<![CDATA[Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program.]]>Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. Recognizing that it is not possible to confirm your age based on a picture of your face, we will instead be counting the number of rings you have. We understand this is the most accurate measure of age.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/880b1447-267f-492b-8fe7-31970944deb2/due-to-ongoing-pressure-from-governments-globally-we-are-instituting-an-age-verification-program.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:19:18 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 16:59:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:41:01 GMT]]>@jerry I love

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mitexleo.one/users/ml/statuses/116438260848140486https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mitexleo.one/users/ml/statuses/116438260848140486Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:41:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:40:37 GMT]]>@jerry Can't we use Banana for Age measurements somehow?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mitexleo.one/users/ml/statuses/116438259296141940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mitexleo.one/users/ml/statuses/116438259296141940Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:40:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:39:27 GMT]]>@jerry Forgive my ignorance, but is ring based aging a uniform thing or is there a standardized sampling location? For example, are my arms younger than my legs or are the rings just smaller on smaller appendages? Would I have the same number of rings in my fingers as I do on my thighs? If the number of rings varies, is there a standardized sampling location for the sake of uniformity?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/mike/statuses/116438254714434336https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/mike/statuses/116438254714434336Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:39:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:35:53 GMT]]>@jerry I thought the whole point of age verification was to stop the kids seeing the dreaded ring picture...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nf3xn/statuses/116438240664596080https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nf3xn/statuses/116438240664596080Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:35:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:25:25 GMT]]>@greg @jerry Maybe the count of systems on which you can run code at ring 0 or below.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bob_zim/statuses/116438199536688866https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bob_zim/statuses/116438199536688866Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:25:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:23:11 GMT]]>@mttaggart @jerry Well played, sir. Well played.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116438190745379234https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116438190745379234Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:23:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:20:53 GMT]]>@Sempf @jerry FTP predates UUCP and even IP by a wide mile.

But Usenet exists because of UUCP. Same with Email.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438181733944294https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438181733944294Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:20:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:41 GMT]]>@jerry Sad, definitely sad.

As a student of history who has had the privilege to meet and interview American and German WW2 Vets, I am filled with despair that nearly all of them are gone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438169122801679https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438169122801679Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:28 GMT]]>@nuintari @jerry I did have to edit it though. It's Novell not Cisco.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Sempf/statuses/116438168266129914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Sempf/statuses/116438168266129914Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:20 GMT]]>@jerry I'm up to 12. But I've heard the neighborhood down the way a bit has a bunch more than my neighborhood did... so I'm hopeful there will be more soon! 🏴‍☠️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116093572746253175/statuses/116438167771958946https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116093572746253175/statuses/116438167771958946Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:13 GMT]]>@nuintari @jerry that's pretty funny. Yeah, there wasn't really anything before UUCP, was there?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Sempf/statuses/116438167285168767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Sempf/statuses/116438167285168767Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:15:40 GMT]]>@Sempf @jerry I misread this, I thought it asked what was used before UUCP, and I was all, "Nothing, it did not exist before UUCP."

I was very confused.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438161207739253https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438161207739253Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:15:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:15:31 GMT]]>@jerry Let's just say I have enough, mmkay

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438158530327242https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438158530327242Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:14:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:14:32 GMT]]>@jerry around my eyes, or...?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/xenontechs/statuses/116438156747239500https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/xenontechs/statuses/116438156747239500Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:14:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:13:49 GMT]]>@jerry Only on my fingers or ... 😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/kluthulhu/statuses/116438153950482799https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/kluthulhu/statuses/116438153950482799Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:13:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:13:02 GMT]]>@nyanbinary and you were so close too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438150845050414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438150845050414Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:13:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:12:35 GMT]]>@nuintari There will come a time when almost no one left understand UUCP. and I don't know whether to be happy or sad about that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438149043841782https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438149043841782Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:12:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:12:30 GMT]]>@jerry just got one but I made it myself over an evening so RIP me I guess

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nyanbinary/statuses/116438148757730434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nyanbinary/statuses/116438148757730434Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:12:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:11:37 GMT]]>@nuintari @jerry Here's a weird tidbit. Did you know I am a certified internet business strategist (CIBS)? It's true. Back in '97, Novell offered that certification, and I took the test. It was unquestionably the hardest certification test I have ever taken. It was an internet history test, more or less. One of the questions was: "UseNet is run on NNTP. Before the NNTP protocol was established, what protocol did it use?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Sempf/statuses/116438145255834168https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Sempf/statuses/116438145255834168Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:11:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:10:58 GMT]]>@sophieschmieg I'm convinced.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438142723797282https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116438142723797282Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:10:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:09:59 GMT]]>@jerry let's see, I have a Z[X]/(X²⁵⁶+1, 3329) here, some endomorphisms rings of supersingular elliptic curves, and my wedding ring. But I did opt for the Nest doorbell instead of the ring*, I hope that doesn't bite me now!

*I had to choose one or the other when buying the house "just a button that makes a ringing sound" was not an option

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sophieschmieg/statuses/116438138866427812https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sophieschmieg/statuses/116438138866427812Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:09:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:07:50 GMT]]>@jerry I wonder what type of rings you mean.

Rings with 1, without 1, commutative?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/greg/statuses/116438130395299626https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/greg/statuses/116438130395299626Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:07:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:07:19 GMT]]>@jerry I remember UUCP, that makes me old, right?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438128340316140https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116438128340316140Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:07:19 GMT