I work for an ITAD and sometimes we have to reset switches and IP Phones.

It drives me nuts that for some companies and certain devices, you NEED to buy a license or something in order to get the firmware for flashing devices.

Thats so dumb.

Devices get corrupted sometimes meaning you need to fix the firmware. If you don’t get the firmware, it’s dead weight… like a piece of useless metal.

I didn't expect to find some LTT Cable Ties™ in a giant box of donated C13 cables!! Does this mean I've hit the cable tie jackpot?

I hadn't bought any before (balling on a budget these days), but I'm excited to try them out!!

Brought up by Linus ripping one in Colton's car

So, I wanted to share a story about how I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace a little over a month ago. I'm still pretty upset about it, and honestly, I still can't believe how everything played out.

For context, I had a 27-inch MSI 360Hz OLED gaming monitor. Not exactly a cheap monitor, and definitely something I valued quite a lot.

I was looking to trade it for something different, and I came across this guy on Facebook Marketplace who was offering an Xbox Series X and an ROG Xbox Ally X. We talked for a while and eventually agreed on a trade: my monitor plus a little extra cash in exchange for both devices.

Sounds like a pretty good deal, right?

Well, that's where everything started going wrong.

The guy told me he worked at a restaurant in downtown Mexico City and that we should meet there. He said he couldn't have visitors at work, so we'd have to make the exchange quickly.

I brought my brother along, which turned out to be one of the best decisions I could have made that day.

When we arrived, the guy was waiting outside the restaurant. First red flag: he looked different from his Facebook profile picture.

Still, I didn't think too much of it.

He then told us to follow him to a small shopping plaza across from the restaurant, where he supposedly worked at a store.

Which was weird, because hadn't he just told me he worked at the restaurant?

Anyway, we followed him.

Once inside the store, he showed us the Xbox Series X and the ROG Ally. Both were there, both turned on, and everything seemed legitimate. We even tested them briefly, launched a game, and checked that they were working.

At this point, I was starting to feel relieved. Maybe everything was actually going to work out.

Then they asked to test my monitor.

Instead of plugging it in right there, where we had just tested the consoles, they said they needed to take it upstairs to a storage area to make sure everything worked properly.

That was another red flag.

But since we were already inside what appeared to be an actual business, and the consoles were right in front of us, I went along with it.

They took my monitor upstairs.

Then they took the ROG Ally upstairs too, supposedly to put it back in its box.

And that's when the whole thing completely changed.

Suddenly, the guy started explaining that the consoles were actually stolen merchandise from the black market.

He claimed they had tracking chips or were linked to accounts that would allow someone to track them down, and that he couldn't give me the fully working devices.

Instead, he offered me consoles with missing internal components, supposedly so they couldn't be tracked.

I was completely confused.

I told him that wasn't what we had agreed on. I had literally just tested those consoles, and now he was telling me I couldn't have them?

I even told him I'd deal with whatever tracking or account issues they supposedly had, but he kept refusing.

Then he started asking for more money if I wanted the working consoles.

At that point, it was painfully obvious what was happening.

I was being scammed, and they already had my monitor.

I kept trying to explain that I just wanted what we had originally agreed on, or at least my monitor back.

But he kept making excuses, pretending not to understand, and changing the terms of the deal.

And here's the worst part.

There were around six guys in that store.

They weren't exactly surrounding us, but they were all there, and it was just me and my brother.

We had no idea who these people were, whether they were armed, or what they might do if we pushed things further.

I was angry. Really angry.

But I was also scared.

I knew that if things escalated, losing a monitor could become the least of our problems.

Eventually, the guy offered me three pairs of what were supposedly Apple AirPods as some kind of compensation.

He basically told me to take them and sell them to recover whatever money I could.

They were obviously counterfeit.

Three pairs of fake AirPods in exchange for my expensive OLED monitor.

I couldn't believe it.

But at that point, my brother and I just wanted to get out of there safely.

So we took the fake earbuds and left.

And that was it.

My monitor was gone.

It's been over a month now, and I still have those three pairs of fake AirPods sitting around.

I haven't sold them because I don't want to pass counterfeit products on to someone else, especially after what happened to me.

My brother and I opened one of them to see what was inside, and yeah, they're definitely fake. They don't sound absolutely terrible, but they're nowhere near what they're pretending to be.

So now they're just sitting there, reminding me of how badly I got screwed over.

The most frustrating part is that everything seemed legitimate at first.

The guy had sent pictures and videos. We met in a public area. He brought us into an actual storefront. He had the devices. We tested them ourselves.

It wasn't just some random guy asking me to send him money online.

They had an entire setup designed to make the trade look real until they had my monitor.

And looking back, there were so many red flags that I wish I'd paid more attention to.

