Just your typical internet guy with questionable humor

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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Games should be cheaper to make, too.

    See, that’s the conundrum: big companies make huge investments and want a ROI. They dump 100+ million dollars on a game with a team that’s over 200 people and expect 10x money back.

    Shit has ballooned out of control in the corporate world and Indies have to fight tooth and nail against each other, bigger players, shovelware and older titles




  • Saw those videos some months ago. I always thought those games were just boring “wait for the right moment to shoot an animal”, then Mandalore showed it was much, much worse than that. Lovely comment on the 2013:

    @GrounderPlus
    Worked on some of these games. I remember one day we were demoing the current build to a cabela’s rep and things were going great until they saw a message that said “You’ve unlocked new weapons!” The rep was AGHAST. “WE DON’T SELL W E A P O N S, WE SELL FIREARMS” we had to spend the next day reviewing text in the code and sweeping the game for any instance of the word weapon and removing it.





  • In one such new study, researchers found that men and women infected by the parasite ended up being rated as more attractive and healthier-looking than non-infected individuals.

    Aha, see, it’s not that I’m ugly, I’m just not infected by the right parasite!

    In addition, women carrying the parasite were found to have lower body mass and lower BMI than non-infected women,

    Well, guess we can predict the next weight loss fad.

    That said, all of this is speculation at this point,

    Nooooooooooo, it’s on the internet now, it must be true!!!






  • The company’s deploying AI-powered inference to estimate user ages based on behavioral patterns, account history, and other signals already in its systems. Only when that automated prediction fails or flags uncertainty will users face requests for manual verification through ID uploads or facial scanning.

    Oh, so it’s even easier to game it and pretend to be “an adult”. Simply avoid any minecraft and roblox communities to be an instant adult.

    Discord didn’t specify exactly what percentage constitutes a “vast majority,” nor did it detail which signals feed into its age prediction models. That lack of transparency could become its own issue as regulators increasingly scrutinize how platforms handle youth safety versus privacy rights.

    Big brother is watching you masturbate, for your own good, of course.

    For the subset of users who do get flagged for manual verification, Discord says it’s partnering with third-party services that specialize in age verification tech. These vendors typically process ID documents or facial scans without permanently storing biometric data, though implementation details remain vague.

    It’s not permanent storage if they delete after safely selling to interested buys!

    As lawmakers ramp up age verification requirements globally, expect more platforms to walk this tightrope between compliance and community trust.

    I wonder if this is what might actually push more people into “host your own shit” that’s easy to shut down and migrate as needed.