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  1. Link to run inside your browser on Developer Releases Windows 95 OS as an App For Windows 10, macOS and Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    This electron "app" uses v86 which is an x86 emulator inside the V8 javascript engine (which does 99% of the "work" here). If you want to see live demos, check out https://github.com/copy/v86/. They've got Windows 1.01, Windows 95 and Linux 3 demos that run right in your browser.

  2. Re: Equal opportunity on Oracle Systematically Underpaid Thousands of Women, Lawsuit Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A computer ... fed with biased historical data will output biased results. âoeOn a computerâ isnâ(TM)t a clean disclaimer

  3. That concern can be addressed by a simple term in the license about country of primary use or country where user lives etc. And if you're going to not follow the license agreement anyway, the price isn't going to stop you from going unlicensed

  4. First, the author of the article doesn't seem to know of "commercial software". Ok, that aside, this isn't some massive ground breaking idea. Businesses already use different pricing tiers and models in different countries. It may not always be based on X (X = GDP here) but pricing is a critical business decision that pulls in many factors. It's not a flippant decision. And all this applies to software businesses too.

  5. Re:Buy a something he can grow into on Ask Slashdot: Math-Related Present For a Bright 10-Year-Old? · · Score: 1

    But then you run the risk of pushing him away from Math altogether if it's too challenging. Source: I'm a father.

  6. Re: edittard here - WTF is *A* software? on Hackers Get Linux Running On a PlayStation 4 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    A software you must write. Hmmmmm.

  7. Re: Thank you. on Scott Meyers Retires From Involvement With C++ (blogspot.com) · · Score: 1

    I take your language of choice is BrainFuck?