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  1. Asus keep having these horrible cases. Smaller sponsors have been dropped for less; I would strongly endorse at least a pause until something's done. I know they're huge sponsor, but they're a huge uncaring-company, too.
  2. Regarding Pulseway - for what it's worth, I've been using Pulseway for a few years now and have generally had a good time with them. I've heard that, since their Avaya acquisition, they've become like this - pushy, covered in sales, hard to unsubscribe from and bad at stopping cancelled payments - but I've had no experiences like this. While, yes, we do get your standard marketing emails (new updates, here's what's coming, try out this, look at that) it's obviously just mass marketing, not directed at us from our account manager, and when I've unsubscribed, that's been respected. We did, at one point, keep getting emails from someone who apparently works in the sales team, whose emails were either very plain but decently worded (he'd never reply to my messages back to those) or outright draft-worthy - we had one such email that was essentially words to the effect of "I bet you'd hate yourself if you didn't have X and Y and then the shit hit the fan, you should probably buy a tool before it's too late lol" - our AM apologised and handled it, and we haven't had one since. While I think that content was particularly unprofessional, and can see that Pulseway do lag behind on their responses to things like posts on their suggestions forum and tend to deploy new developments later than promised, I think I can sum Pulseway up to this: they still feel like a somewhat small team with good ideas. They're doing marketing, making good products, handling billing here and emailing there and so on - but they lack the structured, professional guidance, roadmapping, and sheer-number-of-staff that you get with a more sizeable and regimented business. Anyway all that said, my point was mostly to provide my experience as a counterpoint to the horrible spam above; my experience has been good but I've heard things like this that make me wonder if I got a few good AMs or am in a branch (AU/Oceania) that's specifically been told or trained not to follow some of these practises.
  3. I think you misunderstand the NDA; I would assume the NDA here relates to the two companies and the process undertaken to reach this SOC2 status and likely involves both private processes and sensitive information. Publishing the report would expose both companies, and sanitizing it would likely drain it of any reasonable usefulness. They can't quite just go "you're right, why did we write that NDA? Here you go!" and I think the publication of the ISO27001 helps prove this. Additionally, when I looked into Keeper a while back, I found a simple plan-vs-plan page very easily. It might not be on their affiliate link, but websites be doodoo sometimes. Go to keepersecurity.com and click on "Pricing" then select either personal or business. Boom - big boxes with dollar values. The "you haven't published your pricing" thing is a complete non-issue IMO. That said, the moral issues with suits and censorship do stand for something, and while it doesn't mean the whole company is rotten, it is something to keep an eye on. I also feel that, if there's any truth the vulnerabilities found before, we should be wary of a company that doesn't actively and gratefully respond to and fix potential vulns and bugs. If those can be proven or disproven, it would add the biggest weight to this scale. Remember that open source can be a double-edged blade as well, so let's keep an open mind on that one and see if the Keeper representatives can respond to the problems mentioned here. These are all rather old at this point and there's no reason they should not have been fixed; if they have been, and are currently clean against new attacks and pentests, then I see no issue.
  4. I think I morally have to agree with this, at least to a point. I'm not sure what yet to think, but I do know that the sheer amount of fault here indicates a clear losing of direction, and I don't want to support that until I know the company is back on the path that I do believe they want to be on, and set out for themselves. It's okay, everyone loses their direction, and I'm not out here suddenly labelling LTT as money grubbers or morons or X or Y or Z--- I do still have faith in the team, but the team need to take this time to reevaluate, redirect, and restart. They still make good content, good merch, and good decisions - they can continue to do so, and when I see it, I will return to buy those good products and watch those good videos. They do deserve the chance to make things right. However. They must make things right. Less blame, less focus on singular points, and less one-man-at-the-helm. This is now a core LTT issue, which while yes ultimately falls to Linus (and to a lesser extent, Tarran) to spearhead, must be reflected in the entire body, not just the head. It looks like they're pausing video publishing for this, and I hope that's the case. The next public release should be an honest admission of fault, a clear and promise-based public plan of action, and pledges where needed to make right (such as agreeing to buy the prototype back from the auction winner, plus matching that amount for the original charity, and returning it to Billet at no cost.) Linus can front this, and I hope he does, although I hope he is not alone in this. I think they'll do the above; I do trust that Linus, once he's out of his emotions, handles things the right way. Unfortunately, as we can see with how he sometimes talks on the WAN show (and he'll admit himself), his first response isn't always the best. I know his team are great, and I do believe the company is good through and through, in so far as we can see as their audience. If they don't... Well, it will sure put a sour taste in my mouth when I pack my Backpack, and put on my WAN hoodie, unfortunately, and I will definitely not return to the (rather sizeable) list of items I want to buy from the store. Vote with your morals, but more importantly, your wallet, right? LTT have done enough to warrant some faith that they will make this right. But they need to make good on that faith.
