80% of Influencers Have Secret Sponsors - WAN Show February 16, 2024

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119):
0:00 Chapters
1:50 Intro
2:22 Topic #1 - EU study shows half of content by influencers were sponsored
5:06 Luke on undisclosed ad content, Linus recalls FCC's enforcement case
12:19 Comments from LTT's all Logitech build & sponsored Intel video
18:18 Luke on watching briefly then commenting, Linus on Logitech prices & NCIX
21:12 Luke gets canceled, AJ threatens to end the stream, Linus apologizes
23:23 Topic #2 - Final Fantasy 7 results in a "Yellow Paint" debate
25:28 AC's cans of paint & arrows, HL:A's puzzles, Skyrim's claw puzzle
32:23 What was a time you could've used a hint?
41:33 Topic #3 - OpenAI's Sora, an improved realistic AI video generator
53:16 Linus on lack of direct input, recalls $25M deepfake heist
55:55 Linus on buying IPv4 addresses, checks values
1:00:40 LTTStore's new collab with Gerald Undone - 14 Stops & Bananus shirts
1:01:20 Limited WAN Show & SC hoodies in stock
1:01:50 Merch Messages #1
1:01:56 What's the next big thing for handheld gaming?
1:05:54 Wired V.S. wireless mouse
1:09:38 Pet friendly LTT bananas for scale?
1:14:33 Topic #4 - Grok, a rocket shaped "LLM" AI toy
1:16:52 Opening the toy, asking it questions
1:19:57 Linus's question breaks the toy, Linus's opinion & advice
1:25:04 GOODY-2, satire AI that answers by not answering
1:26:18 Reasonably priced restaurants, subscriptions
1:31:52 Sponsor - Backblaze
1:35:35 Sponsor - Squarespace
1:36:35 Sponsor - Seasonic
1:38:39 Flipper Zero correction, LMG's PCs & a 4 hours FP exclusives
1:40:05 Grok's settings, voice module ft. Dan PNG moment
1:42:00 Topic #5 - Mozzila's research finds out AI girlfriends mine your data
1:44:26 Linus modified the settings, asks personal questions
1:46:48 Implications of using Sora with AI GFs, VIP dating subscriptions
1:53:53 Merch Messages #2
1:53:57 Your take on the longevity of IBM mainframes & COBOL?
1:59:47 Was it hardware, engines or time that limited gaming innovation?
2:06:20 Which item would you not fly without? ft. Replacement zipper to be shipped
2:15:03 Is making videos of gacha games philosophically questionable?
2:23:57 Topic #6 - Mark Zuckerberg compares Apple Vision Pro to Quest 3
2:26:27 Problems with the Vision Pro, QOL issues with VR
2:32:56 Bigscreen Beyond, Luke on how the Vision Pro is misleading
2:37:23 Linus lacks free time nowadays, Luke discusses future Linus
2:39:42 Exercising as an excuse to use VR
2:40:44 Topic #7 - Google will report methane gas leaks as seen from space
2:42:18 Topic #8 - EU states Apple's iMessage is not a gatekeeper
2:43:08 Topic #9 - Air Canada's AI chatbot lies about bereavement discounts
2:44:20 Topic #10 - YouTube Premium & Google One reach 100M subscribers
2:45:29 Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark, many quality messages
2:47:02 What is your greatest physical accomplishment?
2:53:03 Future of gaming consoles with multi-platform games?
2:53:27 ZLUDA, CUDA emulator for AMD GPUs
2:54:08 Why did the GPU industry move from increased bus size?
2:58:58 Thoughts on the removal of letter grades in public education? ft. Linus's eyebrow
3:08:29 Will the screwdriver extended shaft have knurling?
3:08:42 AR glasses with transparent displays? Would it replace phones?
3:10:03 How much longer until most AI functionality becomes local?
3:11:01 Suggestions of using VR with no interest towards games?
3:13:07 How does Luke go about approaching businesses with work?
3:15:43 Complete software requirements in conventional software
3:17:10 Would you replace tech to fix your review on an OLED product?
3:25:38 Favorite dive spots? LTTStore women cut shirt?
3:26:34 Would Linus consider using mobile gaming controllers?
3:29:00 Has Linus's kids expressed interest in careers that worries him?
3:38:44 Would LMG exist for another 16 years? ft. Linus's mother, real honey
3:46:06 Is there a story behind the Cleveland Browns lava lamp?
3:47:29 How to structure a video to be critical, but not too critical?
3:50:05 What would a musical of your life consist of? Fun tech you'd use?
3:51:22 Are Li-ion batteries from 2002 better than present batteries?
3:52:10 Any memorable stories of onboarding new members at LMG?
3:52:55 With products like the Noctua driver, who pays who?
3:53:59 What contributes to the strong emotional response AI causes?
3:54:50 What changed your mind with buying EVGA?
3:55:17 What is Luke's favorite retro game that isn't Morrowind?
3:55:48 Outro

