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For the money I'd need to safely diy this, I could probably buy batteries for these devices for life.

I had a blast playing around with gptbot so far and this was a cool idea.
 
I definitely would like to see a "Linus follows chatbot instructions about a topic he has no or barely any knowledge of". Or maybe a side by side comparison with somebody from the team who is actually knowledgeable about that topic. The sponsor spot was kind of weird, I haven't seen it this way at all so far. Is LTT sponsoring so expensive? Or did they not have enough money or big enough balls to sponsor the other parts of the video as well? From an outside pov it doesn't look like it would be hard to come to a rough agreement about the content of the video they are buying a sponsor spot for.
 
I'd like to see a continuation of these chatbot videos if feasible.

The variation in focal depth is very pronounced which is kind of nice. Would be a good starting image for some sort of Xmas card if there was any frost on the berries. Kind of curious about the one in focus on the top left, looks almost like there was a reflection on a glass pane in front of them.
 
Took this one a couple of years ago near the water reservoir that supplies Taipei (Thousand-Island Lake):


Made with a Nikon D3200 using a kit lens, 1/320 sec, ISO-100, 18 mm 

It honestly looks pretty nice, not much I can really say, other than your photograph looks a slight bit overexposed. 9/10
 
I really have no experience with photography, I don't really even own a proper camera, but I've been taking classes on it, where I'm able to use camera equipment. I've been doing this less than 2 months, so I'd be interested to see what you'd think on this (I know it's not very interesting compared to the amazing stuff you guys have put up):
 

Canon EOS 1100D, f/5.6, 1/125, ISO 800, 55mm

A month has passed, time to revive the topic again!
I like the calculator photo. It looks a bit dark, maybe because of the light from above. 8/10
 
I took this one during a forest walk a week ago. I also took a few other colorful ones but this one was my favorite. Fortunately autumn is a very grateful time for photography with all its easily accessible colors.
 
Fujifilm X T200, 45mm, ISO 250, F 7.1, 1/70s
 

A month has passed, time to revive the topic again!
I like the calculator photo. It looks a bit dark, maybe because of the light from above. 8/10
 
I took this one during a forest walk a week ago. I also took a few other colorful ones but this one was my favorite. Fortunately autumn is a very grateful time for photography with all its easily accessible colors.
 
Fujifilm X T200, 45mm, ISO 250, F 7.1, 1/70s
 

A month has passed, time to revive the topic again!
I like the calculator photo. It looks a bit dark, maybe because of the light from above. 8/10
 
I took this one during a forest walk a week ago. I also took a few other colorful ones but this one was my favorite. Fortunately autumn is a very grateful time for photography with all its easily accessible colors.
 
Fujifilm X T200, 45mm, ISO 250, F 7.1, 1/70s
 

A month has passed, time to revive the topic again!
I like the calculator photo. It looks a bit dark, maybe because of the light from above. 8/10
 
I took this one during a forest walk a week ago. I also took a few other colorful ones but this one was my favorite. Fortunately autumn is a very grateful time for photography with all its easily accessible colors.
 
Fujifilm X T200, 45mm, ISO 250, F 7.1, 1/70s
 

The new cable is really USB3, with the pins in the back (left)?
 

 
Transfer from camera should be fast from specs but the fact it operates as MTP device and not mass storage can slow things down. There may be some setting in the menu to change mode, some do. 
 
But really a card reader is what pretty much everybody would be using.
 
Not if you use the ports at the back of the computer. Obviously for front panel there would. 

Yes it's normal.
Both of these may only be wired for USB2.0, most random ones you find will.
 
So basically you either need a USB3 card reader, or make sure the cable used to connect the camera is USB3.

Part 1: Weeb n' Keeb Merch!
Yuru Camp △ Logo Messenger Bag
Yuru Camp △ Roll Top Backpack
Clack Cat Deskmat ("Black")
Blank Deskmat (Black)
InKEY Plushie
Monkeytype Keyboard Classic Shirt
 

ゆるキャン△ ロゴメッセンジャーバッグ + ゆるキャン△ ロールトップバックパック
Yuru Camp △ Logo Messenger Bag + Yuru Camp △ Roll Top Backpack
 

Center: Monkeytype Keyboard Classic Shirt
Also pictured is my current collection of intact Monkeymerch:
2 × Typing Monkey Premium Tee (Black)
1 × Typing Monkey Premium Tee (White)
1 × Typing Monkey Classic Long Sleeve Tee (White)
1 × Simple Stealth Classic Long Sleeve Tee (Black)
1 × Keyboard Stealth Classic Long Sleeve Tee (Black)
 

InKEY Plushie

PLUSHIEEE!!!
 

Clack Cat Deskmat ("Black") + Blank Deskmat (Black)

 

"Black."
Uh-huh.
 

 
Part 2: Keeb Merch n' Keeb Mods!

