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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (japantoday.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (18 children)

Great job!

Although, using floppy disks has the advantage that everyone has to make sure their file sizes are small enough to fit on them. Which makes for much easier handling for those who don't use floppy disks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How does small file sizes in floppy disks make it easier handling for those won't use floppy disks? Genuinely curious.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I think it's because it'll promote smaller sizes in general, which is almost always better to handle. (If it can be done without significantly losing quality.)

[–] randon31415 3 points 3 months ago

Think if Twitter for government documents. If the pure text can't fit in a floppy, nobody's got the time to read it.

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