AmoxtliMar 2

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

https://thelemmy.club/post/45187928

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup - The Lemmy Club

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Show threadsicktriple
So now when I spin up a VM at my sysadmin job I have to tell the server I’m an adult? Does anyone actually know what the fuck we are doing here? What an absolute clown show.
Mar 2 at 6:29amWeb
Show threadzewmMar 2
This is what happens when boomers never die and stay in office for a lifetime. They don’t understand technology but are allowed to make the laws that govern their use.
Show threadMyNameIsIgglePiggleMar 2
When can just change the laws when they leave
Show threadjayboneMar 2
Wut?
Show threada4ng3lMar 2
Nha boomers are not the cause for this shit. Smart ass marketeers and tech bro pushing for more precise target identification and thus more reach for them are to blame. And those I stumble upon are definitely on the younger side.
Show thread0x0Mar 2

They don’t understand technology

Considering most said technology was built by boomers… yeah sure, buddy.

Show threadAceticonMar 2

You’re confusing GenX with Boomers - the explosion in Tech was in the 90s, not the 70s.

Even then, most GenX weren’t involved in Tech since when they learned how to use it, it wasn’t yet normalized and widespread, so only really people who found such things interesting went for it, and generally the personality type of those attracted to power over others is almost the opposite of the personality type of those attracted to strict and complex logical structures as used in programming computers.

Show thread0x0Mar 2

You’re confusing GenX with Boomers - the explosion in Tech was in the 90s, not the 70s.

Indeed it “exploded” in the 90s but was established in the 60s.
Personality types seem to be spot on.
Regardless, shoehorning whole generations is just… unproductive. Unless you’re claming GenXers are cool, then you’re correct.

Show threadAceticonMar 2
The point being that Tech was incredibly niche during the core learning years of people who nowadays are in their 60s and older, so expecting them to be familiar with it at depth is unreasonable.
Show threadsp3ctr4lMar 2

Does anyone actually know what the fuck we are doing here?

Obviously not, no.

You’re a sysadmin… you should know this.

Show threadpoopsmithMar 3

Other people get paid to make decisions, not think about them.

And ofc they don’t suffer any consequences for making bad decisions.

Show threadsp3ctr4lMar 3
Precisely, shit trickles downward, that’s how the economy/society works!
Show threadpoopsmithMar 3
Haha, I’m not even supposed to talk!