Visit https://www.squarespace.com/WAN and use offer code WAN for 10% off Get a 15-day free trial for unlimited backup at https://www.backblaze.com/landing/podcast-wan.html Save 15% with our offer code WANSHOW at https://vessi.com/WANSHOW Asetek x Blue Horse Studios LTX 2023 Giveaway: https://gleam.io/7Ogjl/asetek-x-ltx-2023-sim-racer-giveaway Podcast download: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewanshowpodcast/episodes/Pretending-I-Endorse-Your-Product-Is-Fraud---WAN-Show-August-4--2023-e27rglu Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119): 0:00 Chapters 0:48 Intro 1:37 Topic #1 - Baldur's Gate 3 released ft. FP poll 3:18 Second highest concurrent players on Steam 4:38 FP poll results, past RPG experiences ft. Star Wars 18:41 Baldur's Gate 3's success, movie ratings, upcoming games 20:51 Topic #2 - Anker's eufy refuses removing Linus's face 22:28 X/Tweet of Linus's quote, Luke's points 24:50 A Chinese company V.S. an American site 25:51 Merch Messages #1 27:08 Has Linus seen the Fly Me To The Moon AI cover? 28:48 Wisdom on why standardization fails/succeeds in tech? 33:07 University education's importance for getting into the tech industry? 38:16 FP's comment on parents, work ethics 39:12 Topic #3 - Twitch changes gambling restrictions 39:56 Twitch prohibits sponsorships, recalling past WAN Show 40:52 Valve's C&D, gambling is bannable, Valve directly profits 41:48 CS:GO knives, Steam users money spent on gambling 43:51 $15M blue gem knife offer, recalling Jack Dorsey's first tweet 45:10 Discussing gambling, xQc's "react" content 49:53 LMG's react channel, "who owns my react content?" Fair Use 1:07:30 Anker removes Linus after WAN Show call out 1:08:24 Sponsor - Squarespace ft. Dennis spots 1:08:31 Sponsor - Backblaze 1:10:45 Sponsor - Vessi 1:11:31 Giveaway - Asetek x Blue Horse Studios LTX 2023 1:11:50 Anker did NOT remove Linus from sites 1:13:33 Linus on "recruiting" bug checking through the community 1:34:02 Luke opens a creator's gift for Linus 1:37:38 Linus aggressively gifts the gift to Dan 1:39:20 Luke opens more gifts, thanking Rodd, Linus's unpredictability 1:46:14 Luke trolls everyone ft. Topic #4 - U.S. Government's NDAA 1:47:36 Linus mutes Luke, LTTStore's new RGB shirt 1:49:03 Indoor hoodie back in stock 1:50:35 NSA expresses concerns, selling/buying information 1:53:12 Merch Messages #2 1:53:24 Was Linus nervous during LTX 2023 WAN Show? 1:56:37 How has Luke handled difficult personalities as CTO? 2:00:21 Was LTX 2023 as successful as you hoped? 2:15:04 Dan offers ice cream, Luke recalls fruit roll ups & ice cream 2:17:35 Trying out fruit roll ups ice cream combo 2:19:50 Topic #5 - Labs' Tim response causes controversy 2:35:08 Topic #6 - Xbox's repairable controllers parts 2:38:16 Topic #7 - China's limits on childrens' web access 2:39:26 Topic #8 - DMUG's review on LTT's backpack 2:40:46 X redirects to Twitter now, Apple allows rename 2:42:12 Topic #9 - Linus reacts to Ludwig's reaction to Linus 2:44:22 Linus's game choices to go against Ludwig 2:58:03 Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark 2:59:19 Would Luke make a self-made recipe book? 3:01:10 How would Direct Storage change GPU architecture? 3:02:16 Thoughts on Microsoft pushing ARM adaption? 3:03:18 Luke Goes Places new series idea 3:05:57 Linus's review with his current monitor 3:06:50 Does Luke push back on Linus's unrealistic requests? 3:08:57 Insights on how LMG approaches creating products 3:11:18 Does LMG plan to make videos on IT struggles & practices? 3:12:05 The SNES game would Linus play for the rest of his life? 3:13:35 Weird areas of IT you want to learn more about? 3:15:28 Would a female applying to a job with a fake male name be a deal breaker for you? 3:18:05 Has Luke tried the other Star Wars systems? 3:19:12 Game companies that do old legacy games right? 3:21:09 What are some of your favorite small victories? 3:24:03 Is Yvonne getting Anker stuff a Linus V.S. LMG thing? 3:24:54 Why do two people call each other, they mark themselves unavailable? 3:26:20 Would you be more open to free shipping with better margins? 3:27:24 Coolest thing you had to sign on LTX 2023? 3:28:32 Which challenge stands out as your favorite? 3:32:12 Games you're fond of released before you were born that take you back? 3:33:16 Would the new gen billionaires have super gaming systems? 3:34:09 Precision screwdriver ETA? 3:34:29 Outro