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bita_nidir • today at 8:37 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Anyone who's worked around systems in that category knows that the fact that they're replacing floppies is more scary than the fact that they're still using floppies.

Yes, the system is old and warty, but we know it. It's old Jim the warthog.


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Affric • today at 8:49 AM

I thought humanity had stopped manufacturing floppy disks.

But yes, the dread of the inevitable bug filled replacement for Jim the Warthog is very real.