Comment on Open source calculator firmware DB48X forbids CA/CO use due to age verification

• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do those have operating systems, though, or are these baremetal applications?

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  • XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d consider a web server and DOOM to 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.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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