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Re:Why 3M Stopped Making Floppy Disks in the '90s by widenrun on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @08:59PM (#38539629)
The pivot of the century? Starting with a failed mining venture in 1902 and making it as part of the data storage revolution. With this AI wave, we might be seeing similar stories in real time.
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Re:Why 3M Stopped Making Floppy Disks in the '90s by x86x87 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @10:56PM (#38540335)
Pivoted from destroying the environment locally to destroying it globally
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Re:Why 3M Stopped Making Floppy Disks in the '90s by mensetmanusman on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:00AM (#38540622)
Most of the stuff they make industrially increases efficiency of downstream businesses in other supply chains and thus reduces environmental impact of making stuff like the phone you are using to comment (and the internet).
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