https://github.com/c3d/db48x/commit/7819972b641ac808d46c54d3f5d1df70d706d286
license: Add legal notice regarding California and Colorado bills As a consequence of recent legislative activity in [California][cal] and [Colororado][col]:
- California residents may no longer use DB48x after Jan 1st, 2027.
- Colorado residents may no longer use DB48x after Jan 1st, 2028.
DB48x is probably an operating system under these laws. However, it does not, cannot and will not implement age verification.
That is wild. There is no exceptions in Colorado for hobbies projects or userbase size. Here is the definition of device. This would apply to an Apple II, calculators, possibly printers, TVs, monitors, and who know what else.
"DEVICE " MEANS ANY GENERAL- PURPOSE COMPUTING DEVICE THAT CAN ACCESS A COVERED APPLICATION STORE OR DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION .
And thermostats and fragrance releasing things can run Linux
Do those have operating systems, though, or are these baremetal applications?
I’d consider a web server to be a kind of application. Turns out the pregnancy tester was just hacked for the screen, so that one probably doesn’t count.
Computers can still be super small though. Gonna update with a few things that can run Linux.
Yes, those can be considered application programs, as I stated. The bills in question specifically call out operating systems, though. Of course the writers of this bullshit have no clue how the underlying technology works or what the terms they’re using even mean; not all OSes involve a user setup scenario, for example, nor does downloading a runnable application, e.g. new firmware, make something relevant to their ill-conceived law.
The Democrats have a trifecta in both Colorado and California. I really wish that they’d knock bullshit like this off so that I could go back to being upset about Trump and company.
You can be upset at more than one thing at a time. I believe in you.
Of course you can, but you only have so much time to do actions. Spending their time on less important things means more important things get neglected.
I think the problem of protecting kids and society in general from the harms of social media, and now ai, is hugely important, though. Age verification by these untrustworthy companies is not the solution, though.
Just use the first number the user enters as their age
I’m 58008 btw
You’re a youngin’ I’m 55378008
Reading the title my first thought was that they require age verification to clear memory and sum.
