🔌│tech

[balmy vector]

usual img scam i reckon

[pale sigil]

I see.

[warm ore]

yep

[pale sigil]

Good.

[warm ore]

Purged

Your service is appreciated.

[balmy vector]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/240196923644968960/1391801656588632276/matpat.gif

[lunar elm]

peak lp fan

[wheat plume]

THE SOUND WITCH WALKY.... bruh that name is silly :')
Its a vinyl player designed to compete with the Audio-Technica Sound Burger

[vapid ruin]

https://youtu.be/o4e-Kt02rfc

Better choice, just buy used laptop

but that kinda rely on a lot of people still buying new if you want the latest hardware. At least there's a chance you can also get used from company selling the rented out laptop as refurbished.

[sullen bear]

Doesn’t seem like a bad idea if its enterprise

But i havent watched

Cuz a laptop has value if people are willing to use it in a company, and if they dont it just rots, so ur better off replacing it with a new one if the sub monthly is a decent price

Cuz at my company we have like 10k+ in laptops sitting in a random closet

[tribal dirge]

normal for business, but they made one targeted at consumers too

[reef patrol]

Seems rather predatory, especially given the timing.

Taking advantage of financially naive gamers who want a gaming PC, but can't fork over the money in a lump sum. So they get fucked over long-term.

We've slammed down hard on shit like this in Denmark.

[devout raptor]

Welp. The impulse got hold of me and I got some hue lights and uhh

cool i guess but definitely didnt need these

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJgg-Dva5iQ
A couple of days later

[devout raptor]

i wonder if I could recreate that

[vagrant pagoda]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2MAgS_pE

[empty wren]

might end up being a good temporary duct

[heady hazel]

i just got everything to go direct drive on the ender , i really am fed up with bowden and feeding issues

[empty wren]

Fair enough

Your print quality may slightly suffer though

Direct drive has more pressure, but may not bother you at all

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean you can tune that

[empty wren]

Well yes but

Better layer stacking with Bowden is easier than direct drive

Most people will not pay attention or care too much though

That said tuning pressure advance is less tricky and less retraction is needed with direct drive

[heady hazel]

well i think slightly worse quality is not an issue considering id rather have a print run through without it printing in air because it jammed itself

[empty wren]

Should be an improvement in that department then

Though I do wonder if you got a clog

Have you done a cold pull

[tribal dirge]

eh, at least you dont have to be as aggressive with the PA

[heady hazel]

the filament comes out clean without any issues it just likes to hitch in the bowden as far as i can tell

[empty wren]

So basically you get incomplete prints?

I guess perhaps maybe your tube is kinked

[heady hazel]

yeah mostly like 2hours in it starts messing up and then just produces strings till it just prints in air

[empty wren]

lame well alright hope you have better luck in the other extruder placement configuration

[heady hazel]

also i have issues with the pla shaving itself on the extruder which should stop

[empty wren]

hmm

[heady hazel]

pla runs through flawless

[vagrant pagoda]

sure the stepper isnt over heating?

more likely on directdrive but can stiull happen

[heady hazel]

hmm im not sure to be honest, but its not the motor stopping its just slipping

as in the gears slip on the filament and it does not feed

[vagrant pagoda]

odd its getting worse over time

[marsh pendant]

Im going to mount a 360mm AIO in the front of my case here, do you think I should replace these 200mm fans with the AIO fans, or keep both?

[near warren]

depends alot on the fan design

some fans are made diffrently to help with the air flow

[marsh pendant]

I really have no idea, but the 2 big fans are fixed at 800 rpm, and im wondering if they would cause turbulence or a lack of airflow to the fast AIO fans on the inside as they spin up and down with the cpu

[near warren]

you should remove the front fans, so the aio fans can push or intake the air better, depending on which side you end up, installing the fans

[marsh pendant]

you think?

[near warren]

well considering the fact if the front ones are locked to 800 rpm and are intaking air and you end up setting your aio fans to exhaust then it would cause bad airflow in your pc

and even if you set both to exhaust or intake you would be causing more pressure inside if you dont setup your other fans as accordingly

usually a 60/40 is good

60% intake
40% exhaust

this way the airflow in your pc will be positive and air will flow nicely

also 3 aio fans are more than enough at the front depending on your case you can set more fans at top of the case and bottom

[heady hazel]

i feel like its just a gamble of how it fails ill see if it does the same with pla

[wind vigil]

i just got my wooting 60e v2 and its been more than amazing, first experience with such a high end piece of equipment, and i was wondering, what does 'tachyon mode' actually do?

it says 'true 8k polling activated' does that mean its only on 8k herz when i use that mode

[near warren]

correct

[wind vigil]

thanks, and just for the info, how much polling rate is it on when that is turned off

1k?

[winter patrol]

Tachyon turns on 8k scanning, polling rate is in another menu

[fair gull]

only turns on 8k scanning if your device can do 8k polling*

[fair gull]

still 8khz

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/MfBNxGw_5J8

wow ok windows 11 is even more shit that I expected outside of the EU

[reef patrol]

Nothing new there. The EU is basically the only ones nerfing Microsoft these days

[wheat plume]

YEP

[ashen spindle]

while its interesting to watch but like... most of these things are doing nothing anyway?

like okay I can now uninstall bing and save.. 16kilobyte...

[sullen bear]

I think the better fix is redownloading windows, and installing it as region english(world)

So you automatically remove all the bloatware

Cuz english world is the eu compliant version

[ashen spindle]

nah the video is mostly about settings being different per region

like being able to select chrome as default pdf opener in the chrome settings instead of in the pdf settings

which is really just miniscule stuff imo

[rough osprey]

what region has the version with good performance 😅

[crimson wigeon]

Whoa, 2500 but actually gives 2700, so generous!

[ashen spindle]

whoa discord is hiding a potential spam message

damn only took them 5 years to implement something so basic

[crimson wigeon]

Hm not hiding it for me, or maybe I have disabled that.. but I do sometimes see it, hm

[ashen spindle]

I saw it, went to another chat, then tabbed back and it was hidden as potential spam

[marsh glade]

I've never seen that system used correctly

[ashen spindle]

I thought it was added today since I never saw it before lol

[marsh glade]

Nope, it's been around for years

[sullen bear]

English world probably

But 99% the same as other regions, doubt it suddenly has insane performance over native windows

Im of the opinion that if you need insane debloat for 1-5 more fps on average its more a hardware issue than a software issue anyways

[wheat plume]

Ew wtf didnt expect him to be on there but wow

[ashen spindle]

okay so first of thats age old news, secondly why does that matter for using windows or not, thirdly being on a list doesn't mean he did anything

every billionaire is on that list because they got an email from him at least once that doesnt mean they magically are all involved

[marsh glade]

@wheat plume you're on a list too

[wheat plume]

Yeh
Got to see how many times he's mentioned

[ashen spindle]

that also doesnt matter

[wheat plume]

The good girl list ? UwU

[marsh glade]

It's in your roles

[wheat plume]

Xd yeh yess

[ashen spindle]

you can be on a list because you actually did business or thought you did business with someone without knowing their details

[wheat plume]

I guess

[ashen spindle]

not to mention even if he'd be convicted that still isn't relevant to if you want to use windows today or not

if you dont want to use anything that bad people made you can maybe if you're lucky find a few food items and nothing else in the world you can use now

[rough osprey]

[wheat plume]

LOL

Pixel 9A.1 ....

Gonna be here on 18th though

[vapid ruin]

mmm, any color list?

[wheat plume]

It looks identical to 9A...
So maybe the same colors too?

Every comment on this video is about how Google didn't show the front of the phone because they don't want to show the bezels because the bezels are too big apparently

[vapid ruin]

ehh, if the color the same it wont have any that I like

[wheat plume]

This color is gorgeous 😍

[frozen ingot]

iphone copypasta

[nimble arch]

Why are the bezels so large?

