f8ta1ity54 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Microsoft's Changes to Xbox Console Leave Republicans Outraged (newsweek.com) Microsoft has announced changes to its Xbox console settings that is to allow users to save more energy and reduce the carbon impact of their gaming. But this has been read (or misread) by Republican representatives and organizations as the "woke brigade" wanting to "take your Xbox." In a bid to reach its goal of being carbon negative and a "zero waste" company by 2030, Microsoft outlined two new changes to Xbox settings on January 11. The company included a feature that allows the console to pick a time of the night for maintenance and updates to use the most renewable energy from the electrical grid, and a "shutdown" setting that can replace the sleep mode, which it says saves 20 times the energy. "We not only hold ourselves accountable to the carbon emissions in the production and distribution of our products, but to the emissions created with the use of our products in the homes of our fans as well," Blaine Hauglie, technical program manager at Xbox wrote. "So, the way we design our hardware and software to be more efficient and optimized for renewable energy can have a big impact." His explanation of the new shutdown setting stipulates that it "will not affect performance, gameplay, or your console's ability to receive overnight updates" and can be adjusted "at any time" so users can choose "what works best for you." Hauglie said two consoles that switched to the shutdown setting for a year would save the same amount of carbon as a tree planted and grown for a decade. However, this was interpreted in an article by Blaze Media, a conservative outlet, as suggesting Microsoft would "force gamers to power down to fight climate change." It noted, correctly, that the shutdown setting would mean some Xbox consoles have a slower boot time and others will not be able to be woken remotely. But the setting can, ultimately, be changed, according to Microsoft, if that is what the user wants. "First gas stoves, then your coffee, now they're gunning for your Xbox," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted on Monday, citing a previous furore over remarks made by an official from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission about the health harms of gas stoves. The CPSC chair stated emphatically at the time that it was not looking to ban gas stoves. "A default setting does not mean they are 'forcing' anyone to do anything," one user responded. "As an Xbox owner, this has been a choice for a while now. I appreciate that they offer it." "They want to take your guns. They want to take your gas stoves. And now they want to take your Xbox," Troy Nehls, a congressman for Texas, wrote in a similar vein to Cruz's remarks. "What's next?" "Now the woke brigade is after video games all in the name of climate change," tweeted the Young America's Foundation, a conservative youth organization whose president is former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Herodotus Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Really? They are bitching about "green" x box tech and not the tech that allows government to maybe use your XBox's internet connection as a backdoor into your the other devices in your network? Oh well. Yeah, there are reasons to whine, but green isn't one of them. I mean as JATM once said at the Zone, even if there is no global warming, are we really worse off for having equipment that is more energy efficient and may well yield long term lesss negative impact on the environment? Of course, these are the same type that opposes minimum wage increases and unions because somehow means poor people make more money (the horror!!!!) and unions somehow mean minorities make money or something. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanBack Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Outside of the 'Carbon Footprint' scam (which will be used to unnecessarily collapse our capitalist economy), any technology that uses less energy is fantastic. Sort of like having an EMCS on your video game console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 It's a nice feature, IMO. Video game consoles as we know them will be getting phased out in the next generation or two so it's not even worth getting upset about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toofast80 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I bet this is a leftie ”carbon footprint” warrior on team Biden! “Gasoline vehicles are bad, praise Dominos” 🤣😒 https://www.yahoo.com/autos/razor-blades-found-gas-pump-211551813.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiva2999 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I love my gasoline powered car. Nobody's ever going to call an electric car sex on wheels. 1 1 Quote "The Zarqawi PSYOP program is the most successful information campaign to date." ~ Gen. Mark (Killer) Kimmitt http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/archivos_pdf/911_newpearlharbor.pdf http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=911_project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanBack Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 5 hours ago, FanBack said: Outside of the 'Carbon Footprint' scam (which will be used to unnecessarily collapse our capitalist economy), any technology that uses less energy is fantastic. Sort of like having an EMCS on your video game console. FanBack rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipKat Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 8 hours ago, ICRockets2 said: The stupidity is mind-boggling Quote “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind, never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICRockets2 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, HipKat said: The stupidity is mind-boggling I'm honestly surprised they have time to bitch about this when they need to keep an iron grip on their gas stoves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikedLemonade Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 11 hours ago, Woody said: It's a nice feature, IMO. Video game consoles as we know them will be getting phased out in the next generation or two so it's not even worth getting upset about. Holy Shit!!! What a crisis that will be for those who use those consoles to photoshop uber kool memes. WTF will those turds do? Quote Do Your Part to Improve The Range -- Please put the TRIO OF TRUMP FLUFFERSTM on IGNORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikedLemonade Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 8 hours ago, shiva2999 said: I love my gasoline powered car. Nobody's ever going to call an electric car sex on wheels. Quote Do Your Part to Improve The Range -- Please put the TRIO OF TRUMP FLUFFERSTM on IGNORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SackMan518 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 If a major concern in your life is a video game console put out by a slimy, distrustful corporation known to be in bed with the government since the days of Netscape's heyday then you need to reevaluate your life. 1 Quote Sack "The Buffalo Range's TRUSTED News Source!" “When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.” ~ Dresden James Parler @NYexile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f8ta1ity54 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 35 minutes ago, SackMan518 said: If a major concern in your life is a video console put out by a slimy, distrustful corporation known to be in bed with government since the days of Netscape's heyday then you need to reevaluate your life. Conservative media is retarded. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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