ninjaphysics
@ninjaphysics@beehaw.org
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 5 days ago:
Smart approach to go to the union, didn’t think to do that. Thanks!
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 6 days ago:
You’re at least making up for my inability to step away from it atm. I wouldn’t have bought into the environment had it not been for my partner, and work of course. I grew up on PS and PC gaming, just recently started using Xbox. Damn it.
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 1 week ago:
I’d like to think I’m pretty decent at sticking to boycotts, but holy hell, my work platform is Microsoft and their products, and I run gaming servers for my friends online and play through game pass. This is going to be so hard for people to step back and not use their platforms and software if they’re in it like me. Not sure how to proceed.
- Comment on We should talk more about air-conditioning 1 week ago:
We might not have them as you see them today, but there is building science that is centuries old that works with the environment to have architectural solutions that don’t even rely on electricity to retain heat or cool a space. There’s also the more modern passive house design. As someone born and raised in a hot climate like you mentioned, had we created a built environment like this instead of crippling ourselves to use fossil fuels and refrigerants with high global warming potential, we wouldn’t be where we are today. I agree that a/c changed the world. That change could have been a much more positive one had we taken a more practical approach!
- Comment on Social Media Has Me Ducking My Friends And It Sucks - Aftermath 2 weeks ago:
Same. I stopped using non-Beehaw social media at the end of last year and haven’t looked back. I barely respond to texts these days too. My social battery is pretty weak these days and I can only take so much irl interaction.
- Comment on Game Informer Is Back 2 weeks ago:
Neat! Sounds promising. Funny, I was just telling one of my friends about G4 (the channel) today. I miss that 2000s/early 2010s vibe. Everything just went to major commercialization too fast and it took so much fun out of the hobby. I think gamers are recognizing this nowadays and trying to claw their way out of it and this feels like a step in that direction.
- Comment on Testing how unique you are online (web fingerprinting) 2 months ago:
Ooh this is really insightful for someone who knows little about the details of tracking and browsing on the Internet. Thanks!
- Comment on What type of game do you want to see? 4 months ago:
I didn’t realize before, but now I want this too! Fantastic idea.
- Comment on Which unplayed game in your library are you most looking forward to playing eventually? 5 months ago:
When you get around to HZD, the DLC Frozen Wilds and Horizon: Forbidden West are highly recommended. I’m halfway through the second and it’s so amazing.
- Comment on Headlamp tech that doesn’t blind oncoming drivers—where is it? 6 months ago:
The industry’s lobby is so pervasive that any regulation will be fought, no matter how small. I don’t know what it’s going to take to face the numerous harms that we have to address when it comes to cars and driving, but if the industry and regulators won’t care about human health and environmental harms, it’s just going to keep being bad.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
Hilariously, I have about the same number saved. It’s all kinds of places that I’ve been, want to go to, or just want to keep saved as reference, from all over the world. They just kinda built up over the years and I’m thankful for this thread because I want to make the switch.
- Comment on I don't hate Body Type replacing Gender, I hate laziness 7 months ago:
I really appreciate your points and this comparison, but the pictures are giving me Attack on Titan vibes lol
- Comment on Pluralistic: “Disenshittify or Die” (17 Aug 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 7 months ago:
Such a good blog post. It covers so much important information in an entertainingly snarky tone.
- Comment on Know any good pinball video games? 8 months ago:
This comment isn’t helpful, but I really love Demon’s Tilt. I appreciate this post and the suggestions here!
- Comment on Palestinians living abroad have accused Microsoft of closing their email accounts without warning - cutting them off from crucial online services 8 months ago:
The fact that so many international companies have decided to side with a major aggressor during this terrible event in history is one of the most awful things I didn’t expect to witness. We all know that big business and money shapes world politics, but damn… This is straight up horrible. It could be any of us for any reason moving forward.
- Comment on Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town 8 months ago:
There is a procedure in place for granting permits to industry like this in every state. In New York, for example, when a potential site is selected, the business must apply for the permit to build and goes through a process of reviewing environmental and human harms in the area based on their operations. They are also required to notify residents and hold public participation events to ensure residents can ask questions about the development. “Good neighbor laws” are sorely needed in Texas, but the state would never allow that cause there’s no money to be made in protecting the people and the planet.
- Comment on Are you embracing AI? 9 months ago:
Exactly all of this.
- Comment on Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns 9 months ago:
Do. Not. Trust. The. Police.
- Comment on German carmaker Volkswagen says forced labour in one of its sub-supplier's plants in China was not identified as 'no full supply chain transparency exists' 10 months ago:
Agreed. In essence, the cost of doing business is ensuring your supply chain is lawful and morally sound. This lack of respect for humanity as a practice runs rampant because capitalism calls for nothing less than infinite growth and ever increasing profit. Imo, if you can’t afford to do business humanely, you shouldn’t be allowed to be in business.
- Comment on How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me) 11 months ago:
I drove one of these recently as a rental, and told my partner that they were tracking our every move to send to our insurance company. Didn’t believe me, so thank you for this article! I’ll always feel like I’m being watched and recorded in new cars. I don’t even like having personal conversations in them for fear of a potential active mic somewhere…
- Comment on The race to decarbonise the world’s economy risks repeating the mistakes of the colonial era by building industries on forced and child labour, rights advocate warns 11 months ago:
Imo, if we want ethical and green, then billionaires should be taxed more heavily for the good of us all.
- Comment on Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores 1 year ago:
They’ve been on my BDS list for years now. Welcome to the (fed up) club!