Hey everybody, how's it going? Hope you

having a lovely day. Welcome to today's

episode of I never thought I was going

to make a video over futing my own

article on myself in the Swiss news.

This just made me laugh. So for some of

you watch my channel, you may know that

I did a video while I was in Switzerland

a few months ago talking about a kiosk

over here that was supposed to be

displaying train times or something like

that and instead of displaying that it

was displaying a Windows error. And this

is something that I found funny. You'll

notice that this is something I've done

over the years. If I'm at the it doesn't

matter what country I'm in. If I'm at an

airport or if I'm at some place where

I'm not expecting to see a Windows error

and I see a Windows error, I will

usually record it with a funny title. I

don't know if this is Windows 7 or

Windows XP. It just looks like some

really old ass Windows that's blue

screening. I said TSA versus Windows XP,

Windows XP wins. Now to be clear, this

is obviously a joke. The TSA is not

fighting Windows XP. Windows XP did not

get into a boxing ring. It is a funny

title for a funny throw away video. When

I said Swiss mass transit destroyed by

Windows 7, SBB will never recover from

this. No, I am not implying that an

entire [ __ ] country will be destroyed

by a single Windows 7 computer crashing.

It is a joke. But the news has decided

to take this seriously and because the

news has decided to take this seriously

as will I. Let's get started. So this is

an article from watson.ch.

American YouTuber mocks SBB for ancient

Windows software and misses the mark. Oh

really? While visiting Switzerland, the

American YouTuber passed a

malfunctioning SBB timetable display at

Zurich's main train station and felt the

urge to film it. He quickly made a video

on YouTube he uses sensationalist

titles. Swiss mass transit destroyed SBB

will never recover from this. Of course

it's not meant to be taken seriously.

That's not going to stop them from doing

it though. But the short film shot with

a female companion has been a hit with

the audience, especially the Swiss fans.

It has already been viewed over 330,000

times and received a lot of comments.

Watson investigated. Who is this? Louis

Rossmann is a renowned activist for

right to repair. The now 37 year old

American was already active on YouTube,

blah blah blah. A gray Windows error

message is displayed on a defective SBB

information screen in Zurich's main

station instead of the expected train

departures. crashed due to memory error.

A program crash exposed the classic

Windows desktop. Rossmann jokingly

complains that he can't empty the

recycle bin because he doesn't have a

touchscreen. Criticism of SBB, Rossmann

and his female companion make fun of the

fact that SBB uses a supposedly outdated

Windows operating system instead of a

more efficient system for a train

display. Okay.

That is not a supposedly outdated

Windows operating system. Do not

gaslight my [ __ ] That is Windows 7,

which is no longer supported. And if you

want to use Windows 7 on your home

computer, you do you. If you want to use

Windows 7 at a train station, again, you

do you. But don't tell me that I missed

Security concerns. The YouTuber jokingly

points out potential dangers as the

system is probably outdated and no

longer receives regular updates. What's

behind it? Rossmann has exaggerated in

the manner. In fact, the video's premise

is technical ignorance coupled with a

clickbait title. And here's where we

start having fun. When asked by Watson,

SBB media spokesperson confirmed that

the malfunctioning timetable display was

an operational status monitor. The

spokesperson is not allowed to say which

Windows operating system is used and how

long it will take to receive security

updates from the manufacturer. What the

[ __ ] you mean you're not allowed to say

what what Windows operating system is

used? We can't say the version of it.

I'm technically ignorant when you can't

even admit that that's Windows [ __ ]

7? Are you serious? For security

reasons, we can't provide any further

details. However, we are taking

precautions to ensure that the systems

are protected. For security reasons, you

can't even admit whether that is Windows

7, 10, 11, Linux, 3.1. Are you That is

security through obscurity and that is

complete [ __ ] [ __ ] How dare you

call me technically ignorant when you're

not even able to say what version of

Windows it is? But wait, it gets better.

It can technically be assumed that such

display boards are operated in

completely isolated networks, so-called

VLANs without direct internet access.

Therefore, panic regarding an outdated

version of Windows 10 or Windows 7, even

if we're outdated, is unfounded. No,

that's not the point. It is not that No,

that is a category error. Isolation is

going to stop remote attackers, but that

has has to do with reliability. And this

is a reliability issue. It is not the

VLAN that failed. It is not the

isolation that failed. It is the

operating system that failed. But wait,

it gets better. The error message,

computer has run out of working memory,

is typical symptom of a memory leak in a

web browser. The Swiss Federal Railways

rely on Firefox for displaying public

transformation in kiosk mode, and that's

where the reason was for the display

error. Firefox in its so-called kiosk

mode continuously loads live data such

as train delays or track changes over

days or weeks. However, if the unused

memory is not properly released, the

program will crash sooner or later. The

browser process continues to grow until

it uses up all the PC's RAM. At that

point, a Windows protection mechanism

kicks in the operating system

terminating the process consuming the

most memory to prevent a complete system

freeze. Because Firefox is forcibly

closed, the full screen closes. And

therefore, Rossmann and his companions

suddenly see the bare Windows desktop

with the recycle bin.

