1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,359 I've watched plenty of videos of other people googling themselves, and it's 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:09,760 always super entertaining from the outside, but it never occurred to me how 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:15,920 stressful it would be to actually be the subject of one of these. Uh, without 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:20,199 further ado, let's jump right in. Is Lionus white or Asian? 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:29,359 I'm just going to put that one down. What is Lionus Tech Tips? 6 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:33,360 Is this Jeopardy? Are we playing Jeopardy right now? That's not a 7 00:00:31,119 --> 00:00:38,239 question. That's an answer. Why does Lionus hate Dbrand? 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:42,320 I don't. But it is absolutely hilarious that enough of you think I do. That 9 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:47,600 that's one of the autocompletes. Dbrand and I have curated kind of an faux 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:51,039 adversarial relationship throughout the many, many years that we've 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:55,760 collaborated. I think it's been over 10 years now of them sponsoring us and even 12 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:59,280 going so far as to work together on collaborative products like the Glow 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:04,000 Circuit Skin that I have on my phone right now. I won't lie, there are times 14 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:07,520 when I think they do take things a little bit too far. Like sometimes the 15 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:14,240 stuff they put in their newsletters crosses the line into just downright 16 00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:16,640 mean. But the truth is I can take it and 17 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:21,600 I can dish it right back. You Dbrand, your products cost too much. There. You 18 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:26,560 like that? Yeah, you do. You'll sponsor me anyway. Who else are you going to go 19 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:29,200 to? When will Lionus segue to his 20 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:32,640 sponsor? Oh, I get it. Odo. They got everything you need to run your business 21 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:36,720 from invoicing to inventory, except they're less like a Swiss Army knife and 22 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:40,479 more like a sick custom workshop full of every full-size tool you could possibly 23 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,360 want. Maybe there's even a disco ball in there if you want to have dance parties. 24 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,520 You know, I don't know if they actually have that. This is a metaphor. 25 00:01:45,759 --> 00:01:51,360 Okay, obviously this one wasn't real, but the rest of them are and were 26 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:55,520 compiled using a combination of Google autocomplete prompts along with search 27 00:01:53,360 --> 00:02:00,399 results for my name on Quora and on our forums to find out what exactly it is 28 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:04,960 that people want to know about me. That is a lot of questions and they didn't 29 00:02:02,479 --> 00:02:09,119 let me peek even a little bit. Let's see how many of them we can get through. Why 30 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:15,200 does Linus Sebastian drop so many graphics cards? Okay, I do think this 31 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:20,480 one's a little overblown. One of the most egregious instances of me dropping 32 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:26,239 something was actually a fake GPU. I was just trying to psych people out. That 33 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:27,680 GPU never worked. With that said, there 34 00:02:26,239 --> 00:02:30,959 have definitely been times that I have dropped things. I am a little bit 35 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:35,040 inattentive. I'm a little bit of a butterfingers and I'm often in a hurry. 36 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:39,440 That all combines to create a perfect storm where things do fall sometimes, 37 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:43,200 but in general, if I know something is really valuable and important, I can 38 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:46,319 hold on to it. You're also good at catching stuff. 39 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:50,959 Thank you. Well, I always say you drop enough things, you get pretty good at catching them. 40 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:56,959 What does Linus Tech Tips do for a living? Huh. Is this still a question? I 41 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:00,800 guess that actually makes sense. I have seen people discuss on some of the 42 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:04,400 videos where we show how many members there are of our team and stuff like 43 00:03:02,239 --> 00:03:07,920 that, you know, oh, what is their real job? Like, what is it that they actually 44 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:13,840 do? This is it. We make videos. Uh we work 45 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:18,000 with sponsors, we sell merchandise like on ltstore.com. 46 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:23,440 We make money from Google AdSense. We have done very occasionally some just 47 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:27,760 like paid contract production work, but it is not a significant component of our 48 00:03:25,599 --> 00:03:33,200 business. We make tech videos. We educate and we entertain people. Is 49 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,560 Linus Sebastian the king of PC gaming? 