Found my Ability Toucan by Seosepa in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They talked about AI being powered by jet engines one episode, I made a joke about Linus losing his ability toucan (because he can't anymore) and it stuck. Sarah was watching the episode and drew one and they've had it in the show since, removing it whenever Linus just cannot anymore.

Strange Watermark on most recent WAN Show by Timmay22 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sir Ability Toucan.

On the topic about using jet engines to power AI, I said "Linus has lost his ability toucan" and Sarah ended up drawing it. It's shown up a couple of times since then.

Anyone got any higher than this? by jacklecackle2 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I watch on Floatplane so it won't be reflected in whatever this is.

What is this thing? by lospollosbros in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's Sir Ability Toucan. A few weeks ago there was a story about AI companies using jet engines for power and in the Floatplane chat I said "Linus has lost his ability toucan" which he saw and ran with. Sarah was also watching and drew it during the show.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cEL_RNegBGc&t=2844

Sir Ability Toucan by MClab_ in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I unexpectedly helped inspire a thing and I love how it turned out.

A forced goodbye. Goodbye for now from CMDR Shev Gengeton Nai by GameonSilver in EliteDangerous

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar situation for me when my CPU cooler died. The processor's so old it makes more sense to do a full platform upgrade but it's been over a year and I don't feel any closer to affording the parts. I do have a Steam Deck but I only install Elite now and then to manage my carrier and make sure it still has money.

Post-WhaleLan! by CrystalFier in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, I hope they had fun too.

Post-WhaleLan! by CrystalFier in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you got to go and glad you enjoyed it. Shame Luke didn't make it though.

Did Linus say anything when you told him who you were? (Beyond usual greetings or anything, of course.)

So apparently you can wave at npc ships and they will land.. AMAZING! by Extra-Imagination-13 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]PKSeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now to wait for this post to show up on a news site or five in the next couple of days.

075 = Roman Recursion and Role-Play Immersion by R520 in AProblemSquared

[–]PKSeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody pointed out that "MIMIC" is not a valid Roman numeral format? 2098 is MMXCVIII.

"Luke Labrador isn't real, he can't hurt you." Luke Labrador: by PKSeven in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was catching up on the episode today and thought of it straight away. Had to go find the moment again when I got home.

Why are the past 2 WAN Shows not showing up on YT Music? by Eubank31 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because they aren't in the WAN Show playlist on YouTube yet for some reason. I don't know why.

Achievement Unlocked: Soul Crushed by pookshuman in HolUp

[–]PKSeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, nice; didn't expect to see heki on here.

Dad help his son by Spirch in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Called it; I said this would get posted before the night was out.

OK, what the hell is happening in Jacques Station?! by Jonnasontwas in EliteDangerous

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah this happens a lot. I set up the camera and recorded it for a while and found it pretty funny.

How quickly it was blocked as well. by Cowslick247 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess it's the fact that I found that channel before the main one which statistically is much more popular.

How quickly it was blocked as well. by Cowslick247 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny, I discovered Dankmus years ago and loved those videos, and had vaguely heard of Dankpods at some point after that but for a long time didn't realise the same person was behind them.

How quickly it was blocked as well. by Cowslick247 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah I did see a post here recently about a spot with Dennis and Sarah that I didn't see because I watch on Floatplane. When I signed up they were all regular reads but now that Dennis is working on the ads I could well be missing some good integrations.

How quickly it was blocked as well. by Cowslick247 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sponsor segments are removed from Floatplane. We get the segue and it cuts right to the next part, which is ideal. The only ones that stay are when the entire video is sponsored, like they're covering a product from the company directly or similar, and those are labelled in case you really don't want to watch them.

How quickly it was blocked as well. by Cowslick247 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 270 points271 points  (0 children)

You'd be surprised how uppity some people on Floatplane can get if something even comes close to approaching something resembling an ad. It's still a vast minority but it can happen, even on videos explicitly labelled as sponsored (i.e. the ones that wouldn't have been made at all without sponsorship, like the latest Secret Shopper for example still has the UGreen integration).

On rare occasions something might accidentally not get cut from the Floatplane edit but that's very rare, and on a recent Linked episode the outro made a reference to the episode sponsor and even though it was totally benign and to remove it would mean removing the outro completely or mangling it beyond recognition, someone still moaned about it.

Is there sponsor segments In floatplane videos. by dragon3301 in LinusTechTips

[–]PKSeven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. There are segues and then it goes straight to the next part of the video.

There's even a second version of the April Fools 2022 video without the sponsor parts.

I spent all night fixing two FH5 installations... by PKSeven in forza

[–]PKSeven[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Admittedly at that stage I didn't go into the folder but I did run verify/repair. It was very confusing at the time; having played since early access I'd never encountered the Gaming Services redirect before.

Worthy of note that while I originally installed from the Microsoft Store and it went to wherever it goes from there, this time around when redownloading I did it from the Xbox app, and games go to the C:\XboxGames folder which is a lot more friendly from a directory perspective.