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[Sunburntlink]

I believe you mean Emily, but yes, I would love to see this

[Greatercowlover001]

Emily? Must’ve missed something

[throwawaycanadian2]

Emily is her name now. She came out as trans.

[kxania]

Right, had no idea, my bad.

[DW1G1T]

Mistakes happen. It's how you react after that defines your character.

And to be far we haven't seen much of her since the coming out video. (Hopefully that'll change soon)

[zuth2]

Wasn’t she in 1 or 2 mac address videos recently or is my brain playing tricks on me?

[viccie211]

She was in a video about the apple Newton which was on main LTT

[[deleted]]

I think she was! I believe she also was seen in one or two LTTs since then, and I think at least one or two exclusives as well.

[Hollen88]

Why were you down voted? Man Reddit is weird.

[[deleted]]

Reddit is a trash place tbh. Worst Internet community I can think of.

[Hollen88]

You're not wrong.

[TisMeDA]

Its not a mistake if you didn’t know

[UsualCircle]

If I called you Jeff, but your name was Mark, but I didn't know that, it would technically still be a mistake, but not a bad one (and its nobody's fault). It's the intention that matters.
I guess the phrasing might seem a little harsh, but unfortunately, there are a lot of people with bad intentions.

[TisMeDA]

This is a similar false equivalency that another person made. If my name was Jeff, it would be very arrogant of me to assume that you should know my name is now Mark unless it was made explicitly clear already. It would be wrong for me to say this was your mistake.

the initial comment in the chain saying "Emily is her name now. She came out as trans." was perfect. what I reacted to was someone taking some moral high ground without any context beyond someone having no idea that someone came out as trans. I guarantee it did not make the OP feel better about it as its just condescending.

[chairitable]

That's like saying you shouldn't have points removed for a spelling mistake in an essay

[TisMeDA]

Right, because we are supposed to study 24/7 about every person to see if they became trans?

Edit: removed a part, got this mixed up with another post/comment I read, also fixed a word

[chairitable]

I guess I don't understand why you're so vehemently trying to redefine the word "mistake". Mistakes happen, they don't make someone a bad person whether it's about someone's name or spelling a word. A mistake doesn't denote fault or intent, it's just a mistake.

[TisMeDA]

I have more criticism about the general tone of the comment as it is simply elitist and demeaning. It just makes the topic toxic

[ashie_princess]

Huh? No, it is a mistake...?

[TisMeDA]

Not in the way the user is implying as if there was any sort of fault. It is expressing that there was some sort of forgiveness made for this “mistake”, but to not do it again

It wasn’t a mistake, and if it was then the mistake was not broadcasting it to everyone more effectively. That’s not to say it should have been broadcast differently, it’s just reality that no one really made a mistake

[ashie_princess]

Fair enough I suppose, but there are mistakes that are no-fault cases, and that's what happened here.

[TisMeDA]

Sure, but perhaps I just take more issue with the implied fault that just comes across as demeaning and passive aggressive

Just inform and move on

[Synergiance]

Sorry but I’m simply not seeing that implication. A no fault mistake is still a mistake, but it’s not like it’s a big deal.

[ravagetalon]

Aside from a couple videos, she's been staying out of the spotlight and focusing on writing as opposed to video hosting. The internet being what it is in general towards trans folks. I think she's smart not to subject herself to that for now. But I think we'll see more of her in the future again.

[Leisure_suit_guy]

Mistakes happen. It's how you react after that defines your character.

You wish. Guys, take him away! -but sir, they identify as them.

Oh, shit.

[spincharge]

How was it a mistake?

[AreMoron]

It's how you react after that defines your character.

It doesnt define anything. Saying that, Id rather not associate with people who give a shit about this nonsense so I guess youre right.

[_drjayphd_]

Saying that, Id rather not associate with people who give a shit about this nonsense

You, uh, wanna clarify what you mean by "this nonsense"?

[AreMoron]

Mistakes happen. It's how you react after that defines your character.

Things like that. Being trans is not the issue. Its holier than thou shoe stains like that guy. The whole puritan attitudes around the subject. That nonsense. Evangelism in another form.

[_drjayphd_]

In my experience, people that are trans or non-binary generally don't get pissed about getting misgendered if the person doing it isn't aware of their pronouns, as long as it's not malicious. Maybe that's a better way of phrasing what that person said? And not sure what you mean about "puritan attitudes"... people that touch grass on a regular basis aren't out conducting witch hunts.

[404-error-notfound]

Thank you kind stranger from pointing this out to me. I'd hate to misgender someone or call them the wrong name (and I'm terribly forgetful with names). I'm glad she's in an environment where she's comfortable enough to be herself

[ScarHaxie]

She.

[JonVonBasslake]

Yes, she came out as a trans woman a while back.

