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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

First thing i thought of, but yeah, most devs today have never held a disk like that.

Why do i always gets so extreamly nostalgic every time something from the 80s and 90s are posted... I guess everyone is like that, stuff from their childhood remains loved.

I think also because it was a fresh field, nobody knew IT so it was exciting. It was like a small interest, similar to collecting stamps or something.

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

I use my old floppys as coasters!

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

First thing i thought of, but yeah, most devs today have never held a disk like that.

Bruh, what? Younger millennials (aka 30-40 yo) were born/raised in the 90's. I find your claim hard to believe.

I'm in that group and I still dealt with floppies as a kid despite my family being poor at the time

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Old people still aren't quite ready to understand that the oldest Gen Zs are 28.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago

And 28 isn't old enough to occupy "most devs".

It's not an issue if age, it's an issue of reading comprehension