Anonymous ID: 60eed0 July 3, 2021, 12:18 a.m. No.14042392   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2398

>>14042381

Yeah we already have smart meters on the outside of the house mandated in Arizona, so might as well go smart on the inside because they can still shut the shit off if you have oldschool shit.

 

I personally like the ecobee 3 because it seems to be more reliable and over-ridable than the Nest stuff, plus I hate Google and don't want to give them money.

Anonymous ID: 60eed0 July 3, 2021, 12:23 a.m. No.14042404   🗄️.is đź”—kun

LOL Twitch Gives Trans, Black, And Disabled Streamers Tags, But Not Protection

 

Long-awaited tags on the Amazon-owned platform have allowed streamers to find community, but also harassers

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Twitch streamer Anne Atomic prepares to go live

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It’s been a whirlwind month for Anne Atomic. The streamer saw her star suddenly begin to rocket into the stratosphere in late May when Twitch introduced both a hot tub section and hundreds of new tags, including a particularly long-requested option: “transgender.” For Anne Atomic, these proved a potent combo; in June, her regular audience went from single digits to hundreds of concurrent viewers. But increased attention meant that she also got brigaded by transphobes from 4chan, who bombarded her chat with ugly, invasive comments. And now, a few weeks later, Twitch has indefinitely suspended her channel.

 

One month ago, Twitch finally gave streamers what they had spent years asking for: hundreds of new tags, many tied to specific identities and backgrounds like “transgender,” “Black,” and “disabled.” Structurally speaking, this was a big deal. Twitch is a platform with precious few avenues for discoverability beyond a rudimentary recommendation algorithm, a limited search function, and the fickle ebb and flow of specific categories, which are usually dedicated to individual games or broader focuses, like Just Chatting. The platform is overflowing with millions of streamers, and most who start small without an outside means of growing stay small forever. New tags, at least, go part of the way toward remedying that problem, especially for marginalized streamers who previously had trouble finding new viewers and each other.

 

But Twitch was always hesitant to add identity-based tags, in part because of fears around harassment. If the bad faith masses can click a single tag and have access to hundreds or thousands of potential marginalized victims, it makes their mean-spirited hobby that much easier—or so the thinking went. In the past month, streamers like Anne Atomic have experienced the full range of ups and downs these new tags have brought with them.

 

Maybe they should have a Trans Grindr…for those who wish they could get laid…

https://kotaku.com/twitch-gives-trans-black-and-disabled-streamers-tags-1847214410

Anonymous ID: 60eed0 July 3, 2021, 12:24 a.m. No.14042410   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2423

>>14042398

Sounds like 5G. ;-)

I say this in jest as a 5G cell tower designer. Military used this tech in the 80s for communications. My dad worked with a security clearance for Motorola and then GD and has worked in satellite and low range comms for a long time.

Anonymous ID: 60eed0 July 3, 2021, 12:33 a.m. No.14042444   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>14042436

BTW if you have questions about commercial MW ovens being weaponized, you might want to read this:

https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation#Have_Radiation_Injuries_Resulted_from_Microwave_Ovens_

 

Military Microwaves, now that's something more frightening.