[NoKi]

-Timestamps-
[0:00] *Chapters.*
[1:50] *Intro.*
[2:22] *Topic #1: EU study shows half of content by influencers were sponsored.*
> 5:06 Luke on undisclosed ad content, Linus recalls FCC's enforcement case.
> 12:19 Comments from LTT's all Logitech build & sponsored Intel video.
> 18:18 Luke on watching briefly then commenting, Linus on Logitech prices & NCIX.
> 21:12 Luke gets canceled, AJ threatens to end the stream, Linus apologizes.
[23:23] *Topic #2: Final Fantasy 7 results in a "Yellow Paint" debate.*
> 25:28 AC's cans of paint & arrows, HL:A's puzzles, Skyrim's claw puzzle.
> 32:23 What was a time you could've used a hint?
[41:33] *Topic #3: OpenAI's Sora, an improved realistic AI video generator.*
> 53:16 Linus on lack of direct input, recalls $25M deepfake heist.
> 55:55 Linus on buying IPv4 addresses, checks values.
[1:00:40] *LTTStore's new collab with Gerald Undone - 14 Stops & Bananus shirts.*
> 1:01:20 Limited WAN Show & SC hoodies in stock.
[1:01:50] *Merch Messages #1.*
> 1:01:56 What's the next big thing for handheld gaming?
> 1:05:54 Wired V.S. wireless mouse.
> 1:09:38 Pet friendly LTT bananas for scale?
[1:14:33] *Topic #4: Grok, a rocket shaped "LLM" AI toy.*
> 1:16:52 Opening the toy, asking it questions.
> 1:19:57 Linus's question breaks the toy, Linus's opinion & advice.
> 1:25:04 GOODY-2, satire AI that answers by not answering.
[1:26:18] *Sponsors.*
> 1:26:34 Backblaze ft. Reasonably priced restaurants, subscriptions.
> 1:35:35 Squarespace.
> 1:36:35 Seasonic.
[1:38:39] *Flipper Zero correction, LMG's PCs & a 4 hours FP exclusives.*
[Cont.] *Topic #4: Grok, a rocket shaped "LLM" AI toy.*
> 1:40:05 Grok's settings, voice module ft. Dan PNG moment.
[1:42:00] *Topic #5: Mozzila's research finds out AI girlfriends mine your data.*
[Cont.] *Topic #4: Grok, a rocket shaped "LLM" AI toy.*
> 1:44:26 Linus modified the settings, asks personal questions.
[Cont.] *Topic #5: Mozzila's research finds out AI girlfriends mine your data.*
> 1:46:48 Implications of using Sora with AI GFs, VIP dating subscriptions.
[1:53:53] *Merch Messages #2.*
> 1:53:57 Your take on the longevity of IBM mainframes & COBOL?
> 1:59:47 Was it hardware, engines or time that limited gaming innovation?
> 2:06:20 Which item would you not fly without? ft. Replacement zipper to be shipped.
> 2:15:03 Is making videos of gacha games philosophically questionable?
[2:23:57] *Topic #6: Mark Zuckerberg compares Apple Vision Pro to Quest 3.*
> 2:26:27 Problems with the Vision Pro, QOL issues with VR.
> 2:32:56 Bigscreen Beyond, Luke on how the Vision Pro is misleading.
> 2:37:23 Linus lacks free time nowadays, Luke discusses future Linus.
> 2:39:42 Exercising as an excuse to use VR.
[2:40:44] *Topic #7: Google will report methane gas leaks as seen from space.*
[2:42:18] *Topic #8: EU states Apple's iMessage is not a gatekeeper.*
[2:43:08] *Topic #9: Air Canada's AI chatbot lies about bereavement discounts.*
[2:44:20] *Topic #10: YouTube Premium & Google One reach 100M subscribers.*
