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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 9 months ago

5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

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5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 9 months ago

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"We have a technical debt that stretches back many decades."

“We have a technical debt that stretches back many decades.”

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They adopted the system in 1998, when actually floppy floppies were already obsolete. Oof.

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