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points by bita_nidir 23 hours ago | 0 comments
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.

[–] Affric 23 hours ago
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.

[–] ThatMedicIsASpy 20 hours ago
It could be the domino effect of the Japanese gov phasing them out ;)