[2:45:29] *Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark, many quality messages.*
> 2:47:02 What is your greatest physical accomplishment?
> 2:53:03 Future of gaming consoles with multi-platform games?
> 2:53:27 ZLUDA, CUDA emulator for AMD GPUs.
> 2:54:08 Why did the GPU industry move from increased bus size?
> 2:58:58 Thoughts on the removal of letter grades in public education? ft. Linus's eyebrow.
> 3:08:29 Will the screwdriver extended shaft have knurling?
> 3:08:42 AR glasses with transparent displays? Would it replace phones?
> 3:10:03 How much longer until most AI functionality becomes local?
> 3:11:01 Suggestions of using VR with no interest towards games?
> 3:13:07 How does Luke go about approaching businesses with work?
> 3:15:43 Complete software requirements in conventional software.
> 3:17:10 Would you replace tech to fix your review on an OLED product?
> 3:25:38 Favorite dive spots? LTTStore women cut shirt?
> 3:26:34 Would Linus consider using mobile gaming controllers?
> 3:29:00 Has Linus's kids expressed interest in careers that worries him?
> 3:38:44 Would LMG exist for another 16 years? ft. Linus's mother, real honey.
> 3:46:06 Is there a story behind the Cleveland Browns lava lamp?
> 3:47:29 How to structure a video to be critical, but not too critical?
> 3:50:05 What would a musical of your life consist of? Fun tech you'd use?
> 3:51:22 Are Li-ion batteries from 2002 better than present batteries?
> 3:52:10 Any memorable stories of onboarding new members at LMG?
> 3:52:55 With products like the Noctua driver, who pays who?
> 3:53:59 What contributes to the strong emotional response AI causes?
> 3:54:50 What changed your mind with buying EVGA?
> 3:55:17 What is Luke's favorite retro game that isn't Morrowind?
[3:55:48] *Outro.*
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[nintenx]

22:35 I love how instead of getting on his knees Linus just stood up.

[xorinzor]

We 100% need a new "Will Smith eating spaghetti" to compare

[theor.]

for the title news, here in france, the fact that they called it 'influencers' and not youtube channels, is because this is a non-issue on youtube, but is actually a plague on instagram. it's a very specific type of influencers that does these undeclared sponsors, influencers that went viral through tv-reality shows. And the average people following these has no idea on how monetization on internet works, and has no idea they keep watching ads all the time in instagram posts and stories.

[Drakethification]

Really do appreciate how much work you guys put into being up front and transparent about sponsorships and money flows. It's one of the reasons I watch you guys to begin with

[RedShift]

Mirror's Edge is a game where you can turn on/off the visual cues

[SoraIroNaKISEKI]

Timestamp man will be greatly appreciated.

[JGnLAUOAWF]

Linus, you can use Firefox Multi-Account containers to use different accounts in same browser window, should even be possible to configure it to open videos as a personal account and studio as ltt one automagically.