50 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:40,159 This must have been asked by someone who's never seen me play a video game. 51 00:03:38,239 --> 00:03:44,959 If anything, I'm the king of demonstrating that better gear does not 52 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:51,920 make you a better gamer. That crown I will wear. Another one. What does Lionus 53 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:54,080 actually do? Okay, you know what? You're 54 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:58,560 not asking what my job is. You're asking what I do for my job. The biggest part 55 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:02,480 of it is working with the writing team. So, ideulating, figuring out, you know, 56 00:04:00,959 --> 00:04:06,799 what the best videos that we can make are. That also involves some external 57 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:12,239 communication whether it's with brands or people who have created super cool 58 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:17,440 outside projects. Then I work with them on sort of what the flow of that video 59 00:04:14,239 --> 00:04:20,479 will be. I review scripts and of course 60 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,880 I am a host. In my role as chief vision 61 00:04:20,479 --> 00:04:26,160 officer though I do still work with the executive team providing them the 62 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:29,840 guidance for you know how I feel the company should be run in hopes that they 63 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:34,560 will execute on it to the best of their abilities. And I also set sort of our 64 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:39,520 long-term roadmap for what we want to reinvest in. So over the last few years, 65 00:04:37,759 --> 00:04:43,919 a big part of that has been in Labs testing, which has taken more time to 66 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:49,040 ramp up than obviously we would have liked, but in the long term, I believe 67 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,960 will safeguard our position as a trusted 68 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:57,199 source of information about technology. Lionus, Sebastian, kids. I have three 69 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,680 children, a boy and then two girls, and 70 00:04:57,199 --> 00:05:03,040 they're teenage and then coming up on teenage and a little bit younger than 71 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:06,720 that. You might have noticed that I didn't say their names, and I didn't 72 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:11,919 even give their exact ages. That's because while obviously doing stuff with 73 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:17,360 my kids is great content, not to mention a lot of fun, we've always felt that 74 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:21,680 there's a fine line between working with your kids and exploiting your kids. and 75 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:26,240 we've always been a little uncomfortable with the idea of disclosing a bunch of 76 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:31,440 personal information about them before they're really old enough for informed 77 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:33,759 consent. So, my son is getting to the 78 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:37,360 age where I've actually asked him, "Hey, do you want your name out there? Do you 79 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:42,080 want to be featured more prominently in videos?" And he's kind of festering on 80 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,479 it right now. The daughters, though, I don't think they're old enough yet, so 81 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:50,720 we haven't even really given them the option. really doesn't help that they're 82 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:53,840 ladies and uh the internet is not always 83 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:56,320 a great place for young women. 84 00:05:53,840 --> 00:06:00,800 Oh, here's a thick one. Can Linus TechTips code? 85 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:05,919 No. The closest I've ever gotten was that time that my stepdad bought me like 86 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:08,240 a C+ manual that was like this thick 87 00:06:05,919 --> 00:06:12,800 when I was 16. Never cracked it open, I'm afraid. Do 88 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:16,720 you think Lionus Sebastian would make a good Canadian prime minister? 89 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:22,880 No, I'm not tall. 90 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:27,680 No, I'm actually serious. Like that's that's a thing, right? Like people sort 91 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:33,120 of imagine leaders as being like, you know, tall and stuff, right? And I'm 92 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:36,880 probably way too trusting. A big part of being the head of state of any 93 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:41,600 significant country or even the head of state of Canada is dealing with other 94 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:46,319 heads of states. And that's about as wretched a hive of scum and villain as I 95 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:51,360 think even Alec Guinness could imagine. Guess what? It's lime day. This week on 96 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:53,840 ltstore.com, we are squeezing the heck 97 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:59,039 out of our margins to bring you some really sweet deals. 