-Timestamps-
[0:00] *Chapters.*
[1:09] *Intro.*
[1:50] *Topic #1: AI friend necklace, $100 friend that responds to you.*
> 3:41 $1.8M to buy domain, Luke states this is the best move.
> 4:55 Linus showcases the domain.
[8:36] *Topic #2: James Pumphrey leaves Donut Media.*
[Cont.] *Topic #1: AI friend necklace.*
> 10:02 "Based Hardware, " Linus on comments about losing someone.
> 13:42 Luke's thoughts, isolation scenario, human interaction.
> 16:14 "Robotic waifus, " phrasing, Dan joins in this mess.
[17:43] *Topic #3: Activition's MW3 study on skill-based matchmaking.*
> 18:34 Luke explains matchmaking, Olympics example, Badmintology.
> 25:19 Luke on TARKOV & TF2 interactions through matchmaking.
> 27:40 "What if I wanted to relax?" TF2 & team stacking.
> 30:30 Halo Infinite, party queue, Linus's son example.
> 34:16 Improvement, Luke used to sweat in ranked LOL, "Ashe."
[37:20] *Dan's invoice to be done NOW or the show won't proceed.*
> 38:02 Personal email.
> 38:44 Dan sent an invoice, Linus on Mark's compilation.
> 40:00 Frustrated Dan, Linus interrogates Dan.
> 41:02 Linus points out the wrong time, "I'm quitting freelancing!"
[41:41] *Luke finds out Nolan bought two great monitors.*
> 42:50 Crowdstrike UberEats joke.
[43:20] *LTTStore's new Chroma T-shirt.*
> 43:55 MA Oxford shirt, Maria's proud of the shoots, sizes.
[46:45] *Merch Messages #1.*
> 46:56 Any features that'd make you switch to ZOTAC's handheld?
> 48:45 Thoughts on Raspberry Pi going public?
> 52:29 Thoughts on getting change in a niche duopoly?
[54:22] *Topic #4: StopKillingGames starts an online petition for the EU.*
> 56:46 Backpack carabiner update.
[58:50] *Topic #5: Intel's warranty for 13th & 14th gen.*
> 1:01:20 Intel's 15, 000 layoffs, stock drops to an all time low.
[1:03:22] *Techquickie's Intel video drama, bad faith comments.*
[1:07:57] *Topic #6: Popular dating apps stalking vulnerability.*
> 1:08:36 Triangulation one's position, Dan's GPS question.
> 1:09:49 How didn't devs think of this?
[1:11:52] *Bad faith comment examples.*
> 1:14:48 Luke's curious about the comment's traction.
[1:16:36] *Topic #7: YouTube battles ad blocker using black screens.*
> 1:17:05 Why would you see a black screen if ads are injected?
[Cont.] *Bad faith comment examples.*
> 1:17:52 How often will actions be taken on comments?
[Cont.] *Topic #7: YouTube's black screen.*
> 1:19:08 How could YT serve the black sequence but not the ad?
> 1:19:50 De-Google-ify part 2 will include ads & YouTube.
[1:20:44] *Scrapyard Wars 9 part 2 uploaded on Floatplane.*
> 1:23:23 Luke gave Elijah an eyebrow slit, will be FP exclusive.
> 1:25:38 Jawa giveaways, more people to join ECC squad.
> 1:26:22 dBrand dying Luke's hair idea.
[1:26:56] *Sponsors.*
> 1:27:01 Manscaped.
> 1:28:36 1Password XAM.
> 1:29:44 Moosend ft. Legless horses, "dressage."
[1:31:44] *ECC squad document, trying Doc's biggest font size.*
[1:33:42] *Merch Messages #2.8
> 1:33:54 How does Linus find fulfillment ft. YT's broken search.
[1:42:18] *Issues with former sponsors, showing broken WAN Shows.*
> 1:44:48 Comments, Linus's comment on an article of his sister.
[1:47:48] *Merch Messages #3.*
> 1:48:05 Did Linus consider water level sensors for the loops?
> 1:52:32 Convince higher ups avoiding YT is bad for the company?
[1:56:40] *Topic #8: Eshtek collaborates with TrueNAS for HexOS.*
> 1:58:23 Linus explains what HexOS is.
> 1:59:46 Screwing up TrueNAS, Linus's issue with VM, Eshtek's John.
> 2:04:18 Eshtek's pricing, "how much do I pay to dye your hair back?"
> 2:06:58 old PC as NAS, Pentium's multiple deaths.
[2:08:05] *Topic #9: Meta under investigations over drug dealer ads.*
[2:09:32] *Topic #10: Google's Gemini AI ad from Olympics causes commotion.*
> 2:11:12 Linus tries to poke holes on whether this helps.
> 2:13:07 Luke on current issues with AI.
> 2:14:08 Linus's Qualcomm laptop challenge, battery lifetime.
> 2:16:46 Outing FP user over washing clothes monthly, Bernie's socks.
[2:19:06] *Topic #11: RTINGS tests 100 TVs for longevity.*
[2:21:42] *Topic #12: CPSC finds 60% of Amazon sales include unsafe products.*
> 2:23:16 Cotsco, third party sellers, Temu's protests.
[2:27:40] *Merch Messages #4 ft. WAN Show After Dark, sponsored by PIA.*
> 2:28:02 Standards the world would be better off without?
> 2:32:10 Favorite Beat Saber levels, settings & tips to improve?
