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tanel

i just realised...

most of the younger generation won't recognise floppy disks

i personally have never even used one

nobody 2y ago

Those aren’t even the floppy ones. Those are the new ones.

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tanel 2y ago

what?

the new ones?

i have to admit, i don't know the difference sir

nobody 2y ago

A few stages of evolution. The left two were actually flexible, while the 3.5” was rigid.

tanel 2y ago

oh, i've only ever seen the blue ones and those have been in black

i didn't even know they existed in a bigger size before that 🫠

nobody 2y ago

Yes sir. The crazy thing is, the smaller they got, the more they held.

You could really see the progress in a very tangible way. It was an exciting time. You would’ve enjoyed it.

tanel 2y ago

Now you can buy a 1TB microSD like it's nothing

crazy to think about

nobody 2y ago

And your phone is *millions of times* more powerful than the computer that took Apollo 8 to the moon and back.

nobody 2y ago

Moon back & forth. Just like granny driving to the market for milk on Sunday. Easy. What a joke.

jamw 2y ago

Bigger floppier ones came first.

nobody 2y ago

Remember storing programs on tape? 🙃

jamw 2y ago

Yep!

nobody 2y ago

Weird how things were both better and worse back then eh? 🤣

jamw 2y ago

Yep, cool but kinda crap 😂

nobody 2y ago

Programs always ran the same way. There was no OS to muck things up. 🤣

Like DOS. Load your program and the OS was practically gone. The insane bugs we try to replicate and fix now didn’t happen like they do now.

jamw 2y ago

Simpler bygone times. Scary thing is I caught the end tail of punch cards.

nobody 2y ago

I missed that. I’ll bet some great experiences there.

jamw 2y ago

Luckily too young to work with them - just had them explained to me. Phew! 😅

pukka 2y ago

🤣