That's his wingflap

Yes it's technically trivial. I have read the patch. That's beside the point, which is social and political.

I get to decide and report what does and does not hurt me thankyouverymuch. And I do think this is a step that erodes my right to privacy, taken with shockingly little discussion. (Which got it reverted)

There's a lot of degrees of freedom between "just comply bro" and "good luck enforcing that". For example https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/the-fallacy-fallacy

Furthermore, this isn't even the fallacy you claim. I'm making a statement about the intentions of the people pushing these laws. Which are actually known - It's mostly Meta, and their intentions are pretty clear: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

Yes. It's an engineering game that can def put you in flow and disrupt your sleep and self control.

If you know space chem.or zachtronics, well, it's a zachtronics game.

If not: You are an alchemist, which means you use these tiny arms and other tools to assemble molecules. Just assembling something automatically is an accomplishment, but many aim to optimize the amount of space used, the speed at which molecules are constructed, and/or the cost of the machine itself.

I see how hard you're trying

"just comply bro"

Do you hear yourself?

There is no way to age check that both preserves anonymity and isn't game-able by a motivated 12 year old.

"It'd be handy" isn't a good argument for taking away our rights to privacy.

It's a bellwether for compulsory identity verification.

I don't think anyone should go after this guy personally, but I'd really hope that the people working on my OS care like I do about my rights and freedoms.

This is being made in response to a law that is a bellwether for compulsory identity verification, which should strike fear into the hearts of everyone (well, everyone who cares about their privacy. Which should be everyone, but ...)

It's definitely wrong to degrade or harass this guy for doing it.

Buuut this is being made to support a bad law that should be opposed. The law is a bellwether for compulsory age and identity verification, which should strike fear into the hearts of everyone. And especially everyone who cares about their privacy (which really should be everyone, but ...).

Furthermore, it's questionable whether a law like this can apply to open source software. IMO it really can't - who exactly is liable? Is the world really better with ageless Linux outlawed?

Inb4 it becomes "upload your passport to boot"

Is is

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