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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block

www.tomshardware.com

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The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block

www.tomshardware.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Officials won't ask for CD media either.
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    It’s not in clear text, you have to use a decent OCR

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      Or you can just read it directly. Just need some light.

      It’s actually better than plain text stored on a Hard Drive/ CD/ Floppy et c., which requires corresponding reading devices, format parsing systems, a display to show it and an appropriate power source, after which you can consider using a human to use the data (or remove the monitor and convert data into other data, in which case, you need another output device/network).

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        Needing a human in the loop kills automation.

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          I’d rather not automate convicting random people.
          https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-csam-account-blocked

          Besides, what I said earlier would be more of a concern for preservation of information in case of civilisation level disasters.

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            No, we’re automating HIPAA violations for nefarious purposes. Do try to keep up.

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