of GPU videos is getting really incredible given the limited time we have for these embargoes. I'm REALLY excited about what the future will hold.
     
    With all of that said, I still disagree that the Billet Labs video (not the situation with the return, which I've already addressed above) is an 'accuracy' issue. It's more like I just read the room wrong. We COULD have re-tested it with perfect accuracy, but to do so PROPERLY - accounting for which cases it could be installed in (none) and which radiators it would be plumbed with (again... mystery) would have been impossible... and also didn't affect the conclusion of the video... OR SO I THOUGHT...
     
    I wanted to evaluate it as a product, and as a product, IF it could manage to compete with the temperatures of the highest end blocks on the planet, it still wouldn't make sense to buy... so from my point of view, re-testing it and finding out that yes, it did in fact run cooler made no difference to the conclusion, so it didn't really make a difference.
     
    Adam and I were talking about this today. He advocated for re-testing it regardless of how non-viable it was as a product at the time and I think he expressed really well today why it mattered. It was like making a video about a supercar. It doesn't mater if no one watching will buy it. They just wanna see it rip.  I missed that, but it wasn't because I didn't care about the consumer.. it was because I was so focused on how this product impacted a potential buyer. Either way, clearly my bad, but my intention was never to harm Billet Labs. I specifically called out their incredible machining skills because I wanted to see them create something with a viable market for it and was hoping others would appreciate the fineness of the craftsmanship even if the product was impractical. I still hope they move forward building something else because they obviously have talent and I've watched countless niche water cooling vendors come and go. It's an astonishingly unforgiving market.
     
    Either way, I'm sorry I got the community's priorities mixed-up on this one, and that we didn't show the Billet in the best light. Our intention wasn't to hurt anyone. We wanted no one to buy it (because it's an egregious waste of money no matter what temps it runs at) and we wanted Billet to make something marketable (so they can, y'know, eat).
     
    With all of this in mind, it saddens me how quickly the pitchforks were raised over this. It also comes across a touch hypocritical when some basic due diligence could have helped clarify much of it. I have a LONG history of meeting issues head on and I've never been afraid to answer questions, which lands me in hot water regularly, but helps keep me in tune with my peers and with the community. The only reason I can think of not to ask me is because my honest response might be inconvenient. 
     
    We can test that... with this post. Will the "It was a mistake (a bad one, but a mistake) and they're taking care of it" reality manage to have the same reach? Let's see if anyone actually wants to know what happened. I hope so, but it's been disheartening seeing how many people were willing to jump on us here. Believe it or not, I'm a real person and so is the rest of my team. We are trying our best, and if what we were doing was easy, everyone would do it. Today sucks.
     
    Thanks for reading this.
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to mahyar in Feedback on my build (flexible budget)   
    yeah they should work
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from Anas Dweik in can i carry a pc on an airplane   
    Normally every airline has a policy regarding "special cargo" mostly used for skies and other sports equipement. You can always ask though
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from Crunchy Dragon in What do I do after I build my PC.   
    Step 1) Fix that GPU sag
    Step 2) Install windows
    Step 3) I personally do not overclock a PC when it's brand new. Just get set up with the software you use and feel free to install games.
    Overlclocking is mostly done to get some extra performance out of old hardware
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from XR6 in What do I do after I build my PC.   
    Step 1) Fix that GPU sag
    Step 2) Install windows
    Step 3) I personally do not overclock a PC when it's brand new. Just get set up with the software you use and feel free to install games.
    Overlclocking is mostly done to get some extra performance out of old hardware
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from iLostMyXbox21 in What do I do after I build my PC.   
    Step 1) Fix that GPU sag
    Step 2) Install windows
    Step 3) I personally do not overclock a PC when it's brand new. Just get set up with the software you use and feel free to install games.
    Overlclocking is mostly done to get some extra performance out of old hardware
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from Black Jake in Long ethernet cable vs 3-4 WiFi bars   
    An ethernet cable will be faster.
    Even standard cat5e handles at least 1gig at 100m
    if you can, wire up as many devices as you can
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to KarathKasun in Why do people still buy MS Office?   
    Its the industry standard, that is why.
     
    Also, Microsoft Access.
     
    Third, Google docs is trash if you need to print anything and Google sheets SUCKS if you need to do any advanced scripting.
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from TheNaitsyrk in PC not posting, any idea what it could be?   
    Haunted hardware episode 2 ? 
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to FastRDust in Student laptop   
    Also Dave2D did a video on the Mate X and Xiaomi laptop as they are now sold by Newegg and Amazon.
    So you can see them a bit more in depth
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to GoldenLag in Student laptop   
    if you dont need the most powerful GPU, a Huawei Matebook X Pro might be a nice choice. it is in many regards one of the best thin`n lights you can get your hands on. 
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to ZeouLs in Student laptop   
    Not really a direct answer to your question but dont even think about getting an HP. I've never seen such bad build quality. One of my hinges broke because of daily use and basically ripped out a good chunck of the top cover above it (about 2cm x 3cm so pretty significant)
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to The Benjamins in Project: Long distance HDMI   
    if you can get CAT 7 or 6e or 6 cable. (helps with distance)
    if you can, NOT IDEAL, is you can use extra switches as signal repeaters to extend the range.
    or try find something so use can use a SFP optic cable vs Ethernet.
     
    hdmi to eth > switch with SFP port > fiber cable > switch with SFP port > eth to HDMI
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from The Benjamins in Project: Long distance HDMI   
    The fiber idea is in the works, I'll keep you updated.
    Should it be possible to extend our entire network over to the second place.
    Im discussing it with a man I know who works at my ISP. 
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from The Benjamins in Project: Long distance HDMI   
    https://m.marmitek.com/en/product-details/watch/av-over-cat5/megaview-90.php
     
    this is the set i got
     
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from The Benjamins in Project: Long distance HDMI   
    They can be used over swicthes . It says in the manual and I tested it
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to MimigaKing in Freenas setup   
    I believe he want's us to make a tutorial for freenas 10 as youtube may only have older versions?
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from Blackhole890 in 7700K or 7700K   
    A - Wrong subtopic
    B- The 7700K from intel is WAY faster then the one from AMD. Don't just look at the numbers my friend
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from MrPants_ in 7700K or 7700K   
    A - Wrong subtopic
    B- The 7700K from intel is WAY faster then the one from AMD. Don't just look at the numbers my friend
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to alsimoso in How fast is the LTT member's internet connection?   
    should be more but my isp is crap
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from kelvinhall05 in How to trick speedtest.net?   
    Faster,
    slower is easy just do a bunch of them at the same time ;-)
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    Quinten Verhelst got a reaction from Totalschaden1997 in How to trick speedtest.net?   
    Hi LTT community
     
    I was wondering if there is any way to trick speedtest.net to fake your speedtest.
    I know there is a program called speedtest spoofers who makes an image of your test. But I want to do it Live.
    I tried messing with cache,proxies etc. (handycache) or is there any way to install the server software and make my pc send the adress to a local IP?
    I have a lot of time and patience but I just want to get this to work
    PS : Handycache+ Bandwithplace.com works but I want to do it on the speedtest by Ookla
    Thanks in advance
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to PenPoint in Building PC Check.   
    I think it's okay. Just make sure that the mobo, PSU, etc. fits the case,
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to HKZeroFive in What graphics card   
    The GTX 1070 would be ideal.
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    Quinten Verhelst reacted to Mew in I have a ton of crappy computers, best way to use them today?   
    10 cpus, 1 gamer. 
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