Clack Cat Deskmat (Black)
TKC shipped the correct replacement, free of charge, no returns necessary.
Essentially, I now have two deskmats for the price of one. 
 

Stupid Bullets Tech Giveaway Goodies
I won a giveaway. 
Hell yeah, I'm stoked! 
 
100 × Gazzew Springs (72 g)
120 × Durock Switch Films
120 × Poron Switch PCB Pads
Krytox GPL 105 Lubricant (5 mL)
Krytox GPL 205g0 Lubricant (5 mL)
Krytox XHT-BDZ Lubricant (3 g)
TriboSys 3203 Lubricant (5 mL)
TriboSys 3204 Lubricant (5 mL)
 

 
The above was more me spending money on myself (and receiving freebies!), rather than celebrating Chrismukkah / December festivities.
Extremely happy with the loot I got. Especially the freebies! Can't beat free and useful. 
 
 Late Merry Chrimbus and Early Happy New Year's, all! 

And all of this could have been prevented if they didnt remove the dislike count.

I've noticed that I'm hitting the dislike button a lot more often since the button got deleted, instead of just ignoring it or liking content of my frequently watched channels out of habit.
 
Because the video was not good or because I disliked some part of it. Even for some of my frequently watched channels. Not sure why though. Maybe because I'm more aware of the flaws now? Because I am not in the visible minority anymore when disliking a video, or thinking that my opinion might actually not be wrong compared to the majority of upvotes?
 
Linus mentioned all the possible reasons why yt removed it, so there's nothing to add.
 
I really wish they'll bring it back though, or that this project is a huge success. Watching tutorials or guides on youtube has been awful since its removal. 

I've noticed that I'm hitting the dislike button a lot more often since the button got deleted, instead of just ignoring it or liking content of my frequently watched channels out of habit.
 
Because the video was not good or because I disliked some part of it. Even for some of my frequently watched channels. Not sure why though. Maybe because I'm more aware of the flaws now? Because I am not in the visible minority anymore when disliking a video, or thinking that my opinion might actually not be wrong compared to the majority of upvotes?
 
Linus mentioned all the possible reasons why yt removed it, so there's nothing to add.
 
I really wish they'll bring it back though, or that this project is a huge success. Watching tutorials or guides on youtube has been awful since its removal. 

I've noticed that I'm hitting the dislike button a lot more often since the button got deleted, instead of just ignoring it or liking content of my frequently watched channels out of habit.
 
Because the video was not good or because I disliked some part of it. Even for some of my frequently watched channels. Not sure why though. Maybe because I'm more aware of the flaws now? Because I am not in the visible minority anymore when disliking a video, or thinking that my opinion might actually not be wrong compared to the majority of upvotes?
 
Linus mentioned all the possible reasons why yt removed it, so there's nothing to add.
 
I really wish they'll bring it back though, or that this project is a huge success. Watching tutorials or guides on youtube has been awful since its removal. 

Rejoice! From now on there will only be great EA Games trailers and Youtube Rewinds, with only positive comments! When your corporate overlord tells you to be happy then be happy goddamit!
 
But how likely will it be that some of those dislikes will just convert to negative or even hateful comments? Which then might negatively affect the creator? Mentally, or however, I dunno. If you get 100 dislikes on average on your video, then you might only get 50 dislikes once the public dislike  count disappears. And those missing dislikes will become 10 or 20 negative comments.
 

I liked my old Gameboy color but I was always jealous of my friend's yellow one. The old Nintendo way of doing transparent definitely put me off this design, mainly because of the purple color. If it had been clear then this might have been a different story.
 

Oh man, I can already tell I will just love the series, not necessarily for the videos (though that one was okay) but for the comments...
The reactions I've seen so far mostly align just with what I expected. So much of it is pure reflex making sure nobody could ever think to fault Linux at all, it's all the users fault.
 
Which just completely fails to understand what this 'challenge' is all about.
 
This is not to see if gaming on Linux, or daily driving Linux as a gamer is possible. We know it is possible. The question is, can the average gamer be expected to get Linux to run well enough to do this. And looking at some of the comments here it absolutely baffles me to see the arguments some people here have. Linus not having enough technical know-how? Look, I am not saying Linus is a genius or a super tech professional, but to think that he knows less than the average gamer is just plain stupid. Linux built a tech channel pretty much on his own. Do you honestly believe you can do that without some above average know how of IT? Sure he has some pretty awesome talent available now, but that wasn't always the case and even then, just seeing some of the stuff he is tinkering with makes it clear that he does know his way around IT. Would Anthony be more effective in getting a daily driver Linux gaming system up and running? I think that's a fair bet, but does Anthony represent the average gamer? Heck no he doesn't, he is way, way more knowledgeable than that.
 
