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    Ethnod got a reaction from Psittac in One of those days where you get peanut butter into your headphone mechanisum   
    I was blown away by how serviceable it is, so simple and quick.
  2. Agree
    Ethnod reacted to Cocococo in One of those days where you get peanut butter into your headphone mechanisum   
    Was just about to recommend removing the grille, 6x0 chassis is super serviceable 
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    Ethnod reacted to WackySpace in One of those days where you get peanut butter into your headphone mechanisum   
    I was going to suggest using a toothbrush 
  4. Agree
    Ethnod reacted to DS9Fireblade in Wan show?   
    Okey general consensus is there isn't an announcement yet so just wait and see, I agree that WAN MAY NOT be the best way to come back but they also need to still make revenue to pay staff. 
     
    And which ever way they do decide to come back will not please everyone.
  5. Agree
    Ethnod reacted to joshfrog in LTT Video Error Handling Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)   
    Something else you should look at doing is publishing a record of the fixes.
    To a forum post or a page somewhere so a record can be viewed with corrections.
     
    If someone watched a video that got removed or changed that can view what video was changed, what the issue was, how it was changed.
    If a video gets replaced or removed there should be a record of it so if anyone watched the wrong version they can go back and see they watched a video that got removed or replaced and the info they are basing there knowledge on could be wrong.
     
  6. Informative
    Ethnod reacted to rexynexus in LTT Labs Test Processes - Documentation   
    F1 '23


  7. Informative
    Ethnod reacted to rexynexus in LTT Labs Test Processes - Documentation   
    Cyberpunk 2077 

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    Ethnod reacted to rexynexus in LTT Labs Test Processes - Documentation   
    Hey folks. Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been the one to primarily work on documentation & data lifespan strategies for Labs, and I've been asked to share some of our internal processes. We've been primarily using an instance of Bookstacks to draft these on, but our plan was to migrate them to a QMS that I've been building in order to better track versions of our processes as they relate to test results we obtain. For the next few weeks, I'll be uploading some screenshots of these Bookstacks documents, and once we've started migrating to that QMS system, I'll be uploading .PDFs instead (which will also contain other things you might expect, like scope, equipment & resource requirements, and version controls). Those .PDFs will be eventually maintained on our website or GitHub as is appropriate, but we wanted to give you folks access to them immediately.
     
    Some background on what you're looking at here might also be valuable. When it comes to game tests, we break them out into unique parameter strings in order to remove ambiguity throughout our data collection & analysis process. If you see something like 'Games-1080-Rt', then that means that it's:
    A game-based test, Conducted at 1920x1080 Done using our ray-traced parameter set We collect all of these parameter sets on a per-game basis. That allows us to revise multiple slim files with changes as needed, instead of having a massive library of all of our game test parameters all in one file that would collect revisions like I collect Steam games. Today I'm releasing our current versions of both Cyberpunk and F1 '23, and I welcome your feedback on it. If you have questions about why we chose one setting over another or what parameter sets we're looking at next for a given game, then this is the thread for you. To start us off, here's a screenshot of the list of game tests we have and are actively working on, the majority of which are harnessed for use with Markbench (or in development for that step). 

  9. Informative
    Ethnod reacted to LMGcommunity in LTT Labs Test Processes - Documentation   
    As part of our transparency commitment to the community, we will upload our test procedures for both hardware and software-related items in this thread.  We are starting this process today (See the first reply to this post).
     
    Our initial uploads will be in our Bookstack format and then we'll be converting to a version-controlled document for improved auditing and tracking purposes.  We expect to have the vast majority of processes uploaded in September.  And we will continue to provide uploads as we add new test processes and/or modify current processes.
     
    Here are links to our testing repositories:
    Test harnesses used in LTT Labs MarkBench
    MarkBench Game Settings
    Keras-ocr wrapped in a Python HTTP API for MarkBench tests
     
    We welcome your feedback!
  10. Agree
    Ethnod reacted to Haaselh0ff in LTT Labs Test Processes - Documentation   
    I know the Dota 2 arcade is wild but I had no idea Rocket League was in there lol.
     
    Cool to see this stuff!!! Thank you for sharing, love the transparency and openness. Please keep it up!
     
  11. Like
    Ethnod got a reaction from EllieCat in LTT Video Error Handling Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)   
    I love the transparency, and we can see what will happen when. OK, some people's opinions will differ but at the end of the day, if the staff decide and agree that it's a 1,2 or 5 severity you should ignore the people screaming unless it's a overwhelming majority. The truth is that this is all a matter of opinion on a lot of the cases. 
     
    My only issue/question is with severity 4. What are the corrective actions that would be taken? I really want to push for the hard thing to be done, the one that has the negative algorithmic effect. Un-listing a video, hiding it, and moving on should not be an option. Fixing and re-uploading the video is what should be done. 
    I say this for two reasons:
    If you took the time to research, write, produce and record the video, edit, review and publish it then the topic if something I absolutely want to see. I value you guys, your work and opinion and if it gets that far it's worth watching.  Forcing yourself to make this mistake over and over again, to take the hit, will encourage you to make this mistake less, be more vigilant and do better in the future. If there are no consequences then why do better?  This is why I'd advocate for the tough, hard route. 
     
