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Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy diskswww.bbc.com/future/article/20240510-floppy-disks-why-some-people-are-still-in-love-with-this-obsolete-computer-storage-technology
373 sats \ 15 comments \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 13 May 2024 tech
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German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement
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The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Diskspectrum.ieee.org/3m-floppy
21 sats \ 1 comment \ @hn 3 Apr 2024 tech
Japan's government is (finally) done with floppy diskswww.popsci.com/technology/floppy-disk-japan/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
31 sats \ 0 comments \ @1GLENCoop 7 Jul 2024 tech
San Francisco’s Train System Still Uses Floppy Disks — And Will For Yearswww.wired.com/story/san-francisco-muni-trains-floppy-disks/
116 sats \ 1 comment \ @0xbitcoiner 12 Apr 2024 tech
Everything I know about floppy disksthejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2023-08-28/
20 sats \ 1 comment \ @hn 4 Sep 2023 tech
Still booting after all these years: The people using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers
530 sats \ 2 comments \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 20 May tech
German Navy warships finally ditch floppy disks after 30 yearsinterestingengineering.com/military/german-navy-replace-floppy-disks
1563 sats \ 36 comments \ @kristapsk 16 Jul 2024 tech
FAA to eliminate floppy disks and Windows 95 used in air traffic control systemswww.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-faa-seeks-to-eliminate-floppy-disk-usage-in-air-traffic-control-systems
339 sats \ 11 comments \ @k00b 9 Jun tech
“Clearly predatory”: Western Digital sparks panic, anger for age-shaming HDDsarstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/clearly-predatory-western-digital-sparks-panic-anger-for-age-shaming-hdds/
107 sats \ 2 comments \ @beorange 14 Jun 2023 tech
Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need [video] (2022)tom7.org/harder/
21 sats \ 0 comments \ @hn 31 Aug 2024 tech
The Dying Computer Museumascii.textfiles.com/archives/5672
21 sats \ 0 comments \ @hn 19 Aug 2024 tech
San Francisco to Pay $212 Million to End Reliance on 5.25-inch Floppy Disksarstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/212-million-contract-will-finally-get-san-francisco-trains-off-floppy-disks/
240 sats \ 8 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 24 Oct 2024 lol
San Francisco's light rail to upgrade from floppy diskswww.theregister.com/2024/04/09/san_francisco_muni_floppy_disks/
296 sats \ 7 comments \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 9 Apr 2024 tech
Retro Gadgets Stand Test of Time in an Era of Disposable Techwww.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-28/old-electrical-appliances-made-to-be-fixed-and-still-performing/105791190?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web
243 sats \ 4 comments \ @OT 28 Sep Construction_and_Engineering
Digital Assets are Useful Today Despite What the Naysayers Saywww.swanbitcoin.com/digital-assets-are-useful-today-despite-what-the-naysayers-say/
135 sats \ 1 comment \ @cryptocoin 21 Jul 2022 bitcoin
💾 Hard drive a bargain - Snackssherwood.news/snacks/newsletters/hard-drive-a-bargain/
140 sats \ 0 comments \ @BlokchainB 6 Oct Stacker_Stocks
It's time to make computing personal againwww.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3292/the-pc-is-dead-its-time-to-make-computing-personal-again
31 sats \ 1 comment \ @hn 20 Jan tech
Japan's Digital Minister Declares Victory Against Floppy Disks
10 sats \ 8 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Jul 2024 lol
Why Big Tech shreds millions of storage devices it could reusearstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/why-big-tech-shreds-millions-of-storage-devices-it-could-reuse/
6 sats \ 0 comments \ @satup 8 Oct 2022 bitcoin
Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyedwww.bbc.com/news/business-65669537
10 sats \ 0 comments \ @shadowymartian 12 Jun 2023 bitcoin
The End of Softwaredocs.google.com/document/d/103cGe8qixC7ZzFsRu5Ww2VEW5YgH9zQaiaqbBsZ1lcc/edit
3227 sats \ 11 comments \ @k00b 2 Jun 2024 openagents