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Posted on 02/28/2026 8:13:37 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
"Until we have a better plan, we modified our license to exclude residents of California from using MidnightBSD for desktop use, effective January 1, 2027."
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Your future is most likely on a BSD.
Or,
Your future is to surrender. Many of you will simply surrender.
BSD?
Can’t I just put some electrical tape over the flashing clock?
“BSD most commonly stands for Berkeley Software Distribution, a family of free, open-source Unix-like operating systems derived from AT&T’s Unix. Developed at the University of California, Berkeley, in the late 1970s, it is known for stability, networking, and the BSD license (permissive software license).”
Or use a VPN?
Thx
Can voter registration learn from this? When Youth 16, 17 get drivers licenses they are automatically registered to vote. Mostly they don’t actually vote. But vote harvesters vote on their behalf.
Your future is most likely on a BSD.
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OK, already there. FreeBSD since 3.3, approx 2000.
No going back for me (snicker).
“When Youth 16, 17 get drivers licenses they are automatically registered to vote.”
Source, please.
I said “automatically”. In reality, here in GA and in my former IL, the software has an obscure feature to “opt out” of voter registration. But it is an extra step that requires someone to be alert and sophisticated in the quaint software and screen design.
In count of vote fraud there are always high numbers for the votes of those too young to vote, and the votes of non-citizens..and felons. In my experience it is vote harvesters (In IL “Precinct workers”) who vote on behalf of those registered to vote who do not show up and vote.
Everyone knows many states have motor voter. Maybe honest states screen out via birthday & age those too young to vote. Blue states or any states where Dems control the voting apparatus almost certainly do not.
Thanks for the reminder.
“I said “automatically”. In reality, here in GA and in my former IL, “
Your original statement does not apply to Georgia ...
All operating systems should do the same to all the states that have the unenforceable age verification ,LOL
Microsoft is just as bad trying to make everyone use the Spyware Microsoft account .LOL
The CaCaLand law that takes effect next year requires all operating systems to have (probably in their kernel) questions on the age of the person in front of the keyboard. The purpose is to implement ESG on everything.
Your phones will implement this soon.
I do not know if the law requires backfitting old/existing systems. If it does you will either have to throw away all existing PCs that cannot be modified (and buy M$ systems, of course) of you will not be allowed to connect to the WWW.
This is the CCP’s protocol on implementing ESG. So, of course, CaCaLand goes for it.
All of that may and probably is true.
Guess how many will actually get up and do something though?
Less than 5 fingers.
According to Grok:
The relevant law is **Assembly Bill 1043** (the Digital Age Assurance Act), signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2025. It takes effect on January 1, 2027.
Here’s what the law actually requires, based on its text and reliable reports:
- **Operating system providers** (e.g., those for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux distributions if distributed/sold in California, etc.) must provide an **accessible interface during account setup** that prompts the account holder to indicate the **birth date, age, or both** of the device’s primary user.
- This is **self-reported** information (no mandatory ID checks, scans, or strong verification required—the OS doesn’t have to confirm accuracy).
- The OS then provides a **digital “signal”** (age bracket: under 13, 13–under 16, 16–under 18, or 18+) via an API to **app developers** (upon request) when apps are downloaded/launched from covered app stores.
- The purpose is to help apps comply with age-appropriate rules, reduce risks to minors online, and shift age signals to the device level (instead of every app/site doing its own checks).
- It applies to general-purpose computing devices and focuses on apps in covered stores.
- It does **not** require anything “in their kernel.” This is handled at the user/account setup level (UI/prompt), not deep in the kernel.
- It is **not** a question “on the age of the person in front of the keyboard” in an ongoing or pervasive way—it’s a one-time prompt during account/device setup (with some provisions for existing accounts by mid-2027).
- Phones (iOS/Android) will likely need to comply if sold/used in California, as major providers fall under the definition.
- There is **no connection to ESG** (Environmental, Social, and Governance). The law is about children’s online safety and privacy (age signals for app compliance), not ESG frameworks, corporate sustainability, or anything related to environmental/social governance metrics.
Recent discussions (including in tech communities like Hacker News, Reddit, and outlets like PC Gamer/Lunduke Journal) about the bill’s broad scope—including Linux and open-source OSes—confirm it’s self-reported age at setup for app signals, not kernel-level mandates or ESG enforcement.
In short: It’s a law about device-level age prompts for better minor protections in apps, but some claims exaggerate it into something far more invasive and misattribute its purpose.
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So when doing the initial installation and set-up, the user could enter anything, say, April 15, 1913 as a birth date. Matter closed.
Yes, and that is why dems are so dead-set against checking eligibility before allowing somebody to register. In 2020 there were 10 million “extra votes” than voted ever before or ever since. Having those handy unmonitored drop boxes gave a good excuse for the pre-filled ballots for Joe Biden that were printed in China and trucked in trucks to certain precincts...
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