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K8.0 posted:Naomi Wu is a Chinese woman who has some very unique content but she has a long history of being a huge drama factory, sometimes justified (multiple journalists basically tried to get the CCP to black van her), sometimes completely unjustified. She's by her own admission significantly mentally ill and sometimes that gets in the way. I mean it's not like saying this is going to help but do not drag her into this poo poo, she's just going to start flailing and hurting herself again. This reminded me of that time on the WAN show that Linus thought the phrase "hard R" was referring the word "retarded" and not the actual word which shouldn't be said by white people.
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mewse posted:Please don't accuse Linus of being a good spouse without asking him for comment. We follow proper journalistic ethics in this thread. Going to need Yvonne to post a list of all her partners so we can qualitatively examine her ability to judge men.
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Sigma posted:Ok, but how about company founders and owners who name the business after themselves?
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Blurb3947 posted:This reminded me of that time on the WAN show that Linus thought the phrase "hard R" was referring the word "retarded" and not the actual word which shouldn't be said by white people. Watch his co-hosts face during that segment until he finally figures it out and asks him if he knows what it means.
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Blurb3947 posted:This reminded me of that time on the WAN show that Linus thought the phrase "hard R" was referring the word "retarded" and not the actual word which shouldn't be said by white people. Luke had the opportunity to Walter White the entire channel and didnt 
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Blurb3947 posted:This reminded me of that time on the WAN show that Linus thought the phrase "hard R" was referring the word "retarded" and not the actual word which shouldn't be said by white people. For everyone's viewing pleasure. https://twitter.com/qwerty_soda/status/1680630807075995648
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K8.0 posted:That is the most apt description of Linus I've ever heard. I honestly will never understand why your SOP is to defend corporations, CEOs, etc., at all costs. They are not your friends, and you don’t need to defend them. They’ll drag your name through the mud if it means a few more upvotes and views.
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mewse posted:She tasted of cigarette smoke Still the funniest sentence to have ever come from LTT
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I just don't understand how this could all come from someone with an impeccable reputation!
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Please don't take his phones away. Let him dig. Xakura posted:He's like a bad decisions elemental YouTube tech idiots: a bad decisions elemental
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Kramjacks posted:I just don't understand how this could all come from someone with an impeccable reputation! trust him, bro
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Conspiratiorist posted:For everyone's viewing pleasure. lmao holy poo poo Don't sleep on this if you all haven't seen it.
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slidebite posted:Counterpoint: Most people smart enough to start and run a successful large company probably know when to shut the gently caress up when every time they speak it does more harm than good. Counter, counterpoint: "most smart enough people" probably represent less than 20% of the horseshit posted on the internet. I very deliberately firewall my internet postings from my professional persona. Maybe that is a luxury from not being a professional online personality, but holy moly how on earth can you be a first generation netizen and goddamn major tech influencer and not have figured this the gently caress out on your mid 30s?
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slidebite posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15t0hc4/some_of_you_really_be_like_this/ the comments on other posts on their sub have gone from wholly critical to a circlejerking cesspit downplaying everything again whoever was saying before that they could've just ignored it was probably right; putting up a main channel video woke up all the weird nerds who never would've known
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https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15t1mzn/mandatory_meeting_the_after_madisons_departure/ Someone leaked the mandatory meeting after Madison's departure from LMG. Welp
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Rabid Snake posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15t1mzn/mandatory_meeting_the_after_madisons_departure/ lmao wow the loving sky is falling over there
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Rabid Snake posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15t1mzn/mandatory_meeting_the_after_madisons_departure/ You know a company culture is doing great when work meetings are getting secretly recorded.
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Charles Leclerc posted:Counter, counterpoint: "most smart enough people" probably represent less than 20% of the horseshit posted on the internet. Honestly, considering it's a pattern that's existed since folks got famous enough to run conventions off of the back of webcomics and internet video series in the early 2000s, I think it's somewhat intrinsic to anyone who wields their online success towards those kind of loftier goals. Like, if the idea isn't merely "we're just gonna keep this little thing running for our little clique so we don't have to get normal jobs," but instead "we want to grow this into a huge media and merchandising if not a manufacturing company via our parasocial bonds, maybe even sell out to a conglomerate or become one ourselves," it seems to consistently result in missteps given enough time and growth. Inevitably, between a wide audience and a company bigger than ego(s) alone can manage, it goes sideways. They will always hit a Dunning-Kruger point where their self-confidence reaches farther than their actual capability/empathy, and it'll end at best in a serious apology and massive course correction, and at worst the company and it's IP gradually fade from relevance if not existence entirely.
