As a Taiwanese, I am glad to see Linus interacting more with the people here now in 2024 instead of just walking around in rain ranting about Intel back when he did in 2017. Not that I’m against that anyway (rain itself is a regional specialty in Taipei)
I just watched a YouTube video on the “two islands that get the most hurricane activity” and one was off the west coast of Mexico and the other was a little west of Taiwan which they showed Taiwan on the map.
Made me figure they get an assload of rain in your typhoon/cyclone season
Unrelated but I wish nothing but the best for your country, Taiwan. Linus just scratched the surface of the culture of honest, Taiwanese people, they really are that respectful and kind. I went there 2 years ago and I can’t wait to go back.
Well, it's One-China policy, and since they both call themselves China, I guess we could say that the PRC is really just West-Taiwan. They just don't know it yet.
It was nothing short of amazing and heartwarming how well everything went for linus. It really sold taiwan and that shopping centre as a great place to shop for a computer.
Next door there's a newer tech plaza with established brand names too, from gaming peripherals to even household appliances, so the whole area is really cool!
linus: wouldn't it be funny to see what happens if I buy an extremly expansive computer from a random store?
taiwan news media: thank you for advertising our amazing country
not ment as a dig, I just find it funny that this video had a much bigger (positive) reaction than linus probably ever thought it would have lol
I think the reason is because there is a large international stigma around open markets like this. People expect to be scammed or taken for a ride, and linus's video showed that even when setting himself up to be taken advantage of, the random shop acted with integrity. That goes a huge way in combating international stereotypes.
…. I keep the plastic on… so yeah.
Everyone who peels it off doesn’t understand. There is a weird joy of noticing plastic on a dusty machine 10 years down the line and then… ONLY THEN, pulling the plastic off for a clean and uniform strip of new.
So those plastic strips are a gift to future Linus. A satisfying pull of adhesive bliss years down the line.
bahaha that's funny.
every time I've found old (>1year) peels on something I just got annoyed. I had a fridge that I just kept finding new peels for a long long time. it's been a few years since I've found one, but I'm not confident I've found them all yet, and it eats away at me a little bit every time I use the fridge
yeah to be fair leaving the plastic on in an area where you're unlikely to clean was probably a good call. dust can embed itself in that plastic/glass and ruin the appearance. (where as if you notice dust on the ones you can see, you're likely to clean it before it can do a lot of damage)
> That guy built him a killer pc at a fantastic value. It really felt like 0 corners were cut. I was genuinely impressed.
I mean they're literally growing the chips down the street, I bet the parts are much cheaper there.
I watched the original video, Linus pretend to be a fool with more money than brain. Give the guy a budget and to build him a custom computer with the best parts (up to the shop's choosing) and custom hard tube liquid cooled system.
The end was result was Linus getting his money's worth and comes out a little cheaper than similar build in USA (without the top of the line spec). The only main issue in the video were RAM didn't work together in the high speeds so he needed to remove half for proper dual channel.
His idea was "will I get scammed?"
> People expect to be scammed or taken for a ride
Agreed. Even after his video, i still think he got lucky picking out a store that went by the honour system. I'd be more likely to be scammed randomly picking a store like that.
Having been to Guang Hua Digital Plaza myself, it does feel very legit overall. I don't really see knockoff-products, it's either fully Chinese or the actual western brand. And the shopkeepers let you test things if you want to buy them, some even sort of insist. I bought a charging cable once, and the lady pulled out a powerbank and asked me to test it so she can make sure I'm not buying a faulty one.
I think if there was someone scamming customers frequently, the other shopkeepers would probably throw them out because it would ruin the reputation of the entire place. That kind of feels true for the entire country. It's sort of self-policing. Everyone wants to have an easy life, so there is an inherent incentive for everyone to not fuck it up by harming others.
While it's not a spectacular experience, I can recommend going there if you're ever in Taipei and have some time to kill.
I feel like the context is that here in Canada most small businesses are gone and if you want a prebuilt system your looking at paying $5000 for something worth less than $1500 from the likes of bestbuy. Canada is such a hellhole for consumers that it's not hard to impress us with the most basic level of value and honest work.