98 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:03,120 Today only, if you buy a deskpad, you can get a Razer Death Adder Essential 99 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:06,560 Mouse for free when you add both to cart. But that's not all. If you pick up 100 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:11,520 a magnetic cable management room solution, we're tossing in a free Elgato 101 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:16,240 Stream Deck Mark II. Snag our brand new WAN backpack and we'll load it up with 102 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:22,639 either a Corsair Thunderbolt 3 dock or a K70 Core TKL keyboard for free. And best 103 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:27,360 of all, you get free shipping on every order over $175 104 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:32,240 if you're shopping from the US and every order over $250 Canadian if you're 105 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:37,840 shopping from anywhere else. So, don't wait. Visit LMG.gg GG/Lime 106 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:42,720 before it's too late. No, I'm not doing that again. When did Lina Sebastian 107 00:07:40,479 --> 00:07:47,199 start YouTube? I was not involved in the creation of YouTube, 108 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:52,800 which I'm sure is not what you meant. I always forget this. 2007, I was working 109 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:57,039 at the computer store and my boss basically pulled me and he goes, "Tiger 110 00:07:55,039 --> 00:08:00,240 Direct has these product videos on their site. They're killing us. They're eating 111 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:05,520 us alive. We've got to have product videos. You go make product videos. I 112 00:08:03,919 --> 00:08:11,120 had no idea what I was doing. I mean, look at me. I'm like a deer in headlights. 113 00:08:08,319 --> 00:08:16,000 And the rest is history. What is Lionus Sebastian's real name? I wish I'd been 114 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:20,479 smart enough to adopt a stage name on the subject of our competition, Tiger 115 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:24,800 Direct. Their host did have some background in performing arts and did 116 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:28,720 have the foresight to use a stage name rather than his real name. His real 117 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:32,800 name's out there now at this point, but at least he got to make the decision 118 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:36,320 about when to disclose it for me. I just I just didn't think that many people 119 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:41,039 would care about tech tips. I didn't think it would ever matter. My real name 120 00:08:38,479 --> 00:08:44,240 is Lionus Gabriel Sebastian. I've actually thought about changing my legal 121 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:49,839 name as well, just to make it a little bit more difficult for people to 122 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:52,560 identity theft me. And maybe I have. 123 00:08:49,839 --> 00:08:57,519 How did Lionus Tech Tip start? The short version is I had pretty much 124 00:08:54,560 --> 00:09:01,440 decided my time at NCX computers had come to an end. So I walked into the 125 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:06,240 president's office and I said, "Look, I think that my best marketable skill is 126 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:11,040 making videos. So we have two options here. One is I can go to a competitor 127 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:15,519 and I can make videos." Option number two is I can work out a deal with you 128 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:18,399 where I take this Lionus Tech Tips channel that I don't think you can 129 00:09:16,959 --> 00:09:22,160 really use anyway. I mean, it's got Lionus right in the name of it. At that 130 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:25,839 time, it was much harder to rename a channel. So, I'm going to take that with 131 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:30,640 me. And in return, I will sign a non-compete. I will continue to help you 132 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:35,279 build up your team around the NCIX TechTips brand, and I will grant you a 133 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:39,600 perpetual license to use any Linus TechTips content as rich video 134 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:45,360 merchandising on your website. In return, I expect to pay a sum of $1 for 135 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:49,519 the Linus Tech Tips channel. He took it and I'm really glad he did because 136 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:55,279 otherwise I could be working at Amazon now. I couldn't actually. I did apply 137 00:09:51,839 --> 00:09:57,680 there but they never responded to me. 138 00:09:55,279 --> 00:10:03,120 You missed out. Amazon is Lionus Tech Tips hacked. 139 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:05,040 Um, not currently that I know of. I 140 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:10,000 mean, my phone did buzz just now. Everything's fine. Cool. No, no, no, I'm 141 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:15,200 not. It's happened before, though. We've lost the channel a couple of times. Why 142 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:19,600 does Linus Tech Tips use Crab Rave? It's a banger. 143 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:24,399 Where did Linus Tech Tips used to work? My entire job history all the way back 144 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:29,600 to that summer when I worked as a camp counselor in Quebec, is on my LinkedIn 145 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:34,240 along with a really outdated picture of me. I have not updated that since I 146 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:37,519 started Atlantis Media Group, which was over 10 years ago. So, if my employer 147 00:10:36,399 --> 00:10:44,399 was worried I'm looking for opportunities elsewhere, I think they can probably relax. 148 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:46,079 How is Linus Tech Tips doing? Man, we're 149 00:10:44,399 --> 00:10:50,880 really getting to the core of it. We're in a bit of a lull. Our peak for 150 00:10:48,399 --> 00:10:55,519 viewership was kind of back in the co era when we had the benefit of 151 00:10:52,959 --> 00:11:01,760 affordable computers. That is until the big crypto run that drove GPU pricing up 152 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:03,920 through the roof where it has stayed. 