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Rabid Snake posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15t1mzn/mandatory_meeting_the_after_madisons_departure/ I read the transcript and another comment that said it was already posted 6 months ago? and the transcript didn't seem too bad other than the weird common poo poo in startups of gently caress trying to deal with interpersonal stuff
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kalleth posted:I read the transcript and another comment that said it was already posted 6 months ago? and the transcript didn't seem too bad other than the weird common poo poo in startups of gently caress trying to deal with interpersonal stuff the content is mostly fine (except james' incredibly bad taste joke) but it makes linus look like a liar. this meeting (allegedly) happened after madison left and linus claimed today the allegations were shocking to him. the meeting indicates he had foreknowledge of the allegations or at least knew enough that he should have asked more questions
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Rabid Snake posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15t1mzn/mandatory_meeting_the_after_madisons_departure/ I'm not sure what kind of slam dunk, if any, this is.
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Three Olives posted:Any bets if James Strieb has a job after the investigation is complete? Rabid Snake posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15t1mzn/mandatory_meeting_the_after_madisons_departure/
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Proof that it's not just Linus who is a bad decision elemental. Literally any other time making a joke about Linus being a stripper would be great, but he had to save it for right then. In the end nothing about this is really going to hurt LMG, but god they are doing their best to run it straight into the ground. Impressive.
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Ultraklystron posted:Yeah, they also had a whole video running through the myriad physical deficiencies of the labs building after the fact, and yes, that didn't even include their current problems with the roof only being built to keep a warehouse warm in the winter, not support a full heat pump system for AC and heating, IE: proper climate control. They clearly saw something that was near enough by and not obviously falling apart come up for sale, and given the FOMO nature of Vancouver real estate and the generally lax operating procedures at LMG, they didn't do anything close to due diligence for their use case. I live here and I still can't figure out how the vancouver area can support any working population with the way things are with a lack of really high paying jobs (tech or otherwise) and absolutely insane residential rents. Commercial rents are apparently not bad though and there's a lot to choose from these days with the whole WFH transition. My company is looking for office + lab space now so I have a bit of a view on it, and I find it hilarious LMG settled on one of those warehouses to move into not realizing they basically become big sweaty metal boxes in the summer. They could easily get some regular office space, partition off a lab area, and have to add minimal HVAC to support it. It's not like they're running rows of server racks they just test LED laden gamer PCs for gently caress's sake.
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Charles Leclerc posted:I'm not sure what kind of slam dunk, if any, this is. Linus just said he had no recollection of the things that Madison claimed happened.
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Ultraklystron posted:Honestly, considering it's a pattern that's existed since folks got famous enough to run conventions off of the back of webcomics and internet video series in the early 2000s, I think it's somewhat intrinsic to anyone who wields their online success towards those kind of loftier goals. Like, if the idea isn't merely "we're just gonna keep this little thing running for our little clique so we don't have to get normal jobs," but instead "we want to grow this into a huge media and merchandising if not a manufacturing company via our parasocial bonds, maybe even sell out to a conglomerate or become one ourselves," it seems to consistently result in missteps given enough time and growth. Inevitably, between a wide audience and a company bigger than ego(s) alone can manage, it goes sideways. They will always hit a Dunning-Kruger point where their self-confidence reaches farther than their actual capability/empathy, and it'll end at best in a serious apology and massive course correction, and at worst the company and it's IP gradually fade from relevance if not existence entirely. No question, it was certifiably stupid that he didn't take the money on the table and it is apex dunning Kruger that this is the situation he finds himself in just months on from that decision.
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grack posted:Linus just said he had no recollection of the things that Madison claimed happened. He's either a small business tyrant, as has been claimed for the last few hundred pages, or a big corpo rear end in a top hat as has not been claimed. Don't be mad you were wrong about the former lol.
