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wilkieway

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    wilkieway reacted to LinusTech in Linus called adblock users scummy   
    I see this thread is still going. Read the first few pages.
     
    The word scummy was ill-chosen.
     
    But the simple fact ramains that if everyone blocked the ads in my content Linus Tech Tips wouldn't exist. Period.
     
    Those suggesting that I complain to Google... Do you think I can just call up Eric Schmidt and let him know I don't like the way they implement ads on YouTube? I laughed out loud.
     
    YouTube isn't perfect but it's my best shot at running a viable business here so I can pay my employees and feed my family, so that's what I use. Those of you who opt to consume the content without supporting it, fine you're not "scummy". Come up with your own word for it
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    wilkieway reacted to qwertywarrior in how did you find linus and his channel/forum?   
    it was like 6+ years ago when he was on NCIX channel
    reviewing a cooler i wanted to buy
     
    i commented too
    so i have proof
     
     
    /hipster
    i liked linus before he was cool
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    wilkieway reacted to LinusTech in LG G3 Review and.... TWENTY-FIVE Phone Giveaway?!   
    NCIX: n/a
    Amazon: http://georiot.co/30oN
     
    The G3 from LG is the first phone I've used with a 2560x1440 display. That's a lotta pixels! Not to mention the rest of the top-of-the-range specs!
     


     
    Alright, now onto the good stuff. LG is giving us TWENTY FIVE G3's to give away! All you need to do to qualify is post your favourite thing about the G3 from the review above in this thread and you can be selected at random to win one of these phones!
     
    Please note that they are retail units (in the video I said pre-production, but this has since been changed) and they are Korean unlocked global units, so you will need to verify if they will work correctly on your carrier! To my knowledge they will work on AT&T or T-Mobile, but I got no data - only get voice and SMS on my carrier (Bell) so YMMV.
     
    Either way you can still enter to win one, and you an always use it as a portable gaming device or whatever... I mean, it's a G3 man! The wifi will work! Best of luck to everyone!
     
    One entry per household.
     
    The giveaway is worldwide and closes July 6th and the winners will be announced on Twitter, so make sure you're following @LinusTech! 
    WINNERS:
     
    shinta86  thefurryman  bigboco  xollen  Christian B  Muhammad Mokhtar  CH Fung  MoSLegend  DigitalGeometrix    Alex.arvidsson   Crook   L_AyMent    Swedishgodkiller  Sawce  gdemirdas  Xjmhd  storthode  Ober1kenobi  Frankz  Koriander  davidvu396  444Duarte  Jogostar  Tannerschoch  JasonRoGo    UPDATE:   The winners who have been struck through did not respond in the allotted time period, so seven phones have been redrawn.

    The new winners of those seven phones are:   Echodamus    sillikony michaeldeve    HaydenMadeEm TechUpdate    lukepwnsall    fahzan007   Please respond to the message from nicklmg to claim your prize
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    wilkieway reacted to Simmytu in How much do you care about the sound level of your pc?   
    I'm around 4 and 5. I love hearing fans "wooshing" in the background but I don't like getting disturbed by ticking noice of hard drives or buzzing from speakers, because that will anoy me for a bit. If it gets too annoying for me to focus on my work, I will grab my earbuds and they will cancel out most of the background noice.
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    wilkieway reacted to LinusTech in Linus takes the final step in abandoning his original audience.   
    Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate it.
     
    One thing I really want people who long for the good 'ol days to consider is this: Have I really changed, or have you changed?
     
    The timing of this post is particularly interesting since it comes RIGHT AFTER I uploaded not one, but two motherboard videos in just a few days... What is more "classic LTT" than a motherboard overview video? Yes, it's better shot, and I have a chance to gather my thoughts BEFORE the video rather than during it (scripting), but is it POSSIBLE that you just don't need to hear about every motherboard anymore since there just isn't really that much to say about them?
     
    The reasons you see me branching out are not due to a focus on money, but because I believe in the longer term it will be better for the audience. #1 is that I try not to say or do the same thing twice if I can avoid it. If that means that I don't unbox all three capacities of the same power supply the way that I used to, then so be it. #2 is that I let my own personal interests and projects guide the direction of the content because if I'm not actually passionate about it, you guys will clue in for sure and then this is all just pointless.
     
    I'm sorry to those folks that aren't as interested in headphones as I am, but the content will continue to be about the things I think are interesting, not just PC tech.
     
    Also some of the complaints here seem to be pure bandwagoning... The folks that are saying that *I* have sold out to ASUS because *Logan* made however many ASUS videos with JJ... Are you for real? CES coverage aside, I've made 5 ASUS product videos this calendar year. FIVE. If anything you guys should be hounding me about not adequately covering them given what a MASSIVE player they are in the PC space...
     
    And frankly many of the other criticisms are like that... Calling what we do a commercial compared to the older-style unboxings is laughable. GO WATCH THE OLD STUFF. I'M LITERALLY READING THE BOX ON CAMERA. I have no prior experience with the product. It is PURE commercial. Now go watch one of our recent reviews (bear in mind not everything we do is something I'd consider a review) like this one: 
     
    Not a commercial. Contains many comparisons to other products. Ends with a recommendation against the product in the video.
     
    As for us not going to Computex, quite frankly it's the viewer-base that spoke on this one. Last time I checked our Computex coverage last year got 1/2 as many views as our CES coverage, and cost our sponsors well over twice as much. You guys didn't care, so we aren't going this year.
     
