bigmug

Nope, and I make sure to use completely different names on every forum/service that I join. In this case, I had just sat down with a big mug of tea when I signed up for the LTT forum, so my username here became "bigmug". I also never reuse passwords, but instead use forum/service-unique 20-32 character long random strings with letters, numbers and symbols.

I just hope they'll develop a de-orbit module with either a modified Soyuz module that has extra fuel for a long, hard burn. Or a one-off module with a big solid-propellant rocket motor, like some kick stages. That way they can properly take it out of orbit and really dump it into the ocean, with no risk of a prolonged, uncontrolled re-entry that spreads parts over South America or even farther afield...

Just create a new account? Couldn't take more than a minute.

Plain!

"Wow! Power tools!"

I have a whole battery of adblockers in my browsers, not just to remove ads, but also to remove all those insane clickable elements that pop up all over videos these days. No adblock on my phone but then, I almost never watch any videos on my phone. It's such a poor substitute for a real computer that it's more annoying than entertaining to watch anything on a mobile phone. I only watch videos on my phone when I'm away from home, and even then only sparingly. So I'd say more than 99.9 % of my Youtube viewing time is on my computer, without even a hint of an ad.

Apart from a running watch I use occasionally while running or walking (for exercise), I haven't used a watch in 21 years. It's been that long since I bought my first mobile phone. I find that the skin under the back of the watch gets damaged if I wear a watch daily. I get reddish, tender patches that take many days to heal. And it only takes a day for a funky, fungal smell to develop. That happens to be a smell I'm extremely sensitive to and disgusted by. Not nice at all. Also, I spend almost all of my time either at work or at home, and in both places I'm surrounded by computers with the time visible in the task bar, and wall clocks, and clocks on kitchen appliances. And there's a clock on the dashboard of my car as well - not that the alternative would've been using my mobile while driving! I'm really struggling to come up with situations in my daily life where I would benefit from a watch. Getting the mobile out of the pocket takes a second or two. In cold weather, it would even be faster than digging into multiple layers of clothing to get to a watch! No, I will never wear a watch daily again. Exercise watches for a few hours at a time, every couple of days, that's fine though.

The issue is really not the gearbox, but the clutch. You could easily have a fully manual gearbox, but with an automatic clutch. It could sense movement of the stick and combine that with sensor data from the engine, the wheels, inclination, speed, acceleration and automatically adapt the clutch engagement based on that. With that said, there are situations where a manual car is superior. Getting towed is not an issue with a manual car - just put it in neutral and tow away. Nothing bad will happen. Not so for an automatic - they will need to be partially lifted, which is beyond what another car with a towing line (the usual situation) can offer. So, unless you can get a tow truck out to your location easily, you could get stuck for a very long time, potientially in severe cold. Another advantage of a fully manual car is when the road surface is slippery (ice, snow, slush, mud). You then want to ease in the power, and use a higher-than-normal gear to reduce torque. That just not possible to do in an automatic car. Granted, many modern cars have various anti-skid functions that partially compensate for that, but at a premium, and still not as good as manual. If I drive a rental car or if someone else is paying for the car ride (uni field trips, work, et c), then I'm fine with an automatic, but I strongly prefer manual for my own cars (I've owned an automatic, and I didn't like it).

It's not really Youtube's fault. The fault lies with the governments that make stupid copyright laws. YT has such an insane inflow of videos every second that only automated content ID is viable. It will make mistakes, and those mistakes mean nothing to Youtube unless they affect a big channel. There are probably thousands of uploaded videos being flagged incorrectly every hour. Youtube would have to pay for staff for manual reviews out of their own pocket to deal with it. Not going to happen. They owe nothing to uploaders. Literally nothing at all.

Well, every new CSF video seems to be written around a sponsored theme since 3-4 videos ago, so that's likely the way forward. Slightly less fun, but still entertaining. To get back to the glory days of CSF, they would have to bring back Berkel. BRING BACK BERKEL! BRING BACK BERKEL! BRING BACK BERKEL!

We will never get back to the golden age of the crazy and hilarious years when LTT worked out of the house in Langley. Small team, small space, not yet corporate and a lot more ad hoc/ad lib. That will never return. LTT is a big business now, and that changes the tone and feel of the videos and of the relationships. Also, people get older and that changes people. Not worse, not better, just different.

The point probably was to circumvent parts of the NDA, and be able to talk about the new processor and its features, show off a motherboard, without technically breaking the NDA. Release the video half a day ahead of the actual embargo time, and you get more views and traffic than at the correct time, when you're competing with a dozen or so other channels. LTT will obviously post a proper review video then, but this ekes out a fair few views more.

The only sad part about how the "game" ended is that the format, and I dare say ANY similar format LTT decides to do, is now burned forever. Everyone coming on a show like that will know that the first game was rigged in the contestant's favor, so either they will have to have every show end the same way, killing suspense for contestant and audience alike, or they will have to explicitly state that the next one ISN'T rigged, which will instead leave the contestant with a bit of a bitter taste, and it will make LTT seem bad to many viewers. So either way, it won't be good for anyone, really.

Every LTT video has credits at the very end. It clearly says "Scalper James Strieb".

James.