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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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German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement
20 sats \ 0 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 14 Jul 2024 lol
Japan's Digital Minister Declares Victory Against Floppy Disks
10 sats \ 8 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 3 Jul 2024 lol
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
Researchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabyteswww.pcgamer.com/researchers-have-developed-a-very-big-disctm-that-can-store-up-to-200-terabytes-of-data-and-may-represent-a-return-to-optical-media-for-long-term-storage/
21 sats \ 0 comments \ @ch0k1 26 Feb 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
Nearly-Destroyed Commodore Gets New Lifehackaday.com/2024/04/26/nearly-destroyed-commodore-gets-new-life/
245 sats \ 1 comment \ @0xbitcoiner 27 Apr 2024 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
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
U.S. Military Films Huge Disc Hiding In The Clouds : WEAPONIZED : Episode #79
27 sats \ 0 comments \ @DEADBEEF 17 Jun 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
Why is the FAA Such A Mess? Wrong Answers Only
69 sats \ 3 comments \ @kepford 9 Jun lol
“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
Meet the Super DVD: Scientists Develop Massive 1 Petabit Optical Diskgizmodo.com/meet-the-super-dvd-scientists-develop-massive-1-petabi-1851272615
141 sats \ 0 comments \ @kristapsk 22 Feb 2024 science
Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need [video] (2022)tom7.org/harder/
21 sats \ 0 comments \ @hn 31 Aug 2024 tech
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
Floppy making progress on joinstrx.com/1440000bytes/status/1932956823105204383
535 sats \ 4 comments \ @Scoresby 12 Jun privacy