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The overwhelming majority of programmers likely cut their teeth on computers as kids. Any attempt to restrict computer access to 18+ will only handicap American
by curt15 7mo ago
The overwhelming majority of programmers likely cut their teeth on computers as kids. Any attempt to restrict computer access to 18+ will only handicap American programmers in the job market.
- Arch485 7mo agoOr lots of parents will put their ID into their kid's computer so that they have full access.
- tzs 7mo agoWhat ID? Most of these laws don't require any ID. They require that when the administrator of the computer sets up an account for a user the admin can enter an age or birthdate for the user, and that the OS provides an interface so that apps that user runs can ask based on that admin provided information what age bracket the user is in ([0,13), [13,16), [16,18), [18,∞)). Apps that need to make age based decisions can use that information.
- joquarky 7mo agoOnce a mechanism is in place, they can easily "refine" it.
- 201984 7mo agoYep, and a disturbing amount of people here want to pull the ladder up behind them.