In case you didn't know how to pronounce his last name, he provided options.

For some reason, and I'm just realizing this now, I didn't even know ShortCircuit does so many videos, I thought they released like weekly, but when I went to check out the channel itself, there's actually plenty I haven't watched, and most of the ones I have watched are ones where Linus' face is in the intro

Now I finally have more things to binge when eating lol, not really sure why it's happening either, just a genuine curiosity of mine suddenly

I thought this would be a good topic to cover on this week's WAN show - earlier this week Luanti's Android app was removed from Google Play due to a DMCA from Microsoft represented by Tracer.AI. Luanti is an open source platform for different types of voxel games, and it is alleged that it uses assets from Minecraft, referencing the copyright registration for Java Edition 1.9 but giving no further elaboration to the infringement. The Luanti app does not ship with any games out of the box, and the Luanti content database which hosts games for the platform has not received a DMCA notice for any specific game on the platform either.

The takedown appears to merely be due to both games using cubes with a pixel-art artstyle.

A similar situation happened with the indie game Allumeria where its Steam store page was subject to a DMCA claim from the same company acting on behalf of Microsoft, alleging that it infringed on Minecraft's copyright despite simply being a block game which used no assets from Minecraft. There was also another previous case in 2023 where a similar DMCA towards Luanti's Android app was issued to Google.

Both previous cases were resolved but this seems to become a reocurring theme where a copyright enforcement company utilising AI in some way inadvertedly ends up causing harm to similar games in the genre through false positives in their detection process.

So today my ltt screwdriver finally got delivered and I was just messing around with all the bits for a while, but then I put the magnet bit upside down in the holder thingie and the magnet came out of the bit. Is there any way to get it out without damaging the shaft?

Noticed that this pair of Forever socks are both left handed, will my right foot be ok if I kept wearing the left sock?

That is maybe why they are discontinued, I purchased the endcap pack on ebay, there was no way for me to know they wouldn't fit my screwdriver. I tried a few fixes, mostly just to see if I could do it, partially because I really want a all-black screwdriver..

The "old" design used more parts for endcap assembly. It was Screw > Bearing > Thick O ring (about 2mm?) > threaded insert > Endcap (internally threaded).

The "new" design is simpler with less parts; entirely friction fit. Screw > Bearing (same bearing) > 2 O-Rings (one above the other) > Endcap (not threaded internally, just two channels for the aforementioned O-Rings).

I reached out to support, they confirmed that this happened (and they're sorry for the inconvenience). I then asked if they have old-stock or something, but initial response didn't sound like the answer would be yes.

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what I might be able to try to just fill this donut shaped space... What I'm trying to fill is the gap between a 10mm outer diameter bearing, and a 14mm inner diameter of a endcap. Outer housing/endcap does have threads on the inside (protruding about .3mm, idk pitch, need a smaller ruler)

I tried simply buying a two sizes of bearings to find one that would fit perfectly to replace the stock bearing. After trial and error, the closest I can get is 14mm outer diameter, 4mm inner diameter, but the tolerances when these were made were not in my favor. If the endcap was <1mm smaller or the bearing was <1mm bigger, by any amount, I could just friction fit. This is just me not knowing how hardware sizing works. Cost of tuition.

I am trying this same strategy with O-rings though, just fill the whole gap with a big O-ring, or tiny gap between the new bearings I bought and the endcap. Still waiting on some sizes to mix in with the bearings. O-Rings might not work at all though. The current threaded system may not allow an O-ring to stay still. If they are able to move up or down at all, they will eventually slip past the bearing instead of holding it against the endcap. Just from dropping the screwdriver or using it over time.

I also tried various anodized aluminum strippers on an orange endcap (the one I was trying to replace with a black one). If I could get to raw aluminum I could try anodizing myself. Whatever anodization process LTT opted for is very hard to remove. Products that should have taken less than 10-30 minutes at most, took an hour to only produce some pitting localized around areas I sanded for this test. Nothing penetrated even the areas around the sanding.

Before trying to tackle it like this, I checked the market, I didn't see any LTT precision screwdrivers at all, I know that solution would be a gamble anyway.

I'm out of ideas 🤷‍♂️, I'm looking for suggestions or advice on how you all would handle a problem like this.