    Lastly, it's been odd not watching any LTT videos these last 9/10 days. Because I've watched so many there is little to nothing in the back catalogue for me to watch. I miss you guys, your videos and humour. Obviously absence does make the heart grow stronger 😆😉😉
    In saying that, take your time, if it takes days, weeks, what ever. Just know we are waiting patiently for your return, take your time, do it right. Ignore any negativity and just come back strong. 
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    Ethnod got a reaction from EviLEwoK666 in What do we do now?   
    Why is it that it is always new members with random posts that don't make sense, are not written with correct syntax, hard to understand, alway always asking open ended/unclear questions making it seem like there is some kind of conspiracy? 
     
    @darki333 I am not targeting you, you are just the most recent example I've seen.
     
    Note to all newbies to the forum coming here because of the controversy. If you want to join in on the conversation, ask a genuine question or give genuine feedback/suggestions/criticism or just generally contribute, please take into account that poorly worded and/or disrespectful comments will be ignored (or potentially worse, but not normally around here). Think about your post, take note that the community here is not huge so new members with a low post count on the heals of something big will simply be dismissed unless they make sense, are thoughtful and respectful. 
     
    If you are new and I have to read your post a second time to understand it I'm extremely unlikely to comment, if I need to read it a 3rd time I've already moved on. Just an fyi
  13. Agree
    Ethnod got a reaction from Needfuldoer in What do we do now?   
    Why is it that it is always new members with random posts that don't make sense, are not written with correct syntax, hard to understand, alway always asking open ended/unclear questions making it seem like there is some kind of conspiracy? 
     
    @darki333 I am not targeting you, you are just the most recent example I've seen.
     
    Note to all newbies to the forum coming here because of the controversy. If you want to join in on the conversation, ask a genuine question or give genuine feedback/suggestions/criticism or just generally contribute, please take into account that poorly worded and/or disrespectful comments will be ignored (or potentially worse, but not normally around here). Think about your post, take note that the community here is not huge so new members with a low post count on the heals of something big will simply be dismissed unless they make sense, are thoughtful and respectful. 
     
    If you are new and I have to read your post a second time to understand it I'm extremely unlikely to comment, if I need to read it a 3rd time I've already moved on. Just an fyi
  14. Agree
    Ethnod got a reaction from Guy Games in What do we do now?   
    Why is it that it is always new members with random posts that don't make sense, are not written with correct syntax, hard to understand, alway always asking open ended/unclear questions making it seem like there is some kind of conspiracy? 
     
    @darki333 I am not targeting you, you are just the most recent example I've seen.
     
    Note to all newbies to the forum coming here because of the controversy. If you want to join in on the conversation, ask a genuine question or give genuine feedback/suggestions/criticism or just generally contribute, please take into account that poorly worded and/or disrespectful comments will be ignored (or potentially worse, but not normally around here). Think about your post, take note that the community here is not huge so new members with a low post count on the heals of something big will simply be dismissed unless they make sense, are thoughtful and respectful. 
     
    If you are new and I have to read your post a second time to understand it I'm extremely unlikely to comment, if I need to read it a 3rd time I've already moved on. Just an fyi
  15. Agree
    Ethnod reacted to yoc in What do we do now?   
    Linus choose to address the issue here (initially). IMO is perfectly normal that a lot of people jumped here to share their thoughts.
     
  16. Agree
    Ethnod got a reaction from mickeyinc in What do we do now?   
    Not that you guys need the feedback, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. 
     
    For perspective, I've been a viewer of, generally most LLT videos, since I stumbled onto the channel a long ass time ago (unboxing at the fountain days, I actually was researching the PC pre-unboxing cartoon linus, but not by much). 
    Since the I've just simply watched most of the videos, unless you are covering something I've zero interest in, and as I consider myself ae tech nerd, that means most videos. 
    In saying that, I've been mostly a passive viewer. I rarely comment, I just consume mostly. I've also been a fanboy if I'm honest with myself. All of this stuff going on has had me re-examine my perspective on LTT videos and LMG am I'm realising now that I have been a fanboy, I've not been aggressively defending you online but if has had another effect I'll get into below. 
     
    I first found out about the controversy was this video, as I'm not on the forms socially, or regularly (I work about 70ish hours a week plus commuting and I've a young son, plus I'm in my 40's, I just don't have the time), your video was the first I saw of it. Well ok, I saw the GN video come up in my feed but I was supposed to get back to it and only did today. 
    After watching your video I saw Phillip DeFranco cover it and today I watched the two GN videos on the topic. 
     
    My conclusion is that Gamers Nexus is mostly correct (except for the auctioning off thing, they know what Linus meant, it was not sold for profit but auctioned odd for charity, and it's a fair distinction to want to make, Steve should have been a bit more understanding there) and I can see that you guys recognise that too. 
    You are all clearly putting your heads together now to try to remedy the issues going forward, and that is commendable. 
     
    Thinking back now, I can see the errors you guys were making but j understand why. 
     
