How smart is Linus?

[Yugen]

How smart (in terms of modern computer tech) do you think Linus is? 

Where did he study?

How did he become a tech savvy?

[bleedblue]

Not smart enough to let @RILEYISMYNAME review the new RTX cards /meme

[Pixel5]

i'd give him the perfect score of 5/7

 

he knows quite a bit about technology but you can see clearly from their videos especially about the servers and the problems they had that while he knows how to make things work it does not mean its always the right way to do it.

 

As far as i know he grew into this role due to working at a computer store before and picked up his knowledge along the way.

[Supportsneedlove]

IQ of 1337

[Arika]

generally this kind of hardware knowledge isn't something you learn at school/college, it's mostly self taught

[kilgore_T]

smarter than me

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

In terms of smartness, 2/10

not talking about how much he knows, but how he handles sudden problems/ idea.

2 goes to finding so much sponsors 

[GoldenLag]

8 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

Not smart enough to let @RILEYISMYNAME review the new RTX cards /meme

clearly the best reviewer they can get hold of in-house

[Guest]

He's OK. Doesn't take me as someone who knows great in-depth about computers or know programming languages (or even unix). I don't think he went to university, more of a business man rather than a computer guy - and thats how he should be for his job. 

[AlTech]

41 minutes ago, Arika S said:

generally this kind of hardware knowledge isn't something you learn at school/college, it's mostly self taught

I believe he's gone to  journalism school and graduated uni but don't quote me on that.

[Jurrunio]

I would have rated him a 8/10 for creating problems, then fixing it (With varying degree of success) for video which is smartwhen you cant think of new content (or rather, his employees cant).

 

But I decided to give him a 4/10, because he's now using a hybird car as his daily driver (Chevy Volt, fyi). The pollution of making those lithium batteries (and shipping the ingredients around the globe in the manufacturing process) powering that car is so high, the car better run for all its life (a long life too) on electricity from renewable sources to pay for the pollution-debt in making those batteries.

 

Buying a hybrid car (imo) then is like buying RTX cards. The concept's good (and makes you feel and look better), but not yet practical in reality. Not until we make producing batteries as polluting as using paper cups in the same mass anyway (again, imo)

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I would have rated him a 8/10 for creating problems, then fixing it (With varying degree of success) for video which is smartwhen you cant think of new content (or rather, his employees cant).

 

But I decided to give him a 4/10, because he's now using a hybird car as his daily driver (Chevy Volt, fyi). The pollution of making those lithium batteries (and shipping the ingredients around the globe in the manufacturing process) powering that car is so high, the car better run for all its life (a long life too) on electricity from renewable sources to pay for the pollution-debt in making those batteries.

Wait wat...... He bought a Chevy Volt?

 

Has has he not seen Banacules' experience with them?

 

Rip 2018 Linus Lambo as soon as he damages it.

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Buying a hybrid car (imo) then is like buying RTX cards. The concept's good (and makes you feel and look better), but not yet practical in reality. Not until we make producing batteries as polluting as using paper cups in the same mass anyway (again, imo)

the Toyota Prius (or even Prius Prime for the ballers) is a way smarter choice imho than a Chevy Volt. Although tbh, probably easier to get American car in CA than asian cars.

[Shimejii]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Wait wat...... He bought a Chevy Volt?

 

Has has he not seen Banacules' experience with them?

 

Rip 2018 Linus Lambo as soon as he damages it.

the Toyota Prius (or even Prius Prime for the ballers) is a way smarter choice imho than a Chevy Volt. Although tbh, probably easier to get American car in CA than asian cars.

Hes keeping it for a month and then selling it to review the car and talk about the tech inside then move on to another car that the Subscribers choose or at least give ideas of what to choose

[AlTech]

Just now, Shimejii said:

Hes keeping it for a month and then selling it to review the car and talk about the tech inside then move on to another car that the Subscribers choose or at least give ideas of what to choose

Oh okay. Thank god. Cos most electric cars or hybrids aren't great at surviving accidents.