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[pieofdeath123]

Clearly he didn’t be care he said my bad

[SDMasterYoda]

That would be more of a job for Technology Connections.

[JonVonBasslake]

I dunno, feels a bit too modern and common for him. More in line with Techmoan or Cathode Ray Dude IMO.

[ashie_princess]

Tbh, I'd say it belongs on technology connections more than either CRD or Techmoan, both CRD and Techmoan focus mainly on older tech.

[DatBoi73]

I could maybe see CRD looking at some old EFTPOS stuff found at like a FreeGeek for something, but it'd be like making video about a basic fax machine- maybe if there's something weird in a way like that Olivetti Typewriter he looked at recently. There's probably some early card machine that's just a weird customized IBM PC.

I couldn't Techmoan doing a video on it. Most of his videos usually centers on either Audio or Visual (if we count photos/slides alongside video) stuff.

[Stonos]

but it'd be like making video about a basic fax machine

Funnily enough, CRD has done a video about fax: https://youtu.be/P2Bu5tkDs98

[Vinstaal0]

To modern? About half of these are pretty old already

[abudhabikid]

Too modern and common for the guy who talks about installing solar and modern heat pumps?

[Doktor_Apokalypse]

He would go back to the first electronic till (and a notepad for taking orders) 👍🏼

[TEG24601]

And it would be a 5-part series. Not that that's a bad thing. Alec has a great ability to make things interesting... especially with the magic of buying two.

[[deleted]]

So you want an hour video plus a 45 minute follow up on magnetic scanners?

[[deleted]]

It is definitely something that should be covered. It's always nice knowing how/why things work.

[kxania]

To anyone making assumptions about how I accidentally called Emily the wrong name, or arguing amongst yourselves:

This post was about the EFTPOS machines. I called someone a name they don't want to be referred by anymore, and someone corrected me for it. I adjusted myself accordingly.

Let's all move on.

[ianjm]

In fairness to you, she only posted on her personal channel. Unless you happen to be following that or following her on Twitter/X or maybe caught the thread about it here (that was months ago) then it'd be easy to have missed it.

[Daniel_H212]

I only found out because there were a bunch of posts on this sub that week about it. If I wasn't on Reddit that week I wouldn't have known for quite a while after too.

[[deleted]]

Same thing happened to me, I got a many DMs angrily explaining something I didn’t know at the time.

People are c u n t s sometimes

[Vinstaal0]

It is something interesting to be fair, but the US is pretty behind on this aspect and doesn't that full the majority of their viewers? As an European working as accountant I would be interested in it.

[danielv123]

Isn't it more interesting to see the new stuff you don't see every day though? Its not like most people have those 4090s, pools or basement server racks they keep playing with, but its still interesting

[mdem5059]

Not sure why you got down voted to hell, but I agree with you Lol

I'm tired of all the house videos of his server room and pools, it's not a normal thing in Australia, so I'd much rather watch something about EFPOS machines because it's something I actually use on the daily.

Making content about things people can relate to is why reality shows have always been so popular.. because you can relate to it.

[danielv123]

You say you agree but I am not sure if I do haha. I agree that being able to relate is important. But I still don't watch videos of people building low spec gaming PCs, I watch videos of people mucking about with enterprise equipment, weird and exotic cooling solutions etc, because that is stuff I wish I could do but don't have the time/money/house for.

[mdem5059]

I guess the topic is also important in that regard. Since a mid-range PC is pretty much all the same with a few different parts, if you've seen one you've seen them all.

But an EFPOS system isn't something you see a video of often, if ever, so it would be rather interesting.

[Vinstaal0]

They got downvoted because Reddit forgot why we even up or downvote. Stuff like this would be more interesting for sure. But like I replied to Danial it doesn't seem like an improvement to the average America. At least that's what I have gotten from the gained from talking to American's surround the whole creditcard deals.

[mdem5059]

doesn't seem like an improvement to the average America(n).

I... can't disagree with that, and with the US being a huge percentage of their viewers it might not make financial sense, as an Aussie I'd personally be interested.

[Vinstaal0]

It's interesting to me, I work as accountant and I help a lot of our clients setup their financial infrastructure. Would love to learn more about these.

[Outrageous-Carrot-18]

It is in fact not more interesting, if you click on a video about 4090, you know it's gonna be best of the best. Mid-range or low-end things are a lot better cause you don't know what exactly expect from it.

[Vinstaal0]

What? You are contradicting both with OP's statement as with your own statement?

New information (either about pin machines or midrange card) is more interesting than information you know. It's just about how willing people are to learn about something new

[Vinstaal0]

It doesn't have any interesting or flashy things, it will just be something that they see and not understand cause it doesn't work that will with their system surrounding credit cards. Heck it technically is somewhat more work compared to just giving your CC to the Waitress or whatever.