    If anyone in LMG cares specifically about my suggestions or requests:
    Any short firm, quick firm video should be reshot or be dubbed before released, there should be no expectations here. As an example, these are ones I listen to while driving, working or doing general chores and do not watch, thry are almost always in the background. In fact some of them I consume on a podcast app.  Technical reviews, any graphic card reviews and the like, where there is a graph, unless there is an extremely good reason for it, the same cards and same colours should be used. If there was a testing fail, they should still be on the graph but noted as to what happened. Too many times I've seen one graph with one set of cards, games or set of results to have another similar graph have a difference between the stuff listed. It's jarring and makes it much harder to compare to the fly. As an example, in the (I believe, but I might be mixing up my videos) the AMD cpu review, the comparison graphs changed at one point, of on the cpu's I was using as my grounding perspective so I could compare to my experience was not in some of the graphs and I lost my perspective.  Corrections should be editted in, there not possible (or where it will take too much time) the video should be taken down and re-uploaded. A video staying up with an annotated correction should be the exception, should required director level approved. Seems mad, but making it such a high standard will raise overall standards.  Replies to controversial topics, public communications from personalities/companies or events should be approved by 2x senior managers from different departments or at a director level.  Consider hiring a public relations person, but have it only be part of their job. I don't want to see the WAN show or the general honesty change. Or maybe have someone in the business team deal with all official company responses. Linus is just too emotional and passionate about the company and community. Honestly I think I'd be the same in his shoes.  If technical results are off by too much this should be investigated and, if needs be, the video delayed. This will help catch mistakes. Allow the writers power to put a video on delay, if they are not happy with the content, they should be able to put the video on hold, pull it from the schedule and spend more time reviewing the content.  I feel a little bit (but honestly just a tiny bit) disappointed with the errors. Seems, l like you have said, errors due to self imposed pressures and goals. But I feel that parts of the community (a part I squarely place myself in) have let you down by either staying quiet or defending you when errors have presented themselves. I will start posting on the forum on videos that I'm unhappy with or where I see errors. 
     
    In saying that, you still have my love, loyalty and respect. Linus and Luke have shown themselves to be men of character, integrity an honesty going all the way back to the start. I've been following the WAN show since the garage (linus chewing on camera 🤢) days and I feel I know you (and I know I don't). I have never missed a WAN show, either live or vod (a tough ask give I live in Ireland 😂... christ, how many hours is that? 😱) so I have heard your opinions on do many topics. 
    To further that, the LMG staff have, in almost all cases, all shown themselves to be people of character, honestly and integrity and they have done nothing but build on the trust that was already there. 
     
    Things that you should know:
    Having someone say that a company (in this case Asus) generally produces good products is not an issue. It's a good statement, it's generally true and just seems to be high horse vs from Steve. I actually think it's a good comment to make from time to time, if some companies are known as generally reliable and trustworthy, maybe other companies will aspire to that?  Having relationships with Noctua, Framework and others is not a bad thing in my eyes. Although maybe you should have a internal person not connected to those companies review decisions to ensure some kind of check for bias.  Re GN, so there is no confusion, I hold them in the highest regard. They are professional, have the highest standards, have integrity and are extremely competent. I agree with most of what they said in both videos on the subject, but some of their points of comments/points of view seem overly harsh and don't give the LMG staff credit for just being caught up in their own orbit, blinded by it. 
     
    Lastly
    You need to reduce the number of videos that you publish weekly. I'd like to see a backlog of videos that are ready to go, finished and waiting. At least a couple of weeks worth (I know that will take time) so they can ve reviewed and analysed properly. Obviously time sensitive ones would be excluded (product releases etc) but any project (like the nuts watercooling ones, Linus house videos, crazy fan videos and so on) could easily be part of a good backlog giving staff time to breath and taking pressure off.  If a company/organisation/personality is unhappy with a review AND gives details of errors, that video should be reexamined careful by someone (ideally the writer) and then someone else who was not already involved. In my place we call this 4 eyes, a second set of unrelated eyes giving it a fresh look. Take more time consuming ways of fixing the videos, less corrections in annotations a d more checking and editing.  Don't be afraid to pull a video down, fix it and re-upload it. It's really critical to do the hard thing. I know this has a negative impact on your analytics but even more reason to do it. It's the correct thing to do, it's the hard thing and it will force you to make sure it doesn't happen again. Like Like said, you have to let things fail so you can fix them. Stop the band-aids. 
  17. Agree
    Ethnod reacted to Guy Games in What do we do now?   
    Awesome recommendations, not going to take away from them but... If I remember correctly the vast majority of those recommendations are ones they've already said their going to do in their response video.
  18. Agree
    Ethnod got a reaction from weez in What do we do now?   
    Not that you guys need the feedback, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. 
     