[rough osprey]

bc budget

[frozen ingot]

thin bezels suck anyways

[vapid ruin]

too much pink, not red enough.

[rough osprey]

nahh

[wheat plume]

Tbf
The photos on the website are way more saturated than irl
It's a lot more muted of a color irl

I saw them at a store and they are so pretty

[sinful quest]

why screen so smol? and so big edges?

[wheat plume]

People are saying you could land a plane of those

[frozen ingot]

thin bezels only looks good but is ass to use

[sinful quest]

two planes

[frozen ingot]

on assmung phones the edges of your fingers would interfere with stuff on the screen

besides everyone puts a big fugly case on anyways, now you don't have to

[tropic sundial]

pretty colour

[rough osprey]

i lowkey dont touch the front of my phone outside of thumb (unless typing)

[sinful quest]

but cases are good they protect your phone

[tropic sundial]

more likely to drop your phone with a case because it makes you believe its “protected”

[marsh glade]

That's like saying seatbelts cause traffic fatalities

[frozen ingot]

cases are handy sure

I just hate how 99% of them looks and feels

[sinful quest]

than buy the 1% you like

[tropic sundial]

good point, nevermind

[frozen ingot]

I haven't found that 1% yet but surely it must be out there

[rough osprey]

breathing causes death

[marsh glade]

gasp

[wheat plume]

same

my phone is totally naked...xd

[frozen ingot]

having phone exteriors being made primarily of glass these days is very very stupid

I remember I could drop my 3310 a dozen times daily and you wouldn't even notice

[vagrant pagoda]

thats why i have a flip pgone

[wheat plume]

Bring back the Redmi Note Pro 5 design again

[frozen ingot]

but then some assclown came along and decided plastic wasn't posh enough

[vagrant pagoda]

10/10 can drop it from 20 feet on to tile and not care

plus has zero ai bullshit

[wheat plume]

PEAK phone design

metal back
5000mAh battery
slap a 90Hz OLED display and boom, best phone ever

and headphone jack! it has that

[tribal dirge]

Galaxy Z flip kinda phone or something else?

[vagrant pagoda]

CAT S22 flip phone

[frozen ingot]

don't even get me started on these fold monstrosities

[vagrant pagoda]

it will take a 20 foot fall onto tile and a dunk 6 foot deep into salt water and not even loose the call

[frozen ingot]

cause physical wear on your screen everytime you want to use it

genius

[vagrant pagoda]

multi day battery life and even 12 hours as wifi hotspot

i hate that a phone line with unlimited data and hotspot is 35 a month, but a 5gb sim for my laptop is 50

[tribal dirge]

I like the idea of a folding phone, that's just an inevitable side effect due to mechanical fatigue

[vagrant pagoda]

just get a semi dumb phone and a tablet

[frozen ingot]

the idea isn't bad, the execution is stupid

[vagrant pagoda]

100 times better than folding phone

[sullen bear]

Arent they rated for like 20.000 folds?

[tribal dirge]

True lmao, I use an iPhone and iPad

[tribal dirge]

More iirc

[vagrant pagoda]

drop iphone get dumb phone

[sullen bear]

Aka like 13 years of folding 30-40x daily

[frozen ingot]

doesn't matter

still looks like shit with a crease in the middle

also scratches extremely easy

[tribal dirge]

500k folds iirc for Z fold 7

[sullen bear]

Yeah i dont know the actual numbers anymore ngl

[marsh glade]

Folding phones are the only innovation in the mobile device space in the last 10 years. It's shit, but at least it's something

[tribal dirge]

I never had durability on my iPhone be an issue

[frozen ingot]

yeah its desperation for innovation

[vagrant pagoda]

throw it as hard as you can at the nearest wall and report back

[frozen ingot]

and still super half baked

[tribal dirge]

Actually it's probably worse on my android phones that I've used, mainly hardware failures

I've had way more Android phones die on me than iPhones

[frozen ingot]

didn't even have to drop my assmungs to have them fall apart on me after barely 2 years

iphones have held up quite well to me

[tribal dirge]

Well that's just stupid lmao

[vagrant pagoda]

my s22 will just bounce

[tribal dirge]

No reasonable person would throw their phone like that

[vagrant pagoda]

yeah but if you can do that withouth worry, then its durable

[tribal dirge]

It's mainly my Google pixels that don't age well tbh

I've had 4 separate Google phones just stop working all of a sudden and the support people are like "oh yeah we can't fix that but we can recycle it for you"

[frozen ingot]

planned obsolescence be like

[tribal dirge]

Lmao

[frozen ingot]

I've never had a pixel because I don't want to give google money

[nimble arch]

I had a Nexus 7 (2013) and it never even got Android 5

Learnt my lesson with only one Google device.

Even the OnePlus One wasn’t supported for that long in the grand scheme of things.

[vagrant pagoda]

and cat is coming out with a new one q1 26 which will be nice

the 22 is getting slow

[nimble arch]

Apple are considerably better with OS updates and I just don’t get why the Android ecosystem still has this problem in 2026..

[wheat plume]

Pixel have 7 years of Android updates and 8 years of security updates now

So your pixel 10 that came with android 15 is gonna get Android 22

[tribal dirge]

Less of a Google problem and more of an "everyone else" problem tbh

[nimble arch]

Even Windows laptops and desktops from several OEMs suffer this same problem. 1-2 years of driver and firmware updates.

[leaden kiln]

didn’t we just get an update for the iphone 5s

[wheat plume]

Security patch yes I think

[tribal dirge]

Yeah security fix

Which is good

[wheat plume]

Still same iOS but security updated

[frozen ingot]

you don't really need more recent versions

[wheat plume]

Yeh
The only other brand with good update support is Samsung

[leaden kiln]

yeah that’s preferable
Imagine how well ios26 would run on a 5s

[wheat plume]

It barely runs good on the iPhone 15s we have at work

[frozen ingot]

shame their hardware is hot garbage

[wheat plume]

Or the new 16E

[wheat plume]

I like the hardware
The UI is gross though

[tribal dirge]

Oh yeah exynos is horrible

[ashen spindle]

why do I not believe that

[frozen ingot]

I haven't had a single assmung product in any category that hasn't failed partially or fully within 2 years of use

[wheat plume]

It doesn't feel like 60fps when scrolling and there is some animation lag when opening control center

[ashen spindle]

okay so your workplace fucks something up with custom tools or similar

[wheat plume]

It might be because we have a shit ton of corporate software on them .....

[frozen ingot]

even my ipad mini 2 from fucking 2015 runs pretty smoothly

and that thing shouldn't even be alive by modern electronics standards

[tribal dirge]

That is likely the reason why

[vapid ruin]

oh man, you make me scared of my s23 failing

[frozen ingot]

I'd put more trust in chinese phones than assmung honestly

[tribal dirge]

YMTC and CXMT please save us

[wheat plume]

be Google
Make Pixel phones
Only one of two Android phone makers that offer 7 years of updates

Use pathetically small battery capacity in your phone that won't last even 3 years
Claim that physical capacity doesn't matter because you have AI to learn users usage habits and extend battery life

[frozen ingot]

google bad

[leaden kiln]

I bet the pixel 10a will run that extra years software well if using the same soc as the 9a

[tribal dirge]

Also their own Tensor SoC is horrible

They should just use Qcom

[wheat plume]

Yeh for sure
But the battery capacity won't last

My friends 6a lasts maybe 3 hours at most now

[frozen ingot]

shit happens when half the OS is spyware that constantly phones home

[wheat plume]

Ye...

[unkempt lake]

My "old" 14 pro is buttery smooth

[lunar elm]

My 3 year 14p with like 75% bat health is starting to lag

[unkempt lake]

get the battery replaced

[lunar elm]

Whats yours at?

