Had to look up what asmr was. No, I don’t think that’s me. I don’t think I’d dislike it, but I don’t seek out that sort of content.

I just find his voice very irritating. I know not everyone feels that way.

Thanks for that. Not entirely as bad as originally indicated, but still pretty shady on LTT’s part

With everything I know of it, Linus was just rug-sweeping it before the exposé. Feels like Billet Labs got screwed but took the high road to prevent drama because LTT has a big community.

About the Billet Labs thing, they have shown, and Billet Labs verified it, that the original agreement was that LTT would keep the cooler.

Shown where? I’ve seen no evidence of that anywhere, and I was following that controversy when it happened.

For example they found out one of their main sponsors Honey were scamming their viewers and essentially stealing from people, they just kept it quiet rather than owning it.

That’s one of the things I was referring to. GamersNexus did an expose on the Honey thing and filed a class action suit over it because they were essentially stealing money from creators. Linus was complicit and aware and said nothing.

Let’s also not forget the time Linus literally received a prototype cooler from Billet Labs for testing, was supposed to return it after review, and he not only reviewed it poorly (and used it for the wrong hardware), but then basically stole it and auctioned it off, later referring to this as “a small mistake.” Supposedly he only offered to pay for the prototype after this was also exposed by GN.

Billet Labs’ statement on the issue:

You, the PC community, are amazing. We’d like to thank you for your support, it means more than you can imagine.

Steve at Gamers Nexus has publicly shown his integrity, at the huge risk of backlash, and we have nothing but respect for him for how he’s handled himself, both publicly and when speaking directly to us.

…

Regarding LTT, we are simply going to state the relevant facts:

On 10th August, we were told by LTT via email that the block had been sold at auction. There was no apology.

We replied on 10th August within 30 minutes, telling LTT that this wasn’t okay, and that this was a £XXXX prototype, and we asked if they planned to reimburse us at all.

We received no reply and no offer of payment until 2 hours after the Gamers Nexus video went live on 14th August, at which point Linus himself emailed us directly.

The exact monetary value of the prototype was offered as reimbursement. We have not received, nor have we asked for any other form of compensation.

Dude’s just scummy. I’ve no idea why people will defend him to the ends of the earth.

I stopped watching LTT years ago. His channel is crap. He’s a tech personality who seems to barely understand technology, so most of his videos are just over the top bullshit and stunts. Not to mention his awful annoying vocal fry. He’s like the male Fran Drescher.

Plus, Linus has been a complete asshole to GamersNexus, one of the best channels for investigative journalism in tech. As far as I’m concerned, Linus is your typical business entity, and lacking ethics.

I mostly use my TV for gaming and watching old movies and anime.

The former task will be unviable at 8k and make my GPU cry, and the latter one makes 8k unnecessary.

I really don’t see the point in 8k displays right now.

At $20 this is a day one Steam purchase for me. Even if I don’t get around to playing it for the next several months.

Just go with the minimum retirement age. Earliest age to claim retirement benefits in the US is 62. If you wanna be generous, full benefits start at 66 years and 10 months.

/s if it’s not obvious.

Updated pic.

Of course there’s bugs, it’s a sequel to Hollow Knight. It was all about bugs.

I thought $40k was more than enough when I was a kid. But that was when you could buy a house for $30k to $50k. By the time I hit my 20s, inflation already had homes at closer to $100k, and the cost of everything much higher than when I was a kid.

When I was growing up I didn’t know anyone making more than $50k, most made less, and they were doing fine, owning homes, etc. $160k was wealthy.

Micros~1

I see what you did there. 😆

We don’t give a fuck what Putin thinks. He’s the example of what not to do.

I mean, I could probably retire right now with 4 million and live comfortably. But hey, I’m not gonna fault this dude for doing the right thing here and still being wealthy. Dude put over 90% of the funds back into causes and recirculating instead of hoarding it like some sociopathic dragon.

Because you can’t work forever. Burnout, aging, illness, etc. Life happens. Or do you plan to live paycheck to paycheck into your 70s?

Actually it’s not. I used to live in a moderately HCOL area (Denver metro, Colorado). Not even the highest. On a low six figure salary I was worried about rising rents and couldn’t afford to buy a home anywhere around there, they were all like $400-$650k.

Mind you, this is just me and my wife, no kids, and few debts, the costs were just extreme. Looking at the costs I was looking at a mortgage of $2500 to $3200, and that was when the interest rates were only a bit over 3%, they’re much higher now.

I’ve moved to the boonies and had a cheap home built for around $200k, and I’m on track to pay it off while also saving for retirement since I’m in my 40s and can’t do this shit forever. Thankfully, my job is fully remote and I’ve built my skills to be able to be fully remote, but not everyone can do that.

I generally keep to this rule as an adult, for the most part. Yes, I have my phone since it doubles as my alarm, but if I’m looking at a “screen” in bed, it’s an eReader with a warm light. I figure I sleep better that way, without all the blue light.