    For perspective, I've been a viewer of, generally most LLT videos, since I stumbled onto the channel a long ass time ago (unboxing at the fountain days, I actually was researching the PC pre-unboxing cartoon linus, but not by much). 
    Since the I've just simply watched most of the videos, unless you are covering something I've zero interest in, and as I consider myself ae tech nerd, that means most videos. 
    In saying that, I've been mostly a passive viewer. I rarely comment, I just consume mostly. I've also been a fanboy if I'm honest with myself. All of this stuff going on has had me re-examine my perspective on LTT videos and LMG am I'm realising now that I have been a fanboy, I've not been aggressively defending you online but if has had another effect I'll get into below. 
     
    I first found out about the controversy was this video, as I'm not on the forms socially, or regularly (I work about 70ish hours a week plus commuting and I've a young son, plus I'm in my 40's, I just don't have the time), your video was the first I saw of it. Well ok, I saw the GN video come up in my feed but I was supposed to get back to it and only did today. 
    After watching your video I saw Phillip DeFranco cover it and today I watched the two GN videos on the topic. 
     
    My conclusion is that Gamers Nexus is mostly correct (except for the auctioning off thing, they know what Linus meant, it was not sold for profit but auctioned odd for charity, and it's a fair distinction to want to make, Steve should have been a bit more understanding there) and I can see that you guys recognise that too. 
    You are all clearly putting your heads together now to try to remedy the issues going forward, and that is commendable. 
     
    Thinking back now, I can see the errors you guys were making but j understand why. 
     
    If anyone in LMG cares specifically about my suggestions or requests:
    Any short firm, quick firm video should be reshot or be dubbed before released, there should be no expectations here. As an example, these are ones I listen to while driving, working or doing general chores and do not watch, thry are almost always in the background. In fact some of them I consume on a podcast app.  Technical reviews, any graphic card reviews and the like, where there is a graph, unless there is an extremely good reason for it, the same cards and same colours should be used. If there was a testing fail, they should still be on the graph but noted as to what happened. Too many times I've seen one graph with one set of cards, games or set of results to have another similar graph have a difference between the stuff listed. It's jarring and makes it much harder to compare to the fly. As an example, in the (I believe, but I might be mixing up my videos) the AMD cpu review, the comparison graphs changed at one point, of on the cpu's I was using as my grounding perspective so I could compare to my experience was not in some of the graphs and I lost my perspective.  Corrections should be editted in, there not possible (or where it will take too much time) the video should be taken down and re-uploaded. A video staying up with an annotated correction should be the exception, should required director level approved. Seems mad, but making it such a high standard will raise overall standards.  Replies to controversial topics, public communications from personalities/companies or events should be approved by 2x senior managers from different departments or at a director level.  Consider hiring a public relations person, but have it only be part of their job. I don't want to see the WAN show or the general honesty change. Or maybe have someone in the business team deal with all official company responses. Linus is just too emotional and passionate about the company and community. Honestly I think I'd be the same in his shoes.  If technical results are off by too much this should be investigated and, if needs be, the video delayed. This will help catch mistakes. Allow the writers power to put a video on delay, if they are not happy with the content, they should be able to put the video on hold, pull it from the schedule and spend more time reviewing the content.  I feel a little bit (but honestly just a tiny bit) disappointed with the errors. Seems, l like you have said, errors due to self imposed pressures and goals. But I feel that parts of the community (a part I squarely place myself in) have let you down by either staying quiet or defending you when errors have presented themselves. I will start posting on the forum on videos that I'm unhappy with or where I see errors. 
     
    In saying that, you still have my love, loyalty and respect. Linus and Luke have shown themselves to be men of character, integrity an honesty going all the way back to the start. I've been following the WAN show since the garage (linus chewing on camera 🤢) days and I feel I know you (and I know I don't). I have never missed a WAN show, either live or vod (a tough ask give I live in Ireland 😂... christ, how many hours is that? 😱) so I have heard your opinions on do many topics. 
    To further that, the LMG staff have, in almost all cases, all shown themselves to be people of character, honestly and integrity and they have done nothing but build on the trust that was already there. 
     
    Things that you should know:
    Having someone say that a company (in this case Asus) generally produces good products is not an issue. It's a good statement, it's generally true and just seems to be high horse vs from Steve. I actually think it's a good comment to make from time to time, if some companies are known as generally reliable and trustworthy, maybe other companies will aspire to that?  Having relationships with Noctua, Framework and others is not a bad thing in my eyes. Although maybe you should have a internal person not connected to those companies review decisions to ensure some kind of check for bias.  Re GN, so there is no confusion, I hold them in the highest regard. They are professional, have the highest standards, have integrity and are extremely competent. I agree with most of what they said in both videos on the subject, but some of their points of comments/points of view seem overly harsh and don't give the LMG staff credit for just being caught up in their own orbit, blinded by it. 
     