[unkempt lake]

88

Runs nice and smooth

[lunar elm]

yeah I feel like Im running on old worn tires

[frozen ingot]

I have a regular 13 and it runs fine even with the latest liquid ass ios

[heady hazel]

my iphone 12 on a 73% battery still runs mostly fine only the camera is glitching at times not really a concern

[leaden kiln]

@tribal dirge got one

[vapid ruin]

what macbook?

[leaden kiln]

certainly well used, the keyboard is glossy lol

[leaden kiln]

M1 Pro

[vapid ruin]

very nice

[leaden kiln]

my old windows laptop had a touch screen so I tried to click some things on the screen in setup lol

[vapid ruin]

lmao, hopefully next macbook pro have touchscreen and better cooler

[leaden kiln]

I don’t think I’ll miss the touchscreen
just gonna take a day to get used to it

[vagrant pagoda]

touchscreen macos? fam got jokes.

[vapid ruin]

it'll be nice for rhythm game

[tribal dirge]

Fireeeee

[tribal dirge]

Give it a nice cleaning and it should look nice

[nimble arch]

M5 Pro etc refresh is due soon

[wheat plume]

Oo that screen needs a wipe xd

[nimble arch]

M6 models are also due this year but upgraded to the same tandem OLED panel in the iPad Pro

I eagerly await going from a 16" M1 Pro to a 14" M6 Pro for that juicy OLED goodness... plus it'll be lighter.

[vapid ruin]

yesh yesh

[nimble arch]

Although I could wait out for the OLED MacBook Air in 2027

[wheat plume]

Found a cool music player that uses Material Expressive design 💜

[frozen ingot]

notchbook pro

[leaden kiln]

I may be crazy but I like the look of the notch

[lyric hatch]

My 16" M1 Pro still going strong

[vapid ruin]

oh yeah, what config and how's the battery?

[tribal dirge]

lots of people are still holding onto their M1 macs, they're just that good

they age much more gracefully than a lot of windows laptops LMAO

[frozen ingot]

well windows laptops have windows on them so

[leaden kiln]

14” 16/512 I think and 88% battery health

[frozen ingot]

its already a pretty awful user experience right out of the box

[leaden kiln]

Coming from an elitebook with a 7th gen i7

[vapid ruin]

fr, after M2 was released iirc, I replaced my windows laptop 2 times cause the previous one kept getting slower.

now hopefully on macbook, I can use these for more than 2 years

[tribal dirge]

given how well M1 holds up today despite being a 1st gen chip speaks volumes as to how good Apple silicon macs are.

kind of crazy to think that M1 came out almost 6 years ago

[reef patrol]

Again - You already asked in #💬│general and have answers. Stop crossposting please 😛

@ paky

[austere spade]

oh ok

[wheat plume]

HAH one of the video slides on the Steam Controller store page has googly eyes on the thumbsticks :') thats so silly AND I LOVE IT

[leaden kiln]

cleaned up decent but the keyboard is just glossy

[old marlin]

the notch 💀

also macbooks not having faceid but touchid is kinda funny

would be much more sensibly to have touchid on phones and faceid on laptops

[leaden kiln]

I like it this way

would be nice to have faceid as an option on the laptops too though

I prefer faceid over touchid on phones at least

[frozen ingot]

faceid is kinda jank still

every so often it'll still ask for a password

[tribal dirge]

Ah rip

[tribal dirge]

That's just an Apple thing, it will ask for your password periodically just in case

[heady hazel]

yes it does it on iphone aswell

[tribal dirge]

Or when it previously detected a face that it did not recognize

It asks for a password as well

[leaden kiln]

yeah samsung asks for you to confirm your screen lock sometimes too, either just misses occasionally too though

[tribal dirge]

Yeah

[lyric hatch]

MacBook pro with the tandem OLED would be pretty nice

The m1 mini led holds up pretty well though

[tribal dirge]

Oh ofc

They've been using miniled for a while

Ever since their 2020 iPad Pro and Pro Display XDR

[nimble arch]

Soon™

[vapid ruin]

and touch screen!

[nimble arch]

That’s probably staying an iPad feature

[lyric hatch]

Yeah apple isn't putting a touch screen on the macbook

[leaden kiln]

bruh I might return this to the seller lol
they list the condition as like new, and aside from the keyboard being completely glossy there’s also marks on the screen

[frozen ingot]

its pretty annoying at times

you can unlock it with your face and 2 minutes later it asks for password

[tribal dirge]

Yeah they'd have to redesign the whole OS to make it touch friendly

A lot of their UI elements are small making them easy to point at with a mouse rather than a fat finger.

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/IJaJ0pwdqUU

DELL CAMINO is a great name XD

[somber coral]

im in the mood for burning money anyone have recs for palm/claw mice for 19.5x11.5cm hands

[warm ore]

StormBreaker Max CF perhaps

[iron wave]

I really messed up their graph, somehow.

[empty wren]

Goofy ahh windows sleep bug

[frozen ingot]

been a while since I saw a classic post screen like that

[iron wave]

AMD systems tend to do that.

Weird that an Intel one did it.

[empty wren]

Had to hard shut it down

[iron wave]

I just meant the AMI screen.

[empty wren]

Ah

[untold dock]

can someone help me with my keyboard

[ashen spindle]

#1019755933959733258

[lunar elm]

as in their sleep bug or the ami screen appearing

my asrock and msi mpower never got the ami screen on am5

my asus b860i however does get it whenever theres an issue

[untold dock]

help me then

[ashen spindle]

got no idea can only tell you what the right place is

[untold dock]

https://tenor.com/view/tony-stark-iron-man-stark-industries-age-of-ultron-gif-19489613

[empty wren]

Nah the display refused to wake up

In fact windows was in some odd state quite unresponsive

[lunar elm]

when in doubt pull the

[empty wren]

Eh...

[lunar elm]

https://tenor.com/view/fuck-microsoft-fuck-microsoft-john-malkovich-malkovich-gif-24980256

[empty wren]

I just use the power button

Which typically is a hibernate button for me

[untold dock]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-purple-truth-nuke-purple-nuke-purple-homer-simpson-gif-17624421010525153315

[lunar elm]

using msteams rn and having their stupid authenticator shit needing to fucking request 2fa everytime is stupid

like tfym i cant access assignments on my PC

[iron wave]

https://tenor.com/view/linus-nvidia-fuck-you-nvidia-linux-linus-torvalds-gif-5267420752109892596

[alpine patio]

bruh thats what im saying

my phone broke and i just couldnt use the email and msteams for more than a week

and msteams dont even work half the time

[lunar elm]

using msteams is sometimes just infuriating

[umbral heron]

MS Teams is a piece of junk and whoever is working on it should be punished by locking them down in pillory on the city centre, so all people can punish them as they see fit, medieval punishment for medieval crime

[crimson wigeon]

True, they should just give AI full control of its development

[analog sinew]

it might actually listen to users for once

[lunar elm]

https://tenor.com/view/anger-inside-out-gif-12268326413793699462

[frozen ingot]

refuse employment where ms teams is used

[lunar elm]

https://tenor.com/view/maçavras1-gif-16101498646883457546

[leaden kiln]

I tried to see if I could get some service for my old samsung phone, but their website was impossible to navigate and I could not get a quote or find any information at all, and now they're sending me spam mail

[frozen ingot]

sounds like assmung alright

[austere spade]

Anyone know how much is the shipping time in Eu?

[leaden kiln]

you get an estimate in the wooting hub or from your mail service

[austere spade]

do u get it when u receive the mail that the order has been shipped?