> 2:34:20 Most important things you lost while biking or traveling? ft. "Big nose."
> 2:39:32 Would Linus do an interview with Hank Green?
> 2:39:59 Mean commentor's apology to James, does this induce toxicity?
> 2:42:38 Thoughts on home theater setups for PCs?
[2:45:00] *Outro ft. John responds to Linus's perpetual option, Luke's double bye.*
[2:46:00] *Outro II.*
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NoKi
I absolutely cannot stand YouTube search! It's awful. Don't start giving me recommendations or anything else because I'm there specifically to search.
matthewshields
Man, poor Dan he's just selling his products and services and LInus is forcing him to get paid more I hope he can recover from this
sebastianramirez
My father called me to tell me he's divorcing my mother and selling the house I live in while I was watching this show, I don't think I'll forget this one
jsharpvideos
The reason the ancient WAN shows do well is simply because of its length. The sleep watchers let the algorithm put whatever on, and most people wacth WAN start to finish. So the retention is amazing, and coz people are asleep the retention is perfect so the vids keep being pushed
dizuko_
Linus with the new hair, no beard, and the button up is a dramatic change. Looks like a whole new person. 😂
Evandr
perfect timing, I loaded in 30 seconds after it ended
Oaisus
WAN Show post credit scenes!
That's a new standard that needs to exist.
insnprsn
I'm part of the reason that old live streams perform so well, I'll put on literally any ltt Livestream, turn on my fan and fall asleep instantly
Pasquizle
I just realized the green/red/blue shell scenario Linus is discussing regarding SBMM *is* a form of skill-based matchmaking, just with 3 discreet steps. The player he was against was effectively smurfing to get into a lower SBMM column, something that we all hate in SBMM too.
If I want to play a close game, I'll play ranked. If I want to be first, last, or somewhere in between I'll play casual. In SBMM, being first or last is rare, as everyone performs the same and everyone does "ok". I want to do bad. I want to do good, too.
jacobfavreault
Me watching this while having zero friends.
balsalmalberto
Spiffing Britt made a video explaining what keeps pushing watch time on old WAN show vods for you. It's us, people who fall asleep with YouTube! The algorithm is very giddy to serve us long vids that we seem to just get high retention on. It's actually making it so every 3-4 vids I get served are WAN shows, no matter the subject I started on (and, no offense, it's getting a bit annoying). 100% a YouTube issue they don't really have an incentive to fix.
Love the show!
michagolik
No matter what I've been watching in a given week, sometimes no LTT videos, I could have 10 non LTT videos que'd up and it never fails, If I fall asleep with Youtube going I wake up to a random WAN show episode. It's not a complaint really, I enjoy the WAN show and the LTT crew, I just thought it was kinda funny that it happens all the time.
marcus
I did have a bit of a chuckle when Linus started talking about being happy and a picture of Yvonne in the LTT underwear popped up in the merch message frame. Excellent timing! 😂❤
MitchellWilsonII
The argument against SBMM is that Ranked is where you should go if you want to play with those of your same skill and sweat every game. Pubs is the equivalent of shooting hoops with friends or randoms and ranked is the NBA. If you add SBMM to shooting hoops then you’re losing the casual game experience and everything feels like ranked.
Another argument is that people are rebelling against the manipulative “retention-based matchmaking” that most modern games have. They give you one easier game to make you feel good then two or three harder games, rinse and repeat (COD is pretty bad about this one). Apex also has matchmaking maybe a little over tuned because of I do well for a match or two then suddenly I’m literally playing against the best in the world and my squad gets wiped by nrg Sweet (literally happened to me)
Griffinx
The big problem with skill based matchmaking for me is how I can't relax or play with worse weapons, but even more importantly I can't play with my friends who aren't good at the game because they'll just constantly be outmatched without any way to have fun.
rcclab
Buying an AI friend that they can take away and makes us pay to keep it safe. This is bad.
angrydog
The thing about Skill based matchmaking, the argument that people that don't like it have is that it makes every single match a ranked match, and every single match a high effort match.
"If we wanted to play a high effort, high skill match, we would play ranked, I want a low effort, low stakes, no matter if I make mistakes for not playing perfectly, relaxed for fun match".
The idea is that the fifo system can have Olympians and random bobs in the same team, but who cares if the Olympian bests you while you best the bobs, you are playing for low stakes anyway.
While in Skill based matchmaking, if you make a mistake, that can cost your team the match, every match is high stakes and high effort, why should they be? There's ranked, it's right there for those who want that. This is casual matchmaking.
ipanesm
The thing about the skill based matchmaking is that it's so tight at the upper end that they literally bump you down to a 1.0 kd. This is obviously not what cod used to be like with it. The main issue is that there isn't a "public" playlist any more, it's just ranked with the cheese. I want the skill based to be looser above a certain skill level. Not flat out get rid of it, just so that players can go off, and it doesn't feel like an extremely hard ranked match every single match. There's no variety in games anymore. Edit: they do have a ranked playlist already, so pubs should be looser than ranked. It has also been explained about team balancing. It basically offsets the teams that the top player on each team has to carry or you lose the match. I also have lost my enthusiasm for getting better at the game, because you literally dont know if you are getting better at the game or not. The game doesn't let you "chill and play cod" anymore
buddybleeyes
Wait a second. I thought this week was supposed to be all good news wan show 😂😂
