@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThe UK tries, once again, to age-gate pornographywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1399cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1399external-linkThe UK tries, once again, to age-gate pornographywww.theverge.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish62•2 years ago Pornographic content that consists only of text is not covered by today’s guidelines. Ao3 users can’t stop winning.
minus-squaremacniellinkfedilinkEnglish25•2 years agoI always thought that it’s Erotic Literature and not Text Pornographic… Since text isn’t graphic.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish35•2 years ago Since text isn’t graphic. Sounds like someone’s never seen ASCII porn before.
minus-squarewootzlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoI wonder if one could make a renderer that translates ascii characters into squares of solid colours. Colour depends on the character. Zoom out far enough and you have a bitmap.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoYour text renderer already does that. It’s why ascii art works in the first place. The blocks are just smaller than the characters. There are tools that faithfully convert images into ascii art to the point where they just look like the images with zoomed out enough.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoCongratulations, you’ve just invented digital images.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoIts amazing how excluding the smut tag practically drops at least 50% of the stories, sometimes more depending on the fandom
Ao3 users can’t stop winning.
I always thought that it’s Erotic Literature and not Text Pornographic… Since text isn’t graphic.
Sounds like someone’s never seen ASCII porn before.
I wonder if one could make a renderer that translates ascii characters into squares of solid colours. Colour depends on the character.
Zoom out far enough and you have a bitmap.
Your text renderer already does that. It’s why ascii art works in the first place. The blocks are just smaller than the characters.
There are tools that faithfully convert images into ascii art to the point where they just look like the images with zoomed out enough.
Congratulations, you’ve just invented digital images.
Hey, you could make a
religionencoding out of thisIts amazing how excluding the smut tag practically drops at least 50% of the stories, sometimes more depending on the fandom