Stamets to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoWill it ever change?imagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down112
arrow-up1280arrow-down1imageWill it ever change?Stamets to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareaeronmelonlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoI remember for a brief time Microsoft started using a CD as the save icon in their office applications. They actually had to revert it to a diskette so people knew what it meant.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoWell, a CD is an absolutely stupid symbol for writable media, because even the state of the art CD-RWs could only be written to about 1k times, the practical limit is much lower. It’s just not the medium for regular writes.
I remember for a brief time Microsoft started using a CD as the save icon in their office applications.
They actually had to revert it to a diskette so people knew what it meant.
Well, a CD is an absolutely stupid symbol for writable media, because even the state of the art CD-RWs could only be written to about 1k times, the practical limit is much lower. It’s just not the medium for regular writes.