Linus Gabriel Sebastian & Linus Media Group / Linus Tech Tips - Narcissistic corporate shill YouTuber driving his media empire into the ground. KILL COUNT: 2

[WelperHelper99]

I don't know that I'd say that; I've been in plenty of situations doing computer builds where I need to get a screw in a tight spot and only have so much clearance to twist. This is just horrifically overpriced.

You know what you do with a normie screwdriver? Use both hands. Built every PC I've done that way, with various random, no name screwdrivers I've had lying around. You're getting sold autism when vastly cheaper solutions are available that work just as good.

In my industry, it's like buying Snap-on Tools. No you don't need that Snap on 3 ton jack that's quadruple the price when the Harbor Freight 3 ton is actually pretty solid, or a nice craftsman is better while costing less

 

[batigol]

Maybe a year or so ago, I can vaguely recall they were talking about hiring a dedicated "IT guy". If that entailed sysadmin work, I'm not sure.

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The "IT guy" might be this guy Dan they hired for the role and given the non-specific title of "Infrastructure & Technical Specialist", but all know of him from is producing the WAN show. I would think gathering up the topics and preparing for the weekly WAN show would seriously eat into his time for his other work.

They had one of their server upgrade videos recently, and it seemed like the pedostache guy Jake was the person responsible for the server upgrades, yet his job is writer and hosting videos. So he's filling a sysadmin role on the side, but seems generally incompetent. I can remember watching a video a few years ago with Jake, Anthony and Linus doing a server upgrade over the weekend and it being an absolute shitshow. And since then they had a major data loss issue due to incompetence, I assume Jake would have been responsible.

Then we have Luke, that went from writing and hosting videos, to COO of Floatplan. But now he's both COO of Floatplane and CTO of LMG. Apart from hosting the WAN show, his latest visible work is helping put out the fires of the LMG channels being hacked and I'm sure he's having to deal with other LMG incompetence. So probably has little time for doing sysadmin work.

So yes, they should look into hiring at least one person that knows their shit and can focus on the IT infrastructure rather than getting distracted by other work.

Looking at his linkedin https://archive.is/JkukX he was the technical director of a recording studio so "Infrastructure & Technical Specialist" likely refers to AV equipment and the sort of IT work that a recording studio might have. So some networking knowledge, circuit board repair, etc.

 

[tehpope]

A wild "emily" appears

 

[Markass the Worst]

A wild "emily" appears

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Looks like Anthony's gone with partial dyeing of his hair.

 

[mandatorylurk]

Dan did sound setups it seems, both in house installation and I think recording and event sound setup.

Another episode where they don't mention Tranthony at all, even when there was a moment I thought they would.

-2:30 to 20:00 is talking about the Twitch rules and backpedal of last week, LTT has some special Twitch contract to allow simulcast streams from the past, and they make about 800/month from Twitch with their partnership.
-1:04:40 someone reviewed the LTT controller stick locks, a guy named Jake Simmens. It seems he provided more info about what the stick locks work on more than LTT did
-1:06:00 to 1:16:30 is talk about the new Louisiana age verification to adult sites like PornHub, Linus mentions the usual that it makes no sense to give the government your ID who will then lose it or be hacked, and says when it comes to this stuff it will require just talking about it with kids. He seems to ignore things like image search being very lax with rule34 stuff which will fuck kids up with things that should be innocent like videogame or cartoon characters. This was the point where I thought he would address Tranthony but he doesn't.
-1:24:00 to 1:43:00 is about Reddit removing API's and how the LTT subreddit will be down for 48 hours in solidarity.
-2:41:00 while talking about the Apple coomer glasses Linus mentions to please don't bully the pool company he called out last week, and they are actually working and doing things again, pool equipment was dropped off that day and they might get to swim this year in the summer, 26 months after being started
-2:45:00 is a worthwhile listen for 15 minutes, Linus talking about how he has to still do non CVO things, such as an editor wanting to redo all the editing stations to intel because AMD is not working well with Adobe Premier (sounds like someone wants to mooch some free parts off the company), and how his new IT person had to create a new ticket system about people reporting issues like wifi dropping but no one said anything because they're Zoomer recluses who will just sit in the korean ferry as it sinks because they don't want to interact with someone. This leads to Luke getting a bit upset because this instant hot patch for ticket reporting screwed up something Luke was making, even though it seems something as simple as WarehouseIssues@ltt.com e-mail. This then leads into talk about having to streamline the writing process with an upcoming video about some old QuadFX AMD processors that screwed up massively because they used the wrong processors (Opterons instead of FX) for the video and no one said anything (because Zoomer autist introverts). Those old tech videos are the worst that LTT makes so they're going even further in making them shit.
-3:16:50 they will not have a spot at LTX to fix the backpack carabiner zippers because they're still being made
-3:36:45 a question is asked about would LTT support an employee whose own channel blew up big, and it segues into talk about people who have left and their own channels. It seems like people have left with less than really "best of luck" terms, and more like people "just grew apart" and mentions Tarran and Brandon in the latter. He doesn't mention Madison or Berkel.


edit: shit, Tranthony is recognized thanks to above posts. Cringe Jerry gif indeed.

