Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
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@serapath @catsalad One day you'll probably will have to present your ID to buy hardware, binding the machine id to it, as for sim cards already. Buy new hardware now, not only because of Hormus, Taiwan and BigTech stressing memory prices, but because we all will have to wait several years for the autocratic regimes to grind each other up to the point where they crumble from their own ignorance.
@Amorpheus @serapath @catsalad wait a minute... I bet you're just saying this to create a price spike in computer hardware, you must have shares in RAM or disks or something. Let me just take a look at what the market's doing ... THE PRICE IS WHAT, NOW‽‽‽ Never mind...
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad@infosec.exchange I can't wait to do things like disable my EDR by saying I'm 133 years old.
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@serapath @catsalad I agree with you that the future will be what we decide it to be.
But FOSS is one thing. Chip and PCB design and production is another league, that we as a free and independent intellectual community cannot achieve that easily.
We can only create a market niche by supporting it where we can, hoping that some company will follow our call. But even then those companies will have to comply with national regulations.
@Amorpheus @serapath @catsalad
What‽ Someone tell @tubetime! (See also https://monster6502.com/)
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad Here's a starting point: https://goblincorps.com/ageless-linux.html
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You are a bad influencer.
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@catsalad Yeah. That age verification bullshit is just stupid -_-
Boomers who don't know shit about computers should stick to their abacuses, hell sticks and stones even, lol.
@reallylazybear @catsalad yeah, sticks and stones can only break our bones. Unfortunately, they have something much, much more dangerous — words.
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@ramonfincken Oh, nevermind.. They are discussing it
@catsalad @ramonfincken Reading through this concept, I’d like to remind everybody that constantly polling a big wide honking bracket can be used to pinpoint exact details. Replying “under 13” every day until today (you now reply “13-16”) means today is your 13th birthday. There is zero point in adding brackets when services can already determine your exact age using this method.
California needs to stop writing hopes & prayers and start writing laws which include expert guidance.
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad fully printing out faces of politicians who supported these measures and using those to verify age when otherwise forced to
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad
"Pssst, Hey kid, you want something that'll make your PC run like a thousands times better. (opens a coat to reveal USBs) I got a Mint, Arch, Zorin, Ubuntu, Debian if you feeling up for it I just got Pop!OS" -
Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad Just be sure to also use illegal CPU hardware that does not have tracking devices built in.
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@catsalad Just be sure to also use illegal CPU hardware that does not have tracking devices built in.
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad
Can't wait to see tech bros prosecuted for using their products to promote illegal surveillance and exploit those who are under age, CatSalad. -
Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad Coming right you from the home of the Online Safety Act nanny state! Which is just regulatory capture by Bigtech by another name, frankly.
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@Amorpheus @serapath @catsalad wait a minute... I bet you're just saying this to create a price spike in computer hardware, you must have shares in RAM or disks or something. Let me just take a look at what the market's doing ... THE PRICE IS WHAT, NOW‽‽‽ Never mind...
@GerardThornley @serapath @catsalad Sorry to disappoint you. I don't have any money invested in stock or currency markets. And even if every single fediverse user would buy new hardware, it would be but a insignificant fraction of the impact AI expansion has on the memory market.
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad You have my toot ...
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad microslop are already there with ID capture & no local accounts, apple & google probably aren't far behind
US based Linux distros will likely cave with UK based stuff following closely
The sad truth is that I've seen most people just hand over IDs when asked without thinking giving those kind of ideas credibility
The more bad ideas are normalised, the harder they are to challenge
When privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy & I'm happy to become an outlaw to keep mine
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad The Register here in UK are tracking the Californian kneejerk legislation: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/os_age_verification/?td=keepreading
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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.
@catsalad people are going to have to add a section to their "how to write a minimalist kernel in Rust" called "how to add age verification", congrats, you haven't gotten USB functionality working but now to be legal in the US you need to ask the user for a photocopy of their ID
