Frog Monster

You can be in a position of power without becoming corrupt. The way to do that is to refuse to use the power. Especially in certain areas like using it to control people. Justifying the use of power to control what other people can or cannot say, is pretty much a 100% certain way to become corrupt. There is simply no way around it. Especially considering Linus himself will not have the time to comb through his comments and remove these people. Even if he does it himself at first, eventually he will start delegating it to a small team of people who will then be deciding. And regardless if he did keep doing it himself or not, each ban is another justification. Every time you ban someone, and it was a slightly different case than the last time, those justifications all add up until you have a whole pile of different things that you have previously banned people for. The reasons get more and more numerous, the offenses get more and more mundane, until eventually people simply feel like they cannot express themselves honestly anymore.

The only people who are morally virtuous enough to not be corrupted by the exercise of power are those who refuse it.

Absolutely. It's not exactly coded language, it's not like I'm trying to hide anything. But I am phrasing things in a particular way to avoid giving the impression that my beliefs or opinions are the only ones that get targeted, or that I believe Linus would act in the same way. I do not believe Linus would ban me for political reasons, in fact I can tell by some "coded" language that Linus and others have used in their videos that they often agree with me on many issues that could get them banned or shadowbanned by Youtube. That's why they usually avoid politically charged topics, even when it is relevant to the tech news. Aside from the fact that going too deep into politics would alienate some of the younger or more politically adverse viewers, some of Linus's opinions would get him banned, or at least demonetized. And it's not because it is hateful or misinformation. It's because Youtube's rules are enforced arbitrarily in a highly politicized way, and they will bend over backwards finding any excuse to ban someone whose opinions they don't like, regardless if it doesn't even break the rules, they will just claim it does or invent a new rule. And no this isn't _just_ about Linus shadowbanning. This is about every tech platform that exists doing it. And this is about yet another benevolent master thinking it's okay if he does it because he is doing it for the right reasons. Nobody ever thinks they are doing it for the wrong reasons, if they did think that they wouldn't do it. And this is about the health of the channel. Linus didn't become as successful as he is by banning viewers. He may think it's better to get rid of those people, but what will happen is he will keep finding more and more excuses to ban people, until at some point he will ban the wrong person, or he will cross a line and people will simply drop their subs and go find somewhere else where they are actually allowed to talk without a better-than-you nanny curating their discussion. And Linus's business will collapse faster than Building 7 being hit with a space laser. So again, my "coded" language is not to hide my beliefs, it is to avoid derailing the thread. Because this isn't about my beliefs. It effects everyone. Even the people who think they are not effected, in many cases they are more effected than the ones who get banned. Because they are left believing nonsense that isn't true after the truth gets banned. And you can have all the faith in the world that Linus is a good guy, but he is also human, and he has his own opinions and beliefs, and blind spots, and preconceptions. And he is subject to the same behavior flaws as anyone else. And he will justify to himself more and more reasons why more and more curation is needed, just like they all do.

The slippery slope argument exists for a reason. Not everything is a slippery slope, but some things are. And Youtube is a perfect example. Youtube says they will ban hatespeech, and people say fine whatever. Nobody wants to see that anyway. Next thing you know standard run-of-the-mill political opinions are being categorized as hatespeech and banned. Youtube says they will ban misinformation. Fine, nobody wants to be lied to, ban misinformation. But then half of the things they ban for misinformation are proven true later. Because they were never actually banning misinformation, they were banning information they don't like which was yet to be proven one way or the other. When it later gets proven true they would gradually stop removing it because they don't have that excuse anymore. But then you have to ask, why was something banned for misinformation in the first place if it was not proven to be false? Because it was never about something being true or false, it was about controlling the information. They want their views to be spread freely, regardless if some of it is false. And they want opposing views banned, regardless if it is true. So they ban a news story that is not yet verified, it's based on proven facts, but the overall claim is not proven yet. Ban it, call it misinformation, call it conspiracies. Then a week later it is proven true. So it was never misinformation. You can't call something misinformation simply because it is not yet proven. Misinformation needs to be verifiably, provably false. But that's not how it is used. It's ALWAYS used maliciously. Always it is used to shut down arguments you don't like.

That's a good reason to just ignore them. Like Linus's example of someone claiming they can buy his screwdriver, or an equal screwdriver, cheap on AliExpress. That is so far removed from reality that all you could really say is "no you can't". Then they respond with a wall of text claiming they can. It's a futile exchange with a person making claims which are proven in advance to not be true. That's the point. It's so far off base that there is no reason to respond. It's basically claiming they can buy a Milwaukee socket set from the dollar store. You wouldn't waste your time arguing with flat-earth shitposters or Scientologists. It's already such a nonsense claim that everyone knows it is nonsense. A couple problems with that is, for one thing it's a slippery slope. Once you open up that door and justify it to yourself, you start finding more and more reasons to do it, and justifying those as well. First it's the AliExpress screwdriver, next it's an Nvidia fanboy or someone calling you an intel shill. Then before anyone even realized what happened, before even Linus himself realizes what happened, it will be anything that Linus might potentially find offensive or "unproductive". The point is, the only people who it might be justifiable to use shadowbanning on are also the least necessary to respond to. You don't need to defend the screwdriver, Project Farms tested it and other people have bought it. It's one of the best screwdrivers on the market period. So yes you could justify shadowbannig that person, but it's completely unnecessary. The cases where it could potentially be necessary are the cases where it's not justified. Like someone making a really solid argument about why you are wrong on some important issue.

