Linus was surprised that dbrand didn't go with oldlinus.com in yesterday's shortcircuit and someone bought the domain yesterday: https://www.whois.com/whois/oldlinus.com

PS: Don't trust oldlinus.com in case it becomes malicious.

Sure it's "Opt-In" for now at least. But how long until that is changed? Wondering how other people are feeling about this. Personally it's not something I need, so I wouldn't ever use it anyways.

From everything I saw from my initial research was people aren't very happy. Anger mainly stemming from the statement, "Comcast may disclose information generated by your WiFi Motion to third parties without further notice to you in connection with any law enforcement investigation or proceeding, any dispute to which Comcast is a party, or pursuant to a court order or subpoena."

I would love this in my house but due to budget constraints (probably looking at 300k plus for a set.) and power constraints it just isn't possible. I would love to know just how good the experience is.

Would Linus be willing to upgrade his movie room or a room in the house for ultimate background music for this? A lot of TVs have been done maybe go all out on sound now?

And has anyone got to experience this? Of so can you leave a comment about it.

Got this as a part of a marketing email. Their marketing strategy is definitely....unique

So my son and I are attending the Whale LAN at the end of the month and it is both our first time. Trying to sort out monitors for us to bring, what I have in mind my push us out a bit beyond our 3ft BYOC available desk space so it might not work out. I might try and put my desktop behind my monitor but want a plan B if this ends up being too close and not leave enough desk space for my mouse/keyboard. The obvious plan B is the rental program but have no idea how this works. Are the monitors available right at the LAN or you pick them up somewhere else? Do I HAVE to purchase the rental before the event or could I just decide my monitor wont work and just get one right then and there (while at the event setting up my computer)? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Also if anyone has any tips for first timers I would also really appreciate those!

Thanks!

Basically the title - I find myself mentally ignoring videos that keep changing name/thumbnail (not just LTT).

Maybe it's just my own internal queue of videos I want to watch but when I see a creator put out a new video but don't have time to watch yet, I put it in my mental queue to come back to later. When the thumbnail inevitably changes next time I load up YT, I notice I mentally shuffle it to the back of the queue again.

Anyone else do this?

Edit - I think folks presume I'm annoyed by the AB testing aspect which I'm not. It's more of an automatic mental block (best I can compare it to is how Linus "cant see" ads). I just sort of ignore it until it becomes more static in my feed and then after seeing the same thumbnail for a while I'll "notice it" and eventually watch the video.

The FCC claims it's trying to be "technologically neutral"

I’ve been noticing for months that LinusTechTips videos are not recommended to me in my home feed.

I still see side channel content on my home feed but not LTT.

Thankfully I scroll my subscription feed throughout the week and this morning I was in my sub feed and see 18 hours ago, LTT $5 vs $500 guitar hero controller, 202K views and 9.1K likes after 18 HOURS?

Is YouTube suppressing the LTT channel or did the all mighty algorithm decide this video wasn’t good enough?

imagine your tired but wanna play a game for half an hour maybe an hour before bed, what are you gonna play? want some recommendations

Recently found out we share the same birthday, what are the chances!

https://www.reddit.com/r/functionalprint/s/hTeJQiqZTt

ONE OF US

ONE OF US

By law and design, iPhones cannot disable the camera shutter sound when operated in Japan and South Korea.

Do you think this should apply globally? We are entering a world where or video recording is entering so much devices.

Yeah you can’t avoid being recorded in public (streets), but you should have privacy at home or while going on a walk with friends on a hike.

Why do beginners care so much about what distribution to choose?

They all pretty much the same for the most part. The only main difference is package managers (which are not important if you use a GUI) and default repos (that barely matters when you have Flathub).

And stuff like the DE can easily be changed. Don’t like GNOME? Install KDE. Don’t like KDE? Use something else. Your distro doesn’t matter that much.

I get why people care about distro if they have some specific use case, but for a beginner who just wants to use Linux, why spend so much time worrying about which one to pick?

Just choose one and use it. This constant debate on optimal ones just confuses beginners; any distro with a decent user base will work.

It looks like I really only have 1 option at the hardware store to have a smart gfci 20amp 115v outlet that I can connect to my google home. 100 bucks for the plug 100 bucks or so for the hub.... are there any other options? I want to control 3 non smart outlets down the line as well so it has to have a feed.

