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Linus Media Group response:
https://youtu.be/0cTpTMl8kFY
 
 
 
From the video
«The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility»
 
„This video is not monetized. This video covers our serious concerns regarding the data accuracy of Linus Media Group, including Linus Tech Tips, ShortCircuit, and TechQuickie, particularly as it relates to rushing content out the door to favor -- by staff's own admission -- quantity over quality. As the company continues to expand into its LTT Labs direction, the importance of accurate data increases; however, even as 'only' entertainment, there are still certain responsibilities to the consumer and the manufacturers to report fairly (and to have defined corrections processes in place). We tried to approach this as objectively as possible and hope that viewers are able to listen to the evidence we present, particularly as it relates to significant and frequent data errors that now present in nearly every technical review video.“
 
While GN has some good feedback, sometimes it feels like they are disingenuous and create a narrative that does not resonate with what I see from LMG.
 
Read:  I agree with most of the problems raised in the video, but not everything is 100% the way it is portrayed. 
 
Furthermore, I have the impression that some points, such as statements that lead people to believe that Linus is railroading creators or that the Chief of Labs is utterly unfit for the job, are probably not accurate and not deserved.
 
To reiterate:  I am not discounting some other points that Steve has made.
 
Some other uninformed criticism is about alleged conflicts of interest when reviewing laptops while the company is an investor in Framework.
 
This insinuation is also not entirely accurate. 
 
 
In trying to set the record straight, GN has fallen prey to inaccuracies in some of their claims. «The pot is calling the kettle black» situation. 
 
I believe that the issues that GN raises are valid and should be taken on board to improve the quality and accuracy of the content.  
 
There are some other allegations that, if true, are very concerning.
 
We need a frank official response from LMG. The next WAN show is going to be spicy. 

@LinusTech I've been watching forever. OG Floatplane sub when it was driven from the forum. I've managed multi-million dollar projects with many, many employees. I've never posted here prior. I can tell you, with absolutely certainty, that this is a crisis and that you are responding to it poorly. (with both the quoted post and all of the others prior)
 
Ideally, your crisis response would be:
Make an effort to understand the issue - both from the initial report and from the community resonance. Quickly acknowledge that you've seen the issue, understand how important that it is, and will be responding very soon. Take time to craft your message and select the broadest medium for response. Eliminate emotions. Get others to participate. Apologize. Take responsibility. Make it clear that your taking steps to swiftly improve. Detail these steps. Invest in ways to correct the situation and monitor their impact so that issues don't reoccur.   
So far, there appears to be a limited understanding of the root of the issue, and denial about the breadth and depth of the impact. To be clear:
There is an issue with factual accuracy in LMG videos. There is a situational consistency issue with LMG videos. There is a conflict of interest issue with LMG videos. There is a clear issue with how you all impacted the manufacturer of an LMG video subject product. Beyond that, the response has been taking issue with the messenger (Steve at GN), general statements about how improvement is needed, attempted assertation that the impact to the video subject has been addressed, clearly emotional reasoning, promises of a future Labs solutions, and ignoring/rejecting the most common, community suggested path to correcting the situation (slowing down, taking time to get it right). I don't think that it's a stretch to stay many people would find these infuriating at worst and a nothing-burger at best.
 
 
I'm asking -- begging -- please stop, analyze, bring in others, and respond again -- correctly this time. Apologize. Take responsibility. Make it clear that your taking steps to swiftly improve. Do the damn thing and follow up on it.
 
Less Travis Kalanick. Less Deepwater Horizon.
More of what the best version of Linus would do.

If you want to flip that PSU around, there are many adapters for power cables available to get it going in the right direction. Or even a replacement cable.  Just gotta get one going the direction you want. See attached screenshots.

From what I've gathered, yes. If you disable the "App Center Download & Install" feature on the motherboard this gets solved (edit: you need to also do the steps below to fully get rid of it in an already installed version of Windows).
 
What happens is that if you have that function enabled in your UEFI, the motherboard injects a program called "GigabyteUpdateService" into your system32 folder. Then it registers the program as a service, and when it is running it checks for updates from Gigabytes servers.
All that is in and of itself not really a big deal and is probably done for non-malicious purposes. However, the process doesn't check the validity of the downloaded files (at least not during downloading) which is a big no-no.
 
If you want to completely reverse and disable this you will need to:
1) Disable the app center function in your UEFI.
 
2) Delete this registry key:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GigabyteUpdateService
 
3) Delete the file located here (might not be possible if it's already running, in which case you need to stop the service from task manager or restart your PC):
%SystemRoot%\system32\GigabyteUpdateService.exe
 
 
 
Also, I already see people talking about how Gigabyte are terrible, please note that all companies mess up every once in a while. I don't see any indication of this being done maliciously but rather an oversight. 
It's getting pretty tiring seeing people go "company X is now on my shit-list" whenever any company messes up. The same company reported a breach at MSI about a month ago. Less than a month ago people were outraged at Asus for the AMD processors burning up (although that seems to have been an AMD issue that was fixed for everyone, not just Asus even though they were mostly affected). Last year ASRock motherboards were used in a large-scale attack because they contained vulnerabilities.
My point is that if your instinct is to always blacklist companies whenever they mess up, regardless of the circumstances, then you will have blacklisted pretty much every single company within a year. There needs to be more nuance in the conversations. The world isn't a Saturday morning cartoon where everything is either fantastic or the worst thing ever.

I’m going to work with what I got, this PSU should “work” but not in the ideal configuration.
 
