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Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Re: Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Post by Yaa101 »

qdot76367 wrote: post #42
Mayzie wrote: post #39

People joke, but this is actually really cool! It makes a lot of sense. Nice work :)

Thanks! It's been a lot of hard work but it's a super fun project, really glad people enjoy it. :D

Hi, I think you do a service to the world, I am a seller of toys, as shop owner, but was/am reluctant to sell teledildonics just because of security problems, I will keep a close look on your project to decide if and when I will start selling them and point my customers to your project. Any chance of using golang in the future?

Re: Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Post by qdot76367 »

Endlessly wrote: post #70
qdot76367 wrote: post #40

Hi! Buttplug Project Lead here! AMA!

Is there a public roadmap for the project? What aspects of the project currently have the most traction? Are there any plans to remove any existing parts of the project?

There have been a few (tried Trello and ZenHub), and they've all turned into a mess, so I recently hit the reset button again and am just trying a github project now:

https://github.com/orgs/buttplugio/projects/1

tl;dr - Right now I'm trying to standardize our logic on Rust (I'm also the ex-device interfaces lead on firefox at Mozilla, so I love some rust :) ), then extend back out to other languages and platforms through FFI to the Rust base.

The Rust work has also ended up creating other libraries, including:

- systray, a library for building simple systray apps with rust: https://github.com/qdot/systray-rs - btleplug, a cross-platform host side Bluetooth LE library in Rust, mostly via copypasta but hoping to unify soon: https://github.com/deviceplug/btleplug

In the end, Buttplug is just a hardware abstraction layer, think of it like the USB HID or Bluetooth Profile model, except outside of the protocol specification space. I'd like to abstract the back end a bit more and allow other projects to use it, so you could have, say, a library that abstracts health device protocols or something.

Re: Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Post by Thomas_Lord »

qdot76367 wrote: post #40

Hi! Buttplug Project Lead here! AMA!

How can tech employers use this technology to optimize workplaces for comfort and productivity?

Also, can teledildonics be applied to improve online shopping experiences and social media? I am thinking that buttplug scripts could be the new emojis or css dazzle.

Lastly, there seems to be some asymmetry in the development of these technologies: Passive reception of dildonic signals is emphasized, active transmission of signals that originate as muscle contractions (and such) gets the short shrift. Is this simply a reflection of the generally submissive tendencies of tech workers or is there a larger force at work here?

Re: Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Post by HoveringOrb »

aasasd wrote: post #71
dpongimo wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any leads on a lightweight C++ client for bp's protocols? I'm thinking about creating a plugin for Skyrim/Fallout 4.

> Skyrim/Fallout 4 Not the titles I'd expect in the context of electrosex. (I'm oldschool so something in the vein of Leisure Suit Larry or Lula the porn studio management simulator would seem quite proper for me.)

It makes sense if you follow the modding scene surrounding those games.

Re: Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Post by downerending »

pmichaud wrote: post #61
crankylinuxuser wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

/serious hat I don't believe there's been a case history yet of "hacking + sex crime", but many of us in the community believe that this is a strong possibility. It's one thing to target fintech, or some website, or a general SaaS offering. However when you're targeting sextech with the knowledge that a hack allows remote unintended stimulation (read: sexual assault), shows that they intended the hack and intended se…

I get what you're saying in the abstract, but when I try to imagine it concretely, it stops making sense to me. Eg. a person is using a sex toy and tries to make it vibrate a certain way, but an attacker has caused it vibrate a different way. Sure, in some vague sense it's an unwanted type of stimulation and someone is involved in it that isn't supposed to be. But I think that scenario tortures the definition of sexu…

Getting a bit gross here, you might feel pretty assaulted if the person doing the breaking was someone you knew, maybe someone you detested, or maybe a parent or step-parent or older relative. Or younger, for that matter.

I could keep going, but it gets worse...

Re: Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Post by Imnimo »

qdot76367 wrote: post #77
SequoiaHope wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Qdot did I ever show you, like 8 years ago after some Arse Elektronica, my thrusting brushless linear motor based sex machine? I designed and built brushless linear motors from scratch as well as the drive electronics. Anyway I never made it in to a business and lately think I will open source it all. I was going to ask for your email but I just discovered metafetish, so I can post something there. I'll do so in a fe…

TAYLOR DUDE WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN Yeah you brought it to Jupiter when we met there way back when! I've been talking about it again lately because more people are building machines and I was all "Man I wonder what that dude is up to and if he's still working on that machine" I'll throw you email at your address in your bio!

Is there anything more beautiful than seeing two old friends reconnect over memories of a motorized sex machine?

Re: Buttplug: An open-source software suite for teledildonics

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Post by mattigames »

da39a3ee5e6b wrote: post #28
mattigames wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ironically I think you are the one objectifying women by implying those devices are only for pleasuring women.

The standard meaning of "objectification" is not "inserting objects into".

Not it's not, 100% sure the meaning they were going for is "the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object"
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