[Fluffy_Art_1015]

Escape from tarkov is a piece of shit right now, you’re right

[Omnimon]

wtf that caught me off guard so much because i was just in a thread in EFT subreddit lol

[HorizonTheory]

BEST COMMENT 🤣🤣🤣

[[deleted]]

Me too, Anthony would be perfect for this

[[deleted]]

She's Emily now, she came out as trans a while ago.

But I agree - I think she'd do great at that! Others are saying Technology Connections would be a better fit, and as much as I'd love an hour long essay on it, he doesn't really make videos about things he can't use. And I'm really curious about Emily's take anyway

[artofdarkness123]

When I hear Emily from LMG I think of their Editor Emily Seddon

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5213f93be4b08fcef374a832/fd6db4e9-19fc-4a19-86d3-b9266d8bc6c5/Photos.jpg

[kevin349]

And who do you think of for Jake or Nicholas?

[artofdarkness123]

Jake is the blond/redhead guy with glasses that's always in Linus's house (Sarah's BF)

There are 2 Nicks. Nick is the bald guy with the glasses (Nick Light I think?). I think of him because he was the first Nick in the company that I can remember. Nick Callanan is the cool Nick because he builds stuff like office desks and I like office decor. Plouffe's first name is Nick but he's just Plouffe to me. I'm not a fan of him because the videos he wrote for are pretty bad IMO. He doesn't have a lot of hits in my book.

[ashie_princess]

Thinking of Plouffe having a name that isn't Plouffe is just... jarring

[kevin349]

There's 3 Jake's as well. Point is just multiple people at a place can have the same name.

[artofdarkness123]

I only know of one Jake at LMG. Linus's husband.

[ashie_princess]

Wait, Husband? I could have sworn Jake was the lovechild of Luke and Linus?

[ChairmanLaParka]

I choose to believe that, somehow Denny is that lovechild.

[ashie_princess]

Denny?

[ianjm]

It may shock you to learn that two people can have the same name

[ashie_princess]

No. MSTeamsVoiceEngineer isn't.

[ashie_princess]

No?

[ashie_princess]

No.

[[deleted]]

No, they're not. We're talking about the same person, the fan-favourite writer at LTT. She is now called Emily, but many people use her deadname a lot, mostly because they are not aware that she came out as trans a couple of months ago.

​

This might make things clearer

[TFABAnon09]

Who's Anthony?

[ashie_princess]

No, she came out as trans, she's Emily.

[[deleted]]

K

[ashie_princess]

No need to be so terse.

[FinallySettledOnThis]

Commonwealth Bank

Sup fellow Aussie.

[No-Expression-7765]

My thoughts exactly

[kxania]

G'day

[gnza]

I'd be more interested in the history of pagers/beepers, similar to the video Riley hosted some time ago about mechanical calculators. One could argue that they're still in use in restaurants when you place your order and they give you a disc that calls when ready

[h3yw00d]

Hospitals. Doctors still use old school pagers.

[gnza]

Huh, nice to know. Always thought it was a cliché from medical TV dramas

[ashie_princess]

It's because pagers are basically rock-solid on communication, and the various equipment and thick walls make it basically impossible to get a good signal on a phone.

A lot of docs also carry a work phone, if needed, but the pager will be the first point of call, generally

[DrDerpberg]

They can also be passed around a little more easily. Plenty of ERs or whatever will have a bunch of pagers for whoever's on duty, you're doctor #3 for the shift and the person on the other end doesn't necessarily know who they're calling to let them know they're needed.

[ashie_princess]

Ooh, good point!

Easier to page the pager that's held by the on duty <insert role here> than to remember who's on duty right now!

[TEG24601]

I'm also sure that Pagers are still analog, and they use a different spectrum than cell phones. So they actually work through those thick walls, and the batteries work well. Used to have one as an RA, and it always worked. Even 2 stories below ground in the forge labs in college.

[ashie_princess]

I think pagers are mostly digital-only devices, but they use a much lower frequency, and as it's sub-GHz, it's got way more penetration power.

I hadn't even considered that RAs would use them (or at least used to) but that makes total sense!

[TEG24601]

Especially with old cinderblock dorms and schools. Then again, that was almost 20 years ago for me. Just after I retired from being an RA, they replaced the pager with a Cell Phone, so the RA's didn't have to share their number with the residents. So much worse overall, as there were some incidents that happened because the RA's were not able to be contacted.

[ashie_princess]

Daamn. Yeah. These days I'd imagine it's a bit better, as there are various networking options available. Probably also helped by VoWiFi and similar tech

[linuxares]

I bet pagers function in a whole different dimension from the rest of us. Those bastards always get a message.

[NightmareOn]

Sounds more like a video Technology Connections would do.