    Lastly
    You need to reduce the number of videos that you publish weekly. I'd like to see a backlog of videos that are ready to go, finished and waiting. At least a couple of weeks worth (I know that will take time) so they can ve reviewed and analysed properly. Obviously time sensitive ones would be excluded (product releases etc) but any project (like the nuts watercooling ones, Linus house videos, crazy fan videos and so on) could easily be part of a good backlog giving staff time to breath and taking pressure off.  If a company/organisation/personality is unhappy with a review AND gives details of errors, that video should be reexamined careful by someone (ideally the writer) and then someone else who was not already involved. In my place we call this 4 eyes, a second set of unrelated eyes giving it a fresh look. Take more time consuming ways of fixing the videos, less corrections in annotations a d more checking and editing.  Don't be afraid to pull a video down, fix it and re-upload it. It's really critical to do the hard thing. I know this has a negative impact on your analytics but even more reason to do it. It's the correct thing to do, it's the hard thing and it will force you to make sure it doesn't happen again. Like Like said, you have to let things fail so you can fix them. Stop the band-aids. 
  19. Agree
    Ethnod got a reaction from Evelyn Harthbrooke in What do we do now?   
    Not that you guys need the feedback, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. 
     
    For perspective, I've been a viewer of, generally most LLT videos, since I stumbled onto the channel a long ass time ago (unboxing at the fountain days, I actually was researching the PC pre-unboxing cartoon linus, but not by much). 
    Since the I've just simply watched most of the videos, unless you are covering something I've zero interest in, and as I consider myself ae tech nerd, that means most videos. 
    In saying that, I've been mostly a passive viewer. I rarely comment, I just consume mostly. I've also been a fanboy if I'm honest with myself. All of this stuff going on has had me re-examine my perspective on LTT videos and LMG am I'm realising now that I have been a fanboy, I've not been aggressively defending you online but if has had another effect I'll get into below. 
     
    I first found out about the controversy was this video, as I'm not on the forms socially, or regularly (I work about 70ish hours a week plus commuting and I've a young son, plus I'm in my 40's, I just don't have the time), your video was the first I saw of it. Well ok, I saw the GN video come up in my feed but I was supposed to get back to it and only did today. 
    After watching your video I saw Phillip DeFranco cover it and today I watched the two GN videos on the topic. 
     
    My conclusion is that Gamers Nexus is mostly correct (except for the auctioning off thing, they know what Linus meant, it was not sold for profit but auctioned odd for charity, and it's a fair distinction to want to make, Steve should have been a bit more understanding there) and I can see that you guys recognise that too. 
    You are all clearly putting your heads together now to try to remedy the issues going forward, and that is commendable. 
     
    Thinking back now, I can see the errors you guys were making but j understand why. 
     
    If anyone in LMG cares specifically about my suggestions or requests:
    Any short firm, quick firm video should be reshot or be dubbed before released, there should be no expectations here. As an example, these are ones I listen to while driving, working or doing general chores and do not watch, thry are almost always in the background. In fact some of them I consume on a podcast app.  Technical reviews, any graphic card reviews and the like, where there is a graph, unless there is an extremely good reason for it, the same cards and same colours should be used. If there was a testing fail, they should still be on the graph but noted as to what happened. Too many times I've seen one graph with one set of cards, games or set of results to have another similar graph have a difference between the stuff listed. It's jarring and makes it much harder to compare to the fly. As an example, in the (I believe, but I might be mixing up my videos) the AMD cpu review, the comparison graphs changed at one point, of on the cpu's I was using as my grounding perspective so I could compare to my experience was not in some of the graphs and I lost my perspective.  Corrections should be editted in, there not possible (or where it will take too much time) the video should be taken down and re-uploaded. A video staying up with an annotated correction should be the exception, should required director level approved. Seems mad, but making it such a high standard will raise overall standards.  Replies to controversial topics, public communications from personalities/companies or events should be approved by 2x senior managers from different departments or at a director level.  Consider hiring a public relations person, but have it only be part of their job. I don't want to see the WAN show or the general honesty change. Or maybe have someone in the business team deal with all official company responses. Linus is just too emotional and passionate about the company and community. Honestly I think I'd be the same in his shoes.  If technical results are off by too much this should be investigated and, if needs be, the video delayed. This will help catch mistakes. Allow the writers power to put a video on delay, if they are not happy with the content, they should be able to put the video on hold, pull it from the schedule and spend more time reviewing the content.  I feel a little bit (but honestly just a tiny bit) disappointed with the errors. Seems, l like you have said, errors due to self imposed pressures and goals. But I feel that parts of the community (a part I squarely place myself in) have let you down by either staying quiet or defending you when errors have presented themselves. I will start posting on the forum on videos that I'm unhappy with or where I see errors. 
     
    In saying that, you still have my love, loyalty and respect. Linus and Luke have shown themselves to be men of character, integrity an honesty going all the way back to the start. I've been following the WAN show since the garage (linus chewing on camera 🤢) days and I feel I know you (and I know I don't). I have never missed a WAN show, either live or vod (a tough ask give I live in Ireland 😂... christ, how many hours is that? 😱) so I have heard your opinions on do many topics. 
    To further that, the LMG staff have, in almost all cases, all shown themselves to be people of character, honestly and integrity and they have done nothing but build on the trust that was already there. 
     
