#data mining

[odinsblog]

The website says it will help the viewer register to vote. But once a user clicks “Register to Vote,” the experience he or she will have can be very different, depending on where they live.

If a user lives in a state that is not considered competitive in the presidential election, like California or Wyoming for example, they'll be prompted to enter their email addresses and ZIP code and then directed quickly to a voter registration page for their state, or back to the original sign-up section.

But for users who enter a ZIP code that indicates they live in a battleground state, like Pennsylvania or Georgia, the process is very different.

Rather than be directed to their state’s voter registration page, they instead are directed to a highly detailed personal information form, prompted to enter their address, cellphone number and age.

If they agree to submit all that, the system still does not steer them to a voter registration page. Instead, it shows them a “thank you” page.

So that person who wanted help registering to vote? In the end, they got no help at all registering. But they did hand over priceless personal data to a political operation.

Specifically, a political action committee created by Tesla

CEO Elon Musk, one aimed at giving the Republican presidential nominee Trump an advantage in his campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic nominee.

“I have created a PAC, or a super PAC ... the America PAC,” Musk said in a recent interview.

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[heywriters]

Let it be known here that I was raised in the days where software did not need a login, internet access, or a paid subscription to work. You installed it and used it until something better came along.

Any program or "app" that requires my email, phone number, date of birth, or any other personal information is on my Nope list. They never needed these things before, so they do not deserve them now.

[felixcloud6288]

BTG decided to put some choice morsels in Scarlet Hollow's code for anyone digging through it to find how they coded Kaneeka's disappearance.

The obvious method to making Kaneeka's name blank would be to just replace it with an empty string, but that's not what they did. They instead messed around with various limitations in the Renpy engine itself to pull off the effect.

Scarlet Hollow uses a UTF-8 decoder to read files. Long story short, this means it's only able to display English-supported characters.

In the code, there's a special variable for tracking what Kaneeka should be called in the recaps and throughout chapter 5. If you don't remember her, then her name is replaced with either "何もない" or "全体の一部". When I run them through a translator, they translate to "Nothing" and "Part of the Whole" respectively.

And since the game is using a UTF-8 decoder, these characters come out as blank because the decoder can't decode kanji.

There's also an unused variable for what Sybil should be called if you forget Kaneeka. If you forget Kaneeka, the Sybil placeholder name becomes "飢えた穴" which translates to "Hungry Hole".

So if I were to interpret any meaning, Sybil has been stripping Kaneeka of her personality so that Kaneeka identifies as just part of the whole, the whole being the vast set of daughters that make up Sybil's self. Meanwhile "Sybil" is just the latest in a line of identities she's had. Now that she's planning to discard "Sybil", she's temporarily returned to her real identity which is a bottomless pit that will never be satisfied no matter how many daughters are tossed into it.

When BTG eventually makes additional language ports, I think the most practical placeholder name to give Kaneeka would be 『　　』.

[beatbizzle]

This is a long watch, but i implore you, please watch it. 8:31. Posted 7/5/2026 if you want to find it for 2x speed.

Call. Your. SENATORS. We already know that law enforcement uses big tech information to locate immigrants, undocumented or otherwise, but this is going to launch us face first into a technocratic surveillance state, more so than we already are.

The KIDS Act is just KOSA rebranded. PLEASE call your senators, especially those of tou in areas where the dems voted yes.

This is a privacy NIGHTMARE.

Check your reps for yourself:

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2026/h228

[craniumzirconium]

Hidden unused dialogue found in both chapters 4 + 3

Chapter 4 ^

Chapter 3^

[aloyartz8new]

New TMP 3 Facts I learned

I went data mining myself this time bc I need something to do and watched some live streams here are some facts kinda took long so here we go I guess and I also got most from other ppl too :) (I can't download TMP 3 on my personal computer)

IF THESE ARE TOO REVEALING I WILL HAPPILY DELETE THIS I JUST DON'T WANNA GET INTO TOO MUCH TROUBLE!!

WARNING SPOILERS/MINIGAME SPOILERS

Bingo: a wild bingo spinner shoots out balls very fast, you need to mark them on your sheet. If you get a bingo, the game stops. You get a bingo, everyone else gets punished. You don't, you get punished instead. (This is the first time since YDKJ: The RIDE that bingo appeared in a Jackbox property)

Poltergeist: The ghost of a camp counselor that died in the 80's called Chad loves moving the Quizkiller's stuff around, you must memorize everything before Chad moves it around, then state what changed.