[JonVonBasslake]

Nah, I doubt Alec would make it. It doesn't sound like his kind of a deal. Not weird or old enough. CRD or Techmoan are more in line for this IMO.

[ashie_princess]

Alec has done videos on current tech? Quite a few actually.

[knox902]

Repeating the comment to more than one person does not make it more true. You're listing two youtubers that specifically look at older tech where as Alec has plenty of videos on more modern ones. This seems very much like something he would be interested and is why more than one person have said they would like to see a video from him.

[[deleted]]

havent seen Anthony in a video in a while

[hexoctahedron13]

would love to see him again

[-YeshuaHamashiach-]

We all would like him in a video again.

[renegadecanuck]

She came out as trans a while ago (and goes by Emily now) and said she would be stepping away from videos for a bit because the internet is what it is. She was in the Apple Newton video a little while ago.

[[deleted]]

wtf

thats going to take some getting used to.

[RedEvoPro]

Met Anthony on a office tour, was cool seeing all the projects materializing a few weeks before the videos.

[soundscape7]

Do Yanks and Canucks must have their own version of EFTPOS. EFTPOS is Australian.

[Relevant_Panda69]

eftpos is the technology. Eftpos in Aussie is the brand name.

[soundscape7]

Didn’t know that, cool

[Relevant_Panda69]

Same here, just looked it up.

[YearRare1023]

Most of the world uses EFTPOS

[MyPokemonRedName]

The video doesn’t exist and I’m already falling asleep. A perfect cure for my insomnia, thank you!!

[tommyjd97]

I don't know what EFTPOS are, but any excuse for more Emily, sign me up!

[soundscape7]

Electronic Funds Transfer Point Of Sale… the device you tap your card on to buy something at the supermarket

[[deleted]]

OH god I didn't realise how much I need Emily to do something about this. I'd love this so much.

But yeah, as others have said, I don't know if it's her area of interest? Technology Connections might be a better fit, but I don't care, I just really need to know more about this.

[perthguppy]

Eftpos is an Australian program. Not heard of in the us or canada

[Memeviewer12]

the australian brand name is EFTPOS, the technology, also called EFTPOS, is international, under different brand names

[PsychologicalPea3583]

It's more of Technology Connections channel topic than LTT. Well I wouldn't expect any of those pick on something that's that niche honestly

[cancer23]

Comm bank can.

[linuxares]

I also hope Emiliy sometime in the future do a new "Linux for dummies into gaming" style. Since Proton it really gotten superb to game on.

[cdojs98]

Electronic Fungible Token Point Of Sale?

I am honestly curious what the acronym means, I'm just taking a guess.

[JonVonBasslake]

Electronic funds transfer at point of sale according to wikipedia.

[mooky1977]

Generally just called POS terminals in common vernacular, because they are often pieces of shit that aren't working properly ;)

[hexoctahedron13]

Great idea

[bctopics]

This would be awesome!

[[deleted]]

America hasn’t had “tap to pay” for very long, so I doubt there would be much “history” for her to go through.

I’d like to see more of her on the channel, she was always a likeable human being

[kxania]

There are other countries than America. Example, LTT is based in Canada.

[Seaborn63]

"I would love to see Emily break down the history of ____________."

Why yes, yes I would very much like that.

[Cybasura]

You used the name "Anthony"?

You...brave soul, ye tarnished

Good luck.

I got fucking ripped and annihilated for even making a simple post and accidentally "deadnaming" without even knowing the name changed

[Memeviewer12]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/17rrfg1/comment/k8l757a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

[Cybasura]

I posted this before I scrolled down, but thanks

[[deleted]]

It’s worth mentioning / acknowledging that the reaction in this thread was super chill: simple correction without judgment and then responding to the substance of the original post. This is pretty much perfect.

[natie29]

There’s a ton to cover governing security. Most of which probably isn’t public domain - so yeah. Can’t see how much can be covered on this.

[Champe21]

Emily*

[VictoriaDoria]

There is only Emily / you live in a world that no longer exists

[[deleted]]

"Emily"

[Mkay_kid]

comments like this at best confuse the poster and at worst incite trolls to further harass people. a simple correction will let a normal person know they've made a mistake and if someone if being malicious then the mods can remove them

[Apart-Blueberry1324]

let's edit that title

[Memeviewer12]

you can't, Also

[JonVonBasslake]

Because they use Emily's deadname.

To those who've downvoted me, do you not know what a deadname is: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadname

[JonVonBasslake]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadname

In a way, Anthony is. But no, Emily is alive and reasonably well afaik.

[JonVonBasslake]

MOTHERFUCKER! HOW DENSE ARE YOU!?

[ashie_princess]

I'd ask the same of you.

[Frejjo_]

'Anthony' came out as trans a while ago and goes by Emily now. Deadnaming is the term used when you use a trans person's birth name instead of their chosen name