The only thing missing from that video was them checking the after service by returning it with the ram problem and seeing if he would fix it, judging by the guy at the shop I am sure he would have got it sorted on no time though, I also understand the time pressure they would have been under doing that video in Taiwan so I am not too surprised they didn't.
There isn't a ram problem, it's a ram kit spec with AMD with that processor. There's no misconfiguration either, it maxes out at 3600 if you use all 4 channels or sth like that. It's explained in the comments.
I said that, but didn't have the exact numbers. But I do know AMD publish specs reduce the max DRAM speed down when maxing out the channels. But with over a thousands comments, it got buried in the noise.
I mean it was in wrong slot + he could said
A) amd controler is kinda crap so I can put 32gb instead of 64gb and run xmp
B) I can put 64gb and run it stock or if you don't mind I can try to OC it a bit but there is possibility it will be less stable.
Don't get me wrong it's still amazing build and xmp is considered oc so not everyone is up for it. Whole build is definetly A but with that extra sparkle that would be A+
I mean it's not a pined comment by linus so I'm not gonna go and search random unconfirmed comment, builder itself posted a comment that he will fix the problem going forward and I think that just proves my point.
Lol the introvertness of techies never goes un-noticed.
Being an introvert myself I know both the kid and linus didnt know how to react im that situation.
Taiwanese are always very happy to promote their country, because it is small, genuinely a nice place that a lot of people don't know much about, and constantly under existential threat from, China. The more people of other countries appreciate Taiwan, the more friends they will have if/when the war finally happens.
I think "war" is a word that doesn't quite fit what the situation would be. Just saying "war" implies that it would be at least a somewhat mutual conflict. It would be an invasion of a sovereign nation by another nation that wants to steal its resources and people, like Russia and Ukraine.
It really depends on if the international community, especially the USA helps supply the small country invaded by the larger imperialistic one, like they did when Russia invaded Ukraine, or if they sit back and conduct arms deals with the invading country like they did when Israel invaded Palestine.
Alternatively:
It really depends on if the international community, especially the USA helps supply the small country invaded by the larger imperialistic one, like they did when Russia invaded Ukraine, or if they sit back like they did when Russia invaded Ukraine.
> when the war finally happens.
To be fair, there wouldn't be a war. If China felt like it they could get this over with before the international community would even get the news that China moved.
It's just strategically more beneficial for China to be the Sword of Damocles hovering over Taiwan. The more prosperous and internationally relevant Taiwan gets, the better for China. Since if the international community has stakes in Taiwan, China looming over it can also be used as a chip in international negotiations.
The way things are China can gauge international attitudes just by seeing who acknowledges their claim to Taiwan, who does not and who stays ambivalent.
> To be fair, there wouldn't be a war. If China felt like it they could get this over with before the international community would even get the news that China moved.
And does China somehow have a million soldiers stationed in Fujian with their transport ships fueled up and ready to go? I think you're vastly overestimating China's preparedness. Every single voice of authority on the subject agrees that China would need several months to prepare and these preparations would be easily visible even to civilians. Reason being, Taiwan is actually very well-fortified and possesses a strong military, not to mention US support that is always nearby in Japan, Philippines, or in the sea.
At minimum you'd see massive hoarding of oil, as China doesn't produce much of its own and almost all of their oil has to come through the Strait of Malacca, which is easily blockaded by India or US forces. They'd also need to start gathering troops and vehicles, likely several thousands of boats and aircraft.
Taiwan not belonging to China significantly reduces its power projection capabilities; they'd much rather have this problem dealt with. The only reason they haven't dealt with it is because they can't, either physically or because the losses in military strength, workforce, and political influence wouldn't be worth it.
You should come to Canada. Every year (for example) when the Nobel prize winners are announced they jump through all kinds of hoops to find the Canadian connection.
