• Haui@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s sad. All of it. Linus projected an image of a friendly geek when the channel was smaller. The first cracks I saw in that image appeared after covid in which I assume the channel (just as the rest of youtube) grew extremely.

    Since then I noticed „slip ups“ where he went edgy and kind of lost part of his friendliness. I assumed it was because he was overwhelmed with his job as ceo since that job takes a heavy toll. I know from experience.

    But the fact that he (and his wife and the new ceo) didn’t do anything against the obvious transgressions that were carried out under his watch (against this vendor as well as former employees, some of which have posted on youtube) is his (their) responsibility.

    It’s just sad to see them making the same mistakes (being careless in the wrong department) as others before them.

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      For me it was visit to Louis Rossman https://youtube.com/watch?v=Shn7LdIrViQ

      Truth is, I didn’t know of Linus than, was only fan of Louis, but the way Linus was acting throughout that video was just unpleasant for me. I wouldn’t wanna be in Louis’ shoes than.

      Second was recently in that Linux challenge where, I was convinced, he was working hard to find that bug and show to everyone how bas he is. His complaint of Linux was that it allowed him to delete software Linux told him not to delete. Yeah… cool.

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        Yes, the first one is familiar. I was kind of ok with it at the time but linus‘ condescending demeanor was kind of already obvious. I wrote it off at the time since I‘m autistic and also often get told I come across condescending. There you see why people need labels… we wouldn’t take it as personal if he was openly autistic (which I believe he is).

        I didnt see the linux challenge but I saw when he wanted to change his gaming pc. Was it that? I would love if was more positive towards open source and stuff. But he‘s on the other side of the fence I suppose.

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        1 year ago

        As someone who drives Linux on my gaming PC I hated his Linux videos. In all fairness I don’t really like either distro he tried but at the end of the day you hand the average person Linux mint and they will be fine imo

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          My parents and girlfriend have no problem with Mint, if anything else it is easier than Winfows.

          I was convinced they gave their best to find what to break, and I get it they generated a lot of ‘engagement’.

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        1 year ago

        Remember he went to China with that dude who put a usb on a iPhone?

        Yeah again true colours

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      1 year ago

      To quote a couple of 20th century philosophers: Mick and Keith.

      You can’t always get what you want

      But if you try sometimes well you might find

      You get what you need

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    1 year ago

    I’m quite amazed that the majority of people here simply take Madison’s allegations seriously and don’t pull the usual misogynistic bullshit.

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      1 year ago

      The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips is a very large part of the tech space, reviewing, and making videos about technology. This is actually bigger than that as it speaks to Linus media group, of which Linus tech tips is one of many tech related channels.

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      1 year ago

      Not everyone be any means, but if you admire narcissistic extroverts then sure, you’re always going to be disappointed.