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Don't worry, US states are working on making Linux illegal through age verification requirements in the OS.

Isn't linux complaint because of the systemd change?

The only thing that systemd did was add a space and api to store an attested birth date. That is what the entire meltdown was about. A CRUD API.

Everything else about complying with the wacko age verification law is up to distro builders.


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EU is currently on its way to introduce mandatory age verification everywhere.

If I understand them correctly, the proposals are quite different. The US is effectively requiring the implementation of a third party verification service at computer set-up. The EUs approach validates an existing cryptographic identity that says you are over a certain age, without exposing your identification.

Please correct me if I am wrong, this is what I read here.


Do you expect the EU to insist on a different solution once the US solution is in-place in all US-based operating systems?

Yes. They haven't had a problem implementing their own specific regulations before - like alternative app store requirements on iOS or the European editions of Windows.

Nah you see, the NASDAQ is giving them a out just like SpaceX. Short-circuit the index joining time and allow them to get into index funds within days. After that you shift all the losses onto 401ks as the original investors cash out and the 401ks blindly buy the shares as part of the index.

The EU is unleashing billions of euros to drop US controlled software this year and beyond. This means TDF, Collabora and NextCloud are tripping over themselves to scoop up the funds as non-American Office Software alternatives to Microsoft.

Its baby boomers on their last hoorah as they head to their graves. Burning and taking everything with them.

Meh


JD Vance is 41 years old. Certainly not a boomer, and has aligning views with Trump

They are busy funding age verification lobbying already

https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/01/openai-ai-kids-safety-coal...


>. You cannot prevent people from making money off your free work, and the fact that it is a profitable endeavour for them will lead to them spending money on marketing

You can in-fact file a copyright claim against them if they fail to provide the source and attribution.


Is this just literally turning plugins into microservices? Lol

Because it would make their bad financial decisions feel bad in this situation :3

I know someone who had one child and then spent the pandemic finding a car and buying an overpriced, and significantly oversized Escalade. He of course detailed his struggles, especially financial the entire time to us wonder what the fuck was going on. Apparently the whole pressure was from his and his wife's entire extended family.

Jfc my parents raised me and my brother out of a fucking Buick sedan. Modern Americans are spoiled as fuck.


Have you ever tried taking kids on public transit? God forbid you try to take 3 with you.

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