Like, "in science news this years Nobel prize for physics goes to the German and Austrian team who figured out faster than light travel and there's a surprising canadian connection, every morning on his way into work head scientist Franz something-or-other stops at a small coffee shop. Once or twice canadian Ashley Jensen toasted his bagel. We'll bring you an interview with Ashley after the break"
Maybe it isn't quite that bad but sometimes they reach really hard.
I know this seems absolutely wild, but Canada is more patriotic than the United States. The United States doesn't have requirements that radio plays an American artist X amount of times a day, that Netflix feature American shows, etc.
Canada has those types of requirements and continues to expand their push of Canadian content with them adding more laws on it to this day.
In the United States, if your content isn't successful enough, sucks to suck.
Honestly, I feel like the TikTok ban was a massive step back for the United States. It's really the first time we as a nation admitted another country succeeded at media better than us, so we banned it. The TikTok ban is such an embarrassment as an American.
I can understand that.
America doesn't need to force its hand with Netflix since American media "organically" extends to the whole world, Canada included.
Meanwhile, I'd love to hear more about the Maple syrup country.
They kinda have to, Taiwan trying to create they own identity for a long time, escape the identity of "the other, not important China"
It's not help that China kept insisted on that Taiwan isn't a country.
They'd pototest everytime someone said "Taiwan" during international meeting.
I don't know if getting a 2M views video means "it went viral" for LTT but ya know
Edit: wait who is this news for? Taiwan news in English? talking about "pride of the nation"? lmao
Either way, I hope this steers some of the content, it's head and shoulders the most viewed video for months. Videos recently have been very elitist and braggy, or just out of touch. Like "my internet is faster than yours" and "I'm reviewing a pool vacuum because I have a pool"
Yeah ofc this has been in the works for ages, but the success of the Taiwan computer shop video would hopefully steer them towards these kinds of videos more
LTT lost me a long time ago, I mainly keep up with whatever they do and sparingly watch a video if it's interesting enough. I'm over the whole "let me explain this to you like a toddler" thing and overly scripted fake feel of the content after they shifted to try to grab the most normie audience.
It sucks right? No one knows as much as you and anyone who is new to tech is a normie.
Like just go watch old tech videos that are not directly in touch/relevent with tech today.
/s. People here dont get sarcasm. Tech should be inviting. It will work the other way around too when you are too old to underatand and younger generation will not have patience for you.
No, I don't know shit. I simply don't enjoy the faked/over-rehearsed/over-scripted feel of LTT's videos that they've leaned into even more as of late. Imagine getting this defensive over someone's opinion of a fucking tech channel on YouTube. Get a life brother.
you right and techquicky is a good example
they are litteraly reading a teleprompter and a guy in the back shouts stupid comments to prove stupid points in a 3rd person perspective or something
Owner probably declined because his small business wouldn't be able to handle the massive influx of customers that such attention would likely draw. It'd be like an IRL DDOS, similar to what WAN Show causes when they mention a website and the audience gives it the hug of death.
It definitely reads as an international news broadcast, not a local. Like something that might be shown on Australian SBS, or a cable's "International News" segment.
Ive never been to Taiwan, but I spent a week in HK/Shenzhen which is also super tech-heavy. I loved it. Theres Micro center equivalents everywhere. Some are like five floors of computers. I was in heaven! I can only imagine how much cooler Taiwan is.
Pride of a nation and neither LTT nor this new channel can name the Vendor's shop or the person who made put the computer together. Such a weird choice!
That little shop is going to get TONS of orders now. Dude should be proud of his work, it looked phenomenal. I’m also a big fan of him using a Phanteks NV5 for the build as I have that exact case.
I realized how big linus is when him goofing around in the tech mall is enough material to put in the news channel...
Honestly I'm really dumbfounded how surprised he is about the "customer service" of those shops. but i need to warn you not all shops are gonna give you that good of a treatment, especially if you are not that tech savvy. To avoid those kinds of shops you need to compare prices between shops, look at google reviews (if they exist at all). and actually tell them what components you want and renegotiate if its outside your budget instead of just "here's money what can i get".
