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this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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I don’t even have an optical drive anymore jesus.
Encarta 96 btw
Yeah production of consumer writeable CDs / DVDs / BDs has basically stopped already. The end is in sight.
Also I'm not sure how much of a problem this is for newer CD drives, but older ones tend to give out sooner or later.
My Sega Saturn*'s drive still works, but I also installed a Satiator** drive emulator in case that changes.
* ^My^ ^username^ ^is^ ^serious^ ^business^ ^after^ ^all^
** ^Had^ ^to^ ^go^ ^with^ ^this^ ^option^ ^since^ ^it's^ ^the^ ^only^ ^non-destructive^ ^one^
expensive archival write-once BDs
There's always overpriced audiophile gear...
Whats your fav saturn game?
Nights into Dreams. I'd have dreams about that game as a kid.
This seems like an apt point to share Maxwell Neely-Cohen's "Century-Scale Storage".