153 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:07,760 And people getting into, you know, remote work slash getting into gaming 154 00:11:06,079 --> 00:11:12,079 for the first time in their lives. Since then, a combination of factors have made 155 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:16,399 it hard for us to achieve the same highs that we did in the past. High prices for 156 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:20,800 our hobby, competition from other hobbies now that we can, you know, go 157 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:23,920 outside, a proliferation of niche channels that are focused on a 158 00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:28,160 particular vertical and do an outstanding job of covering it. And I 159 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:31,839 would say another factor is increased competition on YouTube in general for 160 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:35,279 people's attention. There is so little room for error in the current YouTube 161 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:39,760 meta. Every video needs to be a banger or it just won't perform. Doesn't matter 162 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:44,000 how many subscribers you have. Lionus TechTip store. Did we just take anything 163 00:11:42,399 --> 00:11:50,880 that autocomp completed from putting my name in it? Yes, Lionus TechTip store. 164 00:11:48,079 --> 00:11:55,760 What did Linus Tech Tip study? Hm. What did I study or what did I learn? 165 00:11:53,440 --> 00:12:01,760 Definitely studied some things. I took first year calculus for instance in 166 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:03,440 university twice. Failed both times. 167 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:07,839 That was when I realized the hard sciences was probably not the place for 168 00:12:05,519 --> 00:12:12,399 me. So, I shifted and I did some psychology and some English literature 169 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:17,440 and I got really good grades while attending probably a solid quarter of my 170 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:20,720 classes and I went, "Boy, if it's this easy to get good grades in these 171 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:23,600 subjects, maybe the degree that I'm going to end 172 00:12:22,079 --> 00:12:27,680 up with is not going to be worth anything." So, I dropped out and went 173 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:32,800 back to the computer store, which ended up being a really good career move for me. Though, it is not one that I'm 174 00:12:30,959 --> 00:12:37,200 necessarily recommending. Stay in school, kids. Why doesn't Linus 175 00:12:34,399 --> 00:12:44,079 Sebastian even use Linux? Lionus Sebastian uses Linux every day. My NAS 176 00:12:40,959 --> 00:12:46,240 at home runs Linux. True NAS scale. 177 00:12:44,079 --> 00:12:49,920 Absolutely love it. I also use Linux here at work where predominantly our 178 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:55,440 infrastructure runs on it. Is that not enough for you? As for why I don't use 179 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:57,120 it in my desktop, for me, compatibility 180 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:01,920 across any of the games that I could want to play is worth a little bit more 181 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:09,279 to me than some of the admittedly nice creature comforts of Linux. With that 182 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:11,760 said, Linux as a living room OS for me 183 00:13:09,279 --> 00:13:15,839 has a lot of appeal. So once Steam OS makes its way onto just a quick and easy 184 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:20,399 installer that I can chuck on any PC and then throw as like a Steam Machine 185 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:25,399 console in my family room. I am so there. Where is Lionus wife from? 186 00:13:26,079 --> 00:13:33,120 I know where her parents are from. One's from Malaysia, one's from Brunai. I 187 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:37,120 believe she was actually born in Brunai and she moved here when she was very 188 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:41,920 young, like 3 years old or something like that. So functionally speaking, 189 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:46,959 she's from Canada. Culturally, we call her CBC, Canadianborn Chinese, even 190 00:13:45,279 --> 00:13:52,079 though she's not technically born here. Why didn't Linus Sebastian become a 191 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:54,639 billionaire after creating Linux? 192 00:13:52,079 --> 00:13:58,880 Common mistake. You're thinking of Linus Torvoltz. That'd be a fun collab, 193 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:03,519 wouldn't it? Like, let us know in the comments if you'd like to see us do 194 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:06,560 something with the OG tech Linus. Is 195 00:14:03,519 --> 00:14:09,199 Lionus a robot? This can't be stuff 196 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:15,600 people are actually asking, is it? Why does Linus Tech Tips have so 197 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:18,639 many employees? Well, this may surprise 198 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:21,040 you, but we do a ton of stuff. In any 199 00:14:18,639 --> 00:14:26,079 given week, we're going to have 10 plus video shoots to sort out. We're probably 200 00:14:23,199 --> 00:14:29,519 going to have some kind of apparel or uh physical merchandise launch. We're going 201 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,800 to have to do all of the accounting for all of that. Move around all the 202 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:38,320 physical items that need to be moved. Do product testing for the LT Labs website. 203 00:14:35,839 --> 00:14:42,320 There's just a lot of jobs to do here. Don't forget about Floatplane. I mean, 204 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:47,920 we have Sammy who's basically dedicated to creating exclusive content for our 205 00:14:44,639 --> 00:14:49,279 Floatplane supporters. lg.gg/flatlane. 