[crimson wigeon]

You can see it in the hub https://hub.wooting.io if it has already been shipped check the tracking link

[slender parrot]

hh

[forest steeple]

My husband just bought a pre assembled key board with one space bar and now wants the split bar how do I cancel the order

[analog sinew]

go to the hub and cancel https://hub.wooting.io/auth/login

make an account with the order email used

[forest steeple]

Yea I did option to cancel is greyed out he placed the order last night and the status is that it’s being packed. I send email and they are telling me to place it on hold but there is no option for that

[distant lily]

hello i need some help, ive had my wooting for about 3-4months and the space bar had all of a sudden started to play up, i have deep cleaned it and everything and for some reason it goes down and just sticks down, and if it doesnt it wont got down at all

[smoky parrot]

Contact support right now and ask to cancel

Also make a thread in #1019755933959733258 maybe a staff member will read it (though this is a longshot as no official support outside tickets is garantueed)

[gentle sluice]

you've probs spilt something down there

[dry sail]

my f5 key isn't lighting up on inferno but it is working on seawave but I want inferno

[latent mural]

Anyone know if Fortnite bans SOCD?

[sudden imp]

https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out

[halcyon moss]

wow

[fair gull]

https://archive.ph/PqusV

to avoid any read blocks

[analog sinew]

???

oh

thought you were lana for a sec

[vapid ruin]

aww

[nimble arch]

https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally

The official press release

[analog sinew]

yknow im kind of conflicted on this thing

on one hand yeah totally need to get kids off this shit

on the other hand urgh gov overreach and tracking

[sudden imp]

they had a data breach a couple months ago where government I.D.s were exposed

[fair gull]

Private status: A user’s age verification status cannot be seen by other users.
but a few lines later
Age-gated Spaces – Only users who are age-assured as adults will be able to access age-restricted channels, servers, and app commands.

so you can tell.... very easily

same for Stage Restrictions: Only age-assured adults may speak on stage in servers.

[vapid ruin]

why is that a requirement?

[fair gull]

i dont even believe the selfie videos are device only....

if true that means you can just fake whatever the selfie video thing does

aka it doesnt do jack

[sudden imp]

jack

[fair gull]

dont ask me ask discord

[thorny viper]

time to selfhost a teamspeak server ig

and a mastodon instance

[fair gull]

time to go to Revolt

[sudden imp]

has discord IPO'd yet?

[frozen ingot]

goodbye 90% of discords userbase

[ashen spindle]

its not a general discord user limit

its for age restricted channels

[fair gull]

and stage channels

and other stuff

[analog sinew]

no more best settings fortnite

[deft sapphire]

it might be over

[fair gull]

    Content Filters: Discord users will need to be age-assured as adults in order to unblur sensitive content or turn off the setting.
    Age-gated Spaces – Only users who are age-assured as adults will be able to access age-restricted channels, servers, and app commands. 
    Message Request Inbox: Direct messages from people a user may not know are routed to a separate inbox by default, and access to modify this setting is limited to age-assured adult users.
    Friend Request Alerts: People will receive warning prompts for friend requests from users they may not know.
    Stage Restrictions: Only age-assured adults may speak on stage in servers.

[frozen ingot]

best guide for deleting discord account soon

[ashen spindle]

yeah so age restricted channels and other parts that barely matter

[frozen ingot]

discord already has my card details bc of server boosts

[deft sapphire]

but what will they do in the future once everyone forgot about this I wonder

[frozen ingot]

if that's not enough they can go f themselves

[distant tapir]

Yet

[ashen spindle]

like if they dont set my account as 18+ nothing changes for me, I dont think I use any age restriced channel

[fair gull]

i know you do

[frozen ingot]

I do in some servers

[sudden imp]

What about the goon server

But it’s just stupid this whole crackdown on making the internet more inaccessibleis ridiculous

[frozen ingot]

corpos trying hard to kill any human activity online

it'll really be 99% ai bots in a couple years if they keep going like this

[vapid ruin]

we have to goon elsewhere

[vapid ruin]

if it reach terminal point we'll be back to wild west of the internet while the 'old net' is riddled with old/secret knowledge and AI roaming around.

[sudden imp]

Why interact on the internet when ai can do it for you

[frozen ingot]

yes interact with our chatbots instead

they can tell you everything a simple human can't

who needs real people when you can let a corporation host your friendships

[vapid ruin]

*Someone's basement that's filled with 3090

[magic minnow]

[umbral heron]

[alpine patio]

i mean

[umbral heron]

Time to send a screenshot from video game

[alpine patio]

considering how shit discord has been for these issues

i think its kinda good

hopefully their security isnt ass tho

[sudden imp]

Inb4 I send a photo of Joel from the last of us

[smoky parrot]

I don't think it's good at all for me

[smoky parrot]

For teens it's good but I have no solution either so w/e IG

[sudden imp]

I just see this somehow royally backfiring

[smoky parrot]

I hate having to verify my age, but I understand the need for it

Mostly because I hate un-anonymising myself to companies

[sudden imp]

We may be going back to steam voice chats @umbral heron

[smoky parrot]

And no, their word does not quite suffice for me

[alpine patio]

both instance of cybersecurity is something discord needs

for data and children

[unkempt lake]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/hack-age-verification-firm-discord-users-id-photos

🤣

[alpine patio]

is that the one that zendesk was hacked

tho it is weird why discord needed to send so much data to them

[frozen ingot]

yeah am hoping there will be enough backlash from this for them to realize their stupidity and backpedal before its even implemented

why should people give up their data to yet another actor with shit tier security

[ashen spindle]

I mean its very simple, someone will just see if discord actually does the scan local and doesnt phone it home then you cant really have it be exposed

[alpine patio]

yea

its like a good idea by a person with a bad track record

also its not like opting out of it, u cant use discord

this isnt egregious imo

[unkempt lake]

You're funny

Imagine thinking the backlash will matter

[frozen ingot]

um yeah it has on several occasions in the past

[unkempt lake]

Every damn country is going to force this shit on us

[frozen ingot]

all these companies care about is money, if they lose it they'll change their minds real quick

[unkempt lake]

Lol

[ashen spindle]

we shouldn't push for a removal we should push for a verification system that doesnt risk your data

[frozen ingot]

this is not something a country is pushing yet, they are doing it on their own merits atm

[alpine patio]

maybe its just because my country already has this and its implemented well

so im kinda ok for this if they execute it well

[unkempt lake]

Tell me what money would they lose by you not using it

Compared to the money they'd lose in government fines and lawsuits

[frozen ingot]

not me, but whoever pays for their nitro crap

[ashen spindle]

less money lost than if payment processors stop working

[frozen ingot]

again, there is no gov forcing this on them yet, they're just trying to be ahead of the curve

[unkempt lake]

That too

[unkempt lake]

Let me think... uk, australia, france, denmark,...

[frozen ingot]

do you have official statements they're going after discord?

[ashen spindle]

even imgur is banned in the uk because they arent compliant and the hub isn't available in france

[unkempt lake]

Discord is a social media platform... and included in those bills....

