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Post #AtrWob9dpdXUWdN70i by [email protected] |
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people often ask me; "Foone, you're an amateur physical media historia… |
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Post #AtrWyMVt7doa0pQvBI by [email protected] |
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@foone disc if it's round (like a compact disc). Disk if it's in a slee… |
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Post #AtrX18xTyY5SqDfO4W by [email protected] |
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@foone it's disc when you're in ancient greece and disk when you're… |
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Post #AtrXNwUIVWuqpAt2tU by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] :neocat_googly_woozy_talk: where do diskettes come f… |
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Post #AtrXNwag7o1J8xs8q8 by [email protected] |
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@tulpenkiste baby disks. they grow up into full disks |
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Post #AtrXPEoxpWyvyRAgDI by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] when is a disc a cdrom |
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Post #AtrXQzZpTidpH3vdFw by [email protected] |
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@foone From the Discus region of France... |
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Post #AtrXWPjhe8BVqz8GIK by [email protected] |
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@foone Disc golf. Never Disk golf. As for computer media? This homophonic ni… |
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Post #AtrXvaiFyLXx8XSeGG by [email protected] |
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disappointingly, the word for "floppy disk" in greek is δισκέτ�… |
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Post #AtrYYOSrRepoRWlKIi by [email protected] |
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@foone in 1986, I tried to make "disq" happen. My reasoning was that … |
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Post #AtrYzXJ8fs4Dgk9pJ2 by [email protected] |
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@foone @tulpenkiste I always thought it was when they joined together with othe… |
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Post #AtrZJONHb5ovm4Z1Ae by [email protected] |
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@foone I was gonna make a joke about Greeks launching disks with their hands, b… |
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Post #AtrbVJGac8dtJdFACO by [email protected] |
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@foone What do we call them if they keep growing and meet in the middle, though? |
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Post #AtrcDLyFv9goRcfaHQ by [email protected] |
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@foone we do call a hard disk σκληρός δίσκος however and 99% of th… |
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Post #AtrcKmhWw9EFNFOEiG by [email protected] |
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@ticho magneto-optical |
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Post #AtrfD2RioTULkgzfTU by [email protected] |
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@fooneHey, this isn't @lowqualityfacts |
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Post #AtrfJbTDVVW67Bp6oK by [email protected] |
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@foone Disk is the American spelling whereas disc is the correct spelling. |
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Post #AtrfPTepT35Vcc3WRk by [email protected] |
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@foone As the saying goes, 3.5", sailor stays alive.5.25", sailor'… |
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Post #AtrgHGGhSqNxjXPqLo by [email protected] |
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@foone Software for the Apple II came on "Diskware," while software f… |
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Post #AtrgiAlY1w9oUEg20e by [email protected] |
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@foone Clearly disc is from δισγος, though. |
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Post #AtriC8KljilVaO09uC by [email protected] |
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@foone When they grow up from the floor, they're measured in megamytes, whe… |
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Post #AtrjiVBAQye9exVblI by [email protected] |
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@foone disc is debatably complex instruction set computing, while disk is dolph… |
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Post #Atrk1InOhQRwktM5aq by [email protected] |
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@foone it's only a disc if it's from the Sony Discman region. Otherwise… |
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Post #AtrkFeOhBLVro0dvea by [email protected] |
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@foone Fnarr! |
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Post #AtrkiyQJnv2EJVNtaK by [email protected] |
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@foone I stick with the vertically-neutral disck |
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Post #AtrkxnfK5I5hIATM3s by [email protected] |
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@foone instructions unclear, spelling it "dicks" from now on. |
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Post #Atrkxnm3gFTjd3cjYm by [email protected] |
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@ned good news |
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Post #AtroDYITI9RO7gzEcy by [email protected] |
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@foone 'Discs' are analogue, from the Greek "discus"; 'di… |
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Post #AtrplQNHLz6hLsx0M4 by [email protected] |
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@foone Sofia: This is what you call a floppy disk?Edward: Yeah.S: But it's … |
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Post #AtrutDIENDFMrt7gRs by [email protected] |
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@foone Discs are better at being thrown/skimmed, like discus. Disks are usuall… |
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Post #AtrwnnMLZAy8tfamZs by [email protected] |
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@foone Time for discussions. or what happens to your head or any head when stru… |
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Post #Ats3XoEfEzFeeyK6Hg by [email protected] |
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@foone but what when the join? |
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Post #Ats5fPJNzTxnaKHZtg by [email protected] |
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@mmu_man magneto-optical! |
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Post #Ats5ySOAm2WQdAbZp2 by [email protected] |
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@fooneIt's disc as in DISCO when the lights are colorful, the sequins are s… |
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Post #AtsBR37MJHkIQFC4fo by [email protected] |
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@foone and when they meet in the middle they become just disck. |
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Post #AtsKb0h150DVNvhGXg by [email protected] |
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@anthony @foone I think that early on, it was "disk" in the computer … |
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Post #AtsKb0pWZN1RoJg3ns by [email protected] |
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@mattmcirvin @anthony @foone It used to be disc for magnetic storage. |
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Post #AtsKb0wy7gyeBPA0PI by [email protected] |
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@geoffl @mattmcirvin @anthony @foone Elephant Memory Systems sold "disks&q… |
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Post #AtsKb13hieMgWIJNuC by [email protected] |
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@mikej @geoffl @anthony @foone I tried investigating with Google NGrams and del… |
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Post #AtsKb1SWEODLlFvCaG by [email protected] |
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@mikej @geoffl @anthony @foone ...it appears it was mostly "disk" for… |
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Post #AtsKb1pupOvgvort3I by [email protected] |