    Things that you should know:
    Having someone say that a company (in this case Asus) generally produces good products is not an issue. It's a good statement, it's generally true and just seems to be high horse vs from Steve. I actually think it's a good comment to make from time to time, if some companies are known as generally reliable and trustworthy, maybe other companies will aspire to that?  Having relationships with Noctua, Framework and others is not a bad thing in my eyes. Although maybe you should have a internal person not connected to those companies review decisions to ensure some kind of check for bias.  Re GN, so there is no confusion, I hold them in the highest regard. They are professional, have the highest standards, have integrity and are extremely competent. I agree with most of what they said in both videos on the subject, but some of their points of comments/points of view seem overly harsh and don't give the LMG staff credit for just being caught up in their own orbit, blinded by it. 
     
    Lastly
    You need to reduce the number of videos that you publish weekly. I'd like to see a backlog of videos that are ready to go, finished and waiting. At least a couple of weeks worth (I know that will take time) so they can ve reviewed and analysed properly. Obviously time sensitive ones would be excluded (product releases etc) but any project (like the nuts watercooling ones, Linus house videos, crazy fan videos and so on) could easily be part of a good backlog giving staff time to breath and taking pressure off.  If a company/organisation/personality is unhappy with a review AND gives details of errors, that video should be reexamined careful by someone (ideally the writer) and then someone else who was not already involved. In my place we call this 4 eyes, a second set of unrelated eyes giving it a fresh look. Take more time consuming ways of fixing the videos, less corrections in annotations a d more checking and editing.  Don't be afraid to pull a video down, fix it and re-upload it. It's really critical to do the hard thing. I know this has a negative impact on your analytics but even more reason to do it. It's the correct thing to do, it's the hard thing and it will force you to make sure it doesn't happen again. Like Like said, you have to let things fail so you can fix them. Stop the band-aids. 
  20. Agree
    Ethnod got a reaction from dogwitch in What do we do now?   
    Not that you guys need the feedback, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. 
     
    For perspective, I've been a viewer of, generally most LLT videos, since I stumbled onto the channel a long ass time ago (unboxing at the fountain days, I actually was researching the PC pre-unboxing cartoon linus, but not by much). 
    Since the I've just simply watched most of the videos, unless you are covering something I've zero interest in, and as I consider myself ae tech nerd, that means most videos. 
    In saying that, I've been mostly a passive viewer. I rarely comment, I just consume mostly. I've also been a fanboy if I'm honest with myself. All of this stuff going on has had me re-examine my perspective on LTT videos and LMG am I'm realising now that I have been a fanboy, I've not been aggressively defending you online but if has had another effect I'll get into below. 
     
    I first found out about the controversy was this video, as I'm not on the forms socially, or regularly (I work about 70ish hours a week plus commuting and I've a young son, plus I'm in my 40's, I just don't have the time), your video was the first I saw of it. Well ok, I saw the GN video come up in my feed but I was supposed to get back to it and only did today. 
    After watching your video I saw Phillip DeFranco cover it and today I watched the two GN videos on the topic. 
     
    My conclusion is that Gamers Nexus is mostly correct (except for the auctioning off thing, they know what Linus meant, it was not sold for profit but auctioned odd for charity, and it's a fair distinction to want to make, Steve should have been a bit more understanding there) and I can see that you guys recognise that too. 
    You are all clearly putting your heads together now to try to remedy the issues going forward, and that is commendable. 
     
    Thinking back now, I can see the errors you guys were making but j understand why. 
     
    If anyone in LMG cares specifically about my suggestions or requests:
    Any short firm, quick firm video should be reshot or be dubbed before released, there should be no expectations here. As an example, these are ones I listen to while driving, working or doing general chores and do not watch, thry are almost always in the background. In fact some of them I consume on a podcast app.  Technical reviews, any graphic card reviews and the like, where there is a graph, unless there is an extremely good reason for it, the same cards and same colours should be used. If there was a testing fail, they should still be on the graph but noted as to what happened. Too many times I've seen one graph with one set of cards, games or set of results to have another similar graph have a difference between the stuff listed. It's jarring and makes it much harder to compare to the fly. As an example, in the (I believe, but I might be mixing up my videos) the AMD cpu review, the comparison graphs changed at one point, of on the cpu's I was using as my grounding perspective so I could compare to my experience was not in some of the graphs and I lost my perspective.  Corrections should be editted in, there not possible (or where it will take too much time) the video should be taken down and re-uploaded. A video staying up with an annotated correction should be the exception, should required director level approved. Seems mad, but making it such a high standard will raise overall standards.  Replies to controversial topics, public communications from personalities/companies or events should be approved by 2x senior managers from different departments or at a director level.  Consider hiring a public relations person, but have it only be part of their job. I don't want to see the WAN show or the general honesty change. Or maybe have someone in the business team deal with all official company responses. Linus is just too emotional and passionate about the company and community. Honestly I think I'd be the same in his shoes.  If technical results are off by too much this should be investigated and, if needs be, the video delayed. This will help catch mistakes. Allow the writers power to put a video on delay, if they are not happy with the content, they should be able to put the video on hold, pull it from the schedule and spend more time reviewing the content.  I feel a little bit (but honestly just a tiny bit) disappointed with the errors. Seems, l like you have said, errors due to self imposed pressures and goals. But I feel that parts of the community (a part I squarely place myself in) have let you down by either staying quiet or defending you when errors have presented themselves. I will start posting on the forum on videos that I'm unhappy with or where I see errors. 
     