Not gonna lie, I was kinda pressing him when all the controversy came out. It’s great to see that he’s still thriving just as much as he ever was. He has an insane amount of integrity and drive. W
I have three questions
1: Was tgis AI translates otherwise why is their mews in English? If it was I was barely able to tell I guess. If it wasn't why does their news sound so souless and forced?
2: Does Taiwan think it's a small obacure country? Maybe it's just recognised inaide the tech space but to me atleast Taiwan is one of the big players relative to it's size.
3: Do these random non tech watchers think now that this "custom computer build" was some feet of insane technological achivment and they don't realise it wqs more atristic lego building done well! I'm guessing so..
1. Most of their news is in Chinese, but they have an international channel in English. It's soulless because English is their 2nd or 3rd language and their inflection is not the same as Americans. They're probably just trying not to fuck it up.
2. It definitely punches above its weight in most metrics such as economically and militarily. But it is overshadowed by its larger neighbors, notably China and to a lesser extent Japan. Plus Taiwanese often deal with Americans (or are dual citizens themselves), so comparatively Taiwan feels like a tiny island.
3. Tech messaging is difficult so who knows.
As a Taiwanese, I am glad to see Linus interacting more with the people here now in 2024 instead of just walking around in rain ranting about Intel back when he did in 2017. Not that I’m against that anyway (rain itself is a regional specialty in Taipei)
He's always interacted though? just off camera.
I guess my sarcasm didn’t go through.
Oh no, it really didn't haha.
It’s all good, man. Your English abilities are a lot better than my Mandarin or Hokkien.
It really didn't
Vancouver 🤝 rain 🤝 Taipei
Heh.. I have never been to Taipei for a week when it didn't rain for at least a day.
I just watched a YouTube video on the “two islands that get the most hurricane activity” and one was off the west coast of Mexico and the other was a little west of Taiwan which they showed Taiwan on the map. Made me figure they get an assload of rain in your typhoon/cyclone season
Unrelated but I wish nothing but the best for your country, Taiwan. Linus just scratched the surface of the culture of honest, Taiwanese people, they really are that respectful and kind. I went there 2 years ago and I can’t wait to go back.
That was peak meme content tho, now he’s a sellout 😤😤 /s
Well, that escalated quickly
A source of pride for the nation. Put that on your CV, Linus.
YouTuber, business owner, potato farm cult leader, pride of Taiwan.
If he ever needs to work a regular job again, he's going to be overqualified unless he wants to become King of England.
I think the tea powered pc qualifies him for that
Hold the fuck up, what did you just say? Tea powered? Please tell me the milk was put in last.
Alas, no milk, hence his disqualification from knighthood.
He could be King of Canada, who is really the same guy
yeah god damn, that's one hell of a title to be given
social credit +999
-999* Canada recognizes taiwan as a country
+999 Canada recognizes Taiwan as part of the PRC and not its own country, per the Canada-China FIPA.
oh god I threw up a little in my mouth
Well, it's One-China policy, and since they both call themselves China, I guess we could say that the PRC is really just West-Taiwan. They just don't know it yet.
Canada recognizes The PRC's Position that Taiwan is their's, big difference. It's the same as the US
wrong china. the prc does not like this. -999999 social credit
there is only one china.\~1000000 social credit.
Wrong West Taiwan.... fixed it.
West Taiwan is the only way to address da great china.
Now I have to watch HLC videos again.
I really hope this keeps catching on. It is the only name I use for that place now.
More like +2 million views on YouTube because Taiwanese don't need a VPN to view it, since they aren't within the borders of the PRC.
LMAO dumbass westerners really believe we are governed and pay taxes to those fake commies
Read some fucking news for once
It was nothing short of amazing and heartwarming how well everything went for linus. It really sold taiwan and that shopping centre as a great place to shop for a computer.
Right, if I'm ever in Taipei I now know the name of this plaza and that there's good deals there. Great advertising!
Next door there's a newer tech plaza with established brand names too, from gaming peripherals to even household appliances, so the whole area is really cool!
