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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
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Japan's Digital Minister Declares Victory Against Floppy Disks
10 sats \ 8 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Jul 2024 lol
The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy diskswww.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
332 sats \ 1 comment \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 7 Nov 2025 tech
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
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
Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thoughtarstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/rejected-chips-hidden-microsd-cards-plague-the-usb-stick-market/
21 sats \ 1 comment \ @DEADBEEF 8 Feb 2024 tech
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111 sats \ 1 comment \ @Scholarhacker 6 Nov 2023 meta
German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement
20 sats \ 0 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 14 Jul 2024 lol
Future Nostalgia: Safeguarding the knowledge of floppy diskswww.lib.cam.ac.uk/future-nostalgia
50 sats \ 1 comment \ @Gian 18 Oct 2025 tech
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
Everything I know about floppy disksthejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2023-08-28/
20 sats \ 1 comment \ @hn 4 Sep 2023 tech
Bitcoin key storage and changing technology
211 sats \ 3 comments \ @btcschellingpnt 3 Jul 2024 bitcoin
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
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 2025 tech
U.S. Military Films Huge Disc Hiding In The Clouds : WEAPONIZED : Episode #79
27 sats \ 0 comments \ @DEADBEEF 17 Jun 2025 aliens_and_UFOs
1953 US Navy training film on mechanical computers [video]www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwf5mAlI7Ug
21 sats \ 0 comments \ @hn 20 Aug 2024 tech
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
Preserving a floppy disk with a logic analyzer and a serial cablewww.chzsoft.de/site/hardware/preserving-a-floppy-disk-with-a-logic-analyzer/
42 sats \ 0 comments \ @hn 6 Jul 2024 tech
Why is the FAA Such A Mess? Wrong Answers Only
69 sats \ 3 comments \ @kepford 9 Jun 2025 lol
Data centers under seawww.subseacloud.com
503 sats \ 3 comments \ @DarthCoin 4 Dec 2025 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