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[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

You don't burn files to a flash drive through, that only applies to optical media.

Yes, I'm the life of every party, why do you ask?

[-] dis_da_mor@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 month ago

some systems still refer to it as burning regardless of the destination hardware

[-] voodooattack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Actually, you do quite literally burn NAND /flash memory (used in thumb drives and SSDs) continually every time you write to it because of damage to the oxide layer, you’re essentially burning the silicon dioxide (glass).

Millennials aren’t the only ones to burn media. Your phone is probably doing it right now.

You’re welcome.

All long-term memory storage methods involve violence against a physical medium. Fite me.

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[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 1 month ago

Inshallah, you will appreciate Shakespeare more than I did.

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