    In saying that, you still have my love, loyalty and respect. Linus and Luke have shown themselves to be men of character, integrity an honesty going all the way back to the start. I've been following the WAN show since the garage (linus chewing on camera 🤢) days and I feel I know you (and I know I don't). I have never missed a WAN show, either live or vod (a tough ask give I live in Ireland 😂... christ, how many hours is that? 😱) so I have heard your opinions on do many topics. 
    To further that, the LMG staff have, in almost all cases, all shown themselves to be people of character, honestly and integrity and they have done nothing but build on the trust that was already there. 
     
    Things that you should know:
    Having someone say that a company (in this case Asus) generally produces good products is not an issue. It's a good statement, it's generally true and just seems to be high horse vs from Steve. I actually think it's a good comment to make from time to time, if some companies are known as generally reliable and trustworthy, maybe other companies will aspire to that?  Having relationships with Noctua, Framework and others is not a bad thing in my eyes. Although maybe you should have a internal person not connected to those companies review decisions to ensure some kind of check for bias.  Re GN, so there is no confusion, I hold them in the highest regard. They are professional, have the highest standards, have integrity and are extremely competent. I agree with most of what they said in both videos on the subject, but some of their points of comments/points of view seem overly harsh and don't give the LMG staff credit for just being caught up in their own orbit, blinded by it. 
     
    Lastly
    You need to reduce the number of videos that you publish weekly. I'd like to see a backlog of videos that are ready to go, finished and waiting. At least a couple of weeks worth (I know that will take time) so they can ve reviewed and analysed properly. Obviously time sensitive ones would be excluded (product releases etc) but any project (like the nuts watercooling ones, Linus house videos, crazy fan videos and so on) could easily be part of a good backlog giving staff time to breath and taking pressure off.  If a company/organisation/personality is unhappy with a review AND gives details of errors, that video should be reexamined careful by someone (ideally the writer) and then someone else who was not already involved. In my place we call this 4 eyes, a second set of unrelated eyes giving it a fresh look. Take more time consuming ways of fixing the videos, less corrections in annotations a d more checking and editing.  Don't be afraid to pull a video down, fix it and re-upload it. It's really critical to do the hard thing. I know this has a negative impact on your analytics but even more reason to do it. It's the correct thing to do, it's the hard thing and it will force you to make sure it doesn't happen again. Like Like said, you have to let things fail so you can fix them. Stop the band-aids. 
  21. Agree
    Ethnod got a reaction from Naith123 in What do we do now?   
    Not that you guys need the feedback, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. 
     
    For perspective, I've been a viewer of, generally most LLT videos, since I stumbled onto the channel a long ass time ago (unboxing at the fountain days, I actually was researching the PC pre-unboxing cartoon linus, but not by much). 
    Since the I've just simply watched most of the videos, unless you are covering something I've zero interest in, and as I consider myself ae tech nerd, that means most videos. 
    In saying that, I've been mostly a passive viewer. I rarely comment, I just consume mostly. I've also been a fanboy if I'm honest with myself. All of this stuff going on has had me re-examine my perspective on LTT videos and LMG am I'm realising now that I have been a fanboy, I've not been aggressively defending you online but if has had another effect I'll get into below. 
     
    I first found out about the controversy was this video, as I'm not on the forms socially, or regularly (I work about 70ish hours a week plus commuting and I've a young son, plus I'm in my 40's, I just don't have the time), your video was the first I saw of it. Well ok, I saw the GN video come up in my feed but I was supposed to get back to it and only did today. 
    After watching your video I saw Phillip DeFranco cover it and today I watched the two GN videos on the topic. 
     
    My conclusion is that Gamers Nexus is mostly correct (except for the auctioning off thing, they know what Linus meant, it was not sold for profit but auctioned odd for charity, and it's a fair distinction to want to make, Steve should have been a bit more understanding there) and I can see that you guys recognise that too. 
    You are all clearly putting your heads together now to try to remedy the issues going forward, and that is commendable. 
     
    Thinking back now, I can see the errors you guys were making but j understand why. 
     
