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    Tydfil 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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    Tydfil got a reaction from RoseLuck462 in MIA?   
    Where did Anthony go? not seen him in any vids for ages. could be an interesting mini game, "wheres anthony?" and have him lurking in the videos somewhere. maybe win stuff or find him enough and get a whole month of anthony hosted videos.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Computernaut in MIA?   
    Where did Anthony go? not seen him in any vids for ages. could be an interesting mini game, "wheres anthony?" and have him lurking in the videos somewhere. maybe win stuff or find him enough and get a whole month of anthony hosted videos.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from IN-Techie in I was SO happy to see the new GameLinked channel launched... But the behind-the-camera talking decision is a huge mistake!!!   
    Hope everyone is well.
    first id like to say i was excited for gamelinked, was being the operative word. But now... not so much. it is just a carbon copy of techlinked, right down to riley, his voice in the background sidekick, awful puns/jokes and writting and presentation. there is nothing about it that makes me want to return to watch more. its unoriginal and just cringe on all levels. they mey aswell not have launched it and left it as part of techlinked. theres no need for this chennel to exist sadly. missed the mark and then some. it could be good, but needs a massive overhaul to be so.
     
    yes i know theres only been two episodes so far but lmg with all its experience and knowledge should know how to put together a new show/channel.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Silentknyght in I was SO happy to see the new GameLinked channel launched... But the behind-the-camera talking decision is a huge mistake!!!   
    Hope everyone is well.
    first id like to say i was excited for gamelinked, was being the operative word. But now... not so much. it is just a carbon copy of techlinked, right down to riley, his voice in the background sidekick, awful puns/jokes and writting and presentation. there is nothing about it that makes me want to return to watch more. its unoriginal and just cringe on all levels. they mey aswell not have launched it and left it as part of techlinked. theres no need for this chennel to exist sadly. missed the mark and then some. it could be good, but needs a massive overhaul to be so.
     
    yes i know theres only been two episodes so far but lmg with all its experience and knowledge should know how to put together a new show/channel.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Needfuldoer in I was SO happy to see the new GameLinked channel launched... But the behind-the-camera talking decision is a huge mistake!!!   
    Hope everyone is well.
    first id like to say i was excited for gamelinked, was being the operative word. But now... not so much. it is just a carbon copy of techlinked, right down to riley, his voice in the background sidekick, awful puns/jokes and writting and presentation. there is nothing about it that makes me want to return to watch more. its unoriginal and just cringe on all levels. they mey aswell not have launched it and left it as part of techlinked. theres no need for this chennel to exist sadly. missed the mark and then some. it could be good, but needs a massive overhaul to be so.
     
    yes i know theres only been two episodes so far but lmg with all its experience and knowledge should know how to put together a new show/channel.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Freesailor35 in Thread for Linus Tech Tips Video Suggestions   
    Hey, how is everyone? 
     
    I have a suggestion for a video, baby monitors. 
    I'm expecting my first soon and have started looking at monitors. There are so many options it's difficult to choose, various prices and quality etc. 
    So far top of my list is the Panasonic kx-hc600k-w
     
    Even so, it's difficult to choose.
     
    Bit out of the usual box but I think it could be useful to the community.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Riddler356 in Linus Tech Tips, Tech Quickie, Tech Linked channels hacked   
    I look forward to your triumphant return.
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    Tydfil reacted to An0maly_76 in PS4 about to go out the window   
    Open the poor defenseless window first. Ensure you're wearing steel-toed boots, then drop-kick it. 😜
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    Tydfil got a reaction from da na in Post Linus Memes Here! << -Original thread has returned   
    And instantly thought of Linus, 
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Tams in Backpack delivery to EU   
    Same for Japan too. Would have really loved to have one. Maybe one day when I've won the lottery or maybe move to Canada.
    Or maybe then can ship directly from the warehouse in China. For those of us in Oceania /Asia that would be a huge savings on shipping. 
     
    I'm betting this will be addressed on wan show this week so let's see what happens eh?
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    Tydfil reacted to NovaNightmare in Backpack shipping   
    I know you are looking for further out examples, but in the US it got me for $25+ which is just over 10% of the item cost. I was hoping they'd have been able to throw the screw driver in too if it were ready in time (to save on the shipping).

    The wan hoodie offer is nice, but I have one already, I'd have been interested in the new stealth hoodie, but no go there.
     
    Anyway, shipping costs are always a PITA.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Nimoy007 in Post Linus Memes Here! << -Original thread has returned   
    And instantly thought of Linus, 
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    Tydfil got a reaction from soldier_ph in Post Linus Memes Here! << -Original thread has returned   
    And instantly thought of Linus, 
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    Tydfil reacted to LinusTech in LTT Screwdriver   
    The zinc housings for our ratchets are made in China. Our moulds and all plastics are done in Canada. Final assembly and packaging is also done in Canada.
     
