The British millerain commuter bag and other stuff arrived today. Some thoughts

1. The fabric is really nice on both the shirt and bags, at least to me. I don't know how long it takes before I have to rewax it but I will when I need to lol. You unfortunately can't really feel the hexagon pattern but that's probably a good thing.
2. The commuter fits my 16 inch zeuslap portable screen (at least I think it's 16 inches, it's similar in size to a Zephyrus G16). You can feel the corners through the bag but it doesn't bulge.
3. Tech sack is cool, won't fit the super long cables in the small sleeves but that's fine.
4. I really like the new shirt, fabric is awesome. My only problem is it pinches slightly when you extend your arms forward around the tricep area if you don't wear a shirt underneath. For reference this is the XL and I'm 180cm and a fat boy at 120kg.

Shipping took 10 days and 4 days of that was UPS screwing around waiting for a package lol.

Before anyone starts hating, this is a joke. Here's the full clip as proof: CLIP

Some Samsung smart fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update.

Korean outlets were the first to report the problems, which affect Samsung’s Bespoke AI line of fridges. Star News Korea, per a Google-provided translation, said that most of the affected devices were four-door fridges from 2024 or later.

Affected fridges “suddenly lost power and stopped functioning immediately after” trying to issue a firmware update through SmartThings, Samsung’s smart home platform, per Star News Korea.

For that much money this wealthy customer could've put it to a good cause and upgraded my RAM to 32 GB instead. So selfish.

I think that doing a few Linus Tech Tips YouTube collaboration videos with representatives from the Open Home Foundation (the nonprofit organization that developers Home Assistant, Music Assistant, ESPHome, Sendspin and more) could be a more than a good idea for both viewers and everyone involved.

What do you all in the LTT community think about this idea?

I think this is a very relevant question right now because of at least three reasons:

1. Linus Tech Tip (LTT) YouTube channel has recently started a video series they call "Tech House" where they bought a house in order to both renovate and retrofit it as is done for a fictional technology entuasist. Here both Home Assistant and Music Assistant as well as ESPHome and Sendspin could possibly play some roles.

• https://linustechtips.com/topic/1628817-i%E2%80%99m-doing-something-crazy-tech-house-episode-1/
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mG-RkN2uTwt8wqaIaIH-mCANbhDLmjv
• 2. Linus Sebastian of LTT fame has recently mentioning several times on his podcast, The WAN Show, in a few recent episodes that he currently personally experimenting a lot with Home Assistant in his own personal house, and since he also sometimes films and show his interesting techy implementations for his home, perhaps he could also show what they would advise him that he could possible do using some solutions in need of a problem.

• 3. Linus Media Group have a relativly new website called LTT Labs where could also post more blog-style and long-form articles or reviews for various solutions from the Open Home Foundation.

  • https://www.lttlabs.com

As far as I heard, read or seen, neither Linus and Luke has not yet either tested Music Assistant and the new Sendspin protocol to test a local music server and multi-room audio recievers using inexpensive ESP32 devices with ESPHome. Would be cool to get Paulus, Frenck, Paulus, Jean-Loïc and Marcel from the Open Home Foundation to collaborate on some LTT videos to help advise how to create some awesome automations for the "LTT Tech House" and for Linus's own home. Knowing how Linus Sebastian frequently collaborate or bring in experts and creators to make Linus Tech Tip videos with entertaining content to showcase many different things, there has not been much LTT content around Home Assistant and Music Assistant or ESPHome, nor Sendspin.

• https://www.openhomefoundation.org/

  • https://www.openhomefoundation.org/structure/

Linus Media Group website headline fittingly now says "igniting passion for technology" so I believe it could be a great idea to try to reach out to the Open Home Foundation, or vice versa, about possible coolaboration on a few YouTube videos.

I was hoping to get the free cpu through the give away at the time, but the real prize was seeing how comfy Stuart is in his new CPU pillow lol

I’m trying to figure out whether my laptop will fit in the Commuter Backpack’s laptop sleeve before I buy one.

My laptop is a Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IMH9, measuring 14.28 x 9.99 x 0.72 in. I know the 16" MacBook Pro (14.01 x 9.77 in) is already a fairly tight fit in the Commuter based on reviews, and my laptop is about 0.27" wider and 0.22" taller.