  5. I've been carefully watching the channel for the same reason, and it does appear that they've halted uploads, at least for today. Tech news and LMG Clips are still posting (and I think they should, other channels--and other entire teams who operate apart from Linus--should not be punished for Linus'/LTT's mistakes. The inaccuracies, mistakes and faults lie with the core LTT product; LTT, Short Circuit and LMG Media (like Linus posting on here, tweets, etc.) and the news cycle, Mac Address, TQ and so on, having much more railroaded purposes, shouldn't necessarily pause for that. They do still have the responsibility they signed themselves up for to report the news when they said they would, for example, and regardless they should continue to do so. Reviews, research, edutainment and opinion posts, however, are all in question and should be paused for deep scrutiny. Which it looks like they're doing. I certainly hope there's a video coming in the next 24-48 with a sincere response, and I also hope that, while Linus fronts it, others are also hosted, like Tim (to respond to the "we're better than GN/HUB" whoopsie) and Tarran (as the current CEO and as such now equally responsible party) as well as those who appeared in LTT videos where mistakes were pointed out (David, Jake, Riley etc.) - not because they've fucked up, but because they deserve to speak their piece, instead of having Linus speak it for them.
  6. I think not reaching out for comment is a problem no matter who you are. If I want to sue my ex wife for the kids, and I don't try to ask her to talk reasonably about it first, there's a good chance my court case gets dismissed or a much smaller result because I haven't done due diligence. Now if she ignores me, tells me to go to hell, or hey even agrees - I've at least tried. When I then to to court, I can say "she never responded" and now she's being scrutinized, not me. I think the same applies here. Even if GN was LTT's biggest enemy in the world, not reaching out for comment even when the act of emailing makes you want to burn your business down is just not good enough. You can disagree with their response, eat some humble pie when they're right, or choose to ignore it entirely - hopefully, they don't respond, as it only backs you up more - and continue, but at least then you've done the process.
  7. I think this encapsulates how I feel too. I really don't look at LTT and go "grr, stupid evil money grubbers!" - I love the team, the channel, and the content. But your facts and research HAS to matter. It has to count. I cannot continue to believe in new tech news or great products or come here for my 6969 RTX SuperTI™ review to see if it's worth my fifth kidney if those aren't there. It's not an option, and I'd rather half - even a fifth - the amount of content if I knew that that content was utterly infallible.
  8. I agree that it's a problem; however, did he not admit that he's wrong and should not have approached it that way, mentioning that the writer involved also heavily advocated for it to be retested? It feels like a mistake-on-mistake moment and one where he needed to just be pulled back into line (as I think he'd admit he sometimes needs to be) to fix it.