    As for the other comment I'm too lazy to quote right now, no we did not simply mark up a Megapro driver. If we had, it would look like a Megapro driver with our name silkscreened on it or something. We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars customizing everything about it. Our ratchet is reversed compared to Megapros, the bit storage is much more compact compared to Megapros and the ergonomics are (imo) MUCH better than Megapro's other drivers. The quality and finish of the plastics is also outstanding.
     
    I don't expect everyone to spend $70 for a screwdriver, but it's also not equivalent to some $25 driver.
     
    Of course I would say that though. That's why if you're on the fence you should wait for the user reviews. As part of our internal commitment to transparency we do not censor or curate the reviews on our site, so you should have a pretty good idea of whether it's worth it pretty quickly after release 🙂
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Origami Cactus in Camera info request   
    @Origami Cactuscheers dude. ill have a read and clean it up test it and see how the pics turn out. but yeah thanks for the help 🙂
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    Tydfil reacted to Origami Cactus in Camera info request   
    Here is all the info you ever need:
    https://www.pentaxforums.com/camerareviews/pentax-sf7-sf10.html
    https://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/Pentax-F-70-200mm-F4-5.6-Zoom-Lens.html
     
    The camera is not worth much, so maybe just keep it as a decoration? Or if you want to take photos, the lens on that camera is a "telephoto", so you can take pictures of stuff far away, maybe has it's uses?
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    Tydfil reacted to thrasher_565 in Looking for videos   
    der8auer EN alot like gamer nexus
    JayzTwoCents good info on ocing and water cooling
    Major Hardware for 3d priting and cool things with air flow/wc
    PhilsComputerLab for older builds
    Strange Parts cool stuff with soldering electronics
    Hardware Canucks case reviews b roll
    Mustie1 cars,bikes, lawnmowers and engines problem solving
    Actually Hardcore Overclocking talks about the parts on mbs for ocing kinda crazy imo but he will kill a mb/gpu for a top score so take that for what its worth.
    Austin Evans like Linus dose w/e when ever
     
    i watch other stuff like farming, hav, few other car stuff, gaming, if your in to that stuff too
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    Tydfil reacted to tkitch in Looking for videos   
    a good start is:  Wendel @ Level One Techs

    Jeff Geerling has some really interesting and educational videos, depending on what you're after, too
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    Tydfil reacted to Sarra in Yvonne - More Yvonne videos please   
    Just keep in mind that Yvonne is the person in charge of the financials for LMG, so standing in front of a camera isn't actually in her job description.
     
    Though, I agree, she is pretty fun to watch. I'd love to see more of her, even if it's just a Tech Linked video.
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    Tydfil got a reaction from Sant_HH in Yvonne - More Yvonne videos please   
    Hi all,
    just a quick thought, with with everything Yvonne does back of house like the hero and boss  that she is! can we get firstly an Yvonne appreciation video? and secondly can we get more Yvonne in the videos? she always brings something different to them and its nice to see her in them. she's a non techie right? so that point of view would be interesting to see more of, as she learns more and more.
     
    of course this is all due to her available time and work constraints etc but yeah, at very least an yvonne appreciation video. Maybe it could be the start of an Unsung heros of LMG/LTT series.
     
    Cheers for reading.
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    Tydfil reacted to Light-Yagami in Anyone know?   
    Go to apps in settings, find "google search" and force stop it. This is an app that's usually activated by voice assistant, sometimes it bugs out and refuses to cooperate. 
     
    Edit: If you don't find "google search", force stop the "google" app.
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    Tydfil reacted to LinusTech in LTT Backpack Release Date   
    I am expecting it to cost between $250-$300 USD. 
     
    It will be very competitive in terms of build quality in this price range and designed for folks like me who like to carry a lit of crap but don't want a huge, ugly hiking style backpack. 
     
    It is probably 6 months out and we will not take pre-orders. That way there will be no pressure on me to deliver it on time. Our whole team believes in doing it right rather than doing it fast, so we will just try to order what we need and if we get it wrong... then I guess you better order right away 😛
     
    We are ordering 10s of thousands of this one tho. I am extremely confident that this product will absoluately slay - especially once people get hands on with it and start writing reviews. 
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    Tydfil got a reaction from TechSloth in Windows 11 and telemetry.   
    Hi all, hope everyone is safe and well on this hot and humid day in Japan. 
     
    I've been thinking about this over the last few days as I was turning off cortana and telemetry/metrics in windows 10 on my work laptop and was wondering if and how much telemetry/metric gathering and cortana will be in windows 11 and will it be able to be disabled completely? Also what is the difference between a local account and logging into your Hotmail account? The get even more out of windows thing? 
     
    Oh and edge, is it worth using?
     
    Cheers all 
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    Tydfil got a reaction from TechSloth in Windows 11 and telemetry.   
    i try to stick to local account as much as possible, like my privacy for the most part for whatever that means in this day and age of everything online nothing is hidden no privacy. its getting to the point of "you want privacy? what are you hiding?!"
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