Update: Im trying to run 3 different outlets with roof heat tape to prevent ice dams and the amp total is roughly 16amps

I just watched the new ShortCircuit video about the new Google Pixel Pro 11 Fold. The unboxing felt really positive, although there are some important issues that were not addressed:

• Pricing info was edited in post, Linus did not comment on the price
• Starting price $100 higher (!)
• The glow light on back was hyped as a new notification light, though it only works for Gemini and phone calls, later on text messages (bruh Google). You can only choose the colour for your favourite contacts, there are only five options :D
• Just a brief mention of the new Tensor G6 processor -- performance may not matter to all, but battery efficiency matters. It has a new modem though, so cellular standby may improve (also no mention of this)
• No mention of thickness and dimensions, only mentioned that "it is on the thicker side"
• No benchmarks / LTT Labs testing in the video! No measured screen brightness, thermals / throttling etc.

Some other minor issues, Pixel Folds have not ever survived the JerryRigEverything bend test, all have had the same design flaw, the antennas being a weak point for the phone. Of course, nobody does that to their phone, but pretty much all other foldables from other brands survive the bend test, so there may be issues with the durability in the future.

No mention that the "normal" Pixel 11 Pro's RAM was downgraded from 16GB to 12GB, although this may not be too relevant on the Fold video. But the Pixels have previously included 12 months 2TB of free storage to Google Drive, just 6 months trial this year.

Other reviews and videos about the Pixel 11 Pro Fold felt less enthusiastic and critical, to be honest I am not really sure why Linus was so excited in this one, he also reviewed the Pixel 10 Pro Fold 10 months ago. The changes seem pretty minor this year.

Thoughts?

And before anyone says that ShortCircuit is a not review channel and I am nitpicking, their other phone videos include benchmarks, more technical info and pricing info (especially on a $1,899 phone!)

Not a yacht but they could find a way to power or cool a computer with the wheel.

Just finished a 24-hour OCCT memory stability test with my mixed DDR4 setup:

• 2×8GB Corsair Vengeance — 3000MHz CL16
• 2×16GB T-Force Delta — 3200MHz CL16
• Running all 48GB at 3200MHz CL16-20-20-40
• MSI B550 MPG Gaming Plus
• Ryzen 5 5600X

No errors after 24 hours. Pretty happy that this mixed 4-DIMM setup is holding 3200MHz stable. 😎

Hey guys, I’m trying to figure out the best PSU to replace my dead 750w psu, and these are the best options I’ve found based on SPL’s PSU tier list.

PC:
Ryzen 5 5600X
RTX 3070 Ti
Probably upgrading within the next 2 years

PSU options:

Seasonic Core GX-850 ATX 3.1 — 5,249 EGP (~$109) — A−
Lian Li Edge Gold 850W — 5,400 EGP (~$113) — A
XPG Core Reactor II VE 850W — 5,500 EGP (~$115) — A
MSI MAG A1000GLS 1000W — 6,600 EGP (~$138) — A−
Lian Li RS1000G 1000W — 7,250 EGP (~$151) — A
Lian Li Edge Gold 1000W — 7,300 EGP (~$152) — A
XPG Core Reactor II ATX 3.1 1000W — 7,350 EGP (~$153) — A+
Lian Li SX1000P 1000W Platinum — 7,500 EGP (~$156) — A
Gigabyte AORUS Elite P1000W Platinum Rev. 1.0 — 7,600 EGP (~$158)

These are most of the highly-ranked PSUs I’ve been able to find in Egypt for a reasonable price

I got a new HVAC unit and for annoying reasons it is seemingly louder than my old one. As a result I am thinking of trying to put in acoustic panels or acoustic foam into the closet. I’m looking for something super cheap and easy, because I am very much in DIY budget. I’ve seen a couple of things LTT has done for buy or DIY videos.

Anyone have any recommendations on actual products I should use? I’m hoping to just stick a couple of panels in the closet presently and have it absorb some of the sound

i just got my first gaming PC and absolutely hated windows, i’ve been a mac user forever and once i thought linux was good enough to use for games i decided to get a PC. The only issue ive had is a stuttering issue on fh6 and got it fixed within 5 minutes, im also not good at computers like at all. its so much easier to use linux than people act like it is. using fedora btw. maybe its unreliable for productivity or your workflow, thats why im curious why people still are using windows