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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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Hey nice project. You may want to consider changing domains though "No .IO domain may be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that is sexual or pornographic" https://www.nic.io/rules.htm

Thanks for the heads up! This came up earlier and I replied there:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23094632

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

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No Amazon Echo or Google Home interface? I thought all the IoT devices were supported by them these days.. [edit:] Well this totally exists! https://coolblindtech.com/alexa-is-now-available-for-sex-wit...

Could you imagine the privacy implications? "Hey! It looks like you could use more fiber in your diet". Then suddenly, you're seeing Metamucil ads all over Facebook, and you start getting discount vouchers for prune juice in the mail.

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

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post #204

Hey nice project. You may want to consider changing domains though "No .IO domain may be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that is sexual or pornographic" https://www.nic.io/rules.htm

Thanks for the heads up! This came up earlier and I replied there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23094632

It's a crying shame. The reason I chose .io for porntoken is because .io which is for Indian Ocean is also a dual meaning pun that in the context of sex is often interpreted as in/out like as in a peepee going in and out of a vajayjay or poop chute.

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

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Not surprising at all; people always say sex/porn has brought most of the advances of Internet technology (at least in the earlier days).

Yep. One of the more memorable NYTimes article titles, from 1994: "Porn, the Low-Slung Engine of Progress" https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/09/arts/porn-the-low-slung-e...

Gotta love the headline

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It's such a wonderful game, isn't it? I got my first copy back on the Dreamcast and PS2 and played the hell out of it. I wrote my first USB drivers for the Trancevibrator around 2005, also. When Infinite came out I still played it quite a bit (outside of the context of making that video heh), and it was like riding a bicycle. A couple of minutes of getting used to it again and I was back to near 100% on everything. :…

seriously, I have it sitting on my PS4 at like 95-100% in everything after one playthrough when I first got it, except Area 5 because I really cannot be bothered to run it like 5x in a row to remember all its little tricks. I'll probably buy it again when I replace this PS4 and there's a re-remake. If you haven't played Polybius or Sayonara Wild Hearts, I can highly recommend them - they are both games that stroke th…

Sayonara wildhearts looks wonderful! Just got it and I'm looking forward to playing it over the long weekend :D

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

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Woah, woah, woah. Hold up, full stop. >Passive reception of dildonic signals is emphasized, active transmission of signals that originate as muscle contractions (and such) gets the short shrift. Just want to make sure I understand what you're asking here; because it sounds to me like you're asking something along the lines of "Hey, the vibrating device is neat, but I'd actually like a device that can directly stimula…

> "Just want to make sure I understand what you're asking here;" You really don't. The main thrust (sorry) of teledildonics as commonly pursued is that subject A presses remote buttons or whatever, and subject B experiences some vibration from the sex toy they are using. A has remotely caused the vibration. A reverse is also conceivable: subject A is using a teledildonic sex toy, and subject B gets some signal (like…

I think that I understand your point about bidirectional teledildonics. Or at least, here's my projection ;)

OK, so in sex, we do and are done to. Initially the doing is all consciously intentional. But at some point, we and our partners go into automatic mode. And then stuff just happens. That was the whole point of good sex, for me.

Masturbating each other is cool. But it isn't really sex. So arguably teledildonics won't really be sex until it's bidirectional .

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

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Never,ever,even in a million years would I have thought that such a thing exists. Judging by the number of supported models,seems to be pretty popular too.

It's more us digging around places like Aliexpress to find what's out there. We're just dedicated. :D

Care to name some of the favorite/popular ones? You know... for science.

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

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Hi! Buttplug Project Lead here! AMA!

I have one more line of questions. I have, um, observed that "cam" sex workers use teledildonics as a kind of "proof of life". The idea is that paying customers send signals to a sex toy in use by the performer, whose reaction reassures the customer that he is paying for a live show. It affords a way of (apparently) "doing stuff" to the performer in spite of the virtualized nature of the show. Two part question: 1. A…

Are people afraid of watching a recorded show? Or are they afraid of watching a "virtual" model who is the creation of an AI?

In the former case. wouldn't the "cam" worker be able to achieve the same "proof of life" by simply having a conversation with the customer? Eg, the customer types something in chat, and the worker responds on the live stream?

In the latter case, if it is all virtual, then its all virtual, and response to a toy could just be faked.

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