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I'm Comfortable Not Owning Ubisoft Games - WAN Show January 19, 2024


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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:

0:00 Chapters

1:07 Intro

1:38 Topic #1 - Ubisoft claims users are comfortable with not owning games

1:54 Linus lists down Ubisoft's launcher naming history

4:07 Ubisoft Classic & Premium, pricing, games published, Luke's hot take

6:02 Linus's FP exclusive interview with Terren the CEO,

7:27 Tremblay's quote, Linus mentions CDs, streaming services

13:12 Game servers that were shut down, company trust, Ubisoft's stock & finances

22:26 Linus mentions Nvidia, Intel, gambling, countries' funds, Pentagon's $52,000 trash can

30:49 Swen Vincke on the future of games, games, movies, gaming on keyboard

42:54 Topic #2 - SSD shortage expected to increase SSD prices by up to 50%

44:03 How do you deal with these shortages? ft. Linus's retired LEGO set, games

51:07 LTTStore's "The Steve" turtleneck ft. Linus's new profile picture

53:22 Linus's Steve Jobs in a past NCIX video, history of controversy

58:19 Merch Messages #1

58:50 Where is the tech industry going? Dealing with pessimism?

1:03:00 Which LMG video do you want to serve as a future resource for techies?

1:08:29 Topic #3 - Research shows search engines are getting worse

1:11:12 Luke mentions articles, Linus on site subscriptions, Wikipedia's revenue

1:18:02 Linus mentions Apple's alleged habits, Luke on its worth

1:19:21 Topic #4 - Google blames slow YouTube videos loading on extensions

1:21:04 Adblock's past buffer bug, Luke on people jumping on the hate wagon

1:24:06 Google Incognito, Canary's "more privately" change

1:26:22 Sponsors

1:31:55 Merch messages #2

1:32:01 Screen time & social media's impact on mental health?

1:33:16 Linus's favorite gadgets? ft. GamersGrass site

1:37:22 HDPLEX's 500W GaN ATX PSU, do you see GaN PSUs in the consumer market?

1:40:14 LTT laptop bag & shoulder bag update? ft. Flocking machine, cable magnetic management, backpack relationship

1:43:26 Topic #5 - Fujitsu's software causes huge blunders in UK post offices

1:49:40 Topic #6 - Haier threatens to sue home assistant plugin developer

1:55:32 Topic #7 - OpenAI's new policy change, quietly removes ban on military use

1:56:24 Topic #8 - Alexa Plus, a new model with ChatGPT

2:04:58 Topic #10 - YouTube lays off 100 employees

2:05:31 Topic #11 - AMD's Ryzen 8000G limits PCIe 40

2:07:39 Merch Messages #3 ft. dbrand sponsors WAN Show After Dark

2:09:21 Sarah Butt chose grass, dbrand non-MagSafe soon to release

2:11:30 Do you use a funky Windows login process?

2:13:26 Early days of LMG's forum & community

2:16:12 How do Linus's socks & sandals fair during the Canadian winter?

2:19:38 Future bionic augments for your body, how far will you go?

2:26:36 Tips on effectively researching products before purchase?

2:29:31 Any features you wished Wikipedia had?

2:31:28 Why can't you emulate CUDA on other hardware?

2:33:55 What would it take for a new WAN Show intro & set?

2:37:20 Alternatives for Ubiquiti?

2:38:35 If Nvidia buys ARM, do you think it can topple Intel & AMD?

2:40:47 Your opinion on the community porting Spiderman 2 to PC?

2:43:01 Progress on the water resistant ballcap?

2:43:13 Has Luke heard of TARKOV'S SPT?

2:45:43 Thoughts on algorithm-sorting network switches?

2:47:47 Advice on how to know what I'm doing as a software engineer?

2:49:48 If SE remakes Final Fantasy VI, what approach should they take?

2:51:36 Luke on making a birb-rito

2:52:18 What advice does Linus have for starting a business in 2024?

2:56:52 Any updates Linus would've done to his home network?

3:03:41 What game do you think was underhyped & overperforming this year? Which one killed the studio?

3:05:05 Outro

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