It sucks and is stupid but the alternative is banning Linux.

Good. Have it banned in the one state that probably relies on it the absolute most. Silicon Valley would start to implode and the law would be changed very quickly.

/whoosh

PC gamer hijacks your browser history to show more articles when you try to back out of the site.

I HAAAAAATE this so bloody much. It’s such a gross feeling when your device literally stops working the way it’s supposed to work just because a website wants to shove more of their crap at you.

A Motorola

By “these people”, I mean people who just don’t get it.

It’s like talking to a wall with these people.

Yes, this is perfect!

Your real name and location data have been stored in UNIX/Linux for over 60 years.

IF you entered that info. And it wasn’t being used by applications to enable surveillance laws. It’s a false equivalency.

I’m running Linux, so I’m also completely unaffected by this.

I think it’s blatantly obvious we weren’t born on January 1970, year 1. January only has 30 days, not 1970.

I’ll believe that if and when they actually force me to upload identification to prove that my birthday really is 1970-01-01 and my name really is Nunya Bissnis

It’ll be too late by that point. Way way way too late.

That reads a lot like McDonald’s ceo eating a burger consuming a product.

FTFY

They’d have to fork from early Windows 10. There’s so much garbage introduced by humans at that point, nevermindLLMs.

But on the other hand, Windows is a dead and broken product to me. So I don’t care.

That’s a form of 2 factor auth, but that’s not what all 2 factor auth is. There are many services that use 2fA time based tokens, or other methods. Any service that uses your phone number for 2FA is actively making the security on your account worse.

No forced 2 factor authorization that is an excuse to grab your personal information to sell it.

What?

anyone that bought a cybertruck did so knowing full well that it’s a giant “fuck everybody but me” vehicle

That’s how many people see it, but I know a few people that are entirely disconnected from “celeb culture” and the news in general, and just think the cybertruck is neat technology. And to be fair, putting aside the massive safety issues with it, it does have noteworthy technology that on their own are interesting.

And I think the cross section of people who are interested in the cybertruck, people who are not particularly intelligent, and who also have money are generally going to be the customer base. It’s fine to criticize, but to say “no sympathy” when they die is gross.

Felon Muskrat went full mask off way back in 2016 when he called child rescuers a Pedo.

That wasn’t “mask off”, that was him being publicly petulant. That was him not knowing how to react to someone telling him “no”. It was the start of the cracks in his pubic veneer. Most rational people would say his reaction to that situation was ridiculous and childish, but I would bet there’s a good amount of people who still aren’t aware of what he said about the rescuers.

His “mask off” moment was during the 2024 USA elections when he went full Nazi (openly).

Granted, there were always indications for people who knew what to pay attention to, but that’s not most people.

Anybody that bought a cyber truck did so knowing full well Elon is a Nazi.

The cybertruck was available to buy before he went full mask off. And not everyone is “in-touch” with everything.

No compassion at all

Disgusting.

Contact your representative

Right, so that they can ask if I’m stoned or stupid for asking them to affect laws in another country?

It’s being added as a response to the age verification laws with the intended purpose to provide the age signal.

It’s age verification/attestation.