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Could we not attach their name to this so that it comes up when future employers search for it? It just seems unnecessary.
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Entirely needless bullying.
Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
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Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#42I am a citizen of China, I love my nation, and I think Children's Online Privacy Protection Act don't work on me.
COPPA applies to businesses in the US, not their customers.
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#43I am a citizen of China, I love my nation, and I think Children's Online Privacy Protection Act don't work on me.
Of course it does. Doesn't matter where you are or what citizenship you hold. Github has to follow US laws.
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#44I currently have $400 Digital Ocean credit, and my VPS trial costs $84 a month, I wish GitHub can fix this problem in 4.7619047619 months. At that time I am already 13 years old. I'd never give GitHub my age.
Digital Ocean has a process for this
https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/i-lost-access-to-the-g...
It requires a photo id government issued. You would be able to use a passport.
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#45The GitHub terms: > You must be age 13 or older. While we are thrilled to see brilliant young coders get excited by learning to program, we must comply with United States law. GitHub does not target our Service to children under 13, and we do not permit any Users under 13 on our Service. If we learn of any User under the age of 13, we will terminate that User’s Account immediately. If you are a resident of a country…
I am using GNU/Linux on a bare machine. I started using GNU/Linux when I was 9.
Sure, but in the US children under 13 are more often than not banned from using internet services due to an ill-conceived law called COPPA.
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#4612yos who know who RMS is inspire my cold, dead heart.
Try sr.ht or savannah.gnu.org, and keep fighting the good fight. I remember being your age and I'm sorry the Internet is the way it is.
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#47The GitHub terms: > You must be age 13 or older. While we are thrilled to see brilliant young coders get excited by learning to program, we must comply with United States law. GitHub does not target our Service to children under 13, and we do not permit any Users under 13 on our Service. If we learn of any User under the age of 13, we will terminate that User’s Account immediately. If you are a resident of a country…
I am using GNU/Linux on a bare machine. I started using GNU/Linux when I was 9.
He didn't mean you were running Linux "on" or "under" Windows. What he meant was "this is not because you are running Linux instead of Windows".
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#48The GitHub terms: > You must be age 13 or older. While we are thrilled to see brilliant young coders get excited by learning to program, we must comply with United States law. GitHub does not target our Service to children under 13, and we do not permit any Users under 13 on our Service. If we learn of any User under the age of 13, we will terminate that User’s Account immediately. If you are a resident of a country…
I am using GNU/Linux on a bare machine. I started using GNU/Linux when I was 9.
If you’re calling it GNU/Linux, I believe you.
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#49I currently have $400 Digital Ocean credit, and my VPS trial costs $84 a month, I wish GitHub can fix this problem in 4.7619047619 months. At that time I am already 13 years old. I'd never give GitHub my age.
Digital Ocean has a process for this https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/i-lost-access-to-the-g... It requires a photo id government issued. You would be able to use a passport.
He's 12 lol
Re: Tell HN: I am 12 and my GitHub account is flagged for no reason
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Digital Ocean has a process for this https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/i-lost-access-to-the-g... It requires a photo id government issued. You would be able to use a passport.
He's 12 lol
If I read GGP's comment correctly, he will be 13 by the time/before the credit on digital ocean runs out.