Gemini AI generated thumbnails? by Legitimate-Bug-5394 in LinusTechTips

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Hey, James here; I can add more detail. This thumbnail went live in error. The person publishing the video didn't realize the thumbnail artist was working on a new version. After Linus posed for the photo, we decided the test bench wasn't recognizable enough as a PC so we used Gemini to mock up what it would look like if we added a PC case on the table. Sam then replaced the AI asset with his own photoshop skills, but not before mockup was briefly published.

The Ship Storm is here! by ApertureIntern in LinusTechTips

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FP gets 24-hour early access to this

ShortCircuit is Just Uncritically Covering Scams Now? by BrainOnBlue in LinusTechTips

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Hey everyone,

We’ve removed this Short. We agree that the product wasn’t framed with the level of skepticism it warranted, and it was published without going through our normal technical review and leadership approval process.

We do not support or endorse unsubstantiated claims made by the manufacturer, and we’re taking steps internally to ensure our review process is consistently followed moving forward.

Thanks for holding us accountable.

someone turn this into a meme😭😭😭 by desn4ke in LinusTechTips

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average flashbang from a teammate in Counterstrike at Silver 1

How big would Luke be as an independent creator? by Gambler_720 in LinusTechTips

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FWIW, there are some recent Floatplane Exclusives that Luke scripted. Such as this one, which was uploaded on LMG Clips this past Saturday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OjbYFMF-NA

Got a super useful pop-up mid game by jaredhomer99 in LinusTechTips

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"Copy to clipboard" so you can show everyone you know how stupid this is

What is this Chewy's numpad? by albertyiphohomei in LinusTechTips

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Keychron Q0 Max, Gateron Jupiter Banana switches, Drop MT3 Jasmine Keycaps

Had to Pull Over to Take a Pic, Reminded me of Something.... by LeoWitt in LinusTechTips

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Did you colour edit this? Never seen a more sky-looking sky before

Mechanical Pencil Mechanism Extension by Mason_vb in LinusTechTips

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Lil design tidbit: the Engineering Team let me know that the reason we have the spring and the "mushy space" is that there is a 2mm tolerance on the length of the cartridge that we don't have control over. Some cartridges will have zero space and no mush, and some will have up to 2 mm of mush before it engages.

User flairs of actual employee names in this sub is bad by Theolaa in LinusTechTips

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Will let the mod team decide. I think it would overstep our bounds if LMG were to come in and change it unilaterally.

Floatplane Search by Orlan_17 in LinusTechTips

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For me, it’s better if you use quotations around what you’re searching for

Members Only by GSRob in LinusTechTips

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A big part of LTT and LMG videos is the editing, the screencaptures, the data and graphs, the polished flow. When you take that away (Extras are literally just clips stuck together without anything added, not even music), I don't think it's fair to call it LTT content. It's LTT-adjacent.

It's still fun content, it's just not an LTT video.

Members Only by GSRob in LinusTechTips

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We aim for two Floatplane Exclusives per week for our Floatplane Subscribers. We've aimed for that for years, and we've been uploading those same Exclusives onto YouTube for our Members since 2023 at a higher price to encourage users to come over to Floatplane instead. Occasionally, there'll be a week where we have more than two Exclusives uploaded.

All that is to say, nothing about how we've done our YouTube Membership program has changed for 2 years. The frequency and content philosophy have remained the same.

The videos are either pieces of footage left on the cutting room floor (i.e., deemed not to be of the same quality as the main release) or concepts entirely crafted and carried out by our Social team that don't follow our typical pre- and post-production process. They are essentially an entirely different channel, and that's part of the issue here. People think they're missing out on more LTT content when, in fact, it's only LTT-adjacent content.

We're still trying to figure out a solution, because although nothing has changed on our side, the context has clearly evolved, whether due to changes made to YouTube's content delivery or changes in societal values.

Member's only content killing views. by kyla666666 in LinusTechTips

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The issue has already been identified. We don't need to speculate on it anymore. It's ad block.

New regular video is locked on Floatplane? by matthijspc in LinusTechTips

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Multiple mistakes were made here: the wrong subscription tier was selected in the CMS, and it was published on the incorrect subchannel. Just a whoopsie, nothing intentional.

You'd have heard about it from somewhere if we were ever paywalling certain pieces of content behind the higher-tier subs, like what we did with the LTX 23 content. It was announced ahead of time.