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[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Good distros will push default a dob of 1970-1-1, mark my fucking words.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's still forcing a DOB, which is the line I won't cross.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

When you make a new user using adduser do you leave your full name, number, and room number?

Blank is blank, epoch is functionally the same as leaving it blank. Especially if it becomes industry standard.