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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago

I still see blank CDs and DVDs for sale sometimes. Makes me wonder who is out there using them.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

In some secure facilities it's basically the only way to transfer data. USB drives aren't allowed and there's no direct peer to peer networking either.

[-] merci3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

People who still own a PS1/PS2 having a blast on their jailbroken consoles

[-] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

On work we accumulate a wealth of pesonal notes, forms, links, articles etc. We are strictly forbidden to use USB-Sticks, but the DVD-Burner are still working...

My last DVD was a Knoppix though, just for the fun of it.

[-] addie@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

We used to do that in industrial automation. If you make any changes to the PLC / HMI / SCADA software, burn a DVD with what you changed and leave it next to the rack. No danger of bringing in viruses on a USB stick (the whole system was air-gapped) and you'd still have a backup available.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

ooh knoppix!, my first intro to linux

[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

People keeping old ass industrial equipment alive. I had to buy some CD-Rs recently because it was the only way to get files on or off an ancient Win95 machine that had no network or USB ports. The machinery it interacts with costs a million dollars, so replacing it is no small thing.

[-] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I buy them, and floppy disks too.

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