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The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 14 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

How to get age verification into linux? Easy, just tell Poettering that if he doesn't hurry up and do it first, some non-systemd approach might become the standard.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't age verification. It's just adding the field into the user record so it can be used if your distro decides to collect that information.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't about age verification, this is about him sabotaging linux instead of sabotaging encroachment by authoritarians in every single aspect of life. He didn't have to go and shove the entire boot down his throat, but here we are.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/revoluciana-facing-fascism-sabotage

Sabotage sounds spicy. It sounds dangerous.

And yet, the underlying concept is simply this: inefficiency.

I told you last time, make every inch have its cost.

Resistance does not have to be violent, and that’s not something I’m advocating here. Resistance is the word no. Resistance is standing in place. Resistance is pushing.

Resistance is the albatross around the neck of your opposition. Resistance is the anchor that drags along the sea floor.

Here are some incredibly mundane but effective examples from the manual:

Make mistakes with purchasing travel tickets

Make engineering mistakes

Make long speeches and waste time

Act ignorant, or ask a lot of questions: if you’re not familiar with the concept of sea-lioning, you should really learn it

Take longer to do your work

Even if you’re terrified of doing more, this is simply a place to start.

You are someone and you have a responsibility to do something.

You cannot make it easier for the fascists to achieve their goals. You can’t do it today, and you can’t do it later if they claim authority. You must stand in the way of oppression.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I ain't reading all that fam

This isn’t about age verification, this is about him sabotaging linux

he isn't the one who submitted the PR to add the age verification field. he also isn't the one who merged the PR.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

fucking who cares if it's not him, I'm talking about the assholes that did those things

I ain’t reading all that fam

good, keep not reading things on this site and go somewhere else without text

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 0 points 2 hours ago

I hope you get better soon, and don't stroke out from all the stress you are clearly under from seeing the word "systemd".

KTHNXBAI~

[–] 5715@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

Should this strategy become an RFC?