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

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181753

github.com/…/7819972b641ac808d46c54d3f5d1df70d706…

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.

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RedWeasel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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 .

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- XLE@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Vapes
  
  Pregnancy tests
  
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  - SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Do those have operating systems, though, or are these baremetal applications?
    
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tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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.

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- ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You can be upset at more than one thing at a time. I believe in you.
  
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turkalino@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Just use the first number the user enters as their age

I’m 58008 btw

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- panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You’re a youngin’ I’m 22378008
  
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whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Reading the title my first thought was that they require age verification to clear memory and sum.

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