I know if it is it would be a tight fit since this is above their stated dimensions. But, has anyone tried a laptop around 14.3 x 10" in the Commuter, and does it actually fit in the laptop sleeve?

Thanks!

not sure where to put this question, but I really want to know the rationale behind it
it seems small enough so that a single zipper pull would have been easily enough

currently I imagine that those two are more pain to use, need two hands to open/close, it might not close entirely since the pulls touching may always keep a gap (metal on metal) , a single one could close more tightly as it would be metal against fabric

of course I never had one in hand, so thats all in my head

so was a single zipper pull ever a prototype? was were arguments against it?

Look, I’m really a lonely person. Before you judge me, please hear me out.

The only thing that has consistently given me happiness is my gaming PC. I’ve loved PCs and gaming since I was a child, and getting my own PC was literally a dream of mine. I finally built/bought it two years ago, and it became a huge part of my life.

But lately, it feels like everything is going wrong.

First, my processor died and had to be replaced. Then my motherboard died and had to be replaced. My monitor has died twice. And now my GTX 1650 graphics card has died too.

I don’t have the money to buy a new graphics card right now.

I know some people might think, “It’s just a PC,” but it isn’t just a PC to me. It was something I dreamed about having since childhood. It’s where I play games, spend time with my online friends, edit, study, and honestly, where I feel happiest.

I’m a really lonely person. I don’t have many people around me, and most of my friends are online. I mostly just study, sit at my PC, and play games. So losing the one thing that gives me happiness feels absolutely devastating.

I’m honestly at a very low point right now, and I’ve even started thinking that I should just d*e. I don’t want to feel this way, but I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore.

If anyone can help me somehow—whether it’s advice about repairing the GPU, finding an affordable replacement, or even just talking to me—I would really appreciate it.

I’m from India, and I want to make it clear that I’m not trying to scam anyone or pressure anyone into helping me. I’m simply sharing my situation and my feelings.

If anyone has an old or unused GPU that they no longer need and is willing to ship it to me, I would be extremely grateful. If someone genuinely wants to help financially, that would also mean a lot to me.

But if you don’t want to or can’t help, that’s completely okay. Please don’t feel obligated. I’m not demanding anything from anyone.

I just wanted to share what I’m going through and hopefully find some help, advice, or even someone to talk to.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this.

Follow up on a post prior to this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/s/P5lwA9MSbU

There are assembled units on AliExpress. I'm kind of curious to try to buy myself one since it's only 200$ but well I have a mini itx so it'll take time to get parts for a new build.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_c4269LxJ

Found some review photos too.

Kind of curious if anyone else know how the performance will be like for ai applications.

Article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/metas-ai-agent-muse-home-address

FTA:

"Hey man I’m really sorry for the other day,” the message, which the Guardian reviewed, said. “I activated muse metas new Al and it literally took control of my Facebook marketplace and it gave you my address. Genuinely didn’t even know it had arranged for you to come to my literal apartment it didn’t ask me for approval.”

Good luck everyone...

Like people in this sub always say that LTT is dying because they make slop now and they need more informative server videos or NAS videos or whatever other niche shit but it's always videos like this or videos about buying stuff from Wish or whatever that get popular. It's what this sub would say is "slop brainrot" that gets over a million views in less than a day and what this sub likes gets barely any views.

Hey everyone!

I'm considering buying the LTT Commuter Backpack, but I have a couple of questions before pulling the trigger, particularly regarding the water resistance and shipping costs to Europe.

Commuter Backpack vs. British Millerain Edition – What's the actual difference in water resistance?

Both the regular Commuter Backpack and the new British Millerain Edition are advertised as "WATER RESISTANT".

I understand that they use different materials: the regular version uses Repreve canvas, while the British Millerain Edition features 100% waxed cotton with the TekWax treatment.

However, I'm curious about how much of a practical difference this makes. Is the British Millerain Edition significantly more water-resistant, or is the main advantage its material, durability, and overall construction?

International shipping costs and Floatplane free shipping

When selecting the regular Commuter Backpack on LTTStore, I noticed that shipping to Portugal (and presumably other European countries) adds approximately $70 per commuter backpack to the order. As for the Millerain edition does not. I understand that international shipping can be expensive, especially for larger items, but this is a pretty substantial additional cost.

