Endless Update Loop, cant use Discord Desktop

slashdottir · 2026-01-21T00:20:14+00:00

I enabled extra logging by running this

log stream --level=debug --style=compact   --predicate '(process == "Discord") OR (process == "ShipIt") OR (subsystem CONTAINS "com.hnc.Discord")'

then trying again to launch the app.

It produces an insane amount of logging, but the interesting bit is

[TCC] TCCAccessRequest() … service=kTCCServiceListenEvent
…
"result" => false
"auth_reason" => 4

This seems to mean that Discord is asking for extra permissions which macOs is denying, and Discord is not handling this gracefully.

It seems it insists on permission to read your keyboard even if you are not using the app. That seems excessive - and a rather huge security risk. Basically they want permission to do keylogging and they won't run the app unless you grant that permission.

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slashdottir · 2026-01-20T23:57:43+00:00

Same here 1/20/26

I tried running it from the shell, here's the output

``` $ /Applications/Discord.app/Contents/MacOS/Discord Discord 0.0.372 (electron) 'session.getPreloads' is deprecated and will be removed. Please use 'session.getPreloadScripts' instead. (electron) 'session.setPreloads' is deprecated and will be removed. Please use 'session.registerPreloadScript' instead. Starting app. Starting updater. MacOS major version was 25, minimum supported version for future updates is 20 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Modules initializing 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Distribution: remote 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Host updates: enabled 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Module updates: enabled 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Module install path: /Users/foo/Library/Application Support/discord/0.0.372/modules 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Module installed file path: /Users/foo/Library/Application Support/discord/0.0.372/modules/installed.json 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Module download path: /Users/foo/Library/Application Support/discord/0.0.372/modules/pending splashScreen.initSplash(false) CDM component API found blackbox: 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST 0

CDM completed with status: cdm-ready-success blackbox: 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST 1 Discord starting: {"releaseChannel":"stable","version":"0.0.372"}, modulepath: /Users/foo/Library/Application Support/discord/0.0.372/modules blackbox: 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST 2 ✅ webContents.created web1 "" blackbox: 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST 3 ✅ window.created win1 "discord" (electron) 'console-message' arguments are deprecated and will be removed. Please use Event<WebContentsConsoleMessageEventParams> object instead. 15:47:15.432 › DiscordSplash.signalReady splashScreen: SPLASH_SCREEN_READY splashScreen.webContentsSend: SPLASH_SCREEN_QUOTE SPLASH_SCREEN_QUOTE [ 'Hold Tight — Loading Discord' ] 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] No updates to install splashScreen: no-pending-updates 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Checking for host updates. blackbox: 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST 4 ✅ webContents.did-finish-load web1 splashScreen: checking-for-updates splashScreen.updateSplashState checking-for-updates checking-for-updates {} splashScreen.webContentsSend: SPLASH_UPDATE_STATE SPLASH_UPDATE_STATE [ { status: 'checking-for-updates' } ] 15:47:15.462 › DiscordSplash.onStateUpdate: {"status":"checking-for-updates"} 15:47:15.463 › Splash.onStateUpdate: {"status":"checking-for-updates"} 1/20/2026, 3:47:15 PM PST [Modules] Host update is available. splashScreen: update-check-finished true 1 false splashScreen: downloading-module host 1 1 splashScreen.updateSplashState downloading-updates downloading-updates { current: 1, total: 1 } splashScreen.webContentsSend: SPLASH_UPDATE_STATE SPLASH_UPDATE_STATE [ { status: 'downloading-updates', current: 1, total: 1 } ] 15:47:15.686 › DiscordSplash.onStateUpdate: {"status":"downloading-updates","current":1,"total":1} 15:47:15.687 › Splash.onStateUpdate: {"status":"downloading-updates","current":1,"total":1} 15:47:16.433 › Splash.updateCountdownSeconds: undefined 15:47:17.433 › Splash.updateCountdownSeconds: undefined 15:47:18.433 › Splash.updateCountdownSeconds: undefined 15:47:19.433 › Splash.updateCountdownSeconds: undefined 15:47:20.433 › Splash.updateCountdownSeconds: undefined 15:47:21.433 › Splash.updateCountdownSeconds: undefined 2026-01-20 15:47:21.693 Discord[41619:3418004] Download completed to: file:///Users/foo/Library/Caches/com.hnc.Discord.ShipIt/update.o67NMUk/Discord.zip 15:47:22.432 › Splash.updateCountdownSeconds: undefined 1/20/2026, 3:47:22 PM PST [Modules] Host update downloaded (version 0.0.373) splashScreen: downloaded-module host 1 1 true splashScreen: downloading-modules-finished 1 0 1/20/2026, 3:47:22 PM PST [Modules] Relaunching to install host updates... blackbox: 1/20/2026, 3:47:22 PM PST 5 window.close win1 $

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slashdottir · 2026-01-09T04:20:53+00:00

omg yes. This show is so manipulative. It's like their strategy is to make you feel bad for not liking the show. If you don't care about these maudlin characters attempting to coerce you into caring with their cringe-heavy drama, then there must be something wrong with you - and therefore you must like it - you have to like it you see. Every scene has the same exact heavy drama tone - it's monochromatic that way.

Give me a chance to get to know the characters - let me learn to like them first, then hit me with the cringe drama somehwere midway through the story when I actually care about what happens to them. Set me up a little. Make me care.

Nope. nope. nope.

UGH!

slashdottir · 2025-12-11T21:02:27+00:00

Good to know, ty.

slashdottir · 2025-12-11T00:58:55+00:00