 

[indomitable snowman]

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Looks like Anthony's gone with partial dyeing of his hair.

That looks terrible. Either dye it all or not at all. This just highlights his thining hairline. I also think whatever makeup or whatever he's using makes him look super pale.

 

[Zookerton]

I watched the whole video and it they don't appear to have ever uttered the name emily or anthony at the whole time. So I guess the editors know to basically cut any mention of the troonout and for the general audience to not know about it. There doesn't appear to be any pronouns either.

A wild "emily" appears

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[tehpope]

I watched the whole video and it they don't appear to have ever uttered the name emily or anthony at the whole time. So I guess the editors know to basically cut any mention of the troonout and for the general audience to not know about it. There doesn't appear to be any pronouns either.

0:49 Linus says the name Emily.

 

[Zookerton]

DAAmn

0:49 Linus says the name Emily.

I suffer from extreme skill issue. Wow I am bad. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Susanna]

You know what you do with a normie screwdriver? Use both hands. Built every PC I've done that way, with various random, no name screwdrivers I've had lying around. You're getting sold autism when vastly cheaper solutions are available that work just as good.

In my industry, it's like buying Snap-on Tools. No you don't need that Snap on 3 ton jack that's quadruple the price when the Harbor Freight 3 ton is actually pretty solid, or a nice craftsman is better while costing less

99% of the time the only screwdriver you need to build a computer is a Phillips 0. A small one, so you won't have to tear cables and stuff out of the way to turn it. You know, exactly like those handy little precision screwdrivers you get in baggies whenever you order a Chinese product.

In today's video they buy someone's ewaste SAN, and explain why they feel they shouldn't use something like it instead of their multiple Whonnock failure system.
I don't know much about this kind of stuff so I'm looking forward to someone who does breaking down just how stupid it might be.

From the youtube auto-transcript:

I dont know Linus, you have 100+ employees already, maybe you should look into hiring people who actually know stuff like that too.

Nah, LMG isn't big enough to justify a SAN. They need tiered NASes, one ~100TB SSD-based for the video editors to work off of, and one HDD-based for long unused clips to get evicted to (could probably repurpose his petabyte project thing for this, if you rebuild the pool with a sensible architecture). I'm just a hobbyist who has never worked in anything remotely related to network infrastructure, but I could still set this system up relatively quickly, with automatic error reporting to any desired email address, and it would be transparent to the editors. Basically the user sees one huge network drive, and the first time they access something it'll be fairly slow, but as long as the file has been touched within the last couple of months it will be lightning fast. Linus would need ten times as many editors before he needs to graduate to a SAN, most of his employees have absolutely zero use for rapid network drives and would be just as able to work off of a triple HDD Synology. More happy, probably, Synology has some really good software for DIY cloud.

The main reason I don't like Linus is his garbage IT. I can tolerate the retarded expressions and screaming on all the videos as something that appeals to his target audience, and unfortunately some very interesting niche products get sent his way because of his channel size, so even though the coverage is shallow garbage it's still just about the only coverage you're going to find. But the company is built on the backs of the video editors, and he refuses to give them a sensible storage solution to work off of. The Whonucks NAS didn't even have some very basic ZFS features turned on, which could have saved the data years ago, but whichever turbotard set it up didn't even bother to finish reading the quora page on "how to make a ZFS pool".

 

[Miller]

A wild "emily" appears

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As soon as he said "Emily" I unironically had Seinfeld's reaction and closed down the tab.

such as an editor wanting to redo all the editing stations to intel because AMD is not working well with Adobe Premier

These people really think they have infinite money. Then again LMG somehow needs 100+ people just to shit out Youtube videos.

Linus mentions to please don't bully the pool company he called out last week

What Linus did was clearly out of line, he shouldn't have used the channel owned by LinusMediaGroup to go after a company that they (LMG) have no contract with.

 

[Soggy paper straw]

That looks terrible. Either dye it all or not at all.

I believe he is trying some sort of balayage/ombre look. It's done horribly

He asked on Reddit for recommendations for hairdressers (archive). I hope this is him and Eric doing it at home, because if he had to pay for it... ouch


First Emily credit?