Racing: you start at the top of a race track that the Quizkiller built when they were a young camper at Mass Acres, the last, two, three, or four last players to finish get punished. Spectators vote on who they think will win.

Canoes: It's dumb waiters....it's literally just beat for beat dumb waiters from Trivia Murder Party 2. However, you have the option to switch sides if you so chose.

Mind Meld: It's back.

A bumper-car style minigame where punished players strap themselves to tires, and safe players roll more tires onto the dock in an attempt to push them off.

Other Facts I Guess:

He References Mr. Beast by name One of the intros (and i mean the Welcome To Trivia Murder Party intro) has a variant which is just a reverbed fart sound effect Using the term Thirst trap Using the term Unalived (yeah in the instavideo too) Using the term Yassafied Using the term Losermaxxing Pouting like an actual child if things don't go their way He supports AI. (NOOOOO) Used to do stand-up...probably shouldn't continue it though tried and failed at fashion school (still upset about it) Wears a skinsuit give out full-sized candy bars and human hair on halloween to trick-or-treaters Was in a really shitty Ska band Took a Banksy masterclass in graffiti Were found in a well by their mother, likely as a baby (implying that they might actually be adopted) Enjoys flat bread. Takes spin classes Their chainsaws are electric, incredibly expensive, and the chainsaw they use is named Blade Lively, she's married to their other chainsaw Diean Reynolds Not against looting animal corpses Hates Charlotte's Web because the pig didn't get slaughtered Loves playing tag, but really wants to commit bodily harm while playing tag Owns reading glasses Owns a blood dispenser Now drinks oat milk. Hates oat milk Takes safety somewhat seriously Has both a life coach and a DEATH coach Has been to job interviews before Has an eyeball collection considered beautiful to some Is S word positive and totally okay with their victims making out (WHAT BROOOO) Does have hair (not super interesting but good to have confirmation) Considers themselves as evil (he kinda always had lol) They still really hate their body and themselves Uses their chainsaw one-handed and can multi-task while using it (very impressive) It's confirmed that they can ACTUALLY time travel and is banned from medieval times Can ACTUALLY smell fear (smells a bit like vanilla) Attended chainsaw college and is the first member of their family to do so Considers taking their shirt off as a form of body horror (guess the tattoos minigame has some regrets behind it) Fun fact (they actually consider this a fun fact): they pushed Burt Bacharach down a flight of stairs. Went to Murder School and pulled all-nighters just to pass it Their favorite place in the world is the men's room in any stadium

Takes taekwondo classes, their teacher is Sensei Nat, and is said Sensei's only student who wears khakis Has a nephew named Jayden who just SUCKS at finding easter eggs (they still love 'em) Takes jazz dance classes in the middle of the night Has stopped seeing their previous therapist they started seeing in TMP 2 and now chainsaws their mental anguish away Sometimes takes coffee at horrible hours The camp gets an educational grant Their life story is similar to the movie Poltergeist (to the point they think that movie ripped them off) Thinks 6AM is a good time to have a haircut scheduled They got the candles in Archery from a sale at Bed, Bath, and Beyond Their father wasn't entirely a deadbeat and was somewhat present in their life before leaving, even being somewhat supportive of them...they were also very abusive too so that's not really giving that many bonus points (aw man...) Acquired the eyeballs either through looting the corpse of a dead manatee, harvesting them all themselves, or getting them from a sale at Target. Reads Dictionaries like they're novels, but hasn't finished them as they chainsawed their dictionary Doesn't think you're cool if you're really good at math and doesn't want the rival murder camps to think they're a bunch of squares

Mutuals: @makaversecolon3 @dsharpie @majestydeerakuma @schmitty-schmitstinstein @linavloger @cookie-dot-ai @whocaresifwearecrazy @weedleysnumberonefan @remsterden @redactedkin @quizkiller @thatblukirby @themaria4567892 @tmpnerdofficial @youdontknowacee @addiethedragoncat @beepsparks @xsallysaltsaltx

[vaguely-problematic]

yes the Screens are a portal to the Horrors, but that has not always been the case. yes the Screens are the canvas of Advertisers and the eyes and ears of Surveillance but that has not always been the case. remember The Internets are a vast communications network linking the globe and most of its people and knowledge. it is becoming harder to get access to that knowledge, to all those other people, to meaningful ways to communicate and organize and verify the information you've been told. requiring your personal id to use the internet is making this problem worse, perhaps exponentially so. on purpose.

we should all be concerned about losing internet access. in the same way we should all be concerned about losing the ability to vote

[last-fast-naturalist]