Literally all the ban for under 16s from social media bills include discord

[ashen spindle]

you dont need to wait for a letter from a government to know you are impacted by legal changes, that would be too late in most cases and cause fines

[frozen ingot]

welp they can enjoy losing more than half their userbase then

[unkempt lake]

They won't

[ashen spindle]

if you dont use 18+ channels the change will do basically nothing to you

[frozen ingot]

which a lot of people do

[ashen spindle]

not even close to half of the users

[unkempt lake]

Eventually the rules will get hardened to fit the different local laws

[frozen ingot]

if this is remotely successful its naive of you to think its going to stop at just age-restricted parts of social media

[unkempt lake]

Oh it's not

I'm just saying it already works

Why do you think every damn government wants to regulate this

Why do you think we're seeing regulations about vpns

It already was successful lol

[frozen ingot]

well you know what they're saying about boiling the frog

push too hard and it explodes

[ashen spindle]

yeah but as much as you dont want a total government overreach its not great having 0 control about age limited stuff either

[frozen ingot]

its overreach everything these days, not just from government

[unkempt lake]

Most of the population and basically every political party agrees with it

[frozen ingot]

because the population is too stupid to realize what they are agreeing with

[ashen spindle]

yeah but you cant say everything is overreach and thus there should be 0 regulation

there is an ideal midpoint, that will never be reached, but it would be much better trying to get there rather than be at 0 or 100

[frozen ingot]

as usual once people realize they've been had its too late

[unkempt lake]

And seeing shit like the patriot act there's way much worse shit that people agree with

We have our own version of it now in canada

[ashen spindle]

like every single csam act is overreaching but that doesnt mean we should just let everything on the internet be unregulated

[unkempt lake]

Warrantless electronic searches

[frozen ingot]

I'm not advocating zero regulation

[unkempt lake]

And people were for this

People wanted this

[frozen ingot]

but proposing more privacy invasive and data collecting vulnerable to leaks and cyber attacks is the most smoothbrain approach there is

[ashen spindle]

what is your alternative then?

[frozen ingot]

and shows a fundamental misunderstanding how the technology works

its been kind of a disaster in the uk so far

[unkempt lake]

People will never take personal responsibility

[alpine patio]

lowk uk is a terrible example

[frozen ingot]

its one of the only examples we got so far

[alpine patio]

their programme was badly done

we have this in singapore

its done really well

[unkempt lake]

Public support remains at 70% even after

[alpine patio]

its generally accepted as a needed thing

just how well they do it

[frozen ingot]

again, they're too smoothbrain to understand how terrible the implementation is

[alpine patio]

im pretty sure uk just sold the project to a third party to implement

[ashen spindle]

but the issue isn't the implementation, the issue is if we can trust discord if they are honest about the implementation

[alpine patio]

and did not know wtf was going on

[unkempt lake]

It's not just old people it's young people too

[ashen spindle]

if you do a check on your pc locally, there isn't any data that could be leaked from that

[unkempt lake]

Young parents dont want to have to parent

[frozen ingot]

young people can also be technologically illiterate

[ashen spindle]

the issue is can we trust discord to actually keep it local

[unkempt lake]

They blame social media playforms they grew up on rather than their own parents

Who failed at parenting

[nimble arch]

We've already seen the negative consequences of the internet being incredibly accessible but unregulated. There's issues to resolve regarding tech literacy but equally, a myriad of platforms and vendors are not doing enough.

[unkempt lake]

But yes we live in a world where the government is expected to parent

[frozen ingot]

we already discussing moving to element/matrix in my most used server

[unkempt lake]

Is sucks but there's no changing it

[nimble arch]

Valve, for example, should get the book thrown at them just about everywhere for doing basically nothing. The community functions are outright awful at times, not to mention zero real enforcement of age ratings (plus they sell unrated games in many regions).

[unkempt lake]

Unless you're nerds... people won't

Night furry porn channel in matrix 👀

[frozen ingot]

I never want to hear the shitty "we're protecting the children" excuse from the political elite ever again after the epstein files got revealed

[unkempt lake]

Fucking knew ir

[frozen ingot]

they don't give a flying fuck, its about control and always has been

[ashen spindle]

So if you say you’re not wanting 0 regulation but think this is about control what’s your solution

[alpine patio]

thats just the us tho

[frozen ingot]

I never said I had solutions

just that this is just another powergrab from these vampires

[ashen spindle]

So what’s the issue with the current version they are rolling out?

Because if it’s locally there isn’t much to control or leak about

[frozen ingot]

I could accept this on one condition, that we get total and full transparancy of what goes on in every politicians workday, all day every day

[nimble arch]

Sure, it'll be incredibly sus if Discord start mass flagging left-wing and LGBT servers as "NSFW".

[frozen ingot]

they should be able to do zero things behind closed doors

[alpine patio]

nsfw channels are controlled by server owners no?

[nimble arch]

I meant flagging them as NSFW solely due to the topic

[alpine patio]

they do that?

[nimble arch]

No, not yet at least.

But my statement had an "if" in it

[alpine patio]

oh ic

[nimble arch]

IF

[fickle ore]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-reportedly-preparing-z990-and-z970-chipsets-for-nova-lake-s-desktop-cpus

Next upgrade :3

[frozen ingot]

its an adult only server where all kinds of topics are discussed, and yes there's also some lewd content channels but idc about those

there's an entire internets worth of that stuff so there's little point in looking for it on discord imo

[crimson wigeon]

Can't wait for nothing to come out of this, people will just verify their ages and that'll be that

[frozen ingot]

my account is already approaching a decade old

[fickle ore]

how do u even verify age with face

cant be legal for AI to check my wrinkle volume and depth

[frozen ingot]

I'll just try with a videogame character or something when time comes

if they don't like it tough shit, guess I'll be spending a lot less time on this platform

[nimble arch]

My Discord account was made when the platform was under 6 months old. I'm a Discord Boomer

[unkempt lake]

I have a feel like it won't apply to nitro users

Cuz payment methods 🤔

[frozen ingot]

hello IRC my old friend, I've come to install you again

jk I never stopped using irc

[nimble arch]

The Nitro stuff didn't apply for me when they enforced it in the UK

If that's anything to go by, enter your ID or no Discord gooning for you.

[unkempt lake]

Nico got hit by it a bit ago despite living in canada for years

Cuz well his account was created in denmark

[frozen ingot]

haven't gotten any id checks from any platform yet

guess this will be the first

[unkempt lake]

Literally he's on a canadian ip

The same ip im on

Has been for years and they enforced it based on country of creation

[frozen ingot]

denmark used to be kinda based but they are giving that up

[unkempt lake]

And his account is even older than mine

[sudden imp]

https://tenor.com/view/inugami-korone-snapped-vapourized-vaporized-obliterated-gif-24729500

[unkempt lake]

But yeah he just did it cuz he got angy

Imagine being locked out of your own server

[nimble arch]

Gooner server owner?

[unkempt lake]

dunno im not in it

He just said he got locked out of his own server

Didnt really think muchbabout it

[nimble arch]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-james-doakes-surprise-mf-can't-prove-it-gif-7408854170742055240

[unkempt lake]

Was like a month ago?

Ish?

[unkempt lake]

Hey i ain't gonna snoop on his shit i'm respectful

[nimble arch]

I'm just taking the piss anyway

[unkempt lake]

https://tenor.com/view/james-doakes-doakes-curious-suspicious-questioning-gif-14390669560130901665

[unkempt lake]

i'll go next to him and stare at him like this now

Brb @nimble arch

[frozen ingot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/911576483418501131/1470528097848791091/image.png?ex=698b9f83&is=698a4e03&hm=b8ee68a2f903e31a9de355d6ed0c7eb55a59c9646c4efe57da61c94fa7359370&

aaaaaaaaand they're hacked again

https://tenor.com/view/champoy-el-risitas-kek-issou-etu-gif-17837830

[ashen spindle]

no

its the same previous one

its just a clickbait headline

[frozen ingot]

that's true

give them time

[ashen spindle]

again, if the claim is true that its local verification there is nothing that can be breached

[frozen ingot]

what does local verification even mean though

they must still see your details to verify do they not

[ashen spindle]

it means the verification is done locally on your pc

without sending data to any server

[frozen ingot]

but how can they ensure you don't just easily fake it then

just using an ai face scanner and hoping for the best?