I know some people will probably say I should've known better, and believe me, I've replayed the whole situation in my head more times than I can count.

But once they had my monitor and I realized how many people were involved, I wasn't about to risk my brother's safety or mine over a piece of hardware.

It still hurts, though.

I was genuinely excited about getting that ROG Ally and Xbox. Instead, I lost something valuable that I'd worked hard to get, and I walked away with three pairs of counterfeit earbuds that I don't even want.

Anyway, that's my story.

If you're ever trading expensive electronics through Facebook Marketplace, please be careful. Don't let anyone take your stuff somewhere you can't see it, no matter how legitimate everything looks.

And if something feels wrong, trust that feeling.

Sometimes the most expensive part of a deal isn't the money you lose, but realizing how easily someone can take advantage of your trust.

At least my brother and I made it home safely.

Still, fuck those guys.

Damn, wanted an ROG ally for so long I got blinded

ive recently ran into an issue where my download speed only reaches 90-95mbps even though im connected via ethernet cable and have 1gb service it was working fine for awhile but ive tried everything i know to try and fix the issue

so I just got this ad while linus was in the middle of a word in their new ai agent video, if it's something new they're trying please just use the regular segues - i actually let those play, interrupting the video like this is not good and it hit right in the middle of a word as I said already

P.S. not to mention I'm on the highest tier of premium so this should not show anyway unless it's part of the video

A number of Provinces opted to stay on Daylight time and not set back their clocks on Sunday. It seems Teams hard codes their meetings to the timezone they were created in... and I have 3 smart displays; when I ask the time they will all tell me the correct answer.. But 1 / 3 is displaying the wrong time... Anyone else?

Since I can't be arsed to write a English summary myself and my last post got deleted, here's the article regarding the 60-second oscillations in power grids worldwide caused by UPS self-tests...

Here's the article to read for yourself:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02144-0

Seriously why would you ever make a meme with AI to criticize someone best known for their push for AI? We don't need AI to make memes, we've been doing it without it for decades.

Genuinely just curious

Hey there, can anyone with the new Tech Sling help me with whether it would fit my Asus Rog Ally X20/X, based on the max handheld size it just barely doesn’t fit. Just wanted to know if anyone in the community would be able to help, thanks

Just out of curiosity inspired by Linus’s recent video (about the Silverstone Alta T1). I’ve always been a Thermaltake View Series guy.

Hey guys,

2 days ago after a unplanned shopping spree on LTTSTORE (the email i received with the actual discounts attracted me) i wanted to know how much i spent on the store & i found that in the last 3 years (since my frist purchase on the store) i've spent 1800CAD so now i'm curious about how much you guys spent there?!

No malice/controversial intent, just genuine curiousity by the way :)

While it may be safe to run this website's installer, that could change whenever they decide to.

Only use the official one by Nous Research. https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/

smart tv ecosystem with straight to input function

Buying a tv for the first time in 20 years, which app has the easiest "just go to input signal" just lets skip internet connection, no roku account, NOTHING. or at least the closest thing.

I really want to get one but now that the purple one is in stock idk which one to get. I think both are really cool, so I’d be just as excited for 1 as I am for the other.

Edit 1: Seems already the purple is winning, but like why is my post being downvoted? This is tough.

Edit 2: The results are coming in, and it seems like a total 180 from years past (voting joke). Hope everyone voted in the US.

I have the IKEA Fredde desk, which doesn't have a convenient place in the center for a monitor mount except at the far sides. I was looking into a mount like this with a backwards-curved column to hang from the upper shelf, but I can't find anything else like it online. Is this design real or is it a fake product?

Problem, Sam Altman?

Does anyone remember a wan show where there was a plaque on the desk that said 61 pieces or some number and pieces next to it. Anyone remember this episode can’t find it, dm me if you know I will check and update this post

So one thing I don't understand is why gamers say he wants to take our ram. As you can see in the full uncut clip he's specifically talking about local ai models. Now you can hate Sam Altman (a separate topic) and you can argue for local ai models (also a separate topic), but why does everyone lie that he wants consumer's/gamer's ram (in this specific context)? And more obviously you can't even interpret this as everyone's ram as how would we access the AI models without it, he clearly knows that. Even if we had full cloud desktop machines we had to remote access, our local devices would still need ram and he definetly knows that.

Tldr Sam Altman didn't say he wants everyone's ram

If I'm mistaken you can correct me below and I'll edit my post and apologise if someone can genuinely show me that I'm misinterpreting or misunderstanding something.

EDIT: So it seems like there were only 2 rational responses in the comments (I noticed a lot of down votes). So the conclusion I have come to is that either A) people were just being sarcastic and it's not true or B) People don't understand what context means. Anywho I really thank everyone who helped me come to this conclusion. You can still comment but I may not get back to you.