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@mikej @geoffl @anthony @foone ...that corpus also claims "compact disk&qu… |
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Post #AtsKeVf4Oab6IjSH8S by [email protected] |
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@anthony @foone good explanation, I like it. And then I remember MiniDiscs, dam… |
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Post #AtsKeVm9yEGieilwBc by [email protected] |
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@__michaelgLet's just ignore Sony, they've always done their own thing … |
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Post #AtsKen21oU3yArKLmS by [email protected] |
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@anthony @foone What if it's a column of metal plates, these days usually p… |
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Post #AtsKerxbUMUjSaIO4u by [email protected] |
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@tulpenkiste @foone when a daddy magnetic head and a mommy platter love each ot… |
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Post #AtsKgF0NIKDVDnFIhM by [email protected] |
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@mattmcirvin @mikej @geoffl @anthony @foone there is a fairly common en-GB tren… |
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Post #AtsKgF6Ovv2NWU475k by [email protected] |
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@mattmcirvin @mikej @geoffl @anthony @foone your programme program might have a… |
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Post #AtsKhSsBDgosWNzpTc by [email protected] |
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@foone it's "diskett" in norwegian too |
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Post #AtsKqKHKXi8yTMzAOm by [email protected] |
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@foone essay topic - derivation of floppy disk in Greek, discus |
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Post #AtsKtMMpEYFHor0D44 by [email protected] |
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@anthony @foone Zip disk agrees. Peak disk. |
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Post #AtsKudecRkQ3iuw2Ge by [email protected] |
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@anthony @fooneFloppy disks *are* round; only the plastic enclosure is square. … |
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Post #AtsKv15LKYSiOScCcC by [email protected] |
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@anthony @foone So ... SelectaVision disc came in a sleave ... |
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Post #AtsKzmn9trnJVmNrMm by [email protected] |
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@anthony @foone Probably just head canon, but I think of disk as magnetic stora… |
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@veronica @anthony @foone That gets complicated because MiniDisc are both optic… |
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Post #AtsL35l7pwyXCq0d9s by [email protected] |
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@puppygirlhornypost2 @foone When it's a CD-R. |
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Post #AtsL8cE0YbHzLS9Weu by [email protected] |
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@yuki2501 @foone "You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a b… |
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Post #AtsL9EQ2YJUbnm4fgm by [email protected] |
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@foone Discs hold "tite" to the ceiling! |
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Post #AtsLFJjvgOPQ2dHNWy by [email protected] |
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@foone mom taught me a mnemonic to remember, its disk because you gotta ask if … |
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Post #AtsLFsxGkmsNG8n1gO by [email protected] |
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@foone Foone, why do young french people call a "disquette" a complim… |
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Post #AtsLFt4MKQXzc86gjY by [email protected] |
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@whisper @foone "disquette " is more used for (stereotypical) pick-up… |
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Post #AtsLOFpPaxyIW46ZzU by [email protected] |
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@foone 🤦🥁 |
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Post #AtsLQvUvdiDmKbnZ6u by [email protected] |
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@mattmcirvin @mikej @anthony @foone This document prepared for US Naval Schools… |
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@geoffl @mattmcirvin @mikej @anthony @foone It's only a disc if it comes fr… |
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@gloriouscow @geoffl @mattmcirvin @mikej @anthony @foone And it’s pronounced … |
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@mattmcirvin IBM themselves seemed to prefer to use the American spelling '… |
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Post #AtsLSvQyqak2iGuAAi by [email protected] |
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@foone “Which is the more correct term: disk or disc? Discus.” |
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Post #AtsLTkDG3N4ICTsQMa by [email protected] |
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@fooneOkay; but what about disque? |
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@ilmari @foone apparently in south africa they called the 3.5" ones 's… |
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@dysfun @ilmari @foone I met attempts to do that in the UK but it never caught … |
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Post #AtsLq8jVZJagcRdmKm by [email protected] |
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@geoffl @mattmcirvin @anthony @foone In US:8" floppy disk5 1/4" minif… |
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Post #AtsLrNJcpvdg8T7hBI by [email protected] |
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@enkiv2 @foone it’s only disque if it comes from the Disque region of France … |
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Post #AtsM0zfBd71DfvnKXA by [email protected] |
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@__michaelg @foone nobody's supposed to remember those! 😁 |
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Post #AtsM5IBIiqlAGYrjWK by [email protected] |
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love me a nice magento-optical disck format |
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Post #AtsM6iKYz8SNelsNAu by [email protected] |
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@ann3nova @foone It’s also legally protected by the EU so they can only be ca… |
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Post #AtsM7UrsWZcuBzpelc by [email protected] |
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@__michaelg @anthony @foone MiniDisc was amazing! I genuinely miss that format. |
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@foone This toot made me wonder about the etymology of "cassette" sin… |
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@foone disc refers to media and disk to science or technology. The weird excep… |
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@johnlogic @geoffl @mattmcirvin @foone not in my experience, no |
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Post #AtsWXxZzOhkIJIip1M by [email protected] |
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@foone wait a minute. What about diskettes? Where do those grow from? |
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Post #AtsaVv8dtz9bydDJcu by [email protected] |
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@foone disks are Kiki, discs are Bouba |
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@foone Oh, I'd have guessed because it's disco you use disc if music is… |
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@foone what about disck |
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@ajn142 this is a SFW account, I don't talk about that |
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@RogerBW @ilmari @dysfun @foone In German it’s “Diskette” for the floppy … |
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@foone I always use 'disc' because I find it to be more aesthetically p… |
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Post #Avz7hLTur2bftv0h7o by [email protected] |
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@foone They are called Discs if they are spun anti-clockwise ("as you woul… |
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@foone I'm really curious about your disc storage system. |
