▲ 215 ▼ ISO Insensitive? (europe.pub) submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pelya@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (6 children) That corner cutout is grossly exagerrated. In the actual floppy disk (which is also not floppy anymore) the cutout is tiny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (4 children) It's grossly exaggerated because it was designed when we had UX designers It has to look okay all the way down to 8x8 pixels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pelya@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (3 children) Justice for the 5.25" floppy disk! It had an actual hole inside, which would fit your finger! You could see it's a disk and not a weird shaped square box, and you could hear it's rotating. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Ah, if you're saying it should have been designed based off 5.25" I'm down :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) back in the ol' 8bit commodore days, we had one of these gadgets so we could flip 'em over and use the other side permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago good ol capitalism, it’s cheaper to just make all discs double sided and market some as single sided and the others as double for more price … permalink fedilink source parent [–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago the disk is still floppy, it just has a hard outer shell for protection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (4 children) It's grossly exaggerated because it was designed when we had UX designers It has to look okay all the way down to 8x8 pixels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pelya@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (3 children) Justice for the 5.25" floppy disk! It had an actual hole inside, which would fit your finger! You could see it's a disk and not a weird shaped square box, and you could hear it's rotating. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Ah, if you're saying it should have been designed based off 5.25" I'm down :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) back in the ol' 8bit commodore days, we had one of these gadgets so we could flip 'em over and use the other side permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago good ol capitalism, it’s cheaper to just make all discs double sided and market some as single sided and the others as double for more price … permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelya@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (3 children) Justice for the 5.25" floppy disk! It had an actual hole inside, which would fit your finger! You could see it's a disk and not a weird shaped square box, and you could hear it's rotating. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Ah, if you're saying it should have been designed based off 5.25" I'm down :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) back in the ol' 8bit commodore days, we had one of these gadgets so we could flip 'em over and use the other side permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago good ol capitalism, it’s cheaper to just make all discs double sided and market some as single sided and the others as double for more price … permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Ah, if you're saying it should have been designed based off 5.25" I'm down :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) back in the ol' 8bit commodore days, we had one of these gadgets so we could flip 'em over and use the other side permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago good ol capitalism, it’s cheaper to just make all discs double sided and market some as single sided and the others as double for more price … permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago good ol capitalism, it’s cheaper to just make all discs double sided and market some as single sided and the others as double for more price … permalink fedilink source parent
[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago the disk is still floppy, it just has a hard outer shell for protection. permalink fedilink source parent