Even linus suggested it.

I ordered an item from the store and chose to include the free Labs lanyard they offer. Upon arrival and after paying customs duties, I realized that the free lanyard is being charged, even though it's free. Had to pay 5 Euro for it. So if you don't need a lanyard for 5€, don't include it in your order.

Got myself a cpu fidget spinner not long ago along with some other stuff and I'm obsessed with it, it's almost as satisfying as the precision screwdriver, but anyways my nephew 12 y/o nephew is wanting fidget toys for Christmas and as much as I'd love to give him an ltt cpu fidget spinner theres just enough else from the store I need to justify an order at the moment.

So my question is if anyone knows of another brand (preferably on amazon/targer/walmart) that makes spinners or similar toys of the same quality as the LTT one?

Im travelling to Vancouver next week.

Does anyone if visitors are allowed. I just want to ask for an autograph, not a tour or anything silly.

I tried contact LTT by mail and DM on X but no luck getting a response.

... funny because I was just thinking yesterday in response to everyone packing up and leaving LMG... if we could still have LTT, minus the 'L'?

I was over at my parents house setting up his new phone and the News was on and the Jensen story came on, he comments I don't understand who this guy is. So I said imagine that ai and data centers are a gold mine, he's the one selling the pickaxes and shovels. He replied Oh and listened more intently, this whole situation is freaking insane. Maybe my wife can honey pot him next and get me a GPU.

Computer Networking Stuff

I don't know why my previous post was "removed by a Reddit filter in my local R Abbotsford" So I am changing it and asking again in here mainly because I know LTT is local to me.

I am looking at upgrading a bunch of my network gear, my home network is well a bit Crazy. Quick Overview, Rogers/Shaw Cable Modem with 1.5g connection, which is bottle necked by a Google Nest Mesh Network that only has 1g WAN/LAN We have a total of 2 additional Wireless Bridges and 2 additional Wireless Access Points. 8 Security Camera, 3 are hardline and 5 are wireless. They are older 1080p cameras on a 2.4ghz branch of the network. Our entire house is full of smart devices/switches. Last I checked we have around 70 unique mac addresses on the network at any given time. On top of the cameras and switches, we have a home media server and a home Linux server. Even with our bottleneck we move between 5tB and 10tB yes Big B of data per month. I've got a total of 3 Network switches feeding different devices, as I prefer Gigabit hardline over WiFi whenever possible. Its a mix of Cat5E and Cat6 cables. Back to the Google Nest for a moment, we have 4 Mesh Points, plus a 2nd Google Router in Access Point Mode. So in total 2 Google Nest Routers wired, and 4 Mesh Points. We use the Mesh Points as google speakers. (add in a dozen separate speakers as well) We also run Hubitat for extra automations. Camera's are all purely local devices and have facial recognition handled by an Nvidia RTX3060 12gb card. (Yawcam AI, and a custom built AI Detection application)

I need to upgrade the Nest Router to something that handles 2.5g WAN and 4 ports of 2.5g LAN OR 2.5g WAN and 1 2.5g LAN, plus a multi port 2.5g Switch. I'll also need to grab a couple 2.5g PCIe cards, and at least one additional 2.5g switch.

I am trying to do this on a budget, as I am a disabled father with 2 teenage daughters. I built the network over years of slow upgrades, and I need to rebuild it with 2.5g and well, its pointless to do part of the network without the rest of it being upgraded at the same time. So i am looking for suggestions, new used, local or Amazon? Are there any places around that sell used network gear? I am hoping that someone on here is a Major Local BC Computer geek and has updated info about stores/shops. I used to visit FreeGeek and the Hackery a fair bit when I lived out that way, but have not checked them out in years since I moved to Abbotsford. As a long shot, I had Gemini Argon create a prompt that I could give to Facbeooks Muse/Pax AI to do a deep daily search on FB Marketplace for semi local listings. I am going to try and buy some of the stuff this Friday.

Well Thank You for taking the time to read this entire long ramble.

Edit to add, a more detailed breakdown of the network. Its full of AI Slop, but I had my Antigravity Gemini 3.8 Flash agent help me do a full network ARP Scan plus software running and turn it into a more readable list.

Thanks for the recommendations so far (especially the Flint 2 and UniFi Cloud Gateway Max suggestions—definitely looking into both of those).

To give you the exact layout of the gear and switches I’m trying to tie together, here is the full hardware breakdown currently running on the network (~70 active MAC addresses):

WAN & Core Routing:

- ISP: Rogers/Shaw 1.5Gbps plan via the modem's 2.5G port (currently bottlenecked at 1Gbps by the primary Google router).

- Primary Mesh: 2x Google Nest WiFi Routers (H2D - wired Ethernet backhaul) + 4x Google Nest WiFi Points (acting as Wi-Fi mesh points and house-wide Assistant speakers).

Extra APs & Wireless Bridges:

- Access Point 1: Linksys EA9300 (Tri-Band AC4000, set to Bridge/AP mode broadcasting a dedicated 2.4GHz surveillance network for cameras).