[ashen spindle]

because they can just have the tool for that running on your pc

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-the-neat-part-that's-the-neat-thing-that's-the-thing-invincible-omni-man-gif-7277187862328919884

[frozen ingot]

doesn't sound very trustworthy on their end

[ashen spindle]

yes its not a check against an existing database so it can be tricked and wont be perfect

[frozen ingot]

but rather that then having them store a bunch of crap

[umbral heron]

Not like they care - they just do that because governments were whining, they make a check, how accurate is it they don't care

[ashen spindle]

thats why I kept saying its not a big deal and the issue isn't with the data but if they are being truthful about it being local

[frozen ingot]

yeah sounds like the lowest effort bandaid to try and please users and politicians

read that the fine print says discord can still manually access those videos for second verification when in doubt though

[fickle ore]

https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/cpus-are-back-the-datacenter-cpu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5zbs9a&triedRedirect=true

[tropic condor]

on the off chance anyone here knows, has process based profile switching been being worked on? i remember this being talked about and i rlly dont see how it could be very hard to implement given there is a profile switching button and a background service
this feature would be amazing and would let me justify the fact this costed 200 usd compared to something like an mchose ace68 pro...
thanks guys 🙂

nevermind haha

also can i mention that open source background service would be SO cool, people would be able to do so much with it

[lyric hatch]

Would be very cool when all the effort Wooting put into it gets instantly copy and pasted by competitors

[tropic condor]

hmm

yea true

[tropic condor]

there really is no way to let people be creative without either adding huge overhead to the bg service or this..

well people do al;ready do some amazing things so ig nothings really stopping them lol

[lyric hatch]

Can add ways to integrate without being fully open source

[unkempt lake]

Competitors already have their own shit anyways that they spent way too much miney on, they wouldn't drop it for an open source alternative

[pale sigil]

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Discord staff response

[iron wave]

Vacuum company announces massive car with suicide doors.

Wild.

[rough osprey]

rolls royce makes vacuums?

[iron wave]

This is apparently Dreame not Rolls Royce.

[rough osprey]

bruh

[iron wave]

Kind of ugly.

[rough osprey]

chinese cars 😬

[iron wave]

The car is kind of cool looking. It's supposed to be 1876 HP.

[rough osprey]

whats the name

[iron wave]

Nebula 1.

[rough osprey]

the new electric hyper car scene do be a bit boring

[iron wave]

I dunno, these things are super cool to me.

Imagine if Lucid made one.

[rough osprey]

they look so generic idk

and electric

the rimac was atleast somewhat new and fresh

[iron wave]

You need minimal drag, four wheels, space for 5he human and space for the go bits. There isn't much room for differences with physics getting in the way.

[rough osprey]

but no one buying those either

[iron wave]

EVs are awesome.

[rough osprey]

oh im not against evs

[iron wave]

Best thing to happen to the auto industry in a long time.

Performance, efficiency and silence.

[rough osprey]

I would want electric to be the standard for most normal cars

but for expensive, sporty ones it just seems boring

[iron wave]

I don't understand how so much power is boring.

[rough osprey]

bc just having power is kinda boring

[iron wave]

My Chevy Bolt is so much fun tl drive and that's a cheap EV with only 200 HP.

I need more.

[lunar elm]

evs are basically the ARM equivalent tbh

[iron wave]

?

[lunar elm]

ICE you can relate to x86 probs

[rough osprey]

😭

[iron wave]

But they are both RISC on the inside now.

[cerulean arch]

Finally Ampinel released and i immediately ordered one earlier today

[dull hollow]

i like the feeling of driving a car with an engine
evs feel too weird for me

not really sure how to describe it

feels like something is missing

[sinful quest]

the vroom is missing

[dull hollow]

ik some evs make artifical car sounds but its... i find it worse than not having it at all

[sinful quest]

they honestly suck, it's not just the "sound" it's the vroom. you feel the vroom

[dull hollow]

no matter how many EVs ive been in, the lack of some sort of sound or even just vibrations in some cases coming from an engine always throws me off

[heady hazel]

how is this

[cerulean arch]

Slow

[umbral heron]

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/02/fake-7-zip-downloads-are-turning-home-pcs-into-proxy-nodes

[umbral heron]

[sullen bear]

Crazy yoy %

[warm osprey]

Are there any Wooting keyboards that have macro keys like the Razer BlackWidow Chroma V2? I've used that razer keyboard for so long it became second nature to reach the macro keys with my pinkie

picture of what I'm referencing

[reef patrol]

Dedicated keys? No. But you can rebind literally any key - No extensive macro support without third party apps though like AutoHotkey

[warm osprey]

darn. would you atleast have any suggestions of keyboards that have dedicated keys that match what I'm looking for?

[reef patrol]

Considering I work for Wooting, that would be kind of counterproductive.

[warm osprey]

true lol

[marsh glade]

Just get a few UwU's 😉

[warm osprey]

idk if an uwu could fit like 1 centimeter to the left of a ctrl key, I got really used to using the dedicated macro keys on that razer keyboard for a loong time, I suppose I could just get one of those mice that have a ton of buttons on the side for my thumb if I have to

[umbral heron]

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/compilers_undermine_encryption/

[old marlin]

https://blackdrop.net/projects/xteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

just buy this

[frozen ingot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/911576483418501131/1470740742086463488/image.png?ex=698c658d&is=698b140d&hm=58f38c6a55fc4aa632d7e2e7087c0e50cc06653d3fd0bf2c054e53f14567a546&

I guess am safe then

I basically only play old geezer type games

[reef patrol]

Discord has analyzed your messages, and has concluded you are UNC

[analog sinew]

does playing minecraft make you old or young

[frozen ingot]

both

[umbral heron]

[reef patrol]

Recruits 45 Imps

[umbral heron]

Recruits 1.3k Liches

If AI will analyze my profile I'll be like in middle 50s

[ashen spindle]

you can check what discord thinks

request your data and search for the estimated_age vectors

[umbral heron]

I'll try

[smoky parrot]

I requested it too

[frozen ingot]

where do you request that

[umbral heron]

User Settings > Data and Privacy

[ashen spindle]

changes over time so you can plot estimated age and gender that discord guesses for you

[frozen ingot]

they need to harvest the data it says

[umbral heron]

yeah, their raspberry pi which processes data put you in queue

[crude steeple]

when am i going to get my dpd number bruh ive ordered it on friday

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bof8TkZkr1I

[halcyon moss]

i understand all of this.

[marsh glade]

I all of this

But no understand

[azure otter]

😭

[magic minnow]

Is the UK to blame for the whole thing going on with Discord wanting selfies and stuff?

[nimble arch]

No

[umbral heron]

They can't really colonize and cause mayhem with navy, so they do so by legislation

[nimble arch]

Multiple countries have passed legislation already, many before the UK, plus more is coming.

[umbral heron]

Over 3M signatures for not introducing Online Safety Act, they did so anyway
First picture on Wikipedia page for invertebrate should be Keir Starmer's photo

[nimble arch]

The petition system we have in the UK is stupid

You can enter any UK postcode and your signature counts

I’ll take it seriously when we actually have a digital ID and tie making/signing petitions to that system.

[umbral heron]

You don't have like GOV.UK One Login system? That'd work

[nimble arch]

It links to very little currently

[umbral heron]

That's standard here, if you want to do anything, even sign a petition, you need a Trusted Profile, which is connected to your main ID or passport

[nimble arch]

Although that system is very new

It’ll take time

The GOV.UK app is pretty decent for the few things you can access through it.

[marsh glade]

Hold up... You want an ID verification system to confirm your vote against an ID verification system?

[nimble arch]

No, I want the UK government petition website to have some form of verification that isn’t just enter an email/postcode.

Linking access to the GOV.UK One Login system wouldn’t be a bad idea IMHO.

[magic minnow]

I might try out Matrix

[sudden imp]

ah yes, my government wants me to sign a petition only using their approved petition system

[umbral heron]

That's okay, just that, you know... when they say they'll debate on it they should, and not only go "yeah, nah..."

