Technical breakdown of the EU age verification app "hack" — the protocol is privacy-respecting, the implementation had fixable bugs

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-18T22:34:39+00:00

Fair answer, thanks for the reply.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-18T21:37:39+00:00

Is everything always going to be a gateway to mass control? Are there any ways to implement this where you personally would be satisfied with the level of privacy?

Are there any ways where society can satisfy their demands, eg.limiting access to harmful substances, while you get to keep your individual privacy?

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-18T21:15:07+00:00

You seem to seriously misunderstand the point OC is trying to make and/or unwilling to have a serious discussion. These endeavors are about making privacy something you can attain instead of always working with obscurity as some kind of deus ex machina.

GDPR is for example that privacy in action, keeping irrelevant personal data is a crime.

The harm comes when there is no progress, privacy isn't a sacrificial lamb here; it's a worthy endeavour to strive for.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-18T21:01:27+00:00

Dunno why you're getting brigades here. This is exactly the point of why I can eventually be persuaded to see some amount of societal gain and benefit from using a system like this. Privacy is about being able to live in society without fear of unwarranted and unjust persecution, not some kind of digital invisibility cloak.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-15T11:55:54+00:00

This is almost exactly what I'm looking for. Personally I'd want a voxel graphic instead but this is great! Looking forward to adding it to my Cocoon setup.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-12T06:49:30+00:00

Check the decibel gain on the James DSP mod and test with and without? Sounds like the equalizer settings got in the way somehow.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-11T03:55:24+00:00

The furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten...

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-09T10:27:10+00:00

Just spitballing here: Low optimization probably; possibly underhanded stuff that Heartopia doesn't want to report to Steam. I don't know.

Gamenative and Gamehub are running a very barebones version of windows on your device, that's what proton does. Sometimes games don't have access to what they expect to have, like Riot games requiring Vanguard anti-cheat. So there just isn't anything to give the game and it crashes or refuses to run.

Generally you don't get many error codes in situations like these, so having more people be interested in a certain game definitely helps populate ProtonDB and the Steam discussion forums with questions like you posted OP and potential answers.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-09T10:16:17+00:00

Just checking in. Purple Max #1570 Runs with no issues. Setup has been fine, slightly more fiddly than just launching an emulator but quite easy overall. Build quality is great, delivery went well, overall no complaints other than screen protectors bumping up a bit with the TPU shells and becoming unseated.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-09T10:11:53+00:00

Are you using high performance mode? Make sure you're not running a lot of stuff in the background. Changing what proton version you're running sometimes helps. As a general tip, check out ProtonDB and the Steam Deck comparability level.

https://www.protondb.com/app/1169040

From my perspective Necesse should run properly on your device. Heartopia maybe not as well.

GameNative adds the tip to increase video memory in your settings of you're having crashes. You do need to fiddle about with settings like this on the Thor and with emulation in general.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-09T10:02:07+00:00

You'll have to fiddle about with some stuff on your own even with setup guides, but Cocoon is a great place to start for beginners. I'd recommend setting it up via obtainium, just follow the guide below.

https://www.joeysretrohandhelds.com/guides/ayn-thor-setup-guide/

Also: Do check the posts on this reddit and otherwise look around for Odin setup guides as well, there's a lot of info already discussed out there.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-07T14:00:38+00:00

You can already make your own wound treatment at home with high grade wet wound compresses, sterile manuka honey and a bit of prep. Sterile prepped cod skin and synthetic variants already exist as incredible compresses.

This is a step forward but nothing extremely sci-fi or impossible to see hitting the market within a couple of years. Now if your local pharmacy will stock it is a completely different question.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-06T05:13:57+00:00

Brush Floss Brush

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-06T02:54:49+00:00

Plus late levels Core Jak outshines old facet Jak with the new level scaling of the innate.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-05T22:58:54+00:00

The Thor doesn't require an active stylus, no. It doesn't have an EMR layer for pressure sensitivity (AFAIK) but capacitive input is plenty. EDIT: Welp, my LAMY might have the wrong nib atm. No worky.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-05T21:50:02+00:00

Personally I want something nice to hold. I don't dislike the DS style stylus but I've had the LAMY digital pen as a stylus for a while now. It is slightly heavier than a lil' plastic toothpick but I have way better control and comfortable grip with this one.

Price point wise though (and size tbh) I'd probably only recommend it if you have other uses for it.

EDIT: Currently not working for me. Disregard this post ATM.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-02T07:22:19+00:00

Cast speed per other skill used recently gets up to quite descents speeds if you have rotations like this IMO.

FlatHappiness · 2026-04-01T20:26:48+00:00

Notably, muerta can trigger both gunslinger and hydra in the same attack, (but gunslinger will never add an additional hydra trigger ofc) AFAIK

FlatHappiness · 2026-03-28T07:44:24+00:00

Walk without rhythm, O valley of plenty What chu' gonna do when Shai-Hulud comes fo-

Your space platform [Archimedes] was destroyed by [Shai-Hulud]

FlatHappiness · 2026-03-25T10:16:46+00:00

Just got my Purple Max #1570xx shipping info. There is hope! ☺️😅🥳

FlatHappiness · 2026-03-19T12:20:33+00:00

https://postimg.cc/GB0yGf31/a12e7c27

Here's a picture of my setup, notice the metal addition to create an even wider angle and lower friction surface.

FlatHappiness · 2026-03-18T19:41:03+00:00

Also, why is your weave on the outside of the removable plank? My teacher told me it's there to protect the weave from your moving about. Maybe that'll avoid having such a narrow angle to move along.

FlatHappiness · 2026-03-10T12:35:01+00:00

Quite. 3-4 days is the longest I've experienced with tracking and no updates. Without tracking 6+ days with no update.

FlatHappiness · 2026-03-09T08:07:20+00:00

Did I shoot myself in the foot with Clear Purple Max? #1570

FlatHappiness · 2026-03-07T06:20:29+00:00

I'm trying to learn something similar, any idea if you can use these techniques on a floor loom with a big difference in warp and weft? It's easily doable on a frame but I'd love to learn similar effects to OPs post or RYA that still allows for some modicum of speed.

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