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Ive got some ideas to try with a flashdrive ive picked up but i want to know what others would do with such a device? I was thinking i could use it for retro gaming or something like important files.

What would you do?

I know its not alot of room but i got it for cheap.

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

/dev/urandom - you never know what you're going to get

[–] db2@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I keep getting the complete works of Shakespeare but the main character is always named Dave. 🤷

[–] ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

How is this so hard!? A monkey could do it!