    CES 2013 coverage: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mG-RkN2uTxynknFjCZ2YVM_RiBgde7-
    Computex 2013 coverage: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mG-RkN2uTyJKThbEAxoGGi8uXxNqnbb
     
    edit: one more thing. Don't take the fact that I'm presenting my arguments here as a dismissal or to mean that I don't care about the viewpoints of my viewers. I truly do. If I didn't care, I would just be like every other YouTuber and ignore your message. I want our videos to make every one of our viewers happy. It's just not always possible
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    wilkieway reacted to Nickolas47 in Linus takes the final step in abandoning his original audience.   
    You either adapt or die. Linus has evolved into a professional channel but he still keeps the great quality he always had
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    wilkieway reacted to Vitalius in [Extreme Tech] Sony has developed 185TB tapes, yes, those tapes   
    Backups. Long term, archival backups. 
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    wilkieway reacted to Suika in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    The one chance we had to VR gaming, ruined.
     
    Rest in peace, Oculus.
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    wilkieway reacted to Rorgash in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    WTF WERE THEY THINKING?!?!?!?! i cannot see this as a good thing..
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    wilkieway reacted to TopWargamer in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    This is absolutely awful. Dare I say it: VR is dead. 
     
    EDIT: This thought just occurred to me, how do the Kickstarter backers feel about this?
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    wilkieway reacted to tryphaa in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    RIP OCULUS
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    wilkieway reacted to wpirobotbuilder in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    If Facebook doesn't ruin it, the influx of cash will definitely speed up development.
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    wilkieway reacted to nixproducer in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    please no, of all the companies why facebook
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    wilkieway reacted to paras in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    Omg end of oculus innovation
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    wilkieway reacted to Gunzkewl in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    Facebook today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Oculus VR, Inc., the leader in immersive virtual reality technology, for a total of approximately $2 billion. This includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock (valued at $1.6 billion based on the average closing price of the 20 trading days preceding March 21, 2014 of $69.35 per share).  The agreement also provides for an additional $300 million earn-out in cash and stock based on the achievement of certain milestones.
     
    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-to-buy-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-2014-3#ixzz2x0quJ3OH
     
    Mark Zuckerberg statement
     
    I'm excited to announce that we've agreed to acquire Oculus VR, the leader in virtual reality technology.   Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. For the past few years, this has mostly meant building mobile apps that help you share with the people you care about. We have a lot more to do on mobile, but at this point we feel we're in a position where we can start focusing on what platforms will come next to enable even more useful, entertaining and personal experiences.   This is where Oculus comes in. They build virtual reality technology, like the Oculus Rift headset. When you put it on, you enter a completely immersive computer-generated environment, like a game or a movie scene or a place far away. The incredible thing about the technology is that you feel like you're actually present in another place with other people. People who try it say it's different from anything they've ever experienced in their lives.   Oculus's mission is to enable you to experience the impossible. Their technology opens up the possibility of completely new kinds of experiences. Immersive gaming will be the first, and Oculus already has big plans here that won't be changing and we hope to accelerate. The Rift is highly anticipated by the gaming community, and there's a lot of interest from developers in building for this platform. We're going to focus on helping Oculus build out their product and develop partnerships to support more games. Oculus will continue operating independently within Facebook to achieve this.   But this is just the start. After games, we're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences. Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face -- just by putting on goggles in your home.   This is really a new communication platform. By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded spaces and experiences with the people in your life. Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures.   These are just some of the potential uses. By working with developers and partners across the industry, together we can build many more. One day, we believe this kind of immersive, augmented reality will become a part of daily life for billions of people.   Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction. But the internet was also once a dream, and so were computers and smartphones. The future is coming and we have a chance to build it together. I can't wait to start working with the whole team at Oculus to bring this future to the world, and to unlock new worlds for all of us.  
     
    Noooooooooooo 
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    wilkieway reacted to jrfox87 in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    Dear god, NO!
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    wilkieway reacted to juretrn in Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion   
    oh god no
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    wilkieway reacted to helping in [UPDATED] "'Minecraft' creator cancels Oculus Rift version following Facebook acquisition"   
    I don't really blame him.
     
    I wouldn't want Oculus to have anything to do with slimy ass Facebook either.
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    wilkieway reacted to Covalent in Tesla banned from new jersy | *UPDATE* 03/14/2014   
    IMO, this really infringes on the very basis of a free market capitalistic system.
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    wilkieway reacted to TheLZS in Linus' Law #347   
    #41 Mechanical keyboard, or die.
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    wilkieway reacted to JoshDOTPlay in Linus' Law #347   
    #40 Thou shalt Worship Squarespace
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    wilkieway reacted to SUPERgluedCHAIN in Linus' Law #347   
    #40 Never do what Linus does in his personal rig
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    wilkieway reacted to HorstJt in Linus' Law #347   
    #40 Aways jam as manny ssd as you can behinde you motherbord tray
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    wilkieway reacted to chaozbandit in Mt Gox admits that everybody's money is gone, files for bankruptcy   
    It was a bug inherent in the transaction process that existed right from the start, meaning that if they only noticed now then it was already too late because bitcoins have been leaking from Mt. Gox's inception since the very beginning, disappearing without a trace. Other depositories have had similar transaction bugs, but they all addressed the issues relatively quickly; the fact that it took Mt. Gox this long to address it means their staff is inherently lacking confidence. If you're an American, think of the GM bailout (or Fisker for that matter). The distress signals were there, but they didn't notice it until it was too late and that has resulted in an upset community.
     
    At the time of bankruptcy filing, Mt. Gox reported 850,000 bitcoins had gone missing (750,000 belonging to customers); a more recent look at the transaction bug this month provides a slightly more accurate number of 744,000.
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