• flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    This sort of thing is why I dislike legislation that mandates the use of something very specific. Things change and it is better to create laws that don’t become outdated as fast as tech tends to.

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      10 months ago

      Without it we get a different iPhone charger every year that no other device is allowing to use

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        10 months ago

        It’s just a brick with a USB socket. I still have 5W usb chargers from iPhones a decade ago that work with anything USB.

        They didn’t change connectors on the cables frequently either. The old big one, lightning, and USB C are the only connectors iPhone used.

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      10 months ago

      It was a happier time, I miss my atomic purple floppies.

      I rewrote that several times because I have the mind of a child, but atomic purple 3.5” was even worse so I give up and you get to enjoy both.

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    10 months ago

    What in the hell are they using them for? They hold so little data I don’t see how they can even be practical at this point.

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      10 months ago

      Older Boeing’s use floppies to update their flight computer data even today

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      10 months ago

      where I live (not Japan), trams are updated with a suitcase worth of floppy disks (and these are the more modern trams here)