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[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Jokes on you, I've never burned a CD

[-] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I still use them (in M-DISC blu-ray form) for encrypted backups.

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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.

[-] 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.

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[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I felt scammed for a split second recently because I bought a new laptop and it had no optical drives...

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[-] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

CDs are too small, so yeah. DVDs on the other hand? Optical disks are the only practical media that is EMP-proof. After the apocalypse, I'll still have all my coding projects, thank you very much.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 3 points 23 hours ago

CDs and DVDs are the same size? (/s)

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

They do degrade naturally, so I hope you are redoing this every decade or so

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[-] MudMan@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

Joke's on you. I have multiple spindles of blank optical media I use regularly. I am not putting a ODE on my Saturn unless I absolutely have to.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

High school kid: Burned a what?

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

I'm going to go burn one for the last time just to subvert this meme.

[-] LumpyPancakes@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

I microwaved a few from 2008 last month. They smell of cancer if you do that though.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I recently got a USB CD drive/burner. But I don't have blank CDs lol

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I burned a few last week

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I still have an external burner and a stack of CDs, and multiple players including my old ass car. I also listen to tapes, vinyl, and regularly use my NES and VCR. Reject modernity, embrace tradition lmao.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

but did you know you can use the 2nd controller to control the ducks?

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[-] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 1 points 20 hours ago

I still rip blurays, so reading them is go

Every now and then I have a reason to archive something at work, its probably like once a year tho

[-] homura1650@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

I still burn DVDs. Ever since USB storage was deemed "not secure", they are the easiest way to get data into and out of sensitive networks.

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