I think right now is the perfect time to do this challenge because of Windows 11. People will hate it (some with reason, some just because) and there might actually be a bunch of gamers who will look at a replacement to use instead. And some of those might look at Linux and think 'mhm... I heard that this is finally ready for a gamer' and try it out. Those are the people I think this 'challenge' best represents. Not the ones who just want to use Linux so they don't have to depend on Microsoft anymore.
So yes, those people are used to Windows (doesn't matter how much you hate it personally, but that's what the majority of the average (PC) gamer uses these days). Those folks might not have used the CLI ever. (I cannot remember when I last had to touch it other than setting up my super strange storage spaces setup that uses an SSD as a cache) Honestly, as soon as you need to use the CLI I can guarantee you a lot of average gamers would call it quits unless they are really, really motivated to stick with Linux.
In my opinion the whole challenge aspect of this gives Linux as an OS a huge leg up. Both Linus and Luke have to get the challenges done and actually run the system unless they want to walk around as a Windows advertisement. This means they will invest a lot more hours and work into this project than the average gamer ever would.
 
Don't get me wrong, I started using PCs in '94 when DOS and the CLI was the only thing there was. I use Linux at work (servers with no GUI at all) and I love the CLI (even installed cygwin on my home PC because some of the web-dev stuff I do is so much easier if you have a bash available), but for my home PC to get some games going? I don't want to have to use it. And that's coming from someone who is very, very comfortable using the CLI. And I certainly disagree with Linus that everything that can be done in a GUI is always faster than the CLI. There are a whole lot of things I automated with scripts and CLIs that are much, much faster using the CLI than a GUI. But I agree with Linus that for 99% of the things he plans to tackle in this challenge the CLI should not be a must. If it is you will instantly loose a large portion of those willing to switch. They either wont try it, or mess up like Linus and get their system to a point where they just cannot save it anymore. I've seen it! One of my uncles daily drives Linux because he refuses to touch anything MS. The amount of times he actually managed to brick his system by doing mundane stuff is ridiculous.
I remember at least 4 instances where he managed to lock himself out of the GUI, or even broke it completely. I don't even know how many hours of telephone support I had with him to get this sorted out. And he is not a super user, the stuff he wants to do is really basic. (And I have no clue how he manages to mess up his system so bad, at one time he just wanted to have a specific font installed... he followed a guide on the internet... and *bam* his GUI crashed...)
The outdated, convoluted and sometimes completely wrong guides on the internet on how to get stuff done on Linux is simply frightening. Unless this is solved and the community gets much more accepting of people wanting to do certain things in easier and more comfortable ways Linux will remain this niche Desktop OS.
 
Linux has come a very, very long way and I really do hope it will continue to get more mainstream. The openness of the system is great and anything that breaks the de-facto duopoly of Apple and Microsoft on the consumer desktop environment would be great. But in my opinion it's just not there yet.

How valid is dbrand's car part comparison? Would everything be fine if dbrand had offered plates with a slightly different curvature, or a slightly different mechanism to attach their plates? 

It's cool, maybe even fair for that price, but too expensive for me. Cool idea though.

Thank you very much! I'll go check them out. I gave them the advice to wait until black friday sales, maybe there are decent sales.

Mh, I've can't say that I felt poorly advised by ltt videos when they show something I might be interested in. At best I get a product demonstration that convinces me, at worst I get  demonstration where I know I won't get royally fucked over. And if I'm actually interested in getting one of these products, I still look up other channels or sites.
 
I don't have a big problem with ltt using those products for personal gains. It's definitely not best practices and makes me quite envious because I can't make use of it. Have you seen the video of the recent studio tour? Man, they have so much hardware lying around that I could build an infinitely petter pc than I have right now, with just their unused hardware that's already 2-4 years old.
 
And taking them home after a video or not sending them back is just how the game is played, if it isn't some excessively large or expensive product. I remember Linus having to send back a lot of hard drives iirc? Companies sell 100k items, and allocates 5k of these for advertisting purposes. What should the company do with those one-time used products that get sent back to them in varying conditions?  GN will probably put that product a lot harder to the hest than LMG, and LMG will use it a lot more than fairly known unboxing channels.
 
I also don't know the legal aspects of advertising, sponsoring and the like, which makes it easier for me to be somewhat chill about it.

I couldn't help but notice how my gut kept telling me that the trailer just doesn't feel like it's the matrix and after watching it 40 times it dawned on me that it's due to the lack of green color grading in it..
 
So i did a tiny bit of color grading and makes a huge difference when you look at it side by side 
 
Original 
 
https://youtu.be/9ix7TUGVYIo
 
 
Mine 
 
https://youtu.be/jdzof9ofhT8

She's thinking "wait we didn't bring 42 bags full of crap to test this thing with???"

It's my lucky day! Valve let me try the Steam Deck early - And it destroyed my expectations. Just how good is it? Let me explain...