First thing i thought of, but yeah, most devs today have never held a disk like that.
Why do i always gets so extreamly nostalgic every time something from the 80s and 90s are posted… I guess everyone is like that, stuff from their childhood remains loved.
I think also because it was a fresh field, nobody knew IT so it was exciting. It was like a small interest, similar to collecting stamps or something.
Younger people are not stupid, a technician that’s able to write software knows what a floppy disk is. I also know how a phonograph cylinder works and they went out of time a little longer ago.
If there was an internet meme based on the premise that somone is trying to play a record with a bent needle, I would probably need someone from the generation familiar with common phonograph problems to explain that to me. I didn’t know bent needles were a common problem for phonographs until I looked it up just now.
It just occurred to me that younger developers may not see the whole joke here…
For those unaware, a magnet would corrupt/destroy the contents on the floppy disk.
Ive never used a flippy disk but i did get the joke. Its silly and straight forward enough that im tempted to make one for my house lmao
A lot of older data storage was very magnet sensitive, so it wasnt too hard to figure out
For the younger generation it might be a philosophical experience, because that is, The Icon of Saving!
First thing i thought of, but yeah, most devs today have never held a disk like that.
Why do i always gets so extreamly nostalgic every time something from the 80s and 90s are posted… I guess everyone is like that, stuff from their childhood remains loved.
I think also because it was a fresh field, nobody knew IT so it was exciting. It was like a small interest, similar to collecting stamps or something.
Bruh, what? Younger millennials (aka 30-40 yo) were born/raised in the 90’s. I find your claim hard to believe.
I’m in that group and I still dealt with floppies as a kid despite my family being poor at the time
I use my old floppys as coasters!
Younger people are not stupid, a technician that’s able to write software knows what a floppy disk is. I also know how a phonograph cylinder works and they went out of time a little longer ago.
I never suggested they were stupid. Just that they may not know the details. So I explained it.
If there was an internet meme based on the premise that somone is trying to play a record with a bent needle, I would probably need someone from the generation familiar with common phonograph problems to explain that to me. I didn’t know bent needles were a common problem for phonographs until I looked it up just now.
*triggering intensifies
I was informed everything was stored on the cloud. Why would we need these things called “floppy disks” (which don’t like floppy at all)?
/s just in case