SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
UPDATE FROM BUNGIE DEV (on era)
For those who dont know. There is a heat wave going on in the U.S Pacific Northwest. Bungie has shutdown production presumably because people are still working from home, and apparently laptops are overheating.
Schreier has taken this opportunity to remind us that Climate Change is real.
I have a completely different take. Make people go back to the offices to work already. If your house doesnt have proper ventilation and your laptop is overheating then get your ass to the office and do your job.
As for Schreier, shouldn't he be looking into why 100 degree weather is preventing video game production at Bungie? Temperatures regularly exceed 100 degrees in some parts of the U.S. No one complains. Every office building in the world is equipped to handle those temperatures. Game development is already pretty unproductive with very few next gen games releasing in the next couple of years, everything getting delayed left and right, and we are going to blame it all on climate change now?
I think us millennials are unfairly blamed for a lot of things, but not working because it's too hot has to be the most snowflake thing I have ever heard. It's not like we are out there laying brick in 100 degree weather.
__________________________________________________________________________Lotta hot takes flying in this thread…pun intended.
As some have guessed already, it was a combination of things:
- Bungie is working remotely, so most are at home.
- Apartments and houses don’t have AC by default, as the area tends to be mild for the summer.
- We got (literally) record-breaking heat multiple days in a row. 105-110 depending on you live.
- The buildings where we house services were getting very hot, and the HVAC was struggling to keep up due to the unprecedented heat wave.
The choice was either shut down internal services or lose equipment. I think they made a good call.
I’ve never felt heat like this in Seattle, and I’ve been here 15 years. So happy it’s 80f now.
For those who dont know. There is a heat wave going on in the U.S Pacific Northwest. Bungie has shutdown production presumably because people are still working from home, and apparently laptops are overheating.
Schreier has taken this opportunity to remind us that Climate Change is real.
I have a completely different take. Make people go back to the offices to work already. If your house doesnt have proper ventilation and your laptop is overheating then get your ass to the office and do your job.
As for Schreier, shouldn't he be looking into why 100 degree weather is preventing video game production at Bungie? Temperatures regularly exceed 100 degrees in some parts of the U.S. No one complains. Every office building in the world is equipped to handle those temperatures. Game development is already pretty unproductive with very few next gen games releasing in the next couple of years, everything getting delayed left and right, and we are going to blame it all on climate change now?
I think us millennials are unfairly blamed for a lot of things, but not working because it's too hot has to be the most snowflake thing I have ever heard. It's not like we are out there laying brick in 100 degree weather.
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