[nimble arch]

It’s run by parliament and you’re guaranteed a response for 10k signatures as well as a debate at 100k

[frozen ingot]

we have what's called bankid here, you use it to login to basically every gov service and a lot of payment services

[sudden imp]

me when the government tells me whats in my best interest

[sudden imp]

from what i've seen it looks like they see it, acklowedge you don't like it, and then tell you to go fuck yourself.

[frozen ingot]

having to ID myself online isn't really what I object to, its where that data may potentially end up

I don't trust some random foreign company to have as stringent data laws as we have here, even if it can of course get hacked/leaked here as well

[tropic sundial]

everything about where we live is a joke

[frozen ingot]

looking at the UK these days its more like the united skid row

[tropic sundial]

uk is pretty much a skid mark on the planet

[dull hollow]

US is a clownfest

[tropic sundial]

and im 99% sure from a meme john posted a couple weeks back he is in the same town as me

[sudden imp]

got your gooning loicense mate

[frozen ingot]

yeah uk and us small towns look pretty similar

[sudden imp]

its all so fucked rn (everywhere)

[frozen ingot]

all boarded up and decaying

[tropic sundial]

vpns exist

[tropic sundial]

this is most of my town yeah

[dull hollow]

“the elections are rigged!” - he says while rigging the elections

[frozen ingot]

sadge

[dull hollow]

[nimble arch]

It’s not too bad here

Perks of being a commuter town for London

[tropic sundial]

run down buildings that get burned down for insurance money

[frozen ingot]

even london suburbs are starting to look like that

[nimble arch]

The gentrification is happening though.

[tropic sundial]

john i swear your in the same town as me tho

and if you are, run 😭

[nimble arch]

I hate where I live, kinda

It’s not that bad in the grand scheme of things

[tropic sundial]

if it begins with a H, amen.

[nimble arch]

I could live in Hull or Great Yarmouth…

[tropic sundial]

[nimble arch]

I don’t, I’m just existing somewhere in Essex

[tropic sundial]

oh so not too too bad then

[umbral heron]

Oh, so Spanish

[frozen ingot]

am quite sure essex is in the uk

[ashen spindle]

why does that make 3/3 uk ff players that I know that live in essex

[frozen ingot]

I knew a few uk folks here, they all basically said they never want to return

[tropic sundial]

essex isnt too bad, its just the whole of the uk is a stain

so it kinda has a knock on effect

[frozen ingot]

when they visit relatives back home they get hit with depression seeing the state of things

[tropic sundial]

sounds about right honestly

[nimble arch]

What

[tropic sundial]

if i were to leave the uk and revisit relatives id be depressed too

[frozen ingot]

people have a tendency of voting against their own interests

[sinful quest]

I would take my depression with me

[tropic sundial]

idk why anybody even bothers voting anymore

its always the same stuff just rehashed with different words

[nimble arch]

This is a negative behaviour

You should vote

[tropic sundial]

nah

[frozen ingot]

there's so much class shaming in uk society from what I've been told

it seems to hold back so much progress

[tropic sundial]

havent voted a single time in the years ive been able to so

[frozen ingot]

tbh voting kinda feels increasingly pointless in many democracies

but I still do it

[nimble arch]

We have an entire genre of TV that’s just “poverty porn”

[frozen ingot]

yeah I've seen a few of them

[nimble arch]

Making people feel good about themselves because someone poorer can’t afford their loan repayments.

[frozen ingot]

actually crazy how its acceptable, let alone so popular

[tropic sundial]

Its interesting to watch and see, but its still very shitty to actually make a thing

[unkempt lake]

E-SEX?

[tropic sundial]

close enough

[frozen ingot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/911576483418501131/1470811090442129630/image.png?ex=698ca712&is=698b5592&hm=e2b1a743b6ea72ddfe33e1078a514832b8790b761d4e5c3c3ae1de818d0357e2&

[heady hazel]

they have their own gimp man

[tropic sundial]

wdym? im a little out of it today

[heady hazel]

well its just a gimp man that runs around and donating money when folks take a selfie with him , supposedly hes a chill guy who just runs around in latex

[tropic sundial]

ok NOW im following lmfao

[sudden imp]

im fine with it, I do think age locking stage is stupid though

its silly sure

but as long as it seems to be that case of not necessary unless gooning then fine

[tropic sundial]

apparently xbox is soon to put age verification in place too?

or they might have already done it, not too sure

[sudden imp]

gone are the days of unregulated xbox live

[heady hazel]

i mean there is no way in hell ill give a smut site my id

[sudden imp]

oh for sure

[heady hazel]

genuinely i think parents should just do their job and check what their kids do online why should adults suffer because parents are not doing the bare minimum?

[tropic sundial]

Smut site wrapped 2026

[tropic sundial]

i second this

[heady hazel]

ah yes lets put ids on the respectable sites so the young folks go to the most depraved sites hosted wherever they dont care..

[tropic sundial]

the logic never seems to work

[nimble arch]

I have never heard of this

[heady hazel]

i have stumbled upon an article , he seems like a cool dude who just wants to collect money for mental wellbeeing projects

[ashen spindle]

parents havent properly done their job since uh, forever

the same way you cant say buying alcohol at a store doesnt need an id because parents should do their job

[heady hazel]

i mean that depends , here you can buy alcohol at age 16

[ashen spindle]

that still needs an age proof then

[heady hazel]

i mean id argue that smut is not as deadly as alcohol poisoning, protecting the kids is just a convenient scapegoat to get you to fork over your personal info online

because if you argue against it your the wierd one

[ashen spindle]

sure lets say 18+ rate hardcore gore movie cds at the store then instead

[unkempt lake]

Stealing or getting an older fam member to buy it for ya

[heady hazel]

counter argument, instead of going to the normal section the folks that want to see stuff go directly to those hardcore gore movies instead of watching scream

[ashen spindle]

wym directly go there? movie places are also screening id for 18+ movies

and if they do that once they turn 18 sure they can

[heady hazel]

well they will pirate that stuff directly instead of going for the mellow stuff thats what im referencing

[unkempt lake]

You assume the clerks gave a damn

[ashen spindle]

thats not the point on how its done in practice here

[ashen spindle]

as if the average person knows how to pirate a movie

[heady hazel]

uhm yes a teen will know

[tropic sundial]

ive been asked for id at the cinemas before

[ashen spindle]

lmao no

just because theres a lot of them doesnt mean most

todays teens dont even know what a folder is because smartphones no longer use folder structure

[heady hazel]

i mean all teens i know do know how to pirate a movie

[ashen spindle]

you can ALWAYS find a way around thats fine, its not supposed to be a watertight solution

[heady hazel]

its a dumb solution in the first place

[ashen spindle]

sure but there isn't much of a better option available

[unkempt lake]

Only time i have i was a teenager who wanted to see SAW and i just gave the guy an extra 5$ and he let me through lol

[heady hazel]

so you just hand over your id to random sites because the government said so?

[ashen spindle]

not what I said

[tropic sundial]

sounds about right lmao

[ashen spindle]

I said you can't put it all onto parents and not want some form of age verification

[magic minnow]

How do you feel about the Discord identification thing?

[ashen spindle]

the problem with verification is if they use the data on their servers and not either do it locally on your machine or with zero knowledge proof options

[heady hazel]

i mean no but parents do not care one bit these days and thats part of the issue

[ashen spindle]

sure but thats cultural thing, has been an issue for milleniums etc.

[unkempt lake]

It poopy but i doubt theyll change their minds or that people will leave

[tropic sundial]

Majority ruins it for the minority

[ashen spindle]

you cant change that easily and it's not really fair to say little timmy should suck it up because he got shitty parents

[unkempt lake]

My parents didnt give a shit about me its nothing new

[ashen spindle]

you should just not use little timmy as an excuse to then surveil everyone without reason

[heady hazel]

oi you got a loicense for this wank?

