How We Did The April Fool's Office Prank - WAN Show April 5, 2024

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119):
0:00 Chapters
1:30 Intro
2:08 Topic #1 - Covering LMG's April Fools shoot at the old house
4:51 What could've been, David's idea, everyone actually worked there
8:14 Linus on who was involved & the costs of doing this
13:19 David's on-set video idea, how the neighbors dealt with this
17:03 Cars shot was perfect, news reached out about the "C&D" letter
21:14 BTS video was an hour long, "this video was a tax write-off"
24:27 "Does Gary like Arc?," Linus describes Gary's views
25:46 Some jokes were cut out, staff's commitment & energy was great
29:34 David's final thoughts on this project
30:15 Merch Messages #1 ft. David
30:26 How far do you plan to shoot April Fools videos? ft. Ludwig video
32:38 Most difficult stunt to pull off? ft. LTT's past April Fools
39:38 FP price will go up, current subs will be grandfathered in
43:15 Mad Max joke, characters, PS5 jailbreak joke, David leaves
46:04 Wearing Terry Fox Foundation's shirt, Luke reading the note & shirt
50:35 Topic #2 - Amazon's "Just Walk Out" system to be closed
52:20 "Amazon Mechanical" Turk, Linus is confused, Luke explain "The Turk"
55:50 Machine learning, "Dash Cart," LTT's Amazon video, wage math
1:07:28 LTTStore's limited Welcome Hole shirts
1:08:12 Plouffe's car "upgrade," name tag holder shirt poll
1:11:02 Merch Messages #2
1:18:31 Best way to keep my family safe while running a home lab?
1:21:23 Sponsor - Seasonic
1:23:54 Sponsor - Squarespace
1:25:06 Sponsor - MSI
1:26:19 Topic #3 - Linus's reaction to his car being broken into
1:27:36 Why Linus didn't run, sugar glass, not the first time it happened
1:33:10 Scrubbing through the FP video, ketchup packets in his car
1:36:50 Merch Messages #3
1:37:08 Thoughts on Ross Scott against Ubisoft killing The Crew?
1:43:40 Why is 256 characters the default for NTFS paths?
1:46:26 How do we guard against detached decisions? ft. Driving, "Dan leaking"
1:59:33 Topic #4 - Intel's chip fab in Germany finds ancient burial mounds
2:01:20 Topic #5 - Google deletes incognito details to settle $5B lawsuit
2:02:26 "Welcome to the WAN Show!" - Alive Luke 2k24
2:03:49 Topic #6 - Discord's Quest, GAMER EDITION ads
2:06:45 Luke's thoughts, data streaming
2:08:31 Luke on Discord's model, Teams to be decoupled from Office
2:11:28 Discord enterprise mode idea
2:15:54 Topic #7 - Google to shut down Podcast internationally
2:19:52 Topic #8 - YouTube's "Jump Ahead" skips to best parts of videos
2:21:30 LTT Labs' new RTX 4070 Super review
2:22:49 Showcasing comparison charts & color edits
2:24:06 Testing out comparison bin
2:26:38 Topic #9 - Truth Social is now public, initial value of $8b
2:27:58 Donald Trump sued co-founders, checking stock worth
2:29:48 Linus suggests against investing, compares revenue with FP
2:33:57 Gambling's huge sponsor offers & revenue
2:37:27 LMG going public scenario, Luke points out Linus's risking habit
2:43:26 Gaming hotel business idea, mentioning Mario
2:45:09 Thoughts on Geek Squad's layoffs
2:46:50 Topic #10 - Developers say that indie games funding dried up
2:48:20 Luke recalls Unity's controversy, Godot game by Megacrit
2:49:13 Topic #11 - Outlook accused of sharing user data with 801 companies
2:50:48 Topic #12 - Linux backdoor found that targets encrypted data
2:54:15 Topic #13 - Twitter indirectly sells data for government surveillance
3:01:40 Topic #14 - HouseFresh calls out Google's recommended product lists
3:08:28 LTT Labs debate on using AI voice, viability, compromises, profits
3:21:42 Merch Messages #4
3:22:39 Advice for a timid person to have their voice heard in a convo?
3:25:05 Do you think the PS Portal was a success?
3:26:27 What would Luke's new car of choice be?
3:27:19 Changes on LTTStore products we missed? ft. After Dark
3:29:33 Disclosure of AI in your content? Would you care?
3:32:40 How much of Linus's kids remember Langley's house?
3:33:10 With COMPUTEX around the corner, any Taiwanese food you want?
3:35:22 What's Luke's rarest Pokémon GO finds in his collection?
3:35:46 What's your first action if you woke up to a Freaky Friday?
3:43:38 Have you tried a virtual challenge like The Conqueror?
3:45:30 Reference material helpful for an engineering manager position?
3:49:05 Luke's laugh appreciation comment
3:49:36 If Luke was CVO, would he start LTT Labs knowing the ROI of it?
3:52:40 Elaborating on Mattermost's problems
3:54:33 Thoughts on Framework and the earthquake?
3:56:07 ETA for tall and big LTTStore products?
3:56:59 Favorite flower?
3:57:31 Outro

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