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It was today.
Previous company I worked for is still using floppy disks.
I still do burn CDs but it is much less common. Mostly just for retro computers which use CD-ROM. I burn DVDs slightly more often since you can fit larger ISOs on them and they’re more durable (seriously, CDs are so fragile it isn’t even funny, their data layer is completely unprotected, just a thin film on the top).
I still be burning arghhhh I even got CRT
laughs in gen z
(I’ve ripped cds, but never burned one)
I’m also gen z, and the last CD I burned was last year a debian install CD for a computer that couldn’t boot off of USB
I wish. I have to burn some media every few months for work. Sometimes CDs, sometimes dual layer DVDs.
Okay boomer
It doesn’t have to be the last time.
Without us realising, Nero burned Rom 😥
Today was the day I finally understood the name of that software.
WOAH is this why it was called Nero??
Yes. Their logo is a burning colosseum
:O I always thought it was a funky looking cd lol
From what I recall, yeah :)
Well now I’m gonna burn one of my RW disks just to make this wrong.
Where’s your rewritable God now?
What if I know it’s my last time as well? Checkmate
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Burn “Summer Jamz '98” mix CD.
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Pick up revolver.
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What if you get dementia and forget about that time in particular?
*will
And have few days ago. I like spinny media.
Oh, I also have a half destroyed portable CD player (previous battery leak, damaged screen, broken stop button) that can even play mixed mode CD with MP3 files. That means I can combine lossy and lossless on the same disc. It can even shuffle between the 2 parts, albeit with a slight delay.
Thanks to ***** gestures broadly at everything**** * I stick a few on the bonfire in the winter months to keep warm.
A few months ago I started moving most of my audio media over to CDs. I don’t trust streaming services to maintain extensive libraries and/or continue to exist.
We’re already seeing video streaming services remove content from their platforms despite having the rights to it.
I doubt that Spotify or Apple Music won’t do the same in the near future.
Just curious, why use physical media instead of something like a NAS?
Because my parents had a CD burner and a tower of blank CD-RWs they let me take from their place. Also, doesn’t need an internet connection for me to accesses them when I’m not at home.
Consider that CDs can be fairly ephemeral, and I think it’s a lot worse with home-burned CDs. When you grab something out of your home-burned CD collection in 10 years, there’s a pretty good chance that it won’t work or be super glitchy. Harddrives are way better for longterm storage, since you can easily copy the entire collection before the drive fails (and I think the classic magnetic spinny drives, as opposed to SSDs, also have at least better longevity than CD-RWs if you store them unpowered).
It depends on the type of CD. Normal CDs rely on the shape and reflectivity of the aluminum layer, and if this oxadizes they degrade, the oxidation process is drastically slowed by good storage, and they can last much longer if stored in an inert gas.
CD-Rs are dye based with the dye being burnt away for recording. Depending on the type of dye, the dye can break down fairly quickly irrelevant of storage conditions, the cheap dyes degrade inevitably with in 10 years.
CD-RWs