206 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:53,360 You guys can check that out. There's just a lot to do. All right, let's grab 207 00:14:51,519 --> 00:14:58,079 one from the bottom. What does Linus Tech Tips use to benchmark? Ooh, that's 208 00:14:55,760 --> 00:15:01,920 a good question. Over the last few years, we've been working on a software 209 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:08,000 that we call Markbench, which is pretty much a fancy automation tool for 210 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:13,680 benchmarking games and other pieces of software. Because the truth is, you 211 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:15,839 cannot use just one piece of software in 212 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:20,959 order to determine the performance of one component or system relative to 213 00:15:17,839 --> 00:15:23,440 another. In theory, there are suites 214 00:15:20,959 --> 00:15:28,480 that can help to give you some idea. Something like a Geekbench or um Future 215 00:15:26,079 --> 00:15:33,199 Marks products, but in practice, what we found is that the very best way to test 216 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:38,160 things is to use realworld workloads. I'm talking actual games that run in 217 00:15:35,519 --> 00:15:44,480 actual engines that people use to play video games and actual applications like 218 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,480 the Adobe Creative Suite or Blender that 219 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:50,720 real professionals are using to create their work. If you can quantify how a 220 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:55,199 system performs in those real applications, then there is no need for 221 00:15:53,199 --> 00:16:00,480 synthetic benchmarks. At least that's our belief. Where is Linus Tech Tips 222 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:02,399 located? I used to say Vancouver just 223 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:06,959 cuz internationally people are more likely to know where that is, but I've 224 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:10,399 lived in Siri so long and Siri has gotten a lot better than its old 225 00:16:08,399 --> 00:16:16,160 reputation used to be. But I think now I'm ready to say it. Siri, BC. Does 226 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:21,839 Linus detectives have a boss? This one's a little complicated. Yes, as the chief 227 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:28,399 vision officer, I do report to our chief executive officer, Taran Tong, who I 228 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:31,519 hired as our primary shareholder. So, I 229 00:16:28,399 --> 00:16:33,519 report to him and he reports to me. The 230 00:16:31,519 --> 00:16:37,279 relationship has to be then highly collaborative and there has to be a lot 231 00:16:35,199 --> 00:16:42,720 of trust there in order for us to together guide the company forward. But 232 00:16:39,839 --> 00:16:47,199 in terms of the dayto-day, yes, if he tells me to do something, I am supposed 233 00:16:44,639 --> 00:16:51,440 to do it. There's also a lot of bottom up bossing that tends to happen because 234 00:16:49,519 --> 00:16:55,360 I am notoriously scattered and disorganized and I kind of rely on my 235 00:16:53,519 --> 00:16:58,560 team to yell at me and tell me where I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed to 236 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:03,199 do. Right, Reys? Yeah. 237 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:05,520 Lina, Sebastian, age. I am 38 years 238 00:17:03,199 --> 00:17:10,319 young. And that's how you know you're old, the second you start saying years 239 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:13,919 young. Why does Linus Tech have so many sponsors? 240 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:19,280 It becomes kind of this perpetual emotion machine, right? You start making 241 00:17:16,959 --> 00:17:23,760 more videos and then you need more team members and then you need more income 242 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:28,240 and then the sponsors expect you to like make more videos to attach their sponsor 243 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:33,360 messages to and it becomes this this cycle. Another big factor for me is 244 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:40,080 diversification. We don't want to be beholden to any one particular sponsor 245 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:42,400 or even five or 10 sponsors. Having a 246 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:47,280 diverse stable of sponsors that we can rely on to work with is a huge part of 247 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:51,840 maintaining our ongoing independence. What are some of Lennis Sebastian's 248 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:57,679 hobbies? Work, raising kids, 249 00:17:54,080 --> 00:18:00,480 um my wife. I do make a little bit of 250 00:17:57,679 --> 00:18:03,919 time for gaming. more over the last couple of years. I would say I've got a 251 00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:08,160 couple hundred hours, for example, in this rog light hockey game called Tape 252 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:11,840 to Tape. Absolutely love it. Team over there is super small, but they're 253 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:15,120 killing it. Um I'm I've been painting my motorcycle for the last couple of years. 254 00:18:13,679 --> 00:18:21,760 The only reason it's taken so long is because it was my first time and I made a lot of mistakes. Oh, badminton, right? 255 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:26,000 I forgot about that. It's Look, look, I'm under a lot of pressure here, okay? 256 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:31,360 I'm an avid badminton player to the point where I actually started up my own 257 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:33,039 badminton gym. Is Lionus Sebastian a 258 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:36,720 psychopath? Okay, I'm going back to the phone here 259 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:41,360 for a second. I forget. Oh, psychopathy test. Seeing someone cry has little 260 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:46,000 effect on me other than maybe irritating me. Good lord. How does Linus Tech Tips 261 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:50,240 make money? We actually did a video on this. We have a whole video that 262 00:18:47,919 --> 00:18:55,679 outlines all the different ways we make money. Those are them. Does Linus 263 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:59,880 TechTips have a degree? I