Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 hours agoWhen I die maybe they will also stuff me and put me in a museumlemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down10
arrow-up1243arrow-down1imageWhen I die maybe they will also stuff me and put me in a museumlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 hours agoCool but why did they include those 3D printed save icons?
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agoLook closer. Those are 5.25" floppies, which never had the popularity as save icons that 3.5" floppies did.
minus-squaredalekcaan@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoTo be fair, even though 5¼" floppies are arguably more deserving of the name, I feel like most people still think of the 3½" disks when they hear “floppy disk.”
minus-squaredalekcaan@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoYeah, but 5¼" were floppy inside and out
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 hours ago(flashback of illiterate mundanes calling 3½" diskettes ‘hard disks’)
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoand then Hard Disk Drives entered the scene :O
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoI’m not about to let a little thing like perfect factual accuracy get in the way of a dumb joke.
Cool but why did they include those 3D printed save icons?
Look closer. Those are 5.25" floppies, which never had the popularity as save icons that 3.5" floppies did.
To be fair, even though 5¼" floppies are arguably more deserving of the name, I feel like most people still think of the 3½" disks when they hear “floppy disk.”
They were floppy on the inside
Yeah, but 5¼" were floppy inside and out
(flashback of illiterate mundanes calling 3½" diskettes ‘hard disks’)
and then Hard Disk Drives entered the scene :O
I’m not about to let a little thing like perfect factual accuracy get in the way of a dumb joke.
Fair.