 

Barnacules' Chevy Volt got totalled when he had an accident a while back.

[Shimejii]

Just now, AluminiumTech said:

Oh okay. Thank god. Cos most electric cars or hybrids aren't great at surviving accidents.

 

Barnacules' Chevy Volt got totalled when he had an accident a while back.

Yeah but it wasnt just a small accident. He slid off the road going down a icy hill and smashed the fuck out of the frontside and the body frame. That is VERY expensive to repair. If it was just body panels it wouldnt have been totalled, but he unfortunately damaged the frame.

[Yugen]

Well compared to their european counterparts, are there reliable american cars in the first place though?

[porina]

Of the tech-tuber space, he's easily above average. No, he doesn't know everything, no one does. I think a large part of his success isn't just the technical knowledge, but he's got business skills and industry contacts on top of that. Watching the Wan show is usually great. Similar long format "news" videos by other tubers... often stink. There's a fine line between adding value, and just repeating what someone else said.

 

Even in the tech space, the 'tubers that I'd say possibly know more, are more into electronics, so you also have to consider what level you're looking at here. They specialise in their own areas.

[AlTech]

2 minutes ago, porina said:

Of the tech-tuber space, he's easily above average. No, he doesn't know everything, no one does. I think a large part of his success isn't just the technical knowledge, but he's got business skills and industry contacts on top of that. Watching the Wan show is usually great. Similar long format "news" videos by other tubers... often stink. There's a fine line between adding value, and just repeating what someone else said.

 

Even in the tech space, the 'tubers that I'd say possibly know more, are more into electronics, so you also have to consider what level you're looking at here. They specialise in their own areas.

Yeah but no offence to linus he's more street smart than book smart. It's obvious from his videos imho.

 

Also, I think I just de-railed the thread talking about hybrids .

[Tech_Dreamer]

Smart enough to jump from a Burning ship called NCIX.

[bleedblue]

42 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

he's gone to  journalism school and graduated uni

He is smart, according to @AluminiumTech he went to journalism school and graduated uni.

[AlTech]

12 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

He is smart, according to @AluminiumTech he went to journalism school and graduated uni.

I said don't quote me on that though cos I don't 100% know for sure . He talked about his education in a few earlier videos from 2013-2015 i think.

[Lord Blue of Screenshire]

I think he's quite smart, would instantly gain 20 IQ points if he hired me though!

[ZeouLs]

1 hour ago, jrsaninipot said:

Well compared to their european counterparts, are there reliable american cars in the first place though?

You, I like you

[porina]

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

Yeah but no offence to linus he's more street smart than book smart. It's obvious from his videos imho.

When it comes to "computer stuff" I think his knowledge is really wider than most, but just not deeper than those who specialise in certain areas. That also gets reflected in the video content, LMG does a bit of everything, not focus deeply in one area.

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

Also, I think I just de-railed the thread talking about hybrids .

How dare you post on topic! As punishment you have to spend 30 minutes talking to people who frequent WCCFTech.

[Sauron]

2 hours ago, jrsaninipot said:

How smart (in terms of modern computer tech) do you think Linus is? 

Where did he study?

How did he become a tech savvy?

1) Smart =/= knowledgeable... if you mean "how much does he know", he knows enough to assemble and use the vast majority of consumer electronics competently. He doesn't know a lot about computer science and component level electronics (I doubt he could tell you in detail how a transistor works, not that he needs to for the purposes of LTT).

 

2) He didn't go to university.

 

3) He had a knack for building computers and he worked for a tech retailer.

1 hour ago, jrsaninipot said:

Well compared to their european counterparts, are there reliable american cars in the first place though?

Oh dear, call the firefighters to extinguish that SAVAGE BURN 

To be fair, I used to have a Ford and it was pretty reliable... must have been because it had a VW engine ^^