RTX 3080 Scalpers are JERKS - WAN Show September 18 , 2020

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Learn more about the MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK Motherboard on Amazon at https://geni.us/sxc6m or Newegg at https://geni.us/fudnna Get a 15-day free trial for unlimited backup at https://backblaze.com/WAN Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps: (Courtesy of Michael O'Brien) 00:00:00 - Stream Start! 00:00:04 - Hey, what's up guys!? 00:00:15 - Topic #3: Apple Fall Event (Jump to 00:39:41) 00:00:19 - Topic #2: RTX 3080 & Scalping (Jump to 00:16:15) 00:00:26 - Topic #4: PS5 Pricing Announcement (Jump to 00:51:47) 00:00:55 - Topic #5: TikTok & WeChat Banned ( not covered ) 00:01:04 - Topic #1: NVIDIA Kills SLI (Jump to 00:03:11) 00:01:36 - Intro 00:02:14 - Unofficial Topic #1: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Passing 00:03:11 - Topic #1: NVIDIA Kills SLI 00:03:46 - And that is a kill steal, time of death, cause fo death 00:05:51 - Bummed Linus, but why? 00:07:01 - Compared to NVLink 00:08:34 - What is actually happening 00:10:33 - Games with native support 00:11:33 - Why should this not matter, practically 00:13:51 - Big vs little x 2 00:15:00 - Inte Xe ("ex-ee", not "zee") note 00:16:15 - Topic #2: Scalping w/ RTX 3080 00:16:33 - Hardware Canucks' response 00:17:25 - Linus' Good 'Ole Days as an NCIS Product Manager 00:21:51 - TechTuber's responses & reason 00:24:11 - Community of End User's response 00:27:33 - Manufacturer's expectations over the years 00:29:33 - Reviewer & "Buddy" promotion of new products 00:30:27 - lttstore.com - RGB Keyboard T-Shirts - Limited Edition 00:32:23 - Maybe no LTX 2021 00:34:40 - LTT CPU T-Shirt prize winner update 00:35:48 - Sponsors! 00:35:50 - Honey - joinhoney.com/linus 00:36:57 - Backblaze - backblaze.com/wan 00:37:48 - MSA MAG B550 Tomahawk - Link in description 00:39:41 - Topic #3: Apple Fall Event 00:39:48 - Spec breakdown 00:40:33 - Apple vs Android 00:41:40 - Luke's pondering with Linus 00:44:04 - Tablets vs large phones & UX 00:46:08 - Use case of tablets today 00:47:58 - Apple Watch details + Linus' watch idea 00:50:56 - [Apple] Watch SE 00:51:47 - Topic #4: PS5 Pricing Announcement 00:51:47 - XBox vs PS5, who won? FIGHT! 00:53:03 - Linus BANS Luke 00:53:49 - Sony's Plan vs Microsoft's Plan 00:55:24 - Luke's counter argument 00:57:47 - Console + subscriptions costs 01:01:45 - Linus' take on consoles vs PC gaming 01:04:55 - Linus' thoughts on being a gamer 01:07:24 - Overall thoughts on console market positioning 01:08:39 - Speculation on Nintendo Switch Pro 01:12:03 - Note #1: TikTok & WeChat Banned 01:12:09 - Note #2: NVIDIA's ARM/Arm purchase 01:12:42 - Note #3: lttstore.com is hiring 01:13:55 - 6 positions are open for hiring 01:14:41 - pseudo-hiring for LTT forums 01:17:36 - Superchats! 01:18:45 - RTX 8000 Quadro vs RTX 3080 01:19:02 - LTT Merch = Linus' wardrobe? 01:20:51 - LMG Pizza Party Day! 01:22:07 - PS5 Game prices 01:22:45 - Bye! 01:22:47 - Outro! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, okay.
0:01.0	Okay.
0:02.0	Hey, what's up guys?
0:07.0	Welcome to the WAN Show.
0:09.3	We've got a spectacular show for y'all today. There is so much news to talk about. There was an Apple event this week.
0:17.0	There was the launch of the RTX 3080, sort of, because good luck buying one there was what what else we got here Luke what you want to talk
0:26.8	his five price was announced oh we're definitely going to be talking about that okay
0:31.3	okay hold on hold on hold on I swear I'm gonna let us run the intro to second here. Just give me a score out of 10 for the PS5 pricing. Score out of 10.
0:40.3	Uh... One a to 10.
0:44.0	I like it.
0:45.0	I like it.
0:46.0	We'll get into more depth into that later.
0:47.0	Ladies and gentlemen, what else we got?
0:51.0	Uh, did I give two?
0:52.0	Uh, no, no, no, come on go for the one.
0:55.0	Talk and we chat officially banned in the US.
0:57.0	That's a headline compared to Inv-
0:59.0	You already talked about this.
1:01.0	No, I didn't.
1:02.0	You said Invidea stuff video stuff no but not that
1:04.4	are we giving in video two headlining well they've got two headlines they killed
1:09.0	SLI they got the good headline I mean, like it was already dead.
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