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Frank Quednau (flq@freiburg.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:39:54 JST Frank Quednau
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@Natasha_Jay if that’s true - I simply cannot see it, no chance. The true meaning is deeply etched into my synapses

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  Pete (pete@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:39:49 JST Pete
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  @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay
  "floppy"
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:39:49 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay So the floppy disk, the discus if you will, was inside the "ette" shell of the diskette. Open one, the discus is indeed very floppy.
  
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  Randy CC is Real (aoai@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:39:50 JST Randy CC is Real
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  @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay
  A floppy disc.
  
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  Mello (crisps@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:39:52 JST Mello
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  @flq @Natasha_Jay Whats the true meaning
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:42:47 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay and if anyone is planning to point out a discus is for throwing, you'll prove to me you've never used one when disk 33 fails to read 2 hours in to an install.
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:46:28 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay If you open a hard disk, you'll find that discus is indeed quite hard.
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:48:46 JST Miakoda
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  @AoaI @pete @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay My favorite feature of 3.5" over 5.24" was my dumb ass teacher couldn't staple my shit anymore
  
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  Randy CC is Real (aoai@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:48:47 JST Randy CC is Real
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  And it is 3.5"
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:52:10 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay This info dump isn't over 🎉️
  Disk and disc are different! Disk is diskette, where the data is inside a shell. Disc is when the entirety of the object is the data storage medium itself, like a CD.
  CDs are discs, floppies are disks.
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:54:49 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay
  ℹ️ Did you know?
  3.5" floppy diskettes used to require you close the shutter yourself? They didn't always have self closing shutters!
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 05:57:45 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay When considering the tactility and sensory experience, 3.5" floppy diskettes are my favorite storage medium. I love the sound and feel of putting one it's drive.
  Yes, I am autistic. Why do you ask?
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 06:00:17 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay One of the things that began my hatred of Apple computers was their 3.5" disk drives. That motorized ejection bullshit took all the joy out of using floppies. 🤣️
  There was no cthhck when putting the disk in! How dare they!
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 06:02:27 JST Miakoda
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  An Apple computer in the 90's: [motorized eject sounds]
  Me, damn near throwing a tantrum: No! 😢️ *I* wanted to do it! I wanted to push the button!!! 😠️😢️
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 06:06:38 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay I'd also like to point out that it was stupid as fuck that dragging the disk icon to the trash was eject. Considering all other use of the trash was to delete files, that should have been format, if anything.
  
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  Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Nov-2025 07:00:28 JST Miakoda
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  @pete @AoaI @crisps @flq @Natasha_Jay Further note - The number of floppies I had jam in Apples in school was WILDLY higher than disks jammed in manual eject drives, by a GARGANTUAN margin!
  You have no idea how much I LOATHED motorized floppy ejection.
  
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