  9. It's weird, my first thought when seeing this was "Wow, they must have been talking offline about this for weeks" because of how close, and professional, I [thought] both parties were. I'm very surprised to find turning to a public, front-page video is the first action taken here - it feels like a "well we tried our best and there's literally nothing else we can do." You know, like an Anker. This is all happening in the work day so I haven't consumed the video, but I have read a summary and read Linus' response. I'm aware there are other points like the investments/biases, but I don't currently have an opinion to voice on those other than that I currently do choose to trust Linus based on his openness and honesty around these things, like with Framework and dropping sponsors. To chip in; I've definitely felt there's some moments where facts, thorough explanations, or proper product evaluation has come second to the story of the video - as examples, testing a water block where the video is 98% putting it together/physical overview and 2% "oh shit it doesn't work great", or a video about a product where part of the way that product works is skipped over (I know it's anal of me, but I always hate when terminology isn't explained at least once - what's a VPN?? What does "routing" mean here?? I'm sorry I don't know what a PCIe is, is that the big thing in your hand or the thing in the computer??) and sometimes those things have definitely been missed, and that sucks. HOWEVER. I can also appreciate that a video is just a video, and is there for entertainment's sake if for nothing else. I can also appreciate being just informed about the thing and going off to research it myself further--which, yes, is more friction, and yes, I shouldn't have to do, if the media was absolutely perfect. But sometimes, media isn't perfect, and sometimes all it does it inform you about a product, and your questions don't get answered, and you have to go answer them yourself. That's not bad content, that's just life sometimes. There have been countless times where an LTT video has told me everything I need from A to B, and other times when it hasn't. I don't blame them for this, I just hope that they do it better next time - and, generally, I think they do exactly that. I certainly wouldn't rip into LTT for any of their content decisions so far. I sure have gripes - I don't like the (hopefully) experimental shifting of the sponsor segment, as my brain doesn't start paying "learn time" attention to the content until after I hear it (because I'm so used to the sponsor segment splitting the intro from the meat) and I was a little rubbed the wrong way when Linus said on the WAN show that part of why they kept the intro music in the video was to give people skipping their sponsor segment a landing spot, only for it to get phased out of content shortly after that. And, yes, I think missing some key info, or getting something wrong that you then ONLY correct in text on screen is far from ideal--I listen to 90% of the YouTube videos I watch, meaning I miss almost all visual context, so a spliced in VO for me is a must-have--but at the end of the day, I wouldn't say "f*ck this channel" and unsubscribe. I still watch every video, because overall, every new video is a positive experience, and gives me one of three things; entertainment, education, or ideas. Perhaps it does all three, or perhaps only one; I'm still here for it. Ultimately; I don't think the feedback is unwarranted, but this approach is a first punch, not a concerned warning. You don't hit like this with a responsive and responsible company, you do this with a careless, unemotional entity out only for maximum profit. <<< EDIT >>> Having now seen the video, I haven't got a ton more to add, other than that I do generally see, and agree with Steve's points. He's right; if LTT give more of a toss about their integrity than money and relationships, then this content will and should be good for them (if painful to have to endure) and not negative. Humble pie sucks, but we all have to eat it from time to time. I still feel that a personal reach-out would have been better here. I think positive approaches always trump negative ones; the "I just don't care anymore, i'm saying like it is" might very well be perfectly valid--I don't take that away from Steve at all--but imagine how much better this could have been if this was essentially a "collab" situation, where both channels post learnable videos where LTT essentially says "the wonderful and smart Steve schooled us, here's what we're doing better" and Steve got to say "I can now say as an external content creator that Labs and the push look good, i've seen the BTS, and I think I trust Linus' biases and pushes, and don't feel like his goal is to screw over us smaller creators." Imagine the impact of that - especially given how many viewers think LTT is some evil behemoth aiming to destroy all other tech channels - rather than this. Dunno. I see both sides, I definitely don't think Steve's facts and points are wrong, but something morally disagrees with me on this content-first approach. ... I want to add... I do generally trust LTT when they say something. If Linus says he doesn't let his Framework investment or his Asus sponsorship impact his opinion of them, I tend to believe him. If LTT claim the 4060 Ti has 16 GB ram and a 512 bit bus, I assume they are correct. If the WAN show commentary says they make mistakes but work hard to improve them, or Short Circuit says a phone's battery life is horrible, or Mac Address claims the MacBook Air 92" Inflatable GigaPuter is the worst Apple product... I believe it, generally. It's a reputation they've worked hard to earn with me through years and years of generally improving, generally accurate info. I'm not sure how to feel knowing now that so many egregious, and apparently, seemingly uncared for, mistakes have made it to me. It makes me question the reviews I've watched, the products I've had recommended and sometimes even bought - and yes, even my LTT store merch, of which I own a not insignificant amount, and I again tar with the same brush of respect as everything else they produce. It's a tricky spot to be in to form an opinion, and I look forward to further LMG/GN commentary greatly.
  10. Happy weekend all! I need your ideas. O have a challenge on my hands, a little sandisk drive i once used as a tv recorder that's now either (or both) write locked, and suffering an i/o error. I've tried windows format, diskpart, sandisk locker, dban, hddreg and easeUS drive tools, and the thing still survives. I don't care about the data on it - I've tried to access it anyway and it's fouled up due either to the disk error or the tv not saving properly - all I want is to be victorious over this little bugger! Any thoughts?