I have a few things to say about this. First of all, Linus was right when he backed off the idea, saying it doesn't work. Banning or shadow banning people just makes it looks like you are wrong. It looks like you have no rational argument against what they said, they are right and you know it, so you have to shut them up. You are better off just ignoring them and letting them run their mouth, and not respond at all, than to shadow ban them. And on that point, you definitely DO NOT want to get in the habit of responding to trolls. I cannot tell you how many formerly good Youtube channels I have seen slowly rot away and eventually completely collapse due to the channel's main personality getting caught up in responding to drama. You don't need to respond, let your audience respond if they feel the need. As for your screwdriver and other products, they speak for themselves. Someone says they can buy it on AliExpress for $12? Let them do it then. Meanwhile those of us looking for a good screwdriver will be willing to spend a little more to get one. Personally I have not tried your screwdriver, since I bought a very nice Craftsman driver shortly before you started R&D, bad timing. But as a mechanical engineer just watching your videos, and the results from testing by Project Farms, there is no question about the quality. It beat Snap-On. So go ahead troll, buy a driver on AliExpress for $12 that's better than Snap-On. Not just Linus, but the WORLD would love to see that. The Chinese Commissars will be on the edge of their seats waiting for your review. So again, there is no point responding, and banning just looks bad on you. The screwdriver does not need for the trolls to be banned. The screwdriver doesn't need for you to defend it. The screwdriver speaks for itself. If anything you could simply pin a link to the Project Farms review and let them argue with that.

For the compare tool you could modify a web search engine, using it's ability to rank results by people's previous searches. For the hardware combinations focus on only using "viable" builds. If you try to pair say a RTX 4080 with an i3 7400, you would get a text popup saying "this is not a viable build" with a link to "report problems here" just in case you guys missed something. So maybe if I try to bench a Ryzen 5600x with a RTX 4080, and your team had not done that because you were more focused on higher-end CPUs, I could report it as a probably viable build. That way you can focus your time on the most important and most likely use-case scenarios, and have built-in feedback tools for the things you missed.

If you have the motion sensor on, and the main light switch on, the light would remain on. Light switch 1 is the "master switch", if it is on the light stays on. Switch 2 turns the motion sensor on, but if switch 1 is still on, the light always stays on. Edit: I have watched a bit more of the show now, and it seems Linus is planning to do almost exactly this anyway. A "dumb" switch+motion sensor of some configuration, which he has a professional electrician on standby for. In current year, sometimes the smartest solution is the "dumb" solution.

I'm not sure how it would be hot when flipped off. I also don't know the code, but that's why I said hire I professional. This is just for illustrative purposes. A 3-way switch would be fine too, but it would not allow you to manually turn the lights on/off while the motion sensor is active, it would have to be one, or the other, or off..

Bruh i sold some RAM on ebay a couple years ago. I got like $30 for 16gb DDR3. Then ebay charged me $35 for a listing fee. And I had to pay shipping, I couldn't get any buyers if they had to pay shipping. So I basically paid like $10 to have someone take my RAM. I will never use ebay again.

I'm not sure the problem you are suggesting. Light switch 2 does not turn the light on, it just turns the motion sensor on. Then the motion sensor is able to turn the light on. Nothing is wired in series there, everything is parallel. Still not sure what you are talking about. Edit: I don't see this series thing this guy is talking about, but to Linus: If you are considering using this as a solution, everything should be wired in parallel, and have a professional do it.

Light switch 1 turns light on/off, always works regardless of motion. Motion sensor switch 2 turns the motion sensor on/off, light switch 1 still works regardless. Motion sensor only works if motion sensor switch 2 is turned on. If light switch 1 is on, the light stays on. Light light switch 1 is off, but motion sensor switch 2 is on, light will go on/off by the motion sensor.

Don't use arm rests. You are not taking a nap. At least I hope not. You better not be taking a nap if you are on my team.

A viewer named Wise asked Linus about making an Unraid VR/VM Nas setup, and mining crypto in downtime. Linus said this would be "an extreme sketchy configuration". Nah man, that's not hard. I can help you through it. Hit me up here or Discord.

Good point. In that case I would just get 3x8 pins, 3x6 pins, 1x4 pin, 1x24 pin, and a few USB/ATX/SATA/MOLEX cords.That should cover it.