[Mad]

I'm not, would you be suprised to find out that literally all politicians have a secret sponsor too?
I'd be great if they wore a shirt with all their sponsors like football players do.

[JessterKing]

I worked retail for 10yrs at target/gamestop, then worked in a factory making different colored inks for designs for paper products for a couple years, now I’ve been doing body work in a body shop on industrial type trucks for a few years.

I stopped making ink because my manager was toxic and upper management didn’t care. Body work is decent, it’s just really demotivating when you’re constantly fixing the majority of the trucks because it was missing welds or parts were welded on backwards or holes are being drilled in the spots.

And for anyone still reading this or just skipped to the end, I don’t have a dream job, I don’t have motivation, when I was a young teen I wanted to be an architect but not anymore.

[JDWLF]

I don't know if someone has mentioned it yet, but The Division games liked to use yellow or blue colored tarps or other fabric laying over a climbable ledge. In the sort of post-crisis abandoned and trashed cities, it wasn't immersion breaking. It was enough to catch your eye, while also just being "another piece of trash laying around" that they used enough for you to recognize the pattern.

[imagine]

43:38 There should be a segment next show quizzing Linus on videos with AI and non AI videos. Let’s see if he can really pick out the AI ones 🤣

[Stonley]

In breath of the wild: There are chests in that room in the floor that are supposed to encourage you to use the magnet power to get them out of the ground. I think the intention is that you happen to also see the wall when you have the power on.

[nickwallette]

Agree on IPv6. At this point in my career, working in IT for over 20 years, I have still... _still..._ never actually configured a production IPv6 interface. I've left IPv6 running and generating addresses for itself. But not once have I ever been asked to enable IPv6 intentionally for anyone. Not internally, not for enterprise customers, not with the ISPs I've worked with. I don't even know if my local ISP offers IPv6 addresses to customers.

I blame that on two things: 1) It changed too much. It tried to solve every real and imaginable problem all at once. Including the "we might run out again" problem, which led to... 2) The addresses are long. Pretty sure everyone who sees an IPv6 address, especially when it's not in compacted form, just thinks to themselves... "what tf is that?"

Of course, "what I have already works" and "but then I need two IP stacks" is also an inertia that needs to be overcome, but I think it's mostly the first two.

[pointless]

In the UK it is completely mandatory to disclose sponsorships

[standout]

Thank you Luke, for making me realize that I have unknowingly trained myself to fall asleep to WAN show reruns

[porpoise]

On airline bereavement discounts, unless things have changed from the last time I looked, it isn't really a discount it is that you can book a ticket for the basic cost of the fare.

The idea is you can get a flight on short notice that is almost full for the same price as you would have paid months in advance.

After my grandmother passed, Air Canada needed the death certificate to be provided to them before they would book it despite the fact that it would take nearly a week to get it issued (due to a long weekend). Westjet had the same requiremnt, but rhe Westjet agent found me a flight with even cheaper fare.

[spartan]

1:31:46

They're not shopping at supermarkets, Luke
They're shopping at cash & carry wholesalers, and the price difference is staggering

I applied for a job at Booker, a British cash & carry chain, and just getting walked through the warehouse was incredible
Less than half of what you'd pay at the supermarket (Booker is owned by Tesco, a big British supermarket, so it was often the exact same product) and further discounts for bulk ordering

Didn't get the job, but man would it have been good to because workers got to buy stuff that was about to go out of date at even cheaper prices. Apparently you could get a whole Christmas dinner with a pile of trimmings for a tenner if you worked new year's eve or boxing day

[Arcidi]

I just wanted to say, that I would love to hear more of Dan on wan show.

Without him, this show is not the same!

[BanditLeader]

"80% of Influencers Have Secret Sponsors" this is getting rampant with youtube shorts. theres so many shorts that are sponsored by babbel or others and the creator doesnt even tell you in the title or thumbnail, they only tell you its sponsored at the end of the short.