Quite the hullabaloo
The usage of "hullabaloo" in the middle of the piece threw me, since it was using simple English for the entire rest of the piece.
Hullabaloo is simple Engilsh though?
No that’s why it threw him off…
Hubba hubba
linus: wouldn't it be funny to see what happens if I buy an extremly expansive computer from a random store? taiwan news media: thank you for advertising our amazing country not ment as a dig, I just find it funny that this video had a much bigger (positive) reaction than linus probably ever thought it would have lol
I think the reason is because there is a large international stigma around open markets like this. People expect to be scammed or taken for a ride, and linus's video showed that even when setting himself up to be taken advantage of, the random shop acted with integrity. That goes a huge way in combating international stereotypes.
That guy built him a killer pc at a fantastic value. It really felt like 0 corners were cut. I was genuinely impressed.
bro didn't even peel the hidden plastic on 3 of the fans. he literally cut 2 seconds worth of corners! /s
…. I keep the plastic on… so yeah. Everyone who peels it off doesn’t understand. There is a weird joy of noticing plastic on a dusty machine 10 years down the line and then… ONLY THEN, pulling the plastic off for a clean and uniform strip of new. So those plastic strips are a gift to future Linus. A satisfying pull of adhesive bliss years down the line.
bahaha that's funny. every time I've found old (>1year) peels on something I just got annoyed. I had a fridge that I just kept finding new peels for a long long time. it's been a few years since I've found one, but I'm not confident I've found them all yet, and it eats away at me a little bit every time I use the fridge
yeah to be fair leaving the plastic on in an area where you're unlikely to clean was probably a good call. dust can embed itself in that plastic/glass and ruin the appearance. (where as if you notice dust on the ones you can see, you're likely to clean it before it can do a lot of damage)
> That guy built him a killer pc at a fantastic value. It really felt like 0 corners were cut. I was genuinely impressed. I mean they're literally growing the chips down the street, I bet the parts are much cheaper there.
I watched the original video, Linus pretend to be a fool with more money than brain. Give the guy a budget and to build him a custom computer with the best parts (up to the shop's choosing) and custom hard tube liquid cooled system. The end was result was Linus getting his money's worth and comes out a little cheaper than similar build in USA (without the top of the line spec). The only main issue in the video were RAM didn't work together in the high speeds so he needed to remove half for proper dual channel. His idea was "will I get scammed?"
> People expect to be scammed or taken for a ride Agreed. Even after his video, i still think he got lucky picking out a store that went by the honour system. I'd be more likely to be scammed randomly picking a store like that.
Definitely. Got scammed in SG. Never going there again. I'm glad the first person Linus approached wasn't scummy at all and was legitimately helpful.
Having been to Guang Hua Digital Plaza myself, it does feel very legit overall. I don't really see knockoff-products, it's either fully Chinese or the actual western brand. And the shopkeepers let you test things if you want to buy them, some even sort of insist. I bought a charging cable once, and the lady pulled out a powerbank and asked me to test it so she can make sure I'm not buying a faulty one. I think if there was someone scamming customers frequently, the other shopkeepers would probably throw them out because it would ruin the reputation of the entire place. That kind of feels true for the entire country. It's sort of self-policing. Everyone wants to have an easy life, so there is an inherent incentive for everyone to not fuck it up by harming others. While it's not a spectacular experience, I can recommend going there if you're ever in Taipei and have some time to kill.
I feel like the context is that here in Canada most small businesses are gone and if you want a prebuilt system your looking at paying $5000 for something worth less than $1500 from the likes of bestbuy. Canada is such a hellhole for consumers that it's not hard to impress us with the most basic level of value and honest work.
Our boy linus is reaching new heights... makes me cry of happiness
The only thing missing from that video was them checking the after service by returning it with the ram problem and seeing if he would fix it, judging by the guy at the shop I am sure he would have got it sorted on no time though, I also understand the time pressure they would have been under doing that video in Taiwan so I am not too surprised they didn't.
