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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead - WAN Show December 22, 2023

The WAN Show

Linus Tech Tips

News Commentary, Tech News, News

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 161 minutes

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Try Notion AI for free at https://www.Notion.com/wan Get hooked up with the latest and greatest audio gear at https://lmg.gg/Sweetwater Get $5 off your Magic Spoon order with code WAN at https://lmg.gg/magicspoon Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change: 0:00 Chapters 0:48 Intro 1:50 Topic #1 - Activision CEO Bobby Kotich to leave 2:42 Bobby was in Epstein's Black Book, was Dan on the island? 4:22 Luke lists Kotich's alleged crimes, what is left from this company? ft. Discussing islands 7:32 Microsoft's replacement, what as Kotich's legacy? Linus on bad quality, "crack" 11:26 Linus's chat with a hobby shop, challenges, Horizon Hobby & Hobby Lobby 14:20 Luke mentions Hobby Lobby's artifacts scandal, Linus mentions Traxxas 16:46 Linus on the Bobby Kotich, Luke analyzes Activision Blizzard's stock 19:34 Linus on Playstation & Nintendo pricing, count of developers of games 22:42 Raised game pricing, content sphere, episodic games, expectations & IPs 36:22 Linus's Fantasian subscription ft. How much chat spent on virtual items, FFVII, BG3 developers, game hype 43:27 Does Linus have to beat Fantasian's final boss? ft. Luke's XCOM 2, BG3 early access 46:40 Luke on using boosters or watching on YouTube, Linus on different strategies 49:00 Linus cancels Apple Arcade, saves are stored on Cloud, mentions phases 3 51:27 Fantasian playtest on Steam, Linus on the retro RPG renaissance, Luke's drivers hopefully fixed 53:08 LTTStore's new pins series 3 54:24 New Luke pin, potential holo 55:34 Precision screwdriver end cap correction 56:42 Merch Messages #1 57:19 Asides of ASL & cochlear implants, what tech can help deaf people communicate? 1:01:01 How long would pins series 3 be on sale for? 1:03:19 What did Linus do with Yvonne for their honeymoon? ft. LinusFoodTips Luke Lasagna 1:18:59 Topic #2 - Sony patents a difficulty curve 1:20:01 Are the days of beating games gone? Discussing the Spiderman game 1:22:01 Luke mentions difficulty levels, Linus on achievements & adjustable levels 1:24:28 Toggling through menu, Luke on sell boosts & dynamic difficulty 1:26:32 Problem of the difficulty being on the settings instead of menu 1:27:09 Topic #3 - wklix's LEGO build of LTT's build corner set 1:29:15 Sponsors 1:32:45 Merch Messages #2 ft. Recalling the cuffs 1:34:13 Do you have any tips for parties as a young introverted businessman? 1:38:18 What are the best monitor headphones for ears being hot and sweaty? 1:40:23 Old PC equipment signature lottery updates? 1:42:03 Topic #4 - Steam to allow marking games as private 1:43:05 Topic #5 - Google Play App settlement, to certify sideloading 1:46:24 Topic #6 - VR & AR declines, Meta spends billions ft. Linus Jumpscare 1:47:38 Topic #7 - Deloitte looks to AI to help avoid layoffs 1:49:38 Topic #8 - DOJ investigates Apple for antitrust & anticompetitive behavior 1:51:38 Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark 1:52:34 A follow up video on the Fairphone 5? Thoughts on it so far? 1:59:34 What are you looking forward to gaming wise in 2024? ft. LTT videos, paying for products 2:09:19 Does Luke watch The Yard? 2:11:20 Hardest person to choose a gift for? 2:16:13 What are your non-technical thoughts on quantum computers? 2:18:05 Interesting problems you had with smart home stuff? 2:19:01 Favorite WAN Show topic from this year? 2:20:03 What tech or LTTStore items would you want to put in a deep ocean pressure tank? ft. "Inverted microwaved sheep" 2:22:34 Bidet update? 2:22:39 Dan drives Linus crazy with "EXE," file extension pronunciation, a brutal roast 2:30:51 LTT is the sponsor of McMaster Baja Racing, how did this come about? 2:32:42 Dan says more file extensions 2:34:02 What are Luke's budgies favorite toys? ft. File extension rules 2:35:39 Would Linus ever move to the US? 2:38:24 How to handle being told you're the best for promotion by higher ups but passed up? 2:39:02 Linus elaborates on how using primer paint is lazy 2:41:55 Outro

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is up everyone and welcome to the WAN Show? We've got a great topic for you guys today. That's right. One great topic. It's happened.

0:09.0

Sony has patented the automatic difficulty curve. Wow! That and somebody made the

0:18.9

build corner out of LEGO. There. I went out of my way Luke I went out of my way Luke. I went out of my way so hard to leave your topics for you

0:28.4

You couldn't possibly have chosen either of those. No, I didn't. Yeah, I thought you were gonna go for it. I thought you're going to go for it. But anyways,

0:34.3

Ding-Dong, the witch is dead. Bobby Coddick is out and I am a happy boy and we'll talk about that later.

0:40.1

Also, Google gives everybody kind of at least like two dollars, maybe more.

0:45.0

What?

0:46.0

Yeah.

0:47.0

Okay, I don't know anything about that.

0:48.0

Yeah. Oh, But. Why don't we jump into the headline topic today, which is of course that Apple may be investigated over Beeper.

1:22.4

I'm gonna try so. may be investigated over beeper.

1:26.0

Gonna try so hard. We can do it.

1:27.0

I don't mind waiting.

1:28.0

A consulting firm used AI to reduce layoffs.

1:32.0

We can do that one too. Sure. The last of us

1:34.2

multiplayer game has been canceled. Yep. They got a remaster it again. It got just

1:39.3

as canceled as me. It's good. What?

1:43.0

So they're still making it?

1:44.0

Well, no, I'm coming back.

1:46.0

It's a different kind of cancelled.

1:48.0

Eventually.

1:49.0

Eventually.

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