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Charles Leclerc posted:He's either a small business tyrant, as has been claimed for the last few hundred pages, or a big corpo rear end in a top hat as has not been claimed. Don't be mad you were wrong about the former lol. Why do you feel the need to defend him, at all?
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Charles Leclerc posted:He's either a small business tyrant, as has been claimed for the last few hundred pages, or a big corpo rear end in a top hat as has not been claimed. Don't be mad you were wrong about the former lol. I made no claims, but I think I'll stick with "general, all-around rear end in a top hat" and figure that will cover all the bases.
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the talent deficit posted:the content is mostly fine (except james' incredibly bad taste joke) but it makes linus look like a liar. this meeting (allegedly) happened after madison left and linus claimed today the allegations were shocking to him. the meeting indicates he had foreknowledge of the allegations or at least knew enough that he should have asked more questions Oh, that makes sense. Thanks.
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Charles Leclerc posted:I'm not sure what kind of slam dunk, if any, this is. quote:Number three, always wait to hear both sides of a story before passing your own judgment. Be cautious when you know that one side is bound by legal and ethical disclosure guidelines, when the other is not. It kind of proves that Madison did go to HR about the complaints and they were not taken seriously. Linus knew about the incidents unlike the email he sent to The Verge. And the "trust me bro" attitude ... just wow
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kalleth posted:I read the transcript and another comment that said it was already posted 6 months ago? and the transcript didn't seem too bad other than the weird common poo poo in startups of gently caress trying to deal with interpersonal stuff The comments on the first thread from 6 months ago sure is something. https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/11dltrr/unreleased_meeting_december_9_2021/
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priznat posted:I live here and I still can't figure out how the vancouver area can support any working population with the way things are with a lack of really high paying jobs (tech or otherwise) and absolutely insane residential rents. Commercial rents are apparently not bad though and there's a lot to choose from these days with the whole WFH transition. TBH, a lot of people there just can't move. They have their rent or mortgage locked-in such that that so long as they can get some raises, they're not at risk of losing their home or starving. However, unless they are full WFH and can thus can move to the Okangan/Kootanays or out to Vancouver Island, they're locked in to their current residence in the lower mainland as any new lease or mortgage is likely to be much, much more than their current one. I bailed for the island so I could finally own a home because I could finesse a WFH option pre-COVID, and I've never looked back, but I also can't unless I won Maxmillions or got an amazing job offer in the city with fantastic relocation benefits. priznat posted:My company is looking for office + lab space now so I have a bit of a view on it, and I find it hilarious LMG settled on one of those warehouses to move into not realizing they basically become big sweaty metal boxes in the summer. They could easily get some regular office space, partition off a lab area, and have to add minimal HVAC to support it. It's not like they're running rows of server racks they just test LED laden gamer PCs for gently caress's sake. Again, seems pretty clear it was because it was near enough to their main office that they could share an internet connection over beamed wifi dishes and later even (illegally??) temporarily microtrench fiber to it, and they had money on hand to get it, so they did it, not realizing it probably wasn't even a good place just for storage and order fulfillment, let alone temperature controlled testing. Impulsive thinking, fomo, dunning-kruger again, etc. Ultraklystron fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Aug 16, 2023 |
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kalleth posted:I read the transcript and another comment that said it was already posted 6 months ago? and the transcript didn't seem too bad other than the weird common poo poo in startups of gently caress trying to deal with interpersonal stuff Yes supposedly it was from the original meeting after she left in 2021. So even worse if he is claiming to have no knowledge, like he just did.
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SourKraut posted:Why do you feel the need to defend him, at all? I don't have a horse in the race  Buuuut, I have defended myself against a multi-million dollar employer and been successful in doing so despite their bully boy rear end in a top hat thousands of pounds an hour litigators. Nailing one's colours to the mast in a very ugly, public airing of dirty laundry is moronic at best. None of us know what was going on, it just looks horrific at face value and all that seems to be happening is a bunch of people are throwing whatever poo poo they can dig up to the wall for Reddit karma to see what sticks. The bottom line is if anything that happened to Madison is true that entire org should be done with. Everything else is a the lovely online drama chumfest, including this thread lunching itself over the last 48 hours.
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Weaponized Autism posted:The poster of that leaked video also posted this. It's GN Steve in a 1920s investigative journalist get up
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