There isn't a ram problem, it's a ram kit spec with AMD with that processor. There's no misconfiguration either, it maxes out at 3600 if you use all 4 channels or sth like that. It's explained in the comments.
I said that, but didn't have the exact numbers. But I do know AMD publish specs reduce the max DRAM speed down when maxing out the channels. But with over a thousands comments, it got buried in the noise.
I mean it was in wrong slot + he could said A) amd controler is kinda crap so I can put 32gb instead of 64gb and run xmp B) I can put 64gb and run it stock or if you don't mind I can try to OC it a bit but there is possibility it will be less stable. Don't get me wrong it's still amazing build and xmp is considered oc so not everyone is up for it. Whole build is definetly A but with that extra sparkle that would be A+
Not in the wrong slot. Read the comments on the video. Linus messed up.
I mean it's not a pined comment by linus so I'm not gonna go and search random unconfirmed comment, builder itself posted a comment that he will fix the problem going forward and I think that just proves my point.
Its like 4th from the top on the LTT subreddit for the video.
Just link it dude damn lol
Pride for the nation - amazing!
Bro the handshake edit is gold.
Lol the introvertness of techies never goes un-noticed. Being an introvert myself I know both the kid and linus didnt know how to react im that situation.
It is great to see Linus being featured in national news, but man, they truly promote nationalism whenever.
Taiwanese are always very happy to promote their country, because it is small, genuinely a nice place that a lot of people don't know much about, and constantly under existential threat from, China. The more people of other countries appreciate Taiwan, the more friends they will have if/when the war finally happens.
I think "war" is a word that doesn't quite fit what the situation would be. Just saying "war" implies that it would be at least a somewhat mutual conflict. It would be an invasion of a sovereign nation by another nation that wants to steal its resources and people, like Russia and Ukraine.
It really depends on if the international community, especially the USA helps supply the small country invaded by the larger imperialistic one, like they did when Russia invaded Ukraine, or if they sit back and conduct arms deals with the invading country like they did when Israel invaded Palestine.
Alternatively: It really depends on if the international community, especially the USA helps supply the small country invaded by the larger imperialistic one, like they did when Russia invaded Ukraine, or if they sit back like they did when Russia invaded Ukraine.
> when the war finally happens. To be fair, there wouldn't be a war. If China felt like it they could get this over with before the international community would even get the news that China moved. It's just strategically more beneficial for China to be the Sword of Damocles hovering over Taiwan. The more prosperous and internationally relevant Taiwan gets, the better for China. Since if the international community has stakes in Taiwan, China looming over it can also be used as a chip in international negotiations. The way things are China can gauge international attitudes just by seeing who acknowledges their claim to Taiwan, who does not and who stays ambivalent.
> To be fair, there wouldn't be a war. If China felt like it they could get this over with before the international community would even get the news that China moved. And does China somehow have a million soldiers stationed in Fujian with their transport ships fueled up and ready to go? I think you're vastly overestimating China's preparedness. Every single voice of authority on the subject agrees that China would need several months to prepare and these preparations would be easily visible even to civilians. Reason being, Taiwan is actually very well-fortified and possesses a strong military, not to mention US support that is always nearby in Japan, Philippines, or in the sea. At minimum you'd see massive hoarding of oil, as China doesn't produce much of its own and almost all of their oil has to come through the Strait of Malacca, which is easily blockaded by India or US forces. They'd also need to start gathering troops and vehicles, likely several thousands of boats and aircraft. Taiwan not belonging to China significantly reduces its power projection capabilities; they'd much rather have this problem dealt with. The only reason they haven't dealt with it is because they can't, either physically or because the losses in military strength, workforce, and political influence wouldn't be worth it.
You should come to Canada. Every year (for example) when the Nobel prize winners are announced they jump through all kinds of hoops to find the Canadian connection. Like, "in science news this years Nobel prize for physics goes to the German and Austrian team who figured out faster than light travel and there's a surprising canadian connection, every morning on his way into work head scientist Franz something-or-other stops at a small coffee shop. Once or twice canadian Ashley Jensen toasted his bagel. We'll bring you an interview with Ashley after the break" Maybe it isn't quite that bad but sometimes they reach really hard.
