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Colorado's "age-attestation" bill left the House committee with new exemptions for open-source operating systems, applications, code repositories, and containerized software distribution, reports the blog Linuxiac:
[The bill] focuses on operating system providers and application stores. Its main requirement is that these providers supply an age-related signal via an interface, so applications can determine whether a user is a minor... System76 founder Carl Richell shared on Fosstodon that the updated bill now includes "a strong exemption for open source distros and apps" and has passed in the House committee. He also quoted the key part, which says Article 30 does not apply to an operating system provider or developer that distributes software under license terms that let recipients copy, redistribute, and modify the software without restrictions from the provider or developer... This wording covers Linux distributions and many open-source applications without linking the exemption to any specific project, company, or ecosystem.
The amendment also excludes applications from free, public code repositories from being considered covered applications. It also excludes code repository providers and containerized software distribution from being defined as covered application stores. This is meant to prevent platforms like GitHub, GitLab, Docker, or Podman-based distributions from being treated like commercial app stores under the bill.
"There are more steps but we're on our way to protecting the open source community," Richell posted on Fosstodon, "at least in Colorado."
[The bill] focuses on operating system providers and application stores. Its main requirement is that these providers supply an age-related signal via an interface, so applications can determine whether a user is a minor... System76 founder Carl Richell shared on Fosstodon that the updated bill now includes "a strong exemption for open source distros and apps" and has passed in the House committee. He also quoted the key part, which says Article 30 does not apply to an operating system provider or developer that distributes software under license terms that let recipients copy, redistribute, and modify the software without restrictions from the provider or developer... This wording covers Linux distributions and many open-source applications without linking the exemption to any specific project, company, or ecosystem.
The amendment also excludes applications from free, public code repositories from being considered covered applications. It also excludes code repository providers and containerized software distribution from being defined as covered application stores. This is meant to prevent platforms like GitHub, GitLab, Docker, or Podman-based distributions from being treated like commercial app stores under the bill.
"There are more steps but we're on our way to protecting the open source community," Richell posted on Fosstodon, "at least in Colorado."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
There's a glass roof — but no rear-view window. Instead the Polestar 4 replaces the rear-view mirror with a live feed from a wide-angle camera. Its high-resolution display (1480 x 320 pixels) promises "a panoramic view of the outside," according to Polestar's web site, showing more of what's behind you. "Visibility in the dark and in rainy conditions is also vastly improved."
Besides the camera feed (and side mirrors), the Polestar 4 offers four short-range cameras (for 360-degree views), and even short-range ultrasonics, the Wall Street Journal points out. (Car rear-view windows are usually five feet off the ground, "making a typical traffic cone invisible from closer than about 35 feet." ) And this new design also improves "aero efficiency," reducing drag and shearing turbulence, "critical, since the Polestar 4 is all-electric, and aero drag is the mortal enemy of range."
[A]s a practical matter, the Polestar 4's innovation only acknowledges what drivers already know. In many modern cars, the rearview mirror is all but useless, anyway. In a typical full-size SUV, the glass in the rear hatch is about 10 feet away from the rearview mirror, with two sets of headrests in between... Having spent a few days in what Polestar calls an "SUV coupe" I am here to report that drivers won't miss the mirror. For one thing, the display is shaped like a conventional mirror, imbuing it with the comfort of the familiar. The imagery is convincingly mirror-like — reversed — with eye-like focal length, decent resolution and lowlight sensitivity, making it easy to trust when judging distances, with the help of graphical overlays and warning tones. It also has excellent auto-dimming algorithms....
The Polestar 4 is called that because it is the fourth model from the Swedish-Chinese premium/luxury collab, born out of Volvo Cars' performance subbrand. Describing it as an "SUV coupe" almost feels like a translation error. The design eschews signaling traditional utility in favor of a jocund modernism — call it orbital chic.... As for missing the rear window, my advice is, don't look back.
"In sports cars, rearview mirrors have been essentially decorative for some time," the article points out. (The 1974 Lamborghini Countach LP400 originally envisioned "a rear-facing periscope fitted in a dorsal channel in the roof.")
"The era's contempt for rearview mirrors was captured in a scene from The Gumball Rally (1976) when Raul Julia's character snaps the mirror off his Ferrari Daytona and throws it away. 'The first rule of Italian driving,' he says. 'What's behind me is not important.'"
There's 11 exterior cameras, plus 12 ultrasonic sensors and a mid-range radar to watch for threats
and "intervene if necessary". One feature even reads speed limit signs and shows the posted limit on the driver's display. ("If the car exceeds the limit, the driver will hear a warning sound.") Even the windshield has built-in camera sensors to provide automatically "adaptive" headlights that switch from high beam to low beam when they identify approaching vehicles or the taillights of cars ahead.
"A total of seven airbags are deployed in the event of a collision."
Thanks to Slashdot reader fjo3 for sharing the article.
Besides the camera feed (and side mirrors), the Polestar 4 offers four short-range cameras (for 360-degree views), and even short-range ultrasonics, the Wall Street Journal points out. (Car rear-view windows are usually five feet off the ground, "making a typical traffic cone invisible from closer than about 35 feet." ) And this new design also improves "aero efficiency," reducing drag and shearing turbulence, "critical, since the Polestar 4 is all-electric, and aero drag is the mortal enemy of range."
