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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.

From an optics perspective, does that actually matter though? Specifically when there are no LMG shareholders outside of Linus and Yvonne? 

The part where it is alleged LTT auctioned off a prototype water block they promised to return is troubling. That requires an official response.

*edit* I actually got to watch the video when I got home, and its pretty rough. I've seen a few inaccuracies in LTT videos the last few months that were small, some GN didn't even show, obvious QA issues, but the kind of errors GN shows go beyond basic QA.
 
Everyone knows GN's the goat when it comes to actual data, LTT's forte into data is really secondary to the entertainment priority the channel has always had.
 
GN's accusations are valid here.
 
*another edit*
The response was well done in my opinion. corporate, but that's probably for the better. We'll see what the results are in their next videos, which'll be a solid week away for good reason.

ANC will work on most anything--provided it is steady.  And there are a few options to choose from.
 
But I'd actually recommend OTE headphones instead of buds.  Earbuds tend to vary wildly in effectiveness, depending on ear canal, fit, placement, rubber cap size, etc.  OTE headphones can often get a much more reliable and better seal/fit--so unless you have huge glasses templates or something that would prevent them from getting a good seal, I'd recommend OTE over buds.
 
Either way, Sennheiser PX550ii and Sennheiser Momentum Wireless (any generation) can both be had for ~$150-250. 

Vileroze, he was the Velocity eSports midlaner for the first half of the very first LCS split for League of Legends. He practically paved the way for everyone to start playing AP Kayle mid.
 

Will XP ever really die?

remove your formatting...

This kind of makes sense. The only people who really vape in my area are Apple Fanboys or Fangirls.

A HEADPHONE JACK

Surely stealing from CES is about as intelligent as taking a dump on your mother in laws brand new designer white sofa?

they've been ripping people off with bad quality peripherals since 2013, I guess karma can bite you in the butt

How is this even possible?  I thought all the fancy stuff was in it's own room filled with <insert company here> staff watching you at all times... 

Plot twist: Linus dropped them, broke them and hid them to avoid ripercussions.

If it's strong enough to get 3rd party companies to actually make games for the damn thing, who cares?

If it's strong enough to get 3rd party companies to actually make games for the damn thing, who cares?

If it's strong enough to get 3rd party companies to actually make games for the damn thing, who cares?

it is a multi display related bug. https://community.amd.com/thread/208845
 
disable side displays and it jumps back up, you can re enable the displays afterwards. It is in Advanced display setting in windows, change extend desktop to disable this display.
it will go back to 150mhz if you change OC settings, just disable and re enable displays

So when their Note blows up and starts a fire, what phone are they going to dial 911 with?

Lol, clearly more Apple haters trying to throw more shit at apple, amazing how a corporation gets all this hate just for trying to be courageous and delivering great product. These people are just as bad as those complaining about the 3 hour battery life and bootcamp blowing the speakers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2016 has just not been a good year for batteries eh?
 
As you know Apple released a replacement plan last month for iPhone 6S batteries. Apple is now saying that the battery problems in the iPhone 6S is the result of too much "controlled ambient air" from sitting open in a warehouse for too long. Whatever that means... To me, it just sounds like they're making these up as they go.
 
There are also reports of 6S devices that are unaffected according to Apple, showing the same symptoms and no word if the plan will extend to those devices as well. But Apple is going to be releasing more diagnostic tools in the upcoming iOS update to better understand what's causing these battery life problems.
 
Still no official word from Apple if a similar battery replacement plan will be available for iPhone 6 devices.
 
This may be me putting on tin foil hats, but it will be interesting to see if there is a connection between this and the battery life problems reported on the new MacBook Pro 15" models. Apple's philosophy of products that just work perfectly out of the box is starting to getting tarnished with the fiasco with dongles and now, batteries.
 
Edit: iPhone 6S Plus models are "unaffected".
 
Source: Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/12/software-fixes-in-the-works-for-iphone-6s-battery-and-shutdown-problems/

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As someone who has owned a Note 7, it was an amazing phone. And I desperately wish I could have it back.

As someone who has owned a Note 7, it was an amazing phone. And I desperately wish I could have it back.

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