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I have a very distinct memory of Linus saying "feminazi" in some video long, long ago.
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Romes128 posted:also Linus defaulting to HR investigating... HR is his wife. what a fuckin blowhard He really needs to just shut the gently caress up. He's literally like that crypto guy and trump. They can't help themselves.
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I thought HR was Colton's wheelhouse? That's what is said in the "apology" video. Goons have latched on to this Yvonne being head of HR because it fits a certain narrative even though it hasn't been the case for quite a while. It's not a defence of any kind, but if you're going to stroke over GN's quest for truth and ethics, at least pretend to follow it.
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Charles Leclerc posted:I thought HR was Colton's wheelhouse? That's what is said in the "apology" video. Goons have latched on to this Yvonne being head of HR because it fits a certain narrative even though it hasn't been the case for quite a while. No idea personally, just parroting what I've heard here. I don't follow LTT other than what I've seen in this thread. If it's not his wife, mea culpa.
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Colton is head of business development. Which I presume is mostly dealing with sponsors.
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if she's not head of HR anymore, my bad. still lovely to say "our company is definitely gonna investigate our company, promise"
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Romes128 posted:the video didn't address Madison at all. Hahahaha of course he diiiid, jesus Linus, dig up!!! Anyway, time to start peeing in the hole.
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She’s the CFO so very much responsible, if not super directly
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slidebite posted:No idea personally, just parroting what I've heard here. I don't follow LTT other than what I've seen in this thread. If it's not his wife, mea culpa. I'm pretty sure she was for a while, which is fair enough as it's irredeemable, but to keep harping on about it as if it's a present situation is as bad as the mouth breathers on the LTT forums.
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Romes128 posted:also Linus defaulting to HR investigating... HR is his wife. what a fuckin blowhard yeah terren has finally managed to get Linus to shut the gently caress up and run crisis comms through him. and has given the only possible response showing he's actually trying to be the adult in the room. funny that it's two combined statements though. and funny Linus can't even talk about this poo poo without saying "not consistent with my recollections" right up front. But *clearly* not his unfiltered own words and an immediate extra piece from the CEO right after (I wouldn't be surprised if the comment came from terren with the Linus quote contained in his email).
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Any bets if James Strieb has a job after the investigation is complete?
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Charles Leclerc posted:I thought HR was Colton's wheelhouse? That's what is said in the "apology" video. Goons have latched on to this Yvonne being head of HR because it fits a certain narrative even though it hasn't been the case for quite a while. Yvonne was head of their HR department until last year (which notably means she was in charge of it during Madison's tenure).
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Charles Leclerc posted:I'm pretty sure she was for a while, which is fair enough as it's irredeemable, but to keep harping on about it as if it's a present situation is as bad as the mouth breathers on the LTT forums. Definitely was, it was mentioned/shown in multiple videos Just lol at the idea
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Hamelekim posted:Linus is the cheapest rich man in tech youtube. You know what they say, “No one ever became rich by spending money!”
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kalleth posted:yeah terren has finally managed to get Linus to shut the gently caress up and run crisis comms through him. about that lol https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1691830904270758365 
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kliras posted:just checked floatplane's website, and they only currently have 21 paying channels, which is way fewer than i thought they'd have up to this point Huh... just noticed The Gun Collective lurking there at the bottom, oh well. 
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No stupid, dig UP
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Vic posted:Yeah that's what I was getting at - even biggest tech nerds go through a thought process of whether the thing makes practical sense and how to go best about it. Him yoloing the stuff with the camera crew in there for content makes sense if he lived alone, not with three little children having to deal with that nonsense. And even if he believed all that stuff would just work, it requires an IT guy to deal with poo poo in his house now. Yeah, it's pretty clear Linus now needs Alex to handle all of the mechanical complexity of his house, and also Jake for the IT. Probably Dan for the AV too. So, three employees who probably have a non-insignificant amount of their time spent untangling the over-engineered, "house of the future" mess he's making worse by trying to rush projects to completion for content rather than specifically arrange the content to be "This Old House"-style planned chunks with clear successes and way points in mind. Again, more can't "see forest for the trees" issues. Maybe the CEO and the outside investigator will right the ship on issues of that matter as well, but even they do, there's long term damage done, and any fixes that come out of this probably won't get the deserved gratitude the person with his name on the building.
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Mr.Radar posted:Yvonne was head of their HR department until last year (which notably means she was in charge of it during Madison's tenure). I dunno which is worse. Yvonne "investigating" her own poo poo that happened under her watch. Or whoever is currently in charge of HR "investigating" what happened under Yvonne's watch. I'm sure Linus will make that person do a thorough and precise job.
