[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

5 1/4" floppy disk drives had little sensors that would detect a notch in the side of the rectangular disk sleeve (well outside of the round magnetic disk inside). Open notch meant "writeable". Manufacturers would sell "one sided" disks cheaper with missing notch for the backside of the disk to prevent using it. You could use a hole punch to pierce the soft plastic sleeve and make a "writable" hole at the correct spot. The disks inside were identical on both sides, there never was a "one-sided floppy disk", technically. This was during the "C64 and everybody got the games by exchanging floppy disks on the school yard" phase of home computing (ca 1985). Prices for floppy disks mattered a lot back then.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

Using a hole punch to make 5 1/4" disks double sided! Saved a lot of money!

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago

Success has many parents. Failure is an orphan.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

If you think you can open the front window of a 737 above the clouds and the only thing that happens is that your tie is slightly blown to the side then you have a very limited grasp of reality.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

I don't know. In my country no gas can be paid unless the nozzle has been placed back. The machine registers as "still pumping", and the gas station attendant sees this and cannot process the payment. Why you would do this any other way baffles my mind.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago

Knew a programmer that was near blind who only used magnifier on maximum zoom with his IDE. One of the best programmers I met, but his screen looked very much like that. Don't know how he did it.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 61 points 6 months ago

Yeah you'll get downvoted, because spending 5k on cold hamburgers from McDonald's ist not something anybody would do. It's something an idiot would do. Everyone with two brain cells would have started calling large restaurants or catering providers and ask them if they can make something happen.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

My experience is: If you don't want x to happen with computer systems, make it physically impossible. Cut the internal USB cables or super glue them shut.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

Forbidden nose boop.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

As a German: "First time?"

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Same here. This was such a hostile move I never bought anything "Sony" after that.

[-] Nightwind@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Wtf. Genetic information. So they can take your DNA after bringing your car in for service and sell it?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Nightwind@lemmy.world to c/byereddit@lemmy.world

Hi lemmings, did anyone make the effort to gather a list of (major) Reddit communities and their equivalent on Lemmy? Some obviously just kept their name (hail anime_titties, which is NOT what you think it is :)), but with others I cannot seem to find similar communities in Lemmy. If anyone knows of such a list I would be much obliged, especially anything that would be frontpage material. Cheers! Edit Found https://sub.rehab/

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