[A]s a practical matter, the Polestar 4's innovation only acknowledges what drivers already know. In many modern cars, the rearview mirror is all but useless, anyway. In a typical full-size SUV, the glass in the rear hatch is about 10 feet away from the rearview mirror, with two sets of headrests in between... Having spent a few days in what Polestar calls an "SUV coupe" I am here to report that drivers won't miss the mirror. For one thing, the display is shaped like a conventional mirror, imbuing it with the comfort of the familiar. The imagery is convincingly mirror-like — reversed — with eye-like focal length, decent resolution and lowlight sensitivity, making it easy to trust when judging distances, with the help of graphical overlays and warning tones. It also has excellent auto-dimming algorithms....
The Polestar 4 is called that because it is the fourth model from the Swedish-Chinese premium/luxury collab, born out of Volvo Cars' performance subbrand. Describing it as an "SUV coupe" almost feels like a translation error. The design eschews signaling traditional utility in favor of a jocund modernism — call it orbital chic.... As for missing the rear window, my advice is, don't look back.
"In sports cars, rearview mirrors have been essentially decorative for some time," the article points out. (The 1974 Lamborghini Countach LP400 originally envisioned "a rear-facing periscope fitted in a dorsal channel in the roof.")
"The era's contempt for rearview mirrors was captured in a scene from The Gumball Rally (1976) when Raul Julia's character snaps the mirror off his Ferrari Daytona and throws it away. 'The first rule of Italian driving,' he says. 'What's behind me is not important.'"
There's 11 exterior cameras, plus 12 ultrasonic sensors and a mid-range radar to watch for threats
and "intervene if necessary". One feature even reads speed limit signs and shows the posted limit on the driver's display. ("If the car exceeds the limit, the driver will hear a warning sound.") Even the windshield has built-in camera sensors to provide automatically "adaptive" headlights that switch from high beam to low beam when they identify approaching vehicles or the taillights of cars ahead.
"A total of seven airbags are deployed in the event of a collision."
Thanks to Slashdot reader fjo3 for sharing the article.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 26-04-2026 01:15 CEST
In één oogopslag:
• 9.9°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 5.9°C / Max 16.6°C
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 5.9°C, Max 16.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1025.3 hPa ↗️ +1.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↓ 351°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 02:00: 9.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1023.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 35°
• 03:00: 9.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↙ 34°
• 04:00: 9.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 54°
• 05:00: 9.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ← 86°
• 06:00: 9.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1025.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: ← 83°
• 07:00: 9.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1025.6 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: ← 79°
• 08:00: 9.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1026.1 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ← 81°
• 09:00: 10.1°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1026.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 85°
• 10:00: 11.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 90°
• 11:00: 12.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ← 101°
• 12:00: 13.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ← 100°
• 13:00: 14.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.7 km/u (1.3 m/s), richting: ← 75°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• maandag 27 april: Min 9.0°C, Max 17.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.3 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ← 70°
• dinsdag 28 april: Min 9.4°C, Max 19.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1023.4 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 35°
• woensdag 29 april: Min 8.4°C, Max 16.8°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1025.0 hPa ↗️ +1.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.2 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 42°
• donderdag 30 april: Min 7.2°C, Max 18.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1027.2 hPa ↗️ +2.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.4 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↙ 56°
• vrijdag 01 mei: Min 9.9°C, Max 20.9°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1023.2 hPa ↘️ -4.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.5 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ← 92°
• zaterdag 02 mei: Min 11.5°C, Max 24.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1019.2 hPa ↘️ -4.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 153°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 9.9°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 7.1°C (-2.8°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 22°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 22.0 km/h (6.1 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 75%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1023.8 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:24 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:56
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 38 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 10.6 μg/m³
• PM10: 14.7 μg/m³
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In één oogopslag:
• 9.9°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 5.9°C / Max 16.6°C
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 5.9°C, Max 16.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1025.3 hPa ↗️ +1.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↓ 351°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 02:00: 9.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1023.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 35°
• 03:00: 9.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↙ 34°
• 04:00: 9.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 54°
• 05:00: 9.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ← 86°
• 06:00: 9.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1025.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: ← 83°
• 07:00: 9.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1025.6 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: ← 79°
• 08:00: 9.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1026.1 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ← 81°
• 09:00: 10.1°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1026.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 85°
• 10:00: 11.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 90°
• 11:00: 12.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ← 101°
• 12:00: 13.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ← 100°
• 13:00: 14.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.7 km/u (1.3 m/s), richting: ← 75°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• maandag 27 april: Min 9.0°C, Max 17.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.3 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ← 70°
• dinsdag 28 april: Min 9.4°C, Max 19.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1023.4 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 35°
• woensdag 29 april: Min 8.4°C, Max 16.8°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1025.0 hPa ↗️ +1.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.2 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 42°
• donderdag 30 april: Min 7.2°C, Max 18.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1027.2 hPa ↗️ +2.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.4 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↙ 56°
• vrijdag 01 mei: Min 9.9°C, Max 20.9°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1023.2 hPa ↘️ -4.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.5 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ← 92°
• zaterdag 02 mei: Min 11.5°C, Max 24.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1019.2 hPa ↘️ -4.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 153°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 9.9°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 7.1°C (-2.8°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 22°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 22.0 km/h (6.1 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 75%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1023.8 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:24 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:56
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 38 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 10.6 μg/m³
• PM10: 14.7 μg/m³
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