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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by detaro on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:44AM (#24110491)
Not a single comment in this comment section seems surprised by this - so probably a large percentage.
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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by owenmarshall on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:58PM (#24113365)
Self selection bias surely doesn't apply to software developers.
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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by detaro on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:05AM (#24118538)
True of course. I just found the contrast between "people don't think in those scales" and the comment section interesting - and generally think that a surprising amount of code survives for a decade or more.
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