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Re:I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch by dotancohen on Saturday August 23, 2025 @12:14PM (#44996968)

  > How can someone call themselves a programmer when they don’t even mine for silicon!
To be fair, after three or four Tinder dates I realized that it was mostly silicon to be found there. It's not a stretch to say that a programmer going out on Tinder dates is mining for silicone!
Re:I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch by bitwize on Saturday August 23, 2025 @01:20PM (#44997472)
So now we've got clankers catfishing human singles?
Re:I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch by zootboy on Saturday August 23, 2025 @01:24PM (#44997506)
Silicon and silicone are two very different things...
Re:I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch by cluckindan on Saturday August 23, 2025 @01:30PM (#44997577)
It’s not sili-cone valley, you have to say sili-kawn.
Re:I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch by duskwuff on Saturday August 23, 2025 @02:19PM (#44997960)
Silicone Valley is in Southern California.

(The San Fernando Valley was central to the porn industry in the late 20th century.)