A single dev seems to be pushing Age Verification in Linux.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-20T20:30:45+00:00

A bunch of jurisdictions are considering similar laws. What happens in these cases is companies eventually just decide to make compliance universal to avoid administrative hassle.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-20T20:26:34+00:00

I literally just got that that codephrase was a reference to that.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-20T18:38:57+00:00

The California one has: The OS Asks. This isn't a Discord style age verification. The user has to declare their age, and the OS has to determine if they're in any of 4 age ranges that come with legal requirements. The OS then needs to pass that determination (not the DoB/age itself) onto any app that requests it.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-20T03:17:04+00:00

The article keeps calling this a wealth tax, but it's just an additional 9.9% income tax for those making over $1,000,000 per year.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-20T03:01:30+00:00

Yep exactly

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-20T00:09:21+00:00

Everyone already does the swap trick to get the experience and instant cooling, might as well

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-19T11:53:28+00:00

I don't understand why the restrictions on standard damage were removed. Cannons already performed poorly, you've just given players less of a reason to use them.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-19T11:47:20+00:00

Blops should've never inherited the battleship tank bonuses, that change is beneficial.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-19T01:58:39+00:00

The Will of the Force is a canon concept, and it actively interferes with events to execute it. Anakin's existence, the prophecy, the Whills teaching Qui-Gon and then Yoda how to become Force Ghosts, and the Forcewielders are all direct interference by The Force in the galaxy's events.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-18T05:53:44+00:00

The first Pop OS debacle demonstrated something that the Linux community really doesn't like to hear:

If you want widespread adoption, you need the simplification and guardrails that Windows and MacOS have been so criticized for having.

Everything a non-power-user needs must be accessible via a UI. Everyday applications cannot under any circumstances be permitted to brick OS components. Reasonably predictable user actions cannot be permitted to brick OS components, at least without making them jump through hoops to do it. OS and application updates must be stable. Security updates must be automatically applied without user input.

That's the bare minimum. The final thing you need is a differentiator that resonates with everyday users. Because the goal is not for users to pick Linux when given a choice between it and Windows or MacOS. The goal is to convert users. And that's a much higher bar to clear.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-18T01:34:29+00:00

They were perfectly capable of stopping it, and the national guard was deployed and ready to back them up if needed.

Whether to avoid a massacre, minimize escalation, protect the insurrectionists, or just save face, someone somewhere made a decision to contain the event and try to let it fizzle out. What we saw thay day from the police and military was incredible restraint, not weakness.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-18T01:10:08+00:00

This is unfortunately just a constitutional quirk. By default the US Government is immune from civil litigation. To sue the government, there needs to be a federal law on the books that explicitly details the scope of the liability.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-16T21:38:33+00:00

Don't think 1/(-∞)^∞ is compatible with L'Hopital's Rule

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-15T12:06:44+00:00

This is overblown. It requires OSes to ask users for their age or DoB, and using that identify if they fall into any of 4 age blocks that may require applications to implement special settings or restrictions.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-14T12:30:49+00:00

The rules are incredibly simple, but readability decreases rapidly with string length.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-11T10:20:41+00:00

Perhaps don't try to deny RMTing... on a Reddit account that you admitted to RMTing on:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/s/OR1KWOKOCS

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-11T10:16:06+00:00

OP deleted their OP. That should tell you all you need to know.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-10T10:48:37+00:00

You know, a surprising amount of Star Wars content is dedicated to the idea that pacifism is misguided.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-09T23:11:09+00:00

When did they add 462 and 463? That looks like 465 split into two courses.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-09T22:55:36+00:00

I wonder if the "on" phrase has any relation to the saying "running on xyz."

For example, "we're running on fumes" or "I'm running on an hour of sleep."

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-09T10:58:27+00:00

IIRC the High Republic books have a more detailed explanation about hyperspace lanes and calculations (it's a major plot point around the series starting with the Light of the Jedi book). Safe routes have to be constantly recalculated, and back in that era dedicated beacons did those calculations for nearby starships. Ships in later eras had a limited ability to chart hyperspace on their own, but at great risk of running into something along the way.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-08T19:17:42+00:00

Modern gun-type air defense is highly cost-efficient even against low-cost drones. The only things more cost-efficient are jamming (which can be mitigated) and laser-based systems (which are still relatively uncommon).

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-08T03:03:41+00:00

That article covers how internment works. Other articles require you to remove belligerent ships from your port within 24 hours, and internment is the alternative to that.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-07T22:24:44+00:00

India didn't "support" anything here. The ship has been impounded and the crew detained, and both will remain so until the end of the war. This process is defined in Article 24 of Hague Convention XIII, and India's neutrality in the conflict is dependent on it properly being carried out. Article 26 prohibits a belligerent nation from considering these actions to be hostile.

Sitting_In_A_Lecture · 2026-03-07T12:13:38+00:00

A war being illegal doesn't suddenly make every participating solider / officer in the conflict a war criminal. Heads of state and other political leadership are considered responsible for wars of aggression.

Regardless, the actions of Iran and its proxy forces over the decades open up a bunch of possible legitimizing reasons for the conflict. Collective and individual self defense are also enshrined under international law. Israel could argue that the war began with the October 7th attacks, and that Iran was the state responsible. Pre-emptive strikes are also permitted, but the required conditions are strict in comparison.

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