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Harminoff posted:Jesus Linus can't stop himself from denying everything always. Even Lionel Hutz would coach him on saying "no comment"
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Props to whoever it was a few hundred posts ago who made the comment about how if this was going by the playbook that big companies use they'd hire an outside investigator next.
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Eagerly awaiting Linus' memoir on LTT Store dot com, entitled "I didn't engender a workplace of toxicity and sexual harassment, but if I did, here's how I'd do it"
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Linus having that pirate avatar still on Twitter is very apt now that they've got some experience under their belt on fencing ill gotten property.
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lol https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1691836337110884539 New CEO needs to physically separate Linus from all technology and only give him pieces of paper until further notice.
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The more we learn, the more I think this might actually is going to be Linus’ John Sculley moment (obviously under worse circumstances).
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Ultraklystron posted:Alex to handle all of the mechanical complexity of his house, and also Jake for the IT. Probably Dan for the AV too.
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Lister posted:Madison's story is the kind of bombshell information that can be discovered by interviewing current or former employees. If GN had reached out to her for her story, even anonymously, it would have been so much more affective than pulling quotes out of context. That's the kind of investigation I wish they'd done. Maybe they'll talk to a lot of people for a follow up video, but I worry that unless it's put in a video by a major channel that it's going to be unseen by the larger youtube audience. Get banned, you loving freak
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Koskun posted:Alex I really wouldn't trust to do something right in my house. For a goofy video using a car radiator, sure, have fun. Jake does seem to really know what he's doing for the Home Assistent, as well as the server and storage aspect. And yes, Dan is "in charge" of the AV, including blanketing the movie room in velvet or something. Agreed. Alex is perfect for all of the "Red Green but computers", YOLO engineering projects that are in the studio, and he seems to be fine when actually given a budget and time for custom builds (that $100,000 minecraft PC for example.) That he's being leveraged for the pool water PC heat exchange cooling (itself a prime example of over-reach for the views ruining day to day life) isn't something anyone should do, let alone under pressure to get a good ending for a video, fast. Looping back to Red Green - yeah, it's funny to make a dodge into a dishwasher with duct tape, but you wouldn't want to live with it. Sudden Loud Noise posted:New CEO needs to physically separate Linus from all technology and only give him pieces of paper until further notice. Lock him in the RF blocking chamber in the labs for the next month for his own protection.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:lol Now would be a good time to take a vacation and leave all your devices at home. Cyrano4747 posted:Props to whoever it was a few hundred posts ago who made the comment about how if this was going by the playbook that big companies use they'd hire an outside investigator next.
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SourKraut posted:You know what they say, “No one ever became rich by spending money!” I find that I tune out of a lot of youtube channels when it becomes a wealthy guy showing off stuff he got (often for free because of subscriber count). I think the last LTT video I watched was one where they were given some high core count Xeon CPUs from Intel just to gently caress around with. They didn't have the proper coolers for mounting pressure and they weren't going to arrive until the next day so Linus decided he couldn't wait and tried to boot this multi-thousand dollar system with a thousand dollar tungsten cube (they cost more now afaik) on the Xeon to see if it would provide enough clamping pressure. It didn't, but IIRC it didn't damage anything, just wouldn't let him boot it right away.
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Obviously the PC tech YouTube space has its weird lingering beef with the Verge after that disastrous PC build video from years ago, but their editorial staff is otherwise rock solid, and I think Alex Cranz is an excellent journalist, so I'm glad this reporting is coming from her. It does a good job of explaining the narrative to a broader audience.
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I know "Hire external investigator" is number one play for big corporations, but it's still 100% better than anything Linus would do himself. Also Linus needs to take a very, very, VERY long vacation.
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i wouldn't be surprised if linus/lmg can't find a crisis comms specialist who'll take them on at a price they'll agree to. when your client is incapable of not lashing out on twitter you ask for a giant retainer up front
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the talent deficit posted:i wouldn't be surprised if linus/lmg can't find a crisis comms specialist who'll take them on at a price they'll agree to. when your client is incapable of not lashing out on twitter you ask for a giant retainer up front Lol the PR equivalent of insuring a submarine
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the talent deficit posted:i wouldn't be surprised if linus/lmg can't find a crisis comms specialist who'll take them on at a price they'll agree to. when your client is incapable of not lashing out on twitter you ask for a giant retainer up front This is the kind of contract law that I would find absolutely fascinating to learn more about. Are there contracts that say "My price goes up if you keep access to your twitter account." or "I charge 10k more for every tweet you make."
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VostokProgram posted:Lol the PR equivalent of insuring a submarine a carbon fiber one
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Ultraklystron posted:They clearly really considered it though, and Luke in particular seemed keen on the idea in WAN shows. I mean, Luke was also keen on moving the company to Taiwan.
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kalleth posted:a carbon fiber one let me squish you right there
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