As far as gf’s upgrade, I know she needs a gaming monitor and/or new case. She would benefit with a monitor, even if it’s a 1080p 144hz. Her bday isn’t until March, so perhaps Christmas is the next opportunity 🤙 
 
So the motherboard finally shipped after 3 days… Thankfully it’s coming from Sacramento, CA. That usually means it will get to Portland in a few days.
 
I went ahead and took my lesser used 2.5 inch 1TB SSD out of my old rig and installed it in its new home. 
 

 
I went ahead and routed the cables and installed the PSU to see how everything fit.
 

 
One drawback from buying an SFX-L in this case is you loose the area below the PSU that allows for an additional 2.5 inch drive or a 15mm fan. I will bottom mount some slim 15mm fans on this case for updraft configuration.
 

Yo Colton just wanted to say, you the man!

Don't know anyone going to LTX. Would love to put together a team 4-5 people to play LAN games with. I'll put together a Discord and maybe we can play a couple games together. When an official game list comes out we can practice a little bit ?

Hello!
 
After a long time of saving money for some parts, and calculating on what to get and what not, i finally was able to build my system!
Its not really a fresh build, most of the parts were slaughtered out of my old ATX-System, so all i had to get was a new MB (Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX/Asrock), a case, in this project the Thermaltake Core V1 in white, and a new cooler.
For cooling especially i got all Noctua Fans, and for the Cpu-Cooler the NH-D9L, as its small, with high build quality and also a pretty high given TDP for the size, which is 140 watts.
 
As its my first ITX-build i encountered some issues along the way. Trickiest thing was to fit my 280mm GTX 1080 into the case. I had to insert it from the front and slide it through, but before that i had to unscrew the 200mm fan, its a bit stuffed but it works! Also another thing im considering is to get handmade cables, when i have the money for it. Im using the standart cables from my modular PSU, and its just so much stuff thats hindering airflow, but luckily not like really a problem.
 
When it was done, after a short problem with the windows installation (always click the right boot device boys and girls!), it was up and running! When all missing tools were installed, i started to look into a little oc'ing hehe. Under the NH-D9L i could punch my 8700k up to 4.9 ghz, with 1.27V. It needs still a small adjustment, most likely i should turn AVX offset to three -under heavy avx load it heats up, but ever so slightly, but in the end after around 15 mins it would begin to throttle-.
 
But as its happy with that i gave it, and works stable under any load, i'll take care of that a bit later :)
Final Specs are:
 
i7 8700k (delidded)
AsRock Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX
GTX 1080 Gigabyte Windforce OC
16 GB RAM, 3200mhz, CL14
PSU: Power Zone 750w bequiet!
CPU-Cooler:  NH-D9L Noctua
960 EVO 500GB Boot Device/important software 
2TB WD Blue HDD
 
Im happy with it as you can see, and hope some of you will like it! :)
 
Greets, Lerixo
 

Maybe contact Freegeek considering they are helping out with bits at LTX. 
Normally you buy things from them but you may be able to agree to rent one for the weekend. 

Quick question pertaining to the stage, is Row S going to be facing the back of the stage or will it be open from both sides?

You should've received an email when you purchased the tickets that allowed you to link them to a dreamhack account. Go find this email and link the tickets to an account and you should be good to go.

Hey guys, Austin Here.
Just joking. Its Ethan. I live in the bay area, and was hoping someone who's driving up to LTX has an open seat in their car, or private plane (if anyone has a private plane, and is flying to LTX out of San Jose, please respond). I can help chip in for gas money.

I'm driving in from Montana but I can probably be convinced to bring an extra monitor or two.  Let me see what I have and I'll let you know.

I'll be driving up from Seattle. It would be fun to meet and hang out with some people. 

I totally read the title as "LTT Stoner Meetup!!"
I was all like hell yeah...waaaaiiiiiiittttt a damn minute...

I just found out I'm not going to be able to go this year, as travel costs from Michigan and unfeasible at this time. I'm giving away my ticket, as I don't use Venmo/PayPal/etc.
 
I'm okay with eating the cost, I just want to make sure someone that will be able to make it gets the ticket. Also, if you can bring a computer, you'll be able to!
 
Get back to me here or on Twitter and we'll hash out the details.
 
https://www.twitter.com/Armas_Ectos

DreamHack's BYOC seat selection will be available starting at 12PM PST tomorrow! https://dreamhack.com/tickets/ltx19

@CPotter 

Thanks to the LTX team for helping out me!! great people at LMG

I'll message DreamHack and see if they have a list. If they do, I'll create a new thread here on the forum.
 
Thanks!

I will go to whatever there is in terms of afterparties, even though I will not be buying LTX tickets, just because I live in Vancouver.

Safe = You drive. expensive = you pay some premium shipping company to haul it over there. unsafe pack it up and take it with you on the plane. ( you might wanna disassemble half the important stuff and carry it with you ) and insure it with everything they have to offer. 

I'll probably be super busy but I'd be down. My Discord is Caltane#8105

Best way to pack a PC for a lan?
 
Partially disassemble it.
 
Remove CPU heatsink, videocard, drives.  Heatsink goes in bubble wrap, video card and drives go in static bags, and bubblewrap.  Line the inside of the PC with a large static bag and place all components inside on top.  Use packing tape to seal up everything.
 
Been to two international lans before this one and I've always done it this way.  And the hardware is always intact.

I saw that there was going to be an R6 siege tournament but not much info on it. Is there anything we know for sure?