Slow Internet Is Good For Consumers Actually /s - WAN Show July 25, 2025

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Timestamps (courtesy of NoKi1119):
0:00 Chapters
1:57 Intro
2:28 Topic #1: FTC's passing grade proposal for U.S. internet speeds
5:22 Lina Khan, why would affordability matter? Regulations
11:06 Luke on infrastructure & internet speed, rural broadband
15:46 Topic #2: AppleCare One, new $20/m subscription
18:46 Situations you'd wish you had warranty for? Old tech
25:16 Linus's SV650 bike update
26:07 Topic #3: Echelon firmware removes offline functionality
29:04 LTT precision screwdriver T-bar ft. Deck buttons mishap
33:02 Topic #4: Pebble gets branding back, renames products
35:46 LTTStore's new 8-bit breadsaurus T-shirt
37:08 Discussing each others' week & sleeping habit
46:52 Linus on Google Maps review on Smash Champs, Badminton
52:08 No sport practices as an adult, Luke on calf & balance
59:26 Linus tries to explain merch messages, chaos ensues
1:00:16 Dan has a "foot camera," Dan the hypertasker
1:01:27 How is WAN Show one of the top tech podcasts?
1:02:08 Linus tries vibe coding using ChatGPT ft. Foot camera
1:04:35 Short Linus can't sit flat, funny Brandon box story
1:07:38 Trying to explain MM's again, Dan gives Linus a box
1:09:15 Luke grabs the box with his legs, "why not make it chicken"
1:10:36 MM: Heard of lossless scaling being ported to Linux?
1:16:23 Nick Light leaves after 11 long years
1:19:09 Went from early to behind schedule, happy high five
1:20:26 Breadsaurus hoodie, Luke recalls Elijah in guessing game
1:22:49 Dan's screensaver - "HELP" Linus
1:23:38 Linus "fixes" Elijah's face
1:24:28 Scrapyard Wars early release on FP ft. Linus's frame
1:26:14 Luke finds a spider friend, "infest labs with spider"
1:26:56 Spider buddy floats away to valhalla
1:27:24 Schedule, FP exclusives, Luke discusses Speeed’s video
1:29:05 Linus's destroyed frame, bell cam ft. Cheese puns
1:31:09 Vessi
1:32:15 Squarespace
1:33:31 Proton
1:36:10 Topic #5: UK requires age verification for social media
1:40:27 LTT's partnership with PIA
1:42:01 Topic #6: Microsoft buys human waste to offset emissions
1:47:18 Topic #7: Linus's experience with using AI
1:50:47 Past usage of ChatGPT, "legal AI," badminton ELO system
1:55:06 Good follow up questions, "background work"
2:00:52 Luke on AI hallucination & error rate, "90% is NSFW stories"
2:05:10 Agentic AI, AI doesn't believe Linus is Linus, AI glazing
2:08:36 Emma asks AI to draw how Luke looks, AI description of Luke
2:14:57 Linus tries the prompt, blown away by the result
2:19:08 Luke asks AI to generate an image how itself looks like
2:21:05 ChatGPT's description, trained on images of Linus
2:26:47 Topic #8: Intel lays off 24,000 employees
2:29:53 Topic #9: Google adds deepfaking to Google Photos
2:30:32 Miyazaki's stance on AI, AI Jensen jacket, graphic design
2:36:34 Linus recalls serenity prayer, clarifying his point
2:46:17 Luke on NSFW AI invading OF, Dan on Situational Awareness
2:49:45 "AI Linus corn," shift to human verification
2:55:17 Topic #10: Proton's post on what Google's Gemini can access
2:58:39 Luke has been running Linux on his laptop full time
3:01:50 Topic #11: White House's AI action plan
3:06:12 Topic #12: Amazon to buy Bee, AI wearable that records you
3:08:38 Topic #13: Nintendo Switch 2's sales
3:19:31 MM: Would you wipe your controversies if you removed the lessons?
3:25:02 Luke's favorite bread traits?
3:27:18 Who did Linus go to for help scaling LTT? ft. Aging & hair
3:32:28 Luke's birb update ft. Bread puns & flirt lines
3:35:52 Outro