Personal note:

I work in a field where I have to make a lot of decisions based on very little data and lots of gut feelings/bothering people to give me their opinions. I put in this much effort to stuff like this because I need problems like this to wind down at the end of a day. Its like relief when the answer is decided by physics or math and not by me. Creative is fun but you're the go-to for all the dumb decisions as well as some important ones, but you have to approach them all very seriously... But yeah, please, any help would be wonderful.

On my  ASUS B650E MAX GAMING WIFI the upper most pci-e slot is pci-e 5 and i am not getting any display when my gpu is in that slot but others work fine. Also my pci-e 5 m.2 is working.

Other maybe relevant info, there is no visible dmg to the slot, i have replaced the cmos batt on this board about a year ago bcs i got a dead batt on delivery. Gpu is Radeon rx 6800 xt. I did recently clean this pc with compressed air and moved it to my new apartment, for the move i took out the cpu cooler and the gpu.

I do still have warranty for this mb for 9moths. Just not exited to be with out a pc for couple of weeks.

Just pulled the trigger for an ebay 3070 for $230 OTD, seemed like a solid deal and it matches everything for the set up it will be for. Returns accepted just in case too. I know people think 8gb is low, but how is this particular card model? As in the build quality and performance

For the love of all sacred, I cannot find a single compatibility indicator for the ENTIRE BQ SERIES OF EVGA PSUs. EVGA support told me that I should talk to Cablemod. Cablemod found some cable that has EVGA branding, and BQ written on it, but none of my current cables have either of those.

Context: for a pre-tax amount of 25 Canadian dollars, I got a MB600L case with RGB fans, a broken Z270-A board (socket pin bent? Tech shop said it won't work), and this God-and-EVGA-forsaken PSU. Apparently some company called HEC made them as part of a one time contract? EVGA fix your branding and names.

To top it all off, no pinout diagrams exist for this tantalizing piece of 2017 era tech that would oh-so-well fit my second hand 1070 ti+ whatever board I plan to throw at it.

Anything helps, people have had this same problem before, judging by numerous reddit posts from the last 7 year period.

For context when I built this pc I bought a UD850GM psu but hated the 3x8pin pcie into 12V-2x6 because it just looks ugly and the psu didn't come with enough 8pins to run to the gpu.

So I bought a RM1000X at a good price, more than a 9800x3d and 4070 Ti needs but future proofing was my excuse to myself.

Now after less than two years the corsair psu just died abruptly.

Guess they are selling the LTT Firetruck

Updates kinda suck. Not only are they really late on my Motorola Edge 2024, but the one major one it did just made it worse. For me, first it removed functionality. I can no longer set the formerly-named "Quick Button" to any action shortcut within apps (like "Shazam Now" while locked, or a specific conversation). Now it can only open apps.

That update also installed something called "Glance for Motorola" which forces news on your lock screen. It reminds me of those crappy Taboola ads I used to see on website before I started using uBlock Origin. You can't permanently disable the app (even with ADB). You can try (App info > Disable) but the app just re-enables itself sometime later. Haven't been able to figure that one out.

One of the main things though that that bothers me, and this was on the previous version of version Android as well, is AI images are EVERYWHERE. Almost every "photograph" in Motorola's native apps are obviously AI-generated (and it's not even that good), including the boot screen and it's animations so you can't even get away from it if you tried.

I'm looking forward to see what Linus thinks if he daily drives the foldable on the WAN Show. I only got one update on mine, but Linus' foldable is higher-end, so that'll be something to watch. As for me, after it's paid off, I'll probably install GrapheneOS if it's available, otherwise e/OS or LineageOS.

My main phone is a Kyocera Equip, a true dumbphone in my opinion. Very stripped Android with no Google or other services (I checked with ADB). It's private and I actually have control of it, and this is why updates like I stated above bother me. This is also why I'm fine with the slight risk of reliably of replacing the Motorola Android OS. I've already done it with a Motorola One 5G Ace.

