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  • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    3 months ago

    lol Japan invents the three major optical disc storage mediums that became ubiquitous and their government says fuck that and just keeps on using floppy disks

    • fluckx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      At least the floppy fits in a standard envelope ( as long ad we’re talking about the 3.5" )

  • kevindqc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    3 months ago

    How can they get anything done? 1.44MB is very little nowadays. Imagine having to split up a word document into dozens of floppy disks.

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      What would they use Word for? This is about submitting data in their own standard formats in tiny files.

      The real crime is that they’re not switching to online. Using optical discs is going to be even more ridiculous for those tiny files.

      • kevindqc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Ah that makes more sense, the article didn’t mention what was stored on them unless I missed it

    • motor_spirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I’ve got .rar file parts of FRIENDS episodes strewn across thousands of floppies, it’s a way to give your life meaning during the end times