  11. Hey all! Can anyone help explain driver modding in this instance? I inherited a non-functional M17X and ended up getting dud GPUs off Ebay, so I acquired one from a manufacturer down here in Aus with a 670MX in it as far as I can see. I managed to solve the 8 beeos then 5 beeps, had the laptop in pieces, tried every cable, etc. Booted now and on a fresh Win10 installation, I need to get a driver installed for it. I've modded the only file I could find following these instructions: Https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/525561/asus-g75-with-gtx670mx-and-win-8-no-driver-support-/ As well as search the VEN/DEV numbers for modded drivers, and edit a file in the driver Dell provide (307.17, 2013~ish) called NVDM which has the strings in above instructions. I've also tried to mod the latest drivers. See also; forum.notebookreview.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-drivers-v147-35-whql-findings-fixes.826368/page-6 This also mentions Clevo machines, but i have no idea what model machine this GPU came from as it's a custom brand built by Clevo for resale. I don't even have the chassis here, just the GPU. Interestingly, while the Alienware software gave me lighting, i can't control the backlight at all, not even in Windows. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!
  12. Hey, been a while on this thread! @joeys332, turns out, yup, I killeda component. I ended up seeing the warranty job for the board long after I had my replacement, and Gigabyte were quoted as having repaired a faulty component. So, yeah, I dun a bad-bad goof. At the end of the day, just because a simple 12v header and a 12v LED strip match, doesn't mean they will just work. And, if you really want to try it, *do it with the PC off, you idiot!* Okay, that one might have been a bit self-directed... @burnttoastnice actualky I've heard a lot of good things about FSP! No one I've talked too thinks they're bad, in fact it was Linus who I think toured their factory or something that sold me back then. I give FSP quite a personal bias myself, apparently TT are good as well. Anyway, yes, it did end up being a shorted IC, but the PSU was also sus and we checked that out as well.
  13. Would you believe, in the comparison, the power pins are shifted slightly and the mount normally under them is not on the far side of them. Otherwise it seems similar, I believe one or teo other mounts are a little off-mark as well... Because why not? I figgured I could perhaps use the 1070 or 1080 block, but there might be one VRM or one ram chip or something out of place that ruins it, and I'll only know that when I get the block. That's a bit of a pricey mistake to make! I'll check out bykski right away, thank you!
  14. Heyo there! I'm planning a rigid-tubed, fully hand-built, open-aired, inverted, insane-looking hard-line loop, because, well, why the Linus not? However, it seems while I did pick nicely priced, well-specked hardware with heavy bang, decent buck, and fair upgradability, it also seems i've picked all the sh*t EK, Phanteks and TT don't make blocks for. I've checked each site, and, if I can find anything, it's been almost all reference or Windforce only. See hardware; Gigabyte's Z370XP SLI mobo with a Gigabyte 1070 Ti (GV107TOC8G I believe was the product code, it's their GIGABYTE brand OC gaming card, no Windforce/G1/Aorus) Does anyone know of any brands I probably haven't checked, or of any companies, or of anyone at all, that makes or has done successful modifications to make waterblocks for these? I figgured if any big name had the cash to splurge on a 1070 Ti block it would be TT, but not even they touch it. Surely someone - GN? Jay?? - has had a look and gone, 'Oh, yeah look, these mounts here. Guess you can whack a 1080 block on this card, it just won't screw into that end bit there but the VRMs are fine'... I'm too attached to my little black-and-white themed board/8400/1070 Ti to trade them in for reference/bigger brand items, but if I want this project to, well, progress, it might end up being my only choice. Thanks all!
  15. Both great ideas, thank you guys! Yeah, I've tried sticking a simple USB into the router before and hardly been able to detect it, but I assumed a powered device would take some load off the router's port and help it detect a drive. I wouldn't be surprised if it struggles with reliability... My ideal setup in mind is for the three or four users on the network to be able to access the larger storage through explorer and simply add files to the backup folder to have them mirrored on the NAS. To me that sounds like a PC is needed, but I was hoping there might be a way to configure a program off my computer to set the system up. Since my PC is off all day, it wouldn't be available to anyone else until I get home, so running a drive via sharing would really only benefit me. I'm thinking it might be possible to run the NAS via the router, simple and easy, and have the 3 TB attached to my PC. Then, I could set up a folder on it to back up whenever it's online. I wonder... Could the NAS back itself up to the drive, backwards-style? I'm free-balling here, thinking of ideas as I go and trying to learn about all of them, so if anyone has any contributions they're all welcome! I appreciate you helping teach me.
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