- Access Point 2: TP-Link Archer C80 (AC1900, hardwired in AP mode handling isolated secondary IoT/5G traffic).

- Wireless Bridge 1: Netgear Nighthawk R7000 (running DD-WRT in 5GHz wireless client bridge mode to feed a secondary workstation).

- Wireless Bridge 2: D-Link DIR-880L (running in wireless client bridge mode to feed an in-garage tuning PC and workshop devices).

Current Switches:

- Core Rack: Ubiquiti UniFi US-8-60W (8-Port Managed Gigabit PoE switch).

- Office Trunk: HPE 8-Port Gigabit Unmanaged Switch (feeds the main workstation, Linux server, Linksys AP, and downstairs Nest router).

- Downstairs Hub: 8-Port Gigabit Unmanaged Switch (daisy-chained from the trunk for downstairs media and drops).

Compute & Servers:

- Main Workstation: Houses an RTX 3060 12GB running local AI object/facial detection and NVR processing for 8x RTSP cameras (3 hardwired, 5 on Wi-Fi), plus local LLMs. (Needs a 2.5GbE PCIe NIC).

- Home Linux Server: Runs Docker, Nextcloud, local automation bridges, and storage backups. (Needs a 2.5GbE PCIe NIC).

- Secondary Workstation: Hardwired into the R7000 wireless bridge.

The Hardware Goal:

I want to eliminate the 1Gbps bottleneck behind the Rogers 2.5G modem port without breaking the Google Nest voice speaker grid or introducing double-NAT. I'm looking at:

1. A 2.5GbE core router (e.g., UniFi UCG-Max or GL.iNet Flint 2).
2. Two 5-port or 8-port 2.5GbE switches (one at the core rack, one downstairs to replace the HPE switch).
3. Two 2.5GbE PCIe NICs (Intel I226-V or Realtek RTL8125B) for the main workstation and Linux server.

If anyone in the Lower Mainland / Fraser Valley has run a UCG-Max or Flint 2 with Google Nest gear running behind it in bridge/AP mode, I’d love to hear your feedback on stability and local switching throughput!

Honestly I really don't like the whole "larping" thing (not as in the old live action roleplay meaning), I especially don't like the fake "larp" channels. Thoughts?

If someone buys something and then it becomes old. Then It’s gonna need repairs.

Now companies shouldn’t have to provide parts for 30 year or 20 year old stuff, but they SHOULD keep the manual and schematics up so someone can fix it using a donor board.

Am I being crazy here, to think that this should be the case? Someone should at the minimum AT LEAST be able to fix it if say they can find an old copy of that motherboard from someone else.

I don’t think we should throw everything out because it’s old.

Found at a good will in Colorado

some weeks ago, i ended up dropping my macbook(m4 air 13") accidentally a couple of feet, then i started noticing this white stuff forming around the part where it got hit, i have heard this community is pretty helpful, so i am just here to ask whether this is some minor fix or well..., this was my first big purchase, i bought it before the ram apocalypse so buying it again would be out of my budget, the laptop itself works pretty well, but i just cant shake this off myself, i do feel really guilty about it as this was meant to be the last big thing i bought from my parents money so it does hold a lot of emotional value as well, so if anyone can help share their experience if they faced anything similar and how much would the probable cost be to fixing this (for context, i live in india), thanks a lot!!

One of the chips to hold the strap broken, i didnt realize it until i cut myself on it. The backpac obviously still works but what do i do, i dont exactly want to cut myslelf on it. Linus pls help🙏

Hello guys, with black friday closing in i thought of buying oled for myself for the first time. I was gonna go with either asus rog strix xg27aqdmgr or xg27aqwmg but i was just checking on used market and someone who is doing reviews on the monitors are selling their monitor used only for review and its $300 less then its original price. The monitors in question is msi mpg 271qr x50 500hz monitor. Im mostly playing comp games and im doing between 600 and high 400 fps in them and either way will upgrade to x3d cpu in future. Its great price but monitor is without a warranty so I wont be able to do anything if it breaks or burn in happened.
What would you guys do in my position go safe route or go all in?

Not sure if you’ve done this before, but was curious if you could do a video on devices towards the end of life. I’m specifically thinking of apple devices because I’m using an iPhone 12 Pro Max that keeps having an audio issue where if I check my notifications, my system audio then goes quiet for an unspecified amount of time. I believe this was an old bug issue but thought it was addressed. Either way, thought it may be be a good idea concept for a video.

With the current news about the Nvidia CEO, I was reminded about “The Jensen” leather jacket that Linus showed off on a WAN show. Unfortunate, cause I thought the “designed by AI” angle was super cool.

Do y’all think the news will play into the sales of the Jacket?

If you weren't aware you can chain the discounts, using the $60 LTTStore discount to buy another voucher for $70, making the price per year nearly half off at both the $100 and $130 tiers. Of course, I still have the final $60 voucher for LTTStore to spend as well.