About 80% of the comments are about Emily. This is what happens, people watching these videos have eyes and they won't ignore the situation. Soon a fight will erupt to debate whether Linus not taking a stand is actually transphobic...

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[Hall of Cost Payer]

I dont know Linus, you have 100+ employees already, maybe you should look into hiring people who actually know stuff like that too.

That would never work. Having technical staff instantly means they'd get shoved in front of the camera, being forced to interact with the rest of LMG. I'm pretty sure this rules out 99% of the skilled IT professionals who just want to do their job in peace.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

That would never work. Having technical staff instantly means they'd get shoved in front of the camera, being forced to interact with the rest of LMG. I'm pretty sure this rules out 99% of the skilled IT professionals who just want to do their job in peace.

being a skilled IT professional often has little to do with whether you are a drama whore. who do you think most of these trannies are, the ones with jobs? as far as I'm concerned, Riley is due to come out next (and he won't shave that mustache)

 

[TheDataHorder]

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Looks like Anthony's gone with partial dyeing of his hair.

i think he's starting to lose hair, its not noticeable at first glance but if you look its there.
he's 30 or something and he's starting to go bald just as he started trooning out, karma at its finest.

 

[jalopy]

He had that orange screwdriver he loved, and he wanted to make his own. That's why that very expensive one exists. That's the entire story, it is a rich man's toy.

It's obviously not about it being the best, rather just about supporting LTT (for some reason people have an emotional attachment to this company).

A screwdriver doesn't deserve to cost 80. Go to harbor freight, pick up a set, or pick up a nicer name brand set for the same cost, that are all solid steel and will last 100 years. You don't need a stupid rachet mechanism. I'd I wanted that, I get a impact drill and twist that sucker down in 0.5 seconds.

I've spent some dumb money on tools so maybe I'm weird but it's just a premium tool. If one uses it every day and it has the build quality to last and ergonomics to be comfortable, then it's worth it. For the price and use case, PC building, I'd get a set of Wiha spin caps but that's me. I can see it working well in some cases, but they're edge cases imho. Not for your typical PC hobbyist.

Is it at least a good tool? Project Farm did a review, the LTT screw driver was the third most expensive. Behind a Swiss made brand and Snap On, shocker.
The good: Low back drag, tight ratchet response, and comfortable handle. It also did well in the tests indicating build quality: bit tolerance, bit grip, and max torque before failure. Similar performance there as the Mega Pro, who make the LTT screwdriver in Canada.
The bad: When the ratchet is in the locked position it performs poorly, slipping quite a bit before grabbing. And, never forget, Linus's absolute shit show of product warranties. A debacle so poorly managed it separated them from GN

The fact that the screw driver took two years of development is the more serious part. Kind of a consistent theme on this thread is that Linus has hired a real brain trust gaggle of retards for his company. Lazy, moronic, stretched thinned, wholly unqualified, man children, and trannies.

Also, I would recommend against using impact drivers for PC builds. All the fasteners are Phillips, grade 2 or below pig shit. Bit will cam out and strip the fasteners too often. Something clutched, like a drill driver or electric screw driver would be better. Set to lowest torque setting. Partial to the Makita and Milwaukee 12v series myself.

99% of the time the only screwdriver you need to build a computer is a Phillips 0. A small one, so you won't have to tear cables and stuff out of the way to turn it. You know, exactly like those handy little precision screwdrivers you get in baggies whenever you order a Chinese product.

I must have screw autism. Phillips PH2 would be best for most PC screws, Mobo, fans, HDDs/SSDs. Things like M.2 slots will use some thing smaller like 0 or 00.
This excludes HP, who have used Torx, T15 I think, with a flat head drive for over a decade for most of their screws.

"The JerryRig Razor Knife"? Oh no, he's selling merch for that jackass? He's woke as fuck and shills Chinese phones, despite being American.

For someone called JerryRigEverything he sure as shit doesn't do any jerry rigging. Also shills battery powered portable heat pumps. Which is such a dumb concept I don't even know where to start.

 

[F13 Key]

In today's video they buy someone's ewaste SAN, and explain why they feel they shouldn't use something like it instead of their multiple Whonnock failure system.
I don't know much about this kind of stuff so I'm looking forward to someone who does breaking down just how stupid it might be.

These are old Xyratex NetApp systems with Filer head units. They're 2010-2012 tech. They shouldn't be used in prod because they're ancient and finnicky. Even putting modern hard drives in them, they're 6 Gbps SAS and employ hardware RAID which low level formats the drives to nonstandard sector sizes like 520 bytes to add a per-sector CRC. Normal hard drives are formatted as 512 bytes or 4KBytes (for AF drives). Off shelf SAS or SATA drives may not have firmware that's compatible with NetApp units.