    If anyone in LMG cares specifically about my suggestions or requests:
    Any short firm, quick firm video should be reshot or be dubbed before released, there should be no expectations here. As an example, these are ones I listen to while driving, working or doing general chores and do not watch, thry are almost always in the background. In fact some of them I consume on a podcast app.  Technical reviews, any graphic card reviews and the like, where there is a graph, unless there is an extremely good reason for it, the same cards and same colours should be used. If there was a testing fail, they should still be on the graph but noted as to what happened. Too many times I've seen one graph with one set of cards, games or set of results to have another similar graph have a difference between the stuff listed. It's jarring and makes it much harder to compare to the fly. As an example, in the (I believe, but I might be mixing up my videos) the AMD cpu review, the comparison graphs changed at one point, of on the cpu's I was using as my grounding perspective so I could compare to my experience was not in some of the graphs and I lost my perspective.  Corrections should be editted in, there not possible (or where it will take too much time) the video should be taken down and re-uploaded. A video staying up with an annotated correction should be the exception, should required director level approved. Seems mad, but making it such a high standard will raise overall standards.  Replies to controversial topics, public communications from personalities/companies or events should be approved by 2x senior managers from different departments or at a director level.  Consider hiring a public relations person, but have it only be part of their job. I don't want to see the WAN show or the general honesty change. Or maybe have someone in the business team deal with all official company responses. Linus is just too emotional and passionate about the company and community. Honestly I think I'd be the same in his shoes.  If technical results are off by too much this should be investigated and, if needs be, the video delayed. This will help catch mistakes. Allow the writers power to put a video on delay, if they are not happy with the content, they should be able to put the video on hold, pull it from the schedule and spend more time reviewing the content.  I feel a little bit (but honestly just a tiny bit) disappointed with the errors. Seems, l like you have said, errors due to self imposed pressures and goals. But I feel that parts of the community (a part I squarely place myself in) have let you down by either staying quiet or defending you when errors have presented themselves. I will start posting on the forum on videos that I'm unhappy with or where I see errors. 
     
    In saying that, you still have my love, loyalty and respect. Linus and Luke have shown themselves to be men of character, integrity an honesty going all the way back to the start. I've been following the WAN show since the garage (linus chewing on camera 🤢) days and I feel I know you (and I know I don't). I have never missed a WAN show, either live or vod (a tough ask give I live in Ireland 😂... christ, how many hours is that? 😱) so I have heard your opinions on do many topics. 
    To further that, the LMG staff have, in almost all cases, all shown themselves to be people of character, honestly and integrity and they have done nothing but build on the trust that was already there. 
     
    Things that you should know:
    Having someone say that a company (in this case Asus) generally produces good products is not an issue. It's a good statement, it's generally true and just seems to be high horse vs from Steve. I actually think it's a good comment to make from time to time, if some companies are known as generally reliable and trustworthy, maybe other companies will aspire to that?  Having relationships with Noctua, Framework and others is not a bad thing in my eyes. Although maybe you should have a internal person not connected to those companies review decisions to ensure some kind of check for bias.  Re GN, so there is no confusion, I hold them in the highest regard. They are professional, have the highest standards, have integrity and are extremely competent. I agree with most of what they said in both videos on the subject, but some of their points of comments/points of view seem overly harsh and don't give the LMG staff credit for just being caught up in their own orbit, blinded by it. 
     
    Lastly
    You need to reduce the number of videos that you publish weekly. I'd like to see a backlog of videos that are ready to go, finished and waiting. At least a couple of weeks worth (I know that will take time) so they can ve reviewed and analysed properly. Obviously time sensitive ones would be excluded (product releases etc) but any project (like the nuts watercooling ones, Linus house videos, crazy fan videos and so on) could easily be part of a good backlog giving staff time to breath and taking pressure off.  If a company/organisation/personality is unhappy with a review AND gives details of errors, that video should be reexamined careful by someone (ideally the writer) and then someone else who was not already involved. In my place we call this 4 eyes, a second set of unrelated eyes giving it a fresh look. Take more time consuming ways of fixing the videos, less corrections in annotations a d more checking and editing.  Don't be afraid to pull a video down, fix it and re-upload it. It's really critical to do the hard thing. I know this has a negative impact on your analytics but even more reason to do it. It's the correct thing to do, it's the hard thing and it will force you to make sure it doesn't happen again. Like Like said, you have to let things fail so you can fix them. Stop the band-aids. 
  22. Informative
    Ethnod reacted to Inception9269 in Advice on PCI SATA controller card   
    Found this forum post that explains it well enough.
    https://forums.unraid.net/topic/122429-sassata-controller/
  23. Informative
    Ethnod reacted to Inception9269 in Advice on PCI SATA controller card   
    I put together an unraid server somewhat recently, and was about to order some pcie sata cards to allow me to use more drives, but cancelled that plan after reading online that apparently unraid has issues with sata cards. Apparently if it's only 1 or 2 slots max things will be fine, but if you're using a sata card that has any more than that, then you're gonna have problems (apparently). Apparently the way to get around that is to get a SAS controller and sas to sata cables to go with it. That apparently will let you expand your storage without any issues.
  24. Like
    Ethnod reacted to Thomas4 in Asus C423na stuck in reboot loop   
    A quick bit of research, gave me this article:
    https://www.howtogeek.com/190645/how-to-factory-reset-a-chromebook-even-if-it-wont-boot/
     
    HowToGeek is a great resource and I've used their advice often with great results.
  25. Agree
    Ethnod reacted to tikker in Thought's on the latest dbrand controversy (Project Killswitch)?   
    It's misleading advertising at best, not false advertising in my opinion. Nowhere has the page promised you a full bundle with all the listed items. It lists components of some "project" or product lineup they will be offering and offered you an early-buyer ticket for $3. The actual bundles came out different from what people thought/understood from the marketing, but that's not really false advertising. You are not denied a screen protector, it's just not part of a kit.
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