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Megathread for the US war on Iran | Week 17 of 2026 (lemmygrad.ml)
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This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).

Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.

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[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

90's technology...? So like if I still used cassette tapes to play my music.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not quite, it was suposed to be obsolete in the 90's. It was brought into service in 1970. So still cassette tape level tech but Pre-Walkman.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I never thought I would get to brag about the fact that I know pre-2000's technology as a person born in the 2000's (a pager is an odd concept for me because by the time I got a phone, and maybe by the time I was born, phones no longer needed pagers).

Would it be like LaserDisc? I have no idea when that became obsolete.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Funny you should say that because parts of the US military still use floppy discs and magnetic tape technology from the cold war.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think some people in the modern age do not know what floppy disks look like (I do), but what is magnetic tape?

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's what data used to be stored on before hard drives and floppy discs.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I see. My brain only goes back to cassette tapes and stuff, lol.