You called me technically ignorant when

you're saying that Firefox is supposed

to be operating in kiosk mode rather

than the operating system. Where do I

even begin here?

Number one, you're not supposed to

operate Firefox by hitting F11. That is

not kiosk mode making Firefox full

screen. Microsoft sells an entirely

separate product for this whole thing,

and it is not an outdated version of

Windows 7. They sell Windows IoT

Enterprise for fixed purpose devices

like digital signs, kiosks, etc. It has

10 years of support, and Windows desktop

version is not the product for that. If

the reporter of this article had a

[ __ ] clue what they were talking

about while calling me technically

ignorant, they would realize that you do

not run a browser in kiosk mode by

hitting F11. That you run an operating

system in kiosk mode. When you have an

operating system that is designed to be

used as a kiosk, you will never see the

desktop wallpaper. You will never see

the recycle bin, and you will never see

something running out of memory. In

Linux, you can have something like

systemd that's automatically going to

restart it if something like this

happens. In Windows, they have a literal

product for this. Do you know why in In

this is the thing that drives me nuts

about this article. You are actually You

have made me so mad, I am now going to

defend New York City. How many times in

the 20 [ __ ] years that I've been

taking the subway have I ever seen a

blue screen of death or an out of memory

error on one of these, or one of these?

Never. It never happens because that is

a proper system running a proper [ __ ]

kiosk. You will never see some out of

memory error on any of those systems,

which brings me to my main [ __ ]

point. The bug that you're seeing here

with the out of memory, that is not a

bug with Firefox. That is a bug with

your outdated ass version of Windows,

and it is reported by [ __ ] Microsoft.

Fixed desktop heap allocation values

causing out of memory errors. And when

you scroll down, it literally says the

physical RAM on the computer does not

affect the desktop heap size. You can't

improve the performance by adding

physical RAM. This is a literal Windows

limit, a Win32K kernel resource limit.

This is Microsoft KB947246

on Microsoft's website. So, let's get

this straight. You're using the wrong

operating system for the job. You're

using a 17-year 20-year-old outdated

version of the wrong operating system

for the job. You're not configuring it

properly.

I'm technically ignorant for pointing it

out. My first video was a passing joke.

This video is serious. Don't take my

word for it. Take a look at Blue News.

SBB struggles with known Windows problem

in Zurich. I apologize if my translation

is not great here. I'm using Google

Translate plugin. The blame probably

lies with the system cache that is

dimensioned too small by default, the

desktop heap. This was covered over two

and a half years ago. You had two and a

half years to fix this [ __ ] and you

didn't. And instead of fix it, instead

of say, "Oh yeah, our bad. We haven't

gotten around to it." You want to

discredit somebody who has dedicated

their life to running a technology

business and claiming that I'm

technically ignorant in your [ __ ]

newspaper. [ __ ] you. My video is a joke,

but since you guys are pretending to be

news, let me demonstrate what a real

newspaper writes about when they

actually want to research an issue to

figure out what is causing the problem.

The blame probably lies with the system

cache that is dimensioned too small by

default, the desktop heap. SBB struggles

with known Windows problem in Zurich

because, unlike you who can't admit what

operating system you're running, I see

that you're running an old version of

Windows 7. A version of Windows 7 that

Microsoft themselves admits has a bunch

of bugs. This is a known bug with

Microsoft Windows 7. Not only are you

using an outdated operating system, but

you are using the wrong version of the

outdated operating system because

browsers don't run in kiosk mode,

operating systems do. If you were using

a minimal Linux operating system or a

modern one, you wouldn't be having this

problem. But more importantly, if you

were using a Microsoft Windows product

that was actually made for this, they do

make products for this. You can buy an

IoT version. You can buy a kiosk version

of Windows rather than use desktop one.

You can use assigned access to run a

single app full screen and have it

restart when there's a problem, which

you didn't. You wouldn't be having this

issue to begin with.

How [ __ ] dare you call me technically

ignorant when you did no research before

making this stupid [ __ ] article? And

here's the thing that kills me about

this more than anything else. It's not

that you were wrong about all of this.

It's not that you don't understand what

assigned access is. It's not that you

don't understand the concept of having a

systemd service that restarts when

there's an issue. It's not the fact that

you have no that you that you think that

a security through obscurity exists.

