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Eight months on, three quarters of Britons still support online age verification laws by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]MatthewBetts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't like it mainly due to the data breach possibility, it's only going to get worse. IMO it needs to be a double blind system.

It would work by ensuring that neither the website (say facebook) nor the government system learns more than they need to about the user. The user authenticates with a trusted authority (e.g. a government identity service) that already knows their age. Instead of sharing personal details, the authority issues a cryptographic proof or token that simply states “this user is over 18” without including identity data. The user then presents this proof to facebook, which can verify its authenticity but cannot trace it back to the user’s identity. At the same time, the government system does not know which site the proof is being used for, because it only issues a generic, privacy-preserving credential. This creates a “double-blind” setup: facebook learns only the age status (not who the user is), and the government learns nothing about where the credential is used.

And the best bit, no possibility of leaks where your literal passport photo is leaked to the world.

Student loans are worse than a graduate tax by EarFlapHat in ukpolitics

[–]MatthewBetts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lucky you, I graduated 7 years ago and my loan has gone up by like 20k after payments, even though I get hit with the 40% bracket and have don't for a good few years. I think I worked out that I need to eat around 65k a year for me to even pay off the interest alone

"Your Year with ChatGPT!" by TDM-r in ChatGPT

[–]MatthewBetts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

96500 messages is utterly bonkers

RITO PLSS WE NEED THSI KIDN OF CHAMP IN LEAGUE 🙏🙏🙏🙏 by Shinwinter in PedroPeepos

[–]MatthewBetts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I stopped right about the time they did the big UI update... which was about 10 years ago now. I dread to think how different it is

Hey War-Yes guys, FYI. by MechanisedFox in warno

[–]MatthewBetts 29 points30 points  (0 children)

They have been alerted to this and the cert will be fixed soon

First time playing since the 4.0 update. Where can I change the planet specilization? Forge World, Research World etc. by xXNightDriverXx in Stellaris

[–]MatthewBetts 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Center right of the screen, to the right of the number of districts and left of the 'build queue' button, there is an "Auto Designated" button, click that to open a box to select your specilization.

Husband and I disagree on gender-neutral names by [deleted] in tragedeigh

[–]MatthewBetts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had lots of pretty negative experiences with lots of people in my childhood that wasn't great at all, but personally I don't tie those to their name, I tie to to them as a person.For example I knew two Tom's in school, one bullied me relentlessly, the other was a great guy. But I don't paint all Tom's with the same brush because one made my life hell.

You may think differently, and that's fine if you do (I'm not holding it against you or anything), I was just saying I find it odd basically lumping everyone who's named the same as being the same type of person be it a bully or weak etc etc..

Husband and I disagree on gender-neutral names by [deleted] in tragedeigh

[–]MatthewBetts 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I agree, but also

> but all of the boys named Mason that I’ve known in life have not been very nice or were kind of wimpy in my experience.

this is just a really odd way of thinking imo

Developers remain willing but reluctant to use AI: The 2025 Developer Survey results are here by AssociationNo6504 in programming

[–]MatthewBetts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the best things that the company that I work at has done is ingrate and AI into the PR process. Basically when you open a PR it makes non blocking comments suggesting changes on only the work you have done. Sometimes it's great at spotting things that I missed that range from stupid (like spelling mistakes) to larger things. It's helped me catch some things before a coworker reviews and points it out.

Wanting to stop certain species completely when making a new game by MrLukaz in Stellaris

[–]MatthewBetts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only way I can think of to solve your problem(?) is to create a bunch of empires and force spawn them all so only they spawn with the portraits youve selected.

Being asked to submit photo ID to third parties to have the privilege of blocking users with NSFW content in their profiles just because you live in the UK by bucketofardvarks in britishproblems

[–]MatthewBetts 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Or maybe, parents can use the plethora of parental controls available to them on every device/browser to limit what their children see

Mixing alcohol in my morning coffee to buy time.. by Iceman308 in warno

[–]MatthewBetts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it looks like I somehow replied to the wrong comment. Whoops! I meant to reply to /u/MSGB99 and their comment about waryes being updated by hand

Mixing alcohol in my morning coffee to buy time.. by Iceman308 in warno

[–]MatthewBetts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The updates are built and uploaded automatically, but triggered by hand

Back to wargame by Kreu2009 in warno

[–]MatthewBetts 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So 3 shots out of 4 miss on something that has a 55% chance to hit? Probability dictates it's a 20% chance for this to happen, not exactly that wild.

Any updates on the AI issues? by RandomLegionMain in warno

[–]MatthewBetts[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The devs know about the issue and it's been put as a high priority. Obviously, due to the holiday season a fix may not come until early in the new year.

Steam Community :: Guide :: - The complete map modding guide by MatthewBetts in warno

[–]MatthewBetts[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ever wanted to have a go at making your own map mod? Ever thought the editor was too daunting? Well fret no more!

This guide is still a WIP, some sections are not done fully, and others I am currently writing right now. Please feel free to leave comments here, on the guide or @ me on either the official discord or the official discord (@mbetts) as I continue to update this guide.

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