Travis E. JonesHonest question from a non-programmer (although I did learn BASIC in high school and Pascal in college), how would the age of the user be useful metadata for the operating system? The reason I ask is that I view the OS as serving my interests as a user, and I can't think of a way I would benefit from having my birthdate stored by systemd. Thanks!
Aaron Toponce ⚛️
@travisejones @alatiera It's likely in place so future software that requires a birthday from the system can retrieve it.
For example, some mature video game with adult elements could ask systemd for the birthday before letting the user play the game.
AFAIK, there are no hooks in place that verify that the supplied birth date matches their birth certificate, government issued ID, etc. So there's nothing stopping you from lying about your age to get around the video game rating.
Miakoda 
@atoponce @travisejones @alatiera "letting the user".
Right there is the entire fucking problem. I bought the machine. I am the owner. There is no "let" in this situation. There is only "fuck you, computer does whatever the fuck I tell it to do!". Anyone sticking "let" in to my computer can go fuck all the way off!
Right there is the entire fucking problem. I bought the machine. I am the owner. There is no "let" in this situation. There is only "fuck you, computer does whatever the fuck I tell it to do!". Anyone sticking "let" in to my computer can go fuck all the way off!
requiem 🦫
Earthshine@requiem @hellomiakoda @atoponce @alatiera genuinely curious what other term(s) you would prefer in this context.
@earthshine I like a more personal term, that reflects how the thing is being worked with, so it's very context-specific.
@requiem @hellomiakoda @atoponce @alatiera I mean in the context of the person using software/OS anyway...
@earthshine I think if you're talking to a person about something you should know enough about what they are doing to refer to them in a more personal way.
I understand that this might sound crazy 😇
@earthshine for example, if I'm talking about a piece of software for editing film, I'd use "filmmaker"; if it's a word processor I'd use "author", etc.
hyratel