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by declan_roberts 10 days ago
My TV thinks it's January 1st 1970.
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And so it thinks it is fairly new, then, and doesn't require any tubes replaced. Should that change, it will let you know.
My TV isn't even connected to power
Proper air gap, that.
Every time anything asks for a DOB or anything like that, I enter the earliest date their system allows. Been doing it for decades.

I guess that might make me more trackable?

At least you could get some interesting ads. Do you want to participate in a longevity study?
Heh. Steam thinks I'm 126.
Ouch. I wouldn't risk lying to Steam, given what it has the ability to delete.
I've never had a website do more than the equivalent of "Try again, smart guy" when I put in a ridiculous age.