[ashen spindle]

but theres steps inbetween, like discord seemingly does it where you dont use your id

[tropic sundial]

Fine the parents money that dont care

[sudden imp]

Oi stawp criminal scum! You sure don’t got be your wanking loicense innit?

[tropic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/josh-breeding-megas-the-megas-gun-gif-23743361

[heady hazel]

i mean i had issues with discord not caring about predators that we sent them with proof of dodgy behaviour so i doubts its doing anything

[magic minnow]

But if it was Nintendo

https://tenor.com/view/isabelle-animal-crossing-mario-backflip-gif-27169535

Dashi irl

[tropic sundial]

i wonder when NttS is gunna make a video on it

[unkempt lake]

Fuck off scammer <@&1098943457654997093>

[unkempt lake]

Nintendo only has 1 social feature and i never used it

[heady hazel]

time to go back to pictochat

[unkempt lake]

Pretty sure it requires an active phone number tho? Or some type of verification on switch

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch-2/switch_2_gamechat_requires_a_phone_number_to_use_verification_by_text_to_registered_to_nintendo_account

Ye it does

You need to be over 16

[unkempt lake]

https://youtu.be/orpgUPNSRPI?si=sZMLxSRiOU4KUWjl

pictochat freaked people out

[heady hazel]

gotta love boomers beeing scared

[tribal dirge]

well its more like they cant teach their children how to not be stupid on the internet and know how to protect themselves

and also do their own access control of IoT devices

[heady hazel]

i never had issues with pictochat as a kid idk

[unkempt lake]

A CHILD MOLESTER COULD DRIVE NEXT TO YOU SEE YOUR CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT AND PICTOCHAT WHILE DRIVING

absolute gem at 2:52

[gusty kiln]

It's fine for valve to revamp steam chat

[tribal dirge]

or their entire app

for that matter

[heady hazel]

they could also just steal the car with the kid in it really

[unkempt lake]

Then valve gets hit with the same restrictions bu governments

We end up in the same situation

[tribal dirge]

nonzero chance they will in its current form

[unkempt lake]

It never stops

We aint escaping this

Genuinely

[nimble arch]

Valve have already restricted community features for mature games in the UK.

Game sales themselves would be next.

[unkempt lake]

Xbox is being forced to implement it, valve will be next

[tribal dirge]

no yeah every form of social media/instant messaging/VoIP is gonna get regulated according to a lot of the laws put in place by states here in the US at least. with a lot of proposals from states who havent done so already outlining similar regulations.

[nimble arch]

Although I think that’s coming for everyone.

[unkempt lake]

Problem is companies are lazy and dealing with exceptions isn't their thing

So even if your country doesnt have legislation

Example canada where said regulation failed

[heady hazel]

i mean in germany you can not buy smut games even though you are an adult on steam .

[tribal dirge]

ofc they wouldnt, its easier to do a global rollout than a localized one

[unkempt lake]

yep

[tribal dirge]

esp since regulations like these change by the day for some places

[ashen spindle]

I'd argue the problem is countries demanding it before providing a way for someone to verify themselves without risking their id

the EU does something about it but really also shouldn't require limitaitons before that works

[tribal dirge]

face age estimation is at least allowed in the states iirc

[pale sigil]

Why are you calling us a scammer

So mean

[sudden imp]

I think the enitre internet should be run like four chan (JOKE THIS IS A JOKE FEDS)

[ashen spindle]

which only recently started being viable to do locally so before that it also wasnt ideal

[umbral estuary]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s3_WVwuKcw wooting mouse when

[tribal dirge]

ok fair

[unkempt lake]

In minecraft

[tribal dirge]

im very tempted to buy one now

[gusty kiln]

So what features are actually gated behind the ID thing besides 18+ servers

[ashen spindle]

18+ channels, talking on the discord stage feature and uhh something else thats even less relevant

[sudden imp]

it isn't the worst

but the stage feature seems stupid

[gusty kiln]

I only every text chat and talk to my irl friends

[unkempt lake]

Dms discord ai deems sensitive

Like ever sent a meme that discord blocked

[heady hazel]

a lot

[gusty kiln]

Kek I ignore dms 95% of the time

[tribal dirge]

DMS are also regulated, and all media will be scanned and will be age rated.

[heady hazel]

that ai is very bad

[gusty kiln]

Rip to spicy memes

[unkempt lake]

So you dont text chat your friends?

[tribal dirge]

and images deemed mature will be not visible to certain age groups

[unkempt lake]

My memes ):

[gusty kiln]

We actually text through telegram, idk why they decided to use that

[heady hazel]

i wonder if i can still send wierd smut to scammers

[sinful quest]

I wonder what discord think about me

[tribal dirge]

why do you even have smut saved!?

smhsmhsmh

[heady hazel]

well yes i do , i have a whole folder of pictures to send to scammers its mostly rule34 pertaining to lightning mcqueen

[sudden imp]

this is literally 1984

orwell wrote about this

[umbral estuary]

yeah im gonna wait for a revision or two but definitely interested.

[tribal dirge]

-_-, I think thats way worse than furry stuff but wtv LMAOOOO

[gusty kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/predicted-sopranos-tony-soprano-james-gandolfini-quasimodo-gif-8251850505764889197

[tribal dirge]

aye

[marsh glade]

Orwell wrote 1984 as a commentary on society at the time.
We are well beyond his warnings.

[tribal dirge]

oh for sure lmao

[unkempt lake]

KACHOW

[tribal dirge]

literally 1984

[heady hazel]

well i mean it has comedic value

[unkempt lake]

https://tenor.com/view/kachow-cars-lightning-mc-queen-pixar-disney-gif-5931942

[sinful quest]

I don't believe it's just for the scammers tho

[sudden imp]

WHAT

[heady hazel]

dont make me send you a hand drawn image of lightning getting pegged by sally

[nimble arch]

Huh

Y’all need God

[sinful quest]

I do not wanna see this..

[sudden imp]

he has left us

[heady hazel]

well scammers get that picture from me

[marsh glade]

bruh

This conversation has gone too far, move on

[sinful quest]

Keep your fucking cars for you..

[heady hazel]

[unkempt lake]

Why me they're talking about lightning mcqueen being pegged thats way worse

😡

[heady hazel]

in my defense the scammer was posing as the ceo of byd

[nimble arch]

iOS 26.3 should release tonight

[marsh glade]

Move on. Not a request.

[nimble arch]

Yeah, random OS update time.

[heady hazel]

is it any good?

[unkempt lake]

What

[nimble arch]

Some random changes mostly

[gusty kiln]

After running my own unraid server for about a year, new updates on non consumer product scares me

[alpine patio]

what is happening here lol

[unkempt lake]

Whyd it get deleted

[marsh glade]

Because I said move on, and I meant it. Next come timeouts

[unkempt lake]

Its a differeny topic tho

[heady hazel]

do you think airtag gen 2 is worth it if i have a normal one?

[alpine patio]

no

same thing ive heard

[unkempt lake]

Matk did you even look at what i sent

[heady hazel]

i see hmm

[vapid ruin]

yay

[unkempt lake]

At all

[nimble arch]

Probably not

[marsh glade]

No, I didn't. I looked at the message you replied to, and saw it was a continuation of the conversation that I said to stop.

[heady hazel]

i had a funny bug where ios just decided to fill my phone with system files

[alpine patio]

i think its like smaller? and thats it

[unkempt lake]

He mentionned BYD, i posted a meme about the china canada ev for canola deal

Cuz ya know byd electric cars

From china

[heady hazel]

i wonder if byd is making its way to europe in general

[unkempt lake]

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