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Pong is pretty lit

Here’s the information directly from the FAQ as of right now:

Q: Is my data stored when I use Face Scan or Scan ID verification?

A: Discord and k-ID do not permanently store personal identity documents or your video selfies. The image of your identity document and the ID face match selfie are deleted directly after your age group is confirmed, and the video selfie used for facial age estimation never leaves your device.

If you’re talking about the rumbly reverby sound, that’s gonna be incredibly tough. The synth and drums are so simple that I’d bet it would me significantly easier to just recreate the parts you want. A little string sample (with a smidge of saw synth added in) and some basic drums is about all you’d need.

You could try using a high Q notch filter (or 8) to reject the louder frequencies of the sound. The sound is pretty spectral though, so you’ll probably need a lot of notches. It’ll probably end up altering the sound of the instruments pretty heavily. Some really specific multiband compression could also help, but will likely make the reverb more noticable.

Good luck!

Good luck!

To me, it seems like a possible manifestation of the sunk cost fallacy. I’ve personally seen it in IT security audits and policy rollouts. As you try to make a domain more secure via more aggressive group policy rules, more authoritarian approaches become more acceptable than when you started. Part of it is a sunk cost of “well, if we don’t take this more aggressive stance, all of our previous work could be undone.” mixed with a sentiment of “We are already blocking users from accessing x service, why not also block y service”. Blocking y service would have been unpopular before service x was blocked, but now there’s something more acceptable that you can point at as justification. This process just repeats further and further until you’re essentially blocking everything and selectively allowing services.

I’m sure I’ve noticed it elsewhere, but that’s one example that I have encountered quite a few times.

Huh, I’d noticed the ratchet effect before in a few different subjects, but I hadn’t heard of it specifically. I think you hit the nail on the head, thanks for helping me learn something today.

Is this not just an illustration of the concept of the Overton Window?