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[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago (27 children)

What in the hell are they using them for? They hold so little data I don’t see how they can even be practical at this point.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Older Boeing's use floppies to update their flight computer data even today

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And Boeing is obviously trustworthy when it comes to maintenance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

ones with floppies are alright, beware modern ones.

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