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The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 54 points 9 months ago (27 children)

What in the hell are they using them for? They hold so little data I don’t see how they can even be practical at this point.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Older Boeing's use floppies to update their flight computer data even today

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And Boeing is obviously trustworthy when it comes to maintenance.

[–] reinar@distress.digital 7 points 9 months ago

ones with floppies are alright, beware modern ones.

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