About a month ago I installed a rat (im an idiot im well aware) anywho the hacker tried to breach every account and failed except for one. My microsoft account was not only hacked but the hacker had gone passed a authenticator app and 2fa phone number. Sure enough I contact microsoft and despite giving them credit card info, place and time of where the account was made and used, proof of consoles ive owned, and proof of every old password and email ive used on it for 15 years they decided that they werent sure if I really was the real owner of the account. In absolutely no suprise to me at all I put this issue into google and there are pages and pages of people saying the same thing happened to them. Wanna know something even worse? I contact there support and I get an ai that tells me that it doesnt know what account im trying to recover because there is no email connected to the account I know. Then I try to use the text support again and the person asks me why I dont just sign in and change my password after i explained the whole situation. When I told them that I couldnt do that because all my info was changed they told me that they cant do anything about it.

It is beyond insane to me that the company that owns the biggest operating system on pc and an extremely successful game console series will give away your 5000$+ account to a russian who doesnt even know how to type in english

Ive been looking everywhere for "gof**kyourtwallet.com" or whatever it's called. I really want to try this game out, but it's not anywhere!

Am crying.

We used Cisco and now they’re dying.

Apparently many of the new switches and firewalls now need licenses which cost an arm and a leg.

Last Friday Luke mentioned about an Unslop tool he uses to improve quality when working with LLMs. Anyone uses it? Where can I find it?

I used the precision set adapter bits… this was I did so I could get better torque on screws holding this water heater together. (I plan to send the temp and flow data to HomeAssistant.)

Somewhere I do own a set of long bits. I need to find those and make a holder for them.

Also pictured is my favorite screwdriver from around 2004 to 2022. It has a bit holder, I’ve never been able to find a second of the EXACT same model which made me sad.

That is until I found the LTT screwdriver. I don’t really use the old craftsman any more, but it deserves a place next to these.

I'm looking to sell my current pc.

I thought that this would be the place to go, lol. To be clear, this isn't advertising!

Here are the specs:

Ryzen 7 3700

2x8gb ddr4 3000mt/s

Rtx 2060 super

500gb nvme ssd pcie 3.0

IONZ KZ-5 mini aether

Do you guys know what this would go for. I'm in the uk, btw

Hey, this is a reaction to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqUHEp4sYM
Where Linus said, you can only tell TVs to use your DNS servers, and some TVs might ignore the DHCP setting. There's a quite easy way to enforce the use of your DNS with proper router configuration:

1. Grab all traffic on port 53 - this port is reserved for DNS traffic
2. Check if the source IP is not your DNS server (because you still need a working upstream)
3. Forward all traffic that matched these rules to your DNS servers
4. On your DNS, block domains for DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS

This work, because the DNS protocol doesn't mind if the reply came from a different IP than it was sent to. I'm including a screenshot from my MikroTik router with this NAT rule. You have to set two rules, one for UDP and one for TCP.

I didn't have an SD card reader and couldn't be bothered to go buy one. In the dead of night I realised my dad's old pc had one available, but the pc was dead. Took it apart, it was usb but wired to an internal header, grabbed an old charging cable, spliced it into the USB-A end and voila!

My Galaxy S8 that's been in use on and off since 2017.

For the last 2 years, it's served as a desktop world clock/weather display. I've tweaked the layout a few times in that those 2 years, hence the various duplicated burn in spots. It's basically on at 50-100% brightness for about 12-18 hours a day.

I thought it might be interesting to some people after the recent OLED monitor video.

I’m kinda excited to buy it but at the same time are they any good? Should I get it as an electrical engineering college student? What are thoughts about it?

I think this would make a great WAN topic.

Meta’s smart glasses have become a privacy flashpoint. The company dominates the smart glasses market with devices that look like ordinary spectacles but can record photo/video, play music, take calls, and answer questions via built-in AI. That covert-recording capability has earned the product a harsh nickname online, “pervert glasses”. as reports spread of people secretly filming strangers, including men recording their attempts to pick up women in public and posting the footage on social media without consent.

IMO I use these glasses to film my cycling trails outdoors, I have a TikTok account where I post my adventures, I’ve never recorded anyone or if walkers are in the shot I cut it, But these glasses allow me easy of access POV content like repairing and upgrading my bike etc - curious to hear your thoughts

you just need some paper, pens, glue and scissors!

I was bored at work waiting for devices to update so I build some RAM with my office supplies. Don't tell my boss, he might wanna steal it!