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[–] 35 points 5 days ago (1 child)

In contrast to me who only reads data gay off disks

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  • [–] 38 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    I remember seeing a book teaching you how to read closed letters through the envelope with your willpower. Maybe they are already a level higher 😆

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  • [–] 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Envelopes, the ultimate encryption. Just break the adhesive on the back and use a similar adhesive to reclose it. Most people don't pay attention to things, you could probably just use a gluestick lol

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Bring back wax seals and signets

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Ive done so before, but I rarely send letters now

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    The lick-able envelopes can be opened and resealed with the steam from a kettle.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    So you're saying that they're tamper proof in the US?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Funny joke… but you do happen to be talking to a tea drinker who lives in the US… we have three kettles…

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  • [–] 16 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Easier to use the butterflies

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  • [–] 9 points 4 days ago

    This is what you had to do back in the day if you were too poor to afford a CD-ROM drive for your PC.

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  • What discs are those? I can't make out the label.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    The only person who probably could read a CD/DVD with their naked eye is Cyclops from X-Men. Still need his visor to control the laser's power tho.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago

    Can somebody tell me where the battlestar Galactica is parked? I just hope I get there in time.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Didn't that teen drama Roswell High with the aliens have one of them "listen" to a cd?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago

    💿💿🥜

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago

    I bet Spock could do that if he felt like it. He just never felt like it.

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  • [+] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
    [+] -8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    They're using them as mirrors

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  • [–] 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)
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    Like you're too young to know cds are reflective on the back?

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  • [–] 17 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Nahh mate. Woosh is a common phrase that is used when somebody missed the joke and took a joke seriously. ❤️

    Just like in this post. Its obvious that they acutally use them as mirrors. And you pointing that out makes it seem you missed the joke. Hence why i commented woosh. As this is something you say in this situation.

    It comes from the subreddit r/woosh

    As in - "woosh, that was the sound of the joke that just flew over your head" - to point the poster to the fact that they missed the joke in the post or took a joke for a serious post

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Actually if you have some experience at burning CDs you can tell if the data burned is music or images or video. This is very practical! Unfortunately contrary to what some people might claim, it's impossible to tell how much data has been written or if a writing session is closed or not. Now you have a full picture.

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  • [–] -5 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Oh yeah you can see the different textures on a CD that has written data, but it's likely they're using them as mirrors and I think that's clever

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    It's impossible to use CDs as mirrors. This is due to bright lasers used for burning. Wait – actually it can be done, but only with pressed CDs, not CD-Rs.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Does the laser burn your eyes 🤣. Im recalling my experience with CDs from decades ago (both from CDs from the era now and me interacting with CDs back then)

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    It's possible that the wavelength used to burn it was invisible to your eyes, but that's not universally the case. Please be careful when handling CDs.

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