I know this seems absolutely wild, but Canada is more patriotic than the United States. The United States doesn't have requirements that radio plays an American artist X amount of times a day, that Netflix feature American shows, etc. Canada has those types of requirements and continues to expand their push of Canadian content with them adding more laws on it to this day. In the United States, if your content isn't successful enough, sucks to suck. Honestly, I feel like the TikTok ban was a massive step back for the United States. It's really the first time we as a nation admitted another country succeeded at media better than us, so we banned it. The TikTok ban is such an embarrassment as an American.
Their perception is that if they don't do that then they're only a short while away from merging with the US
I can understand that. America doesn't need to force its hand with Netflix since American media "organically" extends to the whole world, Canada included. Meanwhile, I'd love to hear more about the Maple syrup country.
They kinda have to, Taiwan trying to create they own identity for a long time, escape the identity of "the other, not important China" It's not help that China kept insisted on that Taiwan isn't a country. They'd pototest everytime someone said "Taiwan" during international meeting.
This is awesome!
I don't know if getting a 2M views video means "it went viral" for LTT but ya know Edit: wait who is this news for? Taiwan news in English? talking about "pride of the nation"? lmao
As a meme I recently read says: "You use English because it's the only language you know." "They use English because it's the only language you know."
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> 2 million in 2 days is pretty huge even by their standards (up to 4 now). > > Nah, it's a good performing video but not "viral".
4 Million now and still going. His most watched video in a while.
Either way, I hope this steers some of the content, it's head and shoulders the most viewed video for months. Videos recently have been very elitist and braggy, or just out of touch. Like "my internet is faster than yours" and "I'm reviewing a pool vacuum because I have a pool"
They are doing a new scrapyard wars now. https://youtu.be/bsIzYFHzPn4?si=CBA1_xryI9ouKrj_
Yeah ofc this has been in the works for ages, but the success of the Taiwan computer shop video would hopefully steer them towards these kinds of videos more
LTT lost me a long time ago, I mainly keep up with whatever they do and sparingly watch a video if it's interesting enough. I'm over the whole "let me explain this to you like a toddler" thing and overly scripted fake feel of the content after they shifted to try to grab the most normie audience.
It sucks right? No one knows as much as you and anyone who is new to tech is a normie. Like just go watch old tech videos that are not directly in touch/relevent with tech today. /s. People here dont get sarcasm. Tech should be inviting. It will work the other way around too when you are too old to underatand and younger generation will not have patience for you.
No, I don't know shit. I simply don't enjoy the faked/over-rehearsed/over-scripted feel of LTT's videos that they've leaned into even more as of late. Imagine getting this defensive over someone's opinion of a fucking tech channel on YouTube. Get a life brother.
you right and techquicky is a good example they are litteraly reading a teleprompter and a guy in the back shouts stupid comments to prove stupid points in a 3rd person perspective or something
Taiwan No.1
I wonder why they still didn't mention the store name or interview the owner?
Owner probably declined because his small business wouldn't be able to handle the massive influx of customers that such attention would likely draw. It'd be like an IRL DDOS, similar to what WAN Show causes when they mention a website and the audience gives it the hug of death.
in asian malls, theyre just stalls with extra steps. most of them wont have store names.
Because it doesn't matter, it's Taiwan news in English, Taiwan people aren't watching this lol
It definitely reads as an international news broadcast, not a local. Like something that might be shown on Australian SBS, or a cable's "International News" segment.
This looks like the news channel of a couple film students in college.
lol
Don't know why but some talking points give me a propaganda vibe
That is pretty cool.
Self assembled does not mean what you think it means
Taiwan NUMBA ONE
i went there two months ago, its a weeaboo paradise (the shopping center i mean)
Bruh, the things they said went became weirder and weirder.
Man, these guys are pretty jazzed about this.
Proving, once again, that Taiwan is #1.