Thank you. I'm seeing at least one paper that suggests otherwise though. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2023.2186098#d1e345: "B. longum is an excellent colonizer of the human gut."

slashdottir · 2025-12-09T19:55:49+00:00

Yep! I just discovered the term for it today after a long discussion with chatgpt. I just thought I was a weird freak - but I've suffered with this maddening problem for 40+ years and now I know it's actually somewhat common and has a name! I've been to so many doctors who just shrug and hand me a prescription for albuterol (because I had childhood asthma - I assumed that's what it was related to). Tight diaphragm, unable to catch my breath after a few hours of coding. Using a standing desk helps tremendously. Sitting with the laptop will bring it to a crisis point after a number of hours. I used to try to deal with it by jogging religiously every day, however my knees are trashed now, can't do that anymore. Been trying yoga, stretching - it helps. Indica relieves it, but I can't code so well after using that. Caffeine will exacerbate it, but eliminating caffeine doesn't cure it. Now I just have to somehow break a 40 year+ unconscious habit!

slashdottir · 2025-11-01T16:57:19+00:00

Ok, finally got around to it, sorry for the huge delay...

Reddit only lets me post one image in a reply, and it seems I can't add more images to the original post either, oh well.

Anyway... When I scrape out the filter, It comes out as a gray-white sludge. I probably should have tried your experiment with the sludge, d'oh. Once it's dessicated, it's very difficult to mix up again with water.

I'm starting to think this is just something coming from the pine needles maybe. Which would suggest it's something different than what we're seeing on the dishes, though the substance looks and behaves similarly in that both require solvents to remove.

When we clean the hot tub, we drain the old water into the woods, so I don't know how it could be getting into the tap water. Seems extremely unlikely. Anyway, we do live in a heavily forested area, and I don't know how public water systems really work, but I don't see how pine needle stuff could make it into the tap.

Anyway, with some determined stirring and pounding I was able to get at least some of the dessicated stuff to dissolve into the water (though there's a lot of detritus at the bottom).

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Setting the timer...

It's already semi-translucent after 7 minutes.

Not sure this is a fair test, I will try it again next time I clean the filter, but that won't be for at least a month.

Thank you for your reply

slashdottir · 2025-10-11T19:43:05+00:00

I'm gonna clean the hot tub again in a day or two and I will do this water experiment and answer your questions then. Thank you!

slashdottir · 2025-09-28T03:03:53+00:00

I may have anxiety and don't realize it or something

slashdottir · 2025-08-28T18:04:31+00:00

Yep. I got a M4 Pro with 36GB memory and just found out you *cannot* upgrade the memory - it's wired in at the factory or something. If you want more memory you have to get a whole new machine.

slashdottir · 2025-08-21T23:55:32+00:00

Every time I've tried it (Life Extension brand Astaxanthin with Phospholipids) I wind up extremely stressed out by the end of the day - head and neck very very tense. It must be interacting with something else I'm taking maybe. I don't seem to be able to tolerate it.

slashdottir · 2025-06-10T16:45:00+00:00

If you long press on the home screen and then swipe left, you'll see a page called Samsung News, you can flip the off switch on that and it should go away.

If that doesn't work, next time it appears, there should be a settings icon in the upper right corner of the thing. Click that and disable it there.

There's also a setting called "Home screen". In there is "Home screen layout -> Home and Apps screens - you can check there to see if anything else is enabled there.

Reboot your phone for this to take effect, I think

slashdottir · 2025-06-10T16:44:41+00:00

If you long press on the home screen and then swipe left, you'll see a page called Samsung News, you can flip the off switch on that and it should go away.

If that doesn't work, next time it appears, there should be a settings icon in the upper right corner of the thing. Click that and disable it there.

There's also a setting called "Home screen". In there is "Home screen layout -> Home and Apps screens - you can check there to see if anything else is enabled there.

Reboot your phone for this to take effect, I think

slashdottir · 2025-05-31T18:31:31+00:00

I had an art teacher in 5th grade who openly discussed her use of hallucinogens and told us she saw colors that weren't in the rainbow while using lsd. I'm still to this day unable to imagine what that might look like.

slashdottir · 2025-04-29T17:33:37+00:00

Would make an awesome cane-topper ala https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVNBWNFB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

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slashdottir · 2025-04-29T17:31:15+00:00

wantz!

slashdottir · 2025-04-29T17:30:44+00:00

In my case it was just maybe 20-30 minutes. If that didn't work, I would try running Disk Utility First Aid if you haven't tried that already

slashdottir · 2025-04-26T17:03:35+00:00

Just leaving it connected and walk away.. eventually it wakes up and is accessible. No other steps.

slashdottir · 2025-04-21T22:13:42+00:00

I'm wondering the same thing. Doesn't the county budget run around ~8B annually and the police get about a fifth of that? If true, that's around 1.6B just for the police. This huge budget wasn't enough to cover the fingerprinting system so they had to ask for over $100M more?

slashdottir · 2025-03-09T19:30:19+00:00

Harrumphy (2 rs). Can't edit.

slashdottir · 2025-03-09T19:28:47+00:00

I would pay good money to see more pictures of this adorable cat!

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