They're extremely redundant. The raw capacity is 57.6TB, but the usable capacity is probably as low as 20 depending how they're configured, since they were set up as RAID 10 cutting capacity in half. Then the overhead of hot spares, formatted capacity discrepancy, CRC and more.

LMG doesn't need a system like this for most of their office employees and HR, and the content creators who could benefit from this are dealing with gigantic video and graphics files which require way more disk space and IOPs, so local storage and NAS works better for their needs. They'd need to be occupying two or three floors of an office building before SAN would outperform individual local storage and NAS. iSCSI is also finnicky under Windows in my experience.

LMG has YouTube and Shopify handling the backend of video distribution or payment integration for their company that a SAN would be practical for. They're not processing their own transactions. They probably aren't virtualizing apps internally. They may never need a SAN before they reach 1000 or more employees.

 

[WelperHelper99]

spent some dumb money on tools so maybe I'm weird but it's just a premium tool. If one uses it every day and it has the build quality to last and ergonomics to be comfortable, then it's worth it. For the price and use case, PC building, I'd get a set of Wiha spin caps but that's me. I can see it working well in some cases, but they're edge cases imho. Not for your typical PC hobbyist.

Is it at least a good tool? Project Farm did a review, the LTT screw driver was the third most expensive. Behind a Swiss made brand and Snap On, shocker.
The good: Low back drag, tight ratchet response, and comfortable handle. It also did well in the tests indicating build quality: bit tolerance, bit grip, and max torque before failure. Similar performance there as the Mega Pro, who make the LTT screwdriver in Canada.
The bad: When the ratchet is in the locked position it performs poorly, slipping quite a bit before grabbing. And, never forget, Linus's absolute shit show of product warranties. A debacle so poorly managed it separated them from GN

The fact that the screw driver took two years of development is the more serious part. Kind of a consistent theme on this thread is that Linus has hired a real brain trust gaggle of retards for his company. Lazy, moronic, stretched thinned, wholly unqualified, man children, and trannies.

Also, I would recommend against using impact drivers for PC builds. All the fasteners are Phillips, grade 2 or below pig shit. Bit will cam out and strip the fasteners too often. Something clutched, like a drill driver or electric screw driver would be better. Set to lowest torque setting. Partial to the Makita and Milwaukee 12v series myself.

I'm not against good tools, what I'm saying is it's a tool looking for a problem; it's the definition of extra. I'm not building PC's enough to even consider it; most aren't, it's a waste of money which could go to better things like a Milwaukee tool (great shit as you said), or just more screw drivers that you can use for other shit too. And I'm not paying for what is essentially the Panther tank of screwdrivers, broken transmissions and all

 

[tehpope]

These are old Xyratex NetApp systems with Filer head units. They're 2010-2012 tech. They shouldn't be used in prod because they're ancient and finnicky. Even putting modern hard drives in them, they're 6 Gbps SAS and employ hardware RAID which low level formats the drives to nonstandard sector sizes like 520 bytes to add a per-sector CRC. Normal hard drives are formatted as 512 bytes or 4KBytes (for AF drives). Off shelf SAS or SATA drives may not have firmware that's compatible with NetApp units.

They're extremely redundant. The raw capacity is 57.6TB, but the usable capacity is probably as low as 20 depending how they're configured, since they were set up as RAID 10 cutting capacity in half. Then the overhead of hot spares, formatted capacity discrepancy, CRC and more.

LMG doesn't need a system like this for most of their office employees and HR, and the content creators who could benefit from this are dealing with gigantic video and graphics files which require way more disk space and IOPs, so local storage and NAS works better for their needs. They'd need to be occupying two or three floors of an office building before SAN would outperform individual local storage and NAS. iSCSI is also finnicky under Windows in my experience.

LMG has YouTube and Shopify handling the backend of video distribution or payment integration for their company that a SAN would be practical for. They're not processing their own transactions. They probably aren't virtualizing apps internally. They may never need a SAN before they reach 1000 or more employees.

Well, Linus fucking dumb. And has a lot of money and space for stupid shit. Those things don't go well together.

 

[Slav Power]

Heard this tidbit in the newest GN video and found it interesting.

Roman says that he'd be comfortable with having up to 50 people working for him, and he is a proper mechanical engineer that designs thermal solutions, while Steve says that up to 50 people is still too much for him to be comfortable with.

And then I reminded myself of Linus having like over 100 people in his company that does way fucking less than Roman does by himself.