For that price, I'll buy a tier 2 just to support the project
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I'm curious what the purpose is here, since I don't see it explained on the linked page. Are they essentially trying to bait the state into issuing fines so they can challenge these laws in court? Or just demonstrate how dumb the laws are?
Civil disobedience in this way (buying or owning an "illegal" product) doesn't seem like it would have the same impact as a sit-in against segregation or something like marching on a highway. There's nothing really visible for media to show off, and no real inconvenience to anyone. The state could just ignore these entirely, right?
Edit: answered my own question by reading the main Ageless Linux page. Seems like the point is to bait the state AG into fining them, or if not, explain why they aren't enforcing the law? Dunno if this will do anything but good luck to the project anyway! They certainly have the right spirit.
By the way, the current age verification madness is a coordinated lobbying campaign by Meta
One more reason for me to fucking hate Zuckerberg.
Add it to the pile at this point...
To avoid any responsibility for them not moderating.
It's more about ad revenue. Advertisers don't want to pay for bots to read their ads.
that sounds like maga simp talk
The OS level age verification is being pushed by Meta to avoid having to take responsibility for moderation.
Where have you been?
that's just a distraction maga
Yes, you’re a maga distraction lol glad we agree
👉👈 so are we supposed to kiss now or
Have the day you voted for, trumpet
you are reading the totally wrong thing into this, i'm just making fun of you dude.
not everyone who disagrees with you on every point is maga. try remembering the art of conversation
nooooooooo it's fun

edit: can someone get this gif to say MECHA KAMALA for me that would be so funny
Unfortunately, this comment thread is on top of the post, so newcomers might assume you're doing it unironically before getting to the rest of the comments.
Please elaborate.
Wait are they planing to fine non-age verification compliant devices?
Well yeah. And since no one is ever going to provide their real age, they will probably set jail time and photo ID upload requirements.
I mean if we're making shit up, why not say they'll execute you for non-compliance?
Hey everyone, found the fed simp. Hilarious name “rioting pacifist” telling us everything is gonna be fine, just like history has always proven. lol.
You should be “strawman fed” for your next username.
Honestly the level of delusion around this is Alex Jones Turning the Frogs gay, there is a shred of truth but that's about it and you're our here popping vines over a PR that does very little.
Except you’re on the “Alex jones” side here. You just can’t see because you’re a fed simp.
Lmao, you realize it's a state law right?
StAtE gOvErNmEnT sImP
Just a magat by a different name.
California is a blue state
Just so I got this straight I'm a Fed simping magat, because I think you're being hysterical about a Californian law that doesn't require verification and returns a locally stored unverified age?
I'm honestly kind of neutral on the law but the hysteria around it as a slippery nipple to completely different laws is ridiculous.
No I think you are based on your comment history and your support for privacy violations.
hey, EIGHT DAY OLD TROLL, just since you haven't got the education level to read legalese, don't take it out on other posters here
AB 1043 passed the California Assembly 76–0 and the Senate 38–0. Not a single legislator voted against it.
1798.503. (a) A person that violates this title shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation
This device does not collect, store, or transmit the age of its user. This is intentional.
Is there any reason to believe they won't want to make an example out of intentional violators?
I have serious doubts about any voters, anywhere in the world, repealing any laws like this:
- Most people like laws that let them avoid responsibility
- Most people are, or have been, parents at some point
- Most parents will offload the responsibility onto "the government" instead of admitting to poor parenting
This kind of act of insubordination, the way it is framed, I'm afraid is likely to meet the opposition of most people.
I don't know, maybe not looking stupid
Can someone eli5 the idea? I don't get it, even after reading the page. But now I want one.
They're breaking evil age verification laws on purpose as civil disobedience with cheap hardware
OK, the disobedience was the part I didn't get. Thank you!
Insofar as part availability isn't insurmountably impacted this also constitutes functional resistance to all manor of censorship and surveillance. If you can code, test on one of these
It's protestware, which is great.
California is adding a requirement for age verification for operating systems (or something like that) so each one of these violates that law by booting into linux.
Not just California. Several other US states are considering (or will be rolling out) similar laws, and Brazil's version has already rolled out this month.
Except it's not age verification and as see n by the systemd fork over this, the people hyperventilating over adding an API are making less secure systems
It's not 'hyperventilation' it's obvious fascism
ooh! ooh! Can we restart the systemd wars??
yes please! We're using OpenRC on Debian right now, it's very nice. Way less annoying than systemd.
-- Frost
JFC it's "facism" to return an age bracket?
Brilliant. I'd like to see how the very uninformed legislators deal with this. They will have to publically re-argue first principles
Amazing. Where are the build instructions
Coming in Q3
Why do we need to wait three months for them to prove this works?
Here's e.g. instructions for using a cheap screen with the base board: https://milkv.io/docs/duo/Accessories/ST7789
What in leftist infighting hell is even happening in this comment section?
For some people the world is black and white, I think that law is considered bad by everyone, but for some people complaying to state regulation is a crime against humanity itself.
It is either puppies or genocide, no in-between, so adding two lines of code for json support of an age field in a systemd module warrants you to be publicly shamed, called names and probably harrassed irl.
The guy probably just wanted to be able to continue using linux at work, and without that crap he will have to go back to windows


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