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Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I think this is a disingenuous assessment of the “only” advantage.

The fact that 3.5" floppies were self-sealing to make handling irrelevant (put your greasy fingers on any surface you fucking want) is a painfully obvious advantage.

Maybe consider for more than 0.2 seconds before making such sweeping assertions.

(This isn’t the only extra advantage, I leave that for an exercise to the reader)

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akacastor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Maybe consider for more than 0.2 seconds before making such sweeping assertions.

What an unnecessarily adversarial, and rude, reply. Maybe consider for more than 0.2 seconds if being an asshole is necessary.

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- Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  You’re right. I edited my post to make the words more accurately capture my intention. Thanks for the vibe check. I was out of line.
  
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