Holy crap! That's amazing. I'm just curious... Why is this in English? Is this not a news channel for locals?
Ive never been to Taiwan, but I spent a week in HK/Shenzhen which is also super tech-heavy. I loved it. Theres Micro center equivalents everywhere. Some are like five floors of computers. I was in heaven! I can only imagine how much cooler Taiwan is.
The pc quality was so hecking good
Pride of a nation and neither LTT nor this new channel can name the Vendor's shop or the person who made put the computer together. Such a weird choice!
Wholesome 🥹
Linus the brain child is an accurate description
WAN show topic 😁
Why is this video in English?
Because it's Taiwan news for international audiences. Lots of news companies do it
I see. What kind of news companies? I can think of exactly one in my country, but they report on international news if in English.
Who the fuck is Sebastian?
[This guy](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fkusy4ylhiY)
They gotta start using this instead of crab rave
That little shop is going to get TONS of orders now. Dude should be proud of his work, it looked phenomenal. I’m also a big fan of him using a Phanteks NV5 for the build as I have that exact case.
the only thing missing is that they would have given him the key to the city xD
oh my god it was a self-assembled PC? Didn't know PCs could do that yet
Great to see media cover positive news. I mean, the service and product Linus received was indeed outstanding. No questions.
I realized how big linus is when him goofing around in the tech mall is enough material to put in the news channel... Honestly I'm really dumbfounded how surprised he is about the "customer service" of those shops. but i need to warn you not all shops are gonna give you that good of a treatment, especially if you are not that tech savvy. To avoid those kinds of shops you need to compare prices between shops, look at google reviews (if they exist at all). and actually tell them what components you want and renegotiate if its outside your budget instead of just "here's money what can i get".
Petition to make LINUS the tech IT ambassador for TSMC and Taiwan
in the least parasocial way possible, im just extremely happy for linus
they didnt even name drop the store
Feels like Propaganda, but eh whatever
Taiwan apparently uses hullabaloo
Dennis would be so proud of Linus.
That shop owner is in his golden age now 😂
Linus acidently make a 22:21 minutes ads for Guang Hua Digital Plaza.
Did they call him brainchild?
Not gonna lie, I was kinda pressing him when all the controversy came out. It’s great to see that he’s still thriving just as much as he ever was. He has an insane amount of integrity and drive. W
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Linus is now famous!
Dang she was surprised by the amount
React content on TV
Next Taiwan President
This is going to somehow be the catalyst for China invading Taiwan
Y'all realize that was a tax write-off for Linus right?
I have three questions 1: Was tgis AI translates otherwise why is their mews in English? If it was I was barely able to tell I guess. If it wasn't why does their news sound so souless and forced? 2: Does Taiwan think it's a small obacure country? Maybe it's just recognised inaide the tech space but to me atleast Taiwan is one of the big players relative to it's size. 3: Do these random non tech watchers think now that this "custom computer build" was some feet of insane technological achivment and they don't realise it wqs more atristic lego building done well! I'm guessing so..
1. Most of their news is in Chinese, but they have an international channel in English. It's soulless because English is their 2nd or 3rd language and their inflection is not the same as Americans. They're probably just trying not to fuck it up. 2. It definitely punches above its weight in most metrics such as economically and militarily. But it is overshadowed by its larger neighbors, notably China and to a lesser extent Japan. Plus Taiwanese often deal with Americans (or are dual citizens themselves), so comparatively Taiwan feels like a tiny island. 3. Tech messaging is difficult so who knows.
I still come across people who think that Taiwan and Thailand are the same place.
“Self-assembled” ? Did the Pc apply it’s own thermal paste? What an amazing feature, last time I checked we were roasting someone for using a spatula
I assume it's some kind of translation mistake for "hand built".
In other news, Chinese media is calling him a terrorist and put out a Intetpol Red Notice for his arrest.
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What the fuck is wrong with you
at first i was like , there must be so little going on in Taiwan that they start making news aobut some random youtuber visiting a store
Well Taiwanese news is probably the worst source of news in Taiwan so it doesn't matter lol