I am definitely not an expert on Iran, so I will not say whether Iran truly has a history of human rights abuses or not, but I have to say the citations of that Wikipedia article ia full of citations from sources that have clear vested interest in the United State hegemony. This is the exact kind of Wikipedia article teachers warned aginst citing when I was in school.

Nor have I understood it either. If a phase of ones life is not worth experincing, then by that logic is death the only goal of life? Truly a strange logic to hold. To me, life is about the moments that comprise it, thus the "phases", as you put it, are life.

God how i wish anyone I worked with understood throwing bodies at every problem doesn't mean it gets fixed faster. On the the other end of problems, they don't understand a developer can't just start developing on immediately on complex application.

God being in project orient work is a pain.

As someone who works with timezones as a developer it doesnt really matter I don't think. Timezone are already kind of a mess of a concept and honestly I just want it tp stop changing, I don't really care which way.

I don't know about every state, but in the US state I live in, if the tipped employee's tips and wage amount to less than the true minimum wage (not the server minimum wage) the employer is legally required to make up the difference. I just confirmed this on my states labor department's website (which I will not share as to not dox myself) I'm sure there are other states that have similar laws too.

I spent my entire last therapy session talking about the history the rise of the IBM PC clone market and how Microsoft's contract with IBM made it possible lol

This is a take I think makes the decision make more sense to me (if this is the reasoning), letting the user opt into compliance rather than forcing their hand.

Is everyone ignoring the direct quote in the orginal post that is referring to laws (California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025)) that are going to force you to verify your age?

Did you ignore the comment in the github where it, and I quote "Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc.". Yes it is optional NOW, but this is in preparation of laws that make it legally Mandatory. Don't down play this.

For anyone who has worked for a large company that was around for the IBM mainframe days, it's hilarious watching them try to remove the mainframe from their tech stack, while simultaneously becoming dependent on AI.

Didn't you read the community rule that said no personal attacks haha

You can also see them as you drive by, you don't have to crusade against everyone