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Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Today, I wrote some ruby code, learned a thing or two, and threw all the code away. Sometimes, the joy of programming leaves nothing to show for it.

I just did some quick math for no reason and figured that if Windows 10 was shipped on 3.5" 1.44 MB floppies, like Windows 3.1 was, the box would come with roughly 4,500 disks.

Imagine putting in disk 4,126 & discovering it was defective.

I remember back in about 1988, whenever I needed extra storage, I'd just go to the store & for about $12 pick up a box of floppy disks.

I just had that nostalgic feeling today, about 30 years later, because I need extra storage, & I just went to the store & for about $12 picked up a pair of micro-SD cards.

But the one package I bought today has more total capacity than 2,000 boxes back then.

FTM after top surgery goes swimming for the first time. redd.it/8u1l6s

if you ever find yourself upset with the "current generation's" slang of saying "feels" or "mood" too much just remember the 19th century had this

It is through the seizure and utilization of retro imagery and attractive nostalgia that we may not only communicate memetically, but deny our enemies refuge within them.

I /really/ need to add n-gate.com to my rss reader because it’s *so good*. This is the best description I’ve ever seen of the Microsoft acquisition of Github.

Someone figured out how to take violence completely out of a monster raising game while still having conflict
ooblets.com/2018/06/the-secret

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