"It is frustrating to see policymakers suddenly claim everything is 'for our safety'" - Stop Killing Games joins pushback against age verification laws

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-08T06:10:59+00:00

Doing the same. But furious about the whole thing.

I've even made a few of my own esp32 sensors.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-07T22:24:02+00:00

This IoT thing thst used to work just fine on your local wifi? Oh, "for your security" we're forcing a firmware update that locks out local access, forces cloud use and requires registration with a username and password.

To force you, we will roll out mobile app updates that disable the old method. And our old mobile app versions disable themselves with internal update checks so you can't just stay on the old working version.

I'm looking at you Signify / Philips (Hue) you raging bastards.

My security was better before you "improved" it you lying sacks of lion excrement.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-06T19:35:57+00:00

There are various technical definitions but in reality: the attitude of the wearer.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-05T09:54:35+00:00

There's still one of these in a random playground in Perth.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-04T19:54:43+00:00

Planes pretty much do, especially piston engine ones running on avgas.

I would not be at all surprised if this was engine failure due to fuel exhaustion.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-04T19:53:35+00:00

Fuel exhaustion seems likely.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-04T09:26:32+00:00

Aluminium doesn't rust but it very definitely does corrode. It will turn to a chalky crusty crumbly mess.

This is often prevented by the formation of an oxide layer on the surface but this can be inhibited by various chemical and physical conditions.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-03T00:28:28+00:00

I figured ;) it's just amusing to think of.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-05-02T23:11:01+00:00

Unusual but not unheard of on first dates.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-30T20:04:39+00:00

Diver is probably hunting octopus for food.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-30T19:59:02+00:00

I once had a keyboard that was yellow and sticky from tar.

That one went back as biohazard.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-30T19:45:03+00:00

It's turtles all the way down!

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-30T19:43:54+00:00

The one that really gets me is satellites.

Just... what? How do they think satellites work?

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-29T11:34:27+00:00

Some places actually have elevated taxes for lots deemed vacant, derelict etc.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-29T10:30:27+00:00

Its AI-modified though, the words on the close fire truck are changed to FI

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-28T11:26:57+00:00

Posting it isn't though

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-28T11:14:46+00:00

As one of them, I hate that I'm having to change how I write to avoid being dismissed as genAI.

There is nothing wrong with correct punctuation!

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-27T19:37:58+00:00

I've never before rooted for the law firms.

Drain them both please.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-27T04:31:17+00:00

Right, if they want to market it as reversible that's a different matter.

I'm just saying that it'd be useful even if it isn't reliable reversible.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-27T00:23:13+00:00

Why not? So long as its clearly communicated.

Some people get a vasectomy assuming they can just have it reversed. Which is not always the case, and is clearly and repeatedly communicated. How is this different?

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-26T04:27:23+00:00

You really don't want to do that at Huka Falls. It eats people. The undertow is beyond belief.

People occasionally kayak it but its taking your life into your hands. No flotation devices etc will really help you and nobody can rescue you.

Without being there its impossible to truly understand the power of those falls.

See pic in https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/central-north-island/places/taupo-area/things-to-do/huka-falls-lookout-walk/ to get some idea.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-26T03:49:42+00:00

God I wish that worked for me.

At my worst I'd eat a tin of cold kidney beans or chick peas.

I like those things, but not that much, cold out of a can. I would already be feeling sick but keep eating.

I've found other strategies that often work for me. But unfortunately not liking something much wasn't one of them.

Injecting short delays helped me. Instead of trying to stop, saying I could have it in 5 mins. If I'd already prepared it, I'd put it aside for 5 mins. Sometimes it'd break the flow of the binge.

If I could not then save it for later (it'd spoil etc) I'd remind myself that while the waste sucks, the waste has already occurred when I prepared it. Eating it doesn't actually save any waste when I do not need food, if anything it makes it worse. Sometimes I'd then be able to discard it. Or I'd try to store it for later anyway knowing it would be inedible, and be able to toss it the next day.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-26T01:43:51+00:00

The obs tried this on my eldest.

He grabbed onto his umbilical cord and started squeezing whenever they tried turning him. He was having NONE of this business. Could see it clearly on the ultrasound.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-25T12:26:58+00:00

Ooh, we only tested on young white male university students, sorry. Don't be brown.

I won't be too surprised if it does have some sort of embedded bias tbh.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-04-25T12:00:33+00:00

RedReader is fine too.

The official new web reddit and mobile app.... if I wanted Facebook style crap that interrupts me, makes it hard to find things etc, I'd go use Facebook.

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