That if I don't tell you that it's using

Windows 7, somehow that's more secure.

Somehow the public is so [ __ ] stupid

they couldn't figure that out on their

own. It's not that you denigrate my

reputation in a public paper by saying

that I'm technically ignorant.

It's that you chose to take a joke

seriously. I know all of you at some

point in your life have experienced that

that specific unique piece of [ __ ] human

being that takes something that you said

as a joke,

takes it 100% seriously, and then uses

it to frame you as an idiot or a

buffoon. Nice try, try again. Here's the

thing that pissed me off among all. It's

not that you called me technically

ignorant in a major [ __ ] newspaper

when you didn't take 90 seconds of

Googling to do any of your homework to

look up if any of the stuff is true.

It's that you chose to take something

that is very clearly and obviously a

joke seriously. I am rescinding the

apology that I put in the video comments

there for people who were like actually

taking this very seriously because I see

at this point what this is. And this is

just stupid. I loved my time in

Switzerland. And thank you every very

much to all the people that I met in

Zurich and all the people that I met

when I went to that Markus Vahle

concert, to the people that I met at at

Schweizer Monat that did the interview

that I on ownership that I I enjoyed

doing for a few hours. Everybody there

like I would say 99% of the people that

I met treated me like I was their

brother. And it was just an amazing

experience getting to meet so many of

you in the streets in Switzerland. It

was so beautiful. But there's like the

1% There's 1% of the people that I met

where I'm doing my morning jog, I'm

running, I say hi or hoy. I'm still

learning how to do this, you know, don't

get [ __ ] beat the [ __ ]

Sorry, my accent sucks. I'm still

I say hi and wave and they look at me

like

the [ __ ] are you looking at me for? And

they just stare and they don't wave or

say anything back.

Like I'm wondering like are they going

to call ice or like slice on me or

something? Like this is a 1% of the

people that I met that were so serious.

If I go how are you? They look at me and

they're like, what do you mean how am I?

What business is it of yours how I am?

It's like bro, I'm just saying but

relax.

And you're that 1%. You're that 1% of

the [ __ ] And I made a mistake. My

personal trainer has told me for a long

time, don't process [ __ ] And D N

always told me, don't accept the premise

of [ __ ] In deciding to write a

two-page article in this paper, I am

calling me technically ignorant when you

don't even know that Microsoft has a

dedicated product for this. I have

accepted the premise of [ __ ] And

the last premise of this, that I knew

exactly what I was doing. A clickbait

title provides many reactions from

people who want to disagree. The YouTube

algorithm doesn't distinguish between

blah blah blah.

This was a throwaway video.

This video was supposed to get 5,000

views max and move on.

I don't care if my YouTube videos get

1,000 views or a million views. You know

why? Cuz I've told people on my channel

for over 10 years, install ad block. I

don't have a single sponsor. You know

what happens when I go to your website

though? I get this [ __ ] Please

disable your ad blocker. 80 journalists

here make a living from advertising.

I don't care if my viewers view my

videos or not. I don't care if they have

an ad blocker on or not because I make

my money by selling useful products and

services to people who find my skills

valuable.

How many people would pay for a Watson

article?

You guys don't even know how to look up

Microsoft bug reports.

That's what I thought. I knew what I was

I was making a joke. But here's the

thing, let's be serious for a moment. I

got over 4,000 videos on my channel. I

talk about consumer rights all the time.

One of the big reasons that I was in

Switzerland was to do a 2-hour long

interview with a renowned magazine there

to go over consumer rights and the

revocation of ownership. While I was in

Switzerland, I talked about Bambu Lab

and I put out a bounty on Bambu Lab, a

company that's violating the AGPL to try

and mainstream the concept of 3D

printing being a lockdown ecosystem.

There's a lot of stuff that I did while

I was in Switzerland engaging with

people in the country and talking with

What did you choose to go over? Did you

choose to go over the substantive stuff?

The 2-hour long conversations that I was

having about real genuine issues that

affect people in society? Or did you

choose to go over the throwaway

joke video?

You went over the joke video.

Why?

Because you, unlike me, make your living

from advertising. And you, unlike me,

care about the things that don't matter,

but that are going to get more

attention.

[ __ ] out of here with that [ __ ] Nice

try. That's it for today, and as always,

I hope you learned something. And to the

writer of that article at Watson,

go [ __ ] yourself. Herve in that 1%.

Thank you very much to everybody that I

met in Zurich for making me feel like I

was at home. I genuinely enjoyed it and

I can't wait to go back. I'll see you

all later. Maybe I'll do a meet-up when

I'm there next time and I'll see you in

the next video. Bye now.