don't know. We'd need a thermometer, wouldn't we? 264 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:07,120 No. I was a really good student in high school. Um, so I have like my grade 12 265 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:11,120 of like basically everything, even though it was elective to pursue like 266 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:16,640 all the different sciences and stuff. Um, but post high school, I was not a 267 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:21,919 very good student. I got really distracted by a girl. She managed to 268 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:27,679 finish her degree somehow, but she's just plain smarter than me, I 269 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:30,400 think. Did Lionus, Sebastian, and Eminem 270 00:19:27,679 --> 00:19:33,919 ever meet? No. 271 00:19:31,919 --> 00:19:39,039 No. I don't know where we ever would have crossed paths. Though, I will say 272 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:45,679 some problematic behavior aside, kind of a fan. Marshall, if you need a gaming PC 273 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:48,799 or whatever, I would be happy to come out and deal with that for you. We on a 274 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:52,880 firstname basis, me and Eminem. You think that's gonna work? I It could 275 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:58,320 work. How do you wash Linus Tech Tips mouse pads? Oh, okay. I think the 276 00:19:55,679 --> 00:20:04,000 official advice is to use a damp cloth, like a microfiber style cloth, and then 277 00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:07,840 just like um kind of wipe them down. I 278 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:09,520 personally have had success with, 279 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:13,520 but I'm not supposed to recommend that because it is not the official care 280 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:19,120 instructions. Does Lionus own Lionus Tech Tips? Yes. After we acquired it 281 00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:23,120 from NCIX, the computer store that I used to work at, Ivonne and I took 282 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:27,280 control as the sole shareholders and directors of Linus Media Group 283 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:32,000 Incorporated, which owns Linus Tech Tips, ShortCircuit, all our various 284 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:36,640 channels, as well as Flowplane. Linus, Sebastian, Jimmy Fallon. Hey, that would 285 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:41,440 be fun. Do you think they do you think they'd want to like collab again? 286 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:45,280 That was really fun. it. I I know, you know, I get a million views every day or 287 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:49,919 whatever, but for some reason, the the glamour of traditional media was just it 288 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:54,799 hits a little bit different. I had people from all different parts of my 289 00:20:52,240 --> 00:21:00,960 life reaching out to me being like Jimmy Phone and uh and and even for me, like, 290 00:20:58,559 --> 00:21:05,120 dude, that moment before they announced my name and I like walk across the 291 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:09,200 stage, it's like practically hyperventilating. You 292 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:12,960 could tell how stressed I was at the beginning. And I'm totally comfortable 293 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:19,440 in front of a camera. I'm even comfortable in front of a live audience at this point with like the uh expose 294 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:25,919 and stuff that we've done, but that hit different. It's just it's glamorous, you 295 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:27,600 know? Wasn't ready for it. 296 00:21:25,919 --> 00:21:32,559 There's one last special one that they didn't put in the fishbowl apparently. 297 00:21:29,919 --> 00:21:38,200 What is the greatest tech tip ever told by Lionus Sebastian of Lionus Tech Tips? 298 00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:46,240 Have you ever tried turning it off and turning it back on? Have you ever tried 299 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:50,159 this segue to our sponsor, which is already over? 300 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:55,360 You see, with our sponsor ODU's all-in-one suite of business apps, things get done quicker than you expect. 301 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:59,200 So, these people are handing in their work early because they didn't have to 302 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:03,280 worry about juggling tabs and switching formats and oops, we don't have an app 303 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:07,919 for that. ODU has all the apps you need, and they're userfriendly, customizable, 304 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:11,600 and wicked smart. ODO's apps can propose and trigger purchase orders for 305 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:15,600 inventory. Automatically create and send invoices, turn phone, tablets, and 306 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:20,159 laptops into point of sale devices. Heck, ODO will even help you create your 307 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:27,120 own app with no coding required. Thanks to ODU, we've got all our work and this 308 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:30,799 sponsor spot uh done early. So, 309 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:32,400 uh a few seconds left. 310 00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:38,000 Uh check out ODO at the links in the description. 311 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:42,320 I'll file these papers later. Okay, let's go. 312 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:46,799 If you guys enjoyed this video, I don't know, maybe go check out the time I read 313 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:51,120 mean comments. That was that was 314 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:51,120 hurtful, but fun.