California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), approved by Governor Newsom in October 2025, sets out a statewide age assurance framework for operating systems and app stores. It requires o…
Not quiet. The answer is no. We will not comply with this law. And if forced by the courts, we will undermine the spirit of the law at every level and every turn.
Software is speech and fuck anyone who tries to compel speech.
Not quiet. The answer is no. We will not comply with this law. And if forced by the courts, we will undermine the spirit of the law at every level and every turn.
Software is speech and fuck anyone who tries to compel speech.
Then how does it sound?
Put an install disc in an old enough CD player and you can listen to the screeching as it reads binary code incorrectly as redbook audio.
Depends on the audio format, programming language and player.
Python with a synth voice sounds like a religious chanting prayer.
Assembly with a 6581 voice sounds like chiptune music.
C# with a Windows sound API sounds like a Hitler speech.
C with an ALSA sounds like the Enterprise D’s warp core.