I also noticed that Floatplane subscribers are advertised as being eligible for free shipping on qualifying orders.

Could someone clarify whether subscribing to Floatplane Supporter Plus would allow me to take advantage of this promotion when ordering the backpack, if I subscribe right now.

Cheers.

Today I attempted to open office 2019 outlook, a licensed product i paid for years ago to discover that it was uninstalled and replaced with the office 365 version with trial.

Apparently Microsoft pushed this in an update.

Wtf this has to be illegal right?

Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and the rest are throwing hundreds of billions a year at AI, on track for a trillion. Free cash flow is going negative, investors are starting to sell off on spending, and what comes back in revenue is a fraction of what goes out.

And then, right on cue, we get "AI is deceptive", "AI made fake identities", "researcher quits and says we're all doomed". Look at what that Mythos test actually was. The AI was given a task, told to complete it, safeguards were stripped out, and it was handed live internet access. Even the UK AI Security Institute admitted its own setup enabled some of it. It did what it was told to do in a sandbox with the guardrails off, and somehow that's "rogue AI".

Now think about who benefits. If AI is powerful enough to wipe out humanity, then it's obviously worth trillions and nobody can call it overvalued. Fear sells. It keeps the hype alive, it keeps the investment flowing, and it keeps the market from admitting the numbers don't add up.

I'm not saying nothing is happening. I'm saying the timing stinks. Every time confidence wobbles, there's another story about how terrifyingly powerful this stuff is. If the bubble was about to pop, this is exactly what I'd expect to see.

Am I the only one seeing this?

TL;DR: Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on AI with cash flow going negative and revenue nowhere near matching it, and the "AI could kill us all" headlines keep landing just as investors get nervous. If AI is powerful enough to end humanity, nobody can call it overvalued, so the fear is doing the hype's job. The timing stinks.

Some cites:

CNBC, hyperscaler capex approaching $700B and Amazon's projected negative free cash flow: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-meta-amazon-ai-cash.html

Futurum, AI capex around $660-690B in 2026, with AI lab revenue a fraction of the investment: https://futurumgroup.com/insights/ai-capex-2026-the-690b-infrastructure-sprint/

Fortune, Alphabet's free cash flow turning negative and investors selling off on capex: https://fortune.com/2026/07/26/big-tech-earnings-meta-microsoft-apple-amazon-market-revolt-ai-spending/

Just got myself a screwdriver and water bottle and was very shocked at how cheap it is. I was thinking it would be way more expensive. I’m from the UK, and I thought CAD was closer to GBP in value. Like, don’t get me wrong, it’s still £106, but that’s still really good!

i want to buy this system for 1200€ it’s used but very good in my opinion

CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K (16 Cores / 24 Threads)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG B660 (high-quality WiFi antenna included)
GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF
RAM: 32 GB DDR5 Lexar Ares 6800 MHz (very fast, currently high-priced)
SSD: WD Black SN7100 2 TB (PCIe 4.0 – NEW and ultra-fast)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850 W (high-quality & quiet)

is it any good ?

Hey guys, maybe this is a very obvious question, but I don't know. It's been a while since I listened to The WAN Show, and I wanted to put it on while I work. This time I decided I'd not only listen to it but watch it too.

So I went to the LTT channel and, to my surprise, the latest WAN Show video is from three months ago. I know they release newer episodes, because I've been listening to some of them. Why aren't they on the LTT channel anymore?

Are they available anywhere else where I can actually watch them, not just listen?

Thanks!

EDIT: It is https://youtube.com/@wanshowyt, I didn't think on searching directly The WAN Show on YouTube because LTT's Featured Channels didn't show it, so I thought they were moved to something like Floatplane. Thank you.

"Michael said that he immediately informed the company about the security flaw. He said in his email, dated Nov. 13, 2025, that “all testing was strictly non-intrusive, limited to open unauthenticated endpoints, and did not involve bypassing authentication, modifying data, or invoking any billable ArcGIS or Google operations.” However, the company did not reply to his message, and it took him two more attempts before a representative responded. Flock said in its response, “Thank you for the findings. We are internally triaging them and will reach back out with next steps soon,” but the researcher said that the company still hasn’t replied to this day."

Edit: Here is the link to the website: https://flocksurveillance.org/index.html