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   Nanoraptor (nanoraptor@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 18:25:00 JST Nanoraptor

   The first Floppy Disk was released closer to World War 1 than to today.

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     P Balduino (p_balduino@bolha.us)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 01:13:53 JST P Balduino

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     • Alex von Kitchen

     @Dangerous_beans @NanoRaptor I'm not sure if they were flexible, but it's a good point.

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     Alex von Kitchen (dangerous_beans@aus.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 01:13:54 JST Alex von Kitchen

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     @NanoRaptor Disc: a data storage mechanism based on a rotating disc

     Floppy: flexible, not rigid

     Therefore the 1894 gramophone records were floppy discs :P