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EPISODE · Feb 7, 2022 · 2H 3M

They Almost Got Away With It! - WAN Show February 04, 2022

from The WAN Show · host Linus Tech Tips

Save money on your phone plan today at https://www.mintmobile.com/wanshow Try FreshBooks free, for 30 days, no credit card required at https://www.freshbooks.com/wan Check out the WAN Show & Podcast Gear: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear Check out the They're Just Movies Podcast: https://lmg.gg/tjmpodcast Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119 NOTE - Timestamps may be off due to change in sponsors) 0:00 Chapters 1:32 Intro 2:00 Topic #1 - Gamer Nexus Newegg return issues 2:30 Steam Deck live tease 4:50 Linus planning to run Steam Deck for a month 7:10 Discussing the Newegg return claims, RMA issues 14:02 Possibilities for missed open-box damages 19:44 Does Newegg run a scam? Whose burden is this? 23:40 Gamer Nexus fans boycotting, store monopoly 27:33 Linus's conversation with ASUS on motherboards 29:46 Amazon is not a great technology store 33:06 Other technology companies listed by chat 37:48 Linus reaching out for similar experience 39:42 Topic #2 - Sony acquires Destiny's Bungie for 36B 43:16 Speculations behind reason of purchase 44:48 Sponsor - Grid Studio 46:55 Sponsor - Graphus 47:34 Sponsor - Squarespace 48:36 Topic #3 - Facebook value drops by $232B 50:14 Other stock values & past examples of FB values 51:22 Is Facebook dying? & "The Palace" 54:45 Second Life, VR Chat 57:50 Linus scammed via a bad statement 1:00:00 Merch Message Reply 1:02:34 LTTStore Controller & Computer plushies w/ code 1:04:16 Dropped shares & company value discussion 1:10:44 LMG's cost of hire, issue with being rich 1:15:12 Spending & investments for a rich person 1:19:28 Linus's house mortgage, Vancouver housing prices 1:26:31 "Eat the rich," Linus calls Jake "Geoff" 1:27:42 Merch Messages 1:28:26 Open bench maintenance 1:30:38 RX 580's value in 2022, upgradability discussion 1:32:19 Principles behind designing case air flow 1:34:22 Motorcycles content, 3D printed construction 1:37:10 Newer mainstream CPUs, Linus didn't buy phones 1:42:12 Portable audio players, TrueNAS VS Unraid 1:44:05 Sofa with speaker, Sam Zeloof, blind aid products 1:47:01 LTTStore screwdriver bit loaders, Linus's house update 1:50:26 Warehouse newsletter: USB-_Crap_ signal integrity 1:53:26 Screwdriver material, testing Steam Deck on Windows 1:54:20 LTT lab validating LMG tech products 1:55:26 Motherboard suggestions, LTT mice/keyboards 1:58:42 Software side lab benchmarks, non-terrestrial ISPs 2:01:22 Rack mount PC, list of Linus's house tech cost 2:04:42 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Save money on your phone plan today at https://www.mintmobile.com/wanshow Try FreshBooks free, for 30 days, no credit card required at https://www.freshbooks.com/wan Check out the WAN Show & Podcast Gear: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear Check out the They're Just Movies Podcast: https://lmg.gg/tjmpodcast Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119 NOTE - Timestamps may be off due to change in sponsors) 0:00 Chapters 1:32 Intro 2:00 Topic #1 - Gamer Nexus Newegg return issues 2:30 Steam Deck live tease 4:50 Linus planning to run Steam Deck for a month 7:10 Discussing the Newegg return claims, RMA issues 14:02 Possibilities for missed open-box damages 19:44 Does Newegg run a scam? Whose burden is this? 23:40 Gamer Nexus fans boycotting, store monopoly 27:33 Linus's conversation with ASUS on motherboards 29:46 Amazon is not a great technology store 33:06 Other technology companies listed by chat 37:48 Linus reaching out for similar experience 39:42 Topic #2 - Sony acquires Destiny's Bungie for 36B 43:16 Speculations behind reason of purchase 44:48 Sponsor - Grid Studio 46:55 Sponsor - Graphus 47:34 Sponsor - Squarespace 48:36 Topic #3 - Facebook value drops by $232B 50:14 Other stock values & past examples of FB values 51:22 Is Facebook dying? & "The Palace" 54:45 Second Life, VR Chat 57:50 Linus scammed via a bad statement 1:00:00 Merch Message Reply 1:02:34 LTTStore Controller & Computer plushies w/ code 1:04:16 Dropped shares & company value discussion 1:10:44 LMG's cost of hire, issue with being rich 1:15:12 Spending & investments for a rich person 1:19:28 Linus's house mortgage, Vancouver housing prices 1:26:31 "Eat the rich," Linus calls Jake "Geoff" 1:27:42 Merch Messages 1:28:26 Open bench maintenance 1:30:38 RX 580's value in 2022, upgradability discussion 1:32:19 Principles behind designing case air flow 1:34:22 Motorcycles content, 3D printed construction 1:37:10 Newer mainstream CPUs, Linus didn't buy phones 1:42:12 Portable audio players, TrueNAS VS Unraid 1:44:05 Sofa with speaker, Sam Zeloof, blind aid products 1:47:01 LTTStore screwdriver bit loaders, Linus's house update 1:50:26 Warehouse newsletter: USB-_Crap_ signal integrity 1:53:26 Screwdriver material, testing Steam Deck on Windows 1:54:20 LTT lab validating LMG tech products 1:55:26 Motherboard suggestions, LTT mice/keyboards 1:58:42 Software side lab benchmarks, non-terrestrial ISPs 2:01:22 Rack mount PC, list of Linus's house tech cost 2:04:42 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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