TikTok Tech Tips are Terrible

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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Linus Tok Tips Pt 2!
0:55 Thanks VRLA Tech for letting us use your PC for the video!
1:48 DIY RGB?
2:38 Changing your monitor color
4:31 Vinyl wrapping your desk
5:25 How about vinyl wrapping your side panel?
8:00 Competitive Minecraft Mouse Mod
9:57 DIY Monitor Painting gone wrong
10:28 Sticker remover hack faceoff
12:30 Unfollow CarterPC? Y or N?
14:44 Amazon Affiliate Bait Tech Haul!
15:54 Handwarmers...for gaming
19:45 Google AdSettings
21:13 NVIDIA Clean Install GPU Drivers

[jameysummers]

Because of TikTok, I had a customer use a two-part JB Weld for thermal paste. That ruined a perfectly good Ryzen 9 3900x.

[ronsid]

I worked at a company that "refurbished" old surface pros and we basically only used hand sanitiser

[Ubersniperkrop]

I once had a client at a business who was complaining about a keyboard not working. I told them to bring it over, plugged it in and it worked fine. Went over to their desk area and plugged it in and hey presto, it was working. They just hadn't plugged it in properly. Ten or so minutes of their work day, gone for that.

[Usr]

Love that he goes from joking to properly showing us how to safely use Spray paint. Caught me off guard but loved how he can transition from being goofy to serious in seconds !

[sid]

Yooo why does tik tok even exist? I dont get how they dodge the copyright hell they should be in.

[smkl]

Years ago when I was working in tech store (and Linus was reviewing pc cases on park benches) I was first surprised about people bringing phones that just had 0% of battery convinced that its broken, there were 1-5 of these everyday. So not that surprised anymore that people can't update their own pc drivers, heck some people even don't know how to turn off the computer without pulling the plug.

[bgezal]

So the molten monitor is now pink. I predict it will become LTT lore, like Mythbuster's Buster.

[Jackie]

For alot of games, you can also just rebind the left mouse button to the scroll wheel for very fast "clicking". I did this in Fallout 4 with a "Never-ending" double barrel shot gun as that gun fires as fast as you can click, and the Never-ending legendary effect means you dont ever have to reload. It was very fun.

[Wooskii]

I've been using hand sanitizer over alcohol on stickers and labels for years, just out of convenience, not knowing it's actually better than alcohol.

[_Rabz]

real gamers sit on their hands, we're a natural heater.

[Danfunnyman]

It seems like everyone is doing "reacting to tiktok rage bait" videos, it's cool to see someone discussing the proper methods instead of just squealing at intentionally bad content

[realchiknuggets]

Something important to know about the last tip is that a clean driver installation also resets your NVIDIA Control Panel settings (and probably also your GeForce Experience settings, but I can't say for sure). I learned this the hard way because I followed this tip elsewhere for a different issue and didn't read what a clean install actually does.

[bhavikn]

I love how Alex just brings out the whiteboard

[ljjumble]

Its the gelification of an evaporating solvent that gives it more time to penetrate. They purposefully do this in art restoration with various solvents to allow more working time and penetration on small areas so something harsher doesn't have to be used.
Hand sanitizer will get just about anything off of a hard non permeable surface. It's also good for getting dried paint out of paint brushes.
I use it for so many things around my house that when 2020 hit I had just under 2 liters of it already in the house.

[Sarkli]

Ive used Zoom for 3 years now and can tell you, yes people DO in fact need a dedicated mute button. Not a lot of them but definitely some.

[Eemazz]

10:26 - the rubbing alcohol, lol. I had to explain to nurses why the "streak marks" on their screens weren't going away. They had been using alcohol prep pads and ruined the finish on the screens for about a dozen cart computers they use to chart int he patient rooms.

Telling their manager what happened was fun. Also telling them that the warranty was void and that they'd be on the hook for new screens if they wanted them - customers always love that.

[blakehelton]

Having recently started a new job as a GeekSquad agent, can confirm, you would be VERY surprised the types of things the average consumer brings their devices to repair/tech support for. Talking like forgot their password, then it turns out they have 2FA hooked up to their landline (no texts) or something, and we've got to explain to them 10 different ways that we can't magically fix that.

[jackbutler]

Loved Linus's face when Alex sarcastically says "income is high for some reason". The silent offence he took is gold. 20:37

[wonkothesane]

It's really easy for an established YouTuber to dunk on TikTokers for being ridiculous, but something I appreciate about this video (and LTT in general) is that you went out of your way to shout out TikTokers who are actually giving good advice, potentially sending traffic their way

[ovrwrldkiler]

About the drivers thing; A year or so back my friend that I usually game with was complaining about games running really slow, and his hardware was better than needed for some of these games, so I tried to help him figure out why. After testing a few things I looked at his drivers. When I realized that he just hadn't updated his drivers in 4 years, I was actually floored. He's usually pretty decent with computer stuff, so the fact that something basic like that wasn't something he realized he should be doing kinda blew my mind.