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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • And, Pornhub can probably play the waiting game in those states as well. Enough people in those places will probably get pissed off enough eventually to pressure their legislators into walking those laws back.

    Nobody’s going out to protest this shit. There’s too much stigma around it. Even though I’m sure this frustrates huge swaths of the population, it’s politically shameful.

    I imagine Facebook or someone of similar size could do the same in Aus. All they have to do is refuse to serve anything to Aussie IP addresses except a message that says, “Sorry, we can’t serve your country anymore because of a law passed by [legislator.] Remember, this is all his fault.”

    Why would they do that though? Large sites like Facebook are the only ones with resources to handle ID verification. They can do it and let their competitors die.

    I don’t really have a positive outlook on how this is going to play out. Shy of big money flooding into free speech orgs that can legitimize the fight, or a polarizing leader like Larry Flint, I don’t see this going well.















  • Damn, nobody in here is excited for the future of graphics? Guess I’ll be the outlier.

    I’m looking forward to ray tracing being commonly available. Having actual reflections in game really improves that subconscious immersion and even could open up strategy in some cases. Imagine using a mirror the see someone coming around the corner.

    Every time I walk into a bathroom and the mirror is just some generic gray texture it pulls me out.

    Realistic lighting, textures, and character models are also pretty great. I want to see the pores on the protagonist’s face.

    That said, obviously the game needs to be fun more than have good graphics, but man do I love the immersion of high quality visuals.