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qdot76367

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About qdot76367

Kyle Machulis

Arctic Fox, Teledildonticist, Cube

kyle at nonpolynomial dot com

Founder/CEO, http://www.nonpolynomial.com Project Lead, http://buttplug.io

http://www.github.com/qdot

Personal Social Media: x: http://www.x.com/qdot masto: https://buttplug.engineer/@qdot bsky: http://bsky.app/profile/buttplug.engineer

Project Social Media: x: http://www.x.com/buttplugio masto: https://buttplug.zone/@buttplugio bsky: http://bsky.app/profile/buttplug.io

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/qdot; my proof: https://keybase.io/qdot/sigs/_okfbrkwvHkwkfCtYBGwY6DPWBQiBbJ3igUbNufA-lM ]

Recent public activity

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    I have a pile of phones on my desk going back several generations because I've wanted to build exactly this but it's been a constant "soon" project. Thank you for accelerating "soo…

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    Comment #47743560

    Same thing we work on every night, pinky https://buttplug.io

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    Ask HN: Anthropic changing billing for third-party harnesses for Teams Accounts?

    We just got an email from Anthropic about Claude Teams Accounts: --- Hi Claude Admin, We're offering your team a one-time credit of $200 to your Team plan. Redeem it for your team …

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    Comment #46980572

    Been using this the past week and damn it's nice.

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    Comment #46746634

    Furries would like to have a word.

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    Comment #45813356

    Archive link: https://archive.ph/kDYf9

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    Comment #44138862

    Awww shucks, thanks :D

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    Comment #44138806

    Woah! Hi! I'm qDot, creator and project lead of https://buttplug.io ! We're already well off the front page but feel free to AMA. :)

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    Comment #43153569

    Ugh, continuing the dialog of Levy, Pearson, and Realbotix, all of whom are violently overquoted at this point. Levy’s original thesis was boring and heteronormative when it was pu…

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    Comment #42002962

    Akili Interactive, who made the product this 2020 report is about, eventually SPAC’d their way public but ended up being sold off to private equity in March 2024. https://www.fierc…

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    Comment #41373112

    ahk, the ultimate cheat tool

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    Comment #41373106

    I mod games to add buttplug.io support. Most of my users seem to agree that yes, it is more reward than just playing the game.

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    Comment #41197228

    Ah, it's good to see you continuing your work with types of robots that start with f.

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    Comment #41158619

    > With repos titled "buttplug-rs-ffi" and “buttplug-xamarin-apps,” it seems like you're trying to make sure every platform knows just how much you care about "intimate hardware con…

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    Comment #41102461

    I spend a nontrivial portion of my life crying.

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    Comment #41102079

    Android Bluetooth is a constant nightmare for me as a basically solo open source developer. I really don't want to buy a bunch of phones to test, and remote hardware testing is $$$…

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    Comment #41102065

    Yup, exactly this. There's a certain level of confidence/stupidity required to put "maintainer of a sex toy control library" on your resume, and I'm interested in talking to people…

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    Comment #41074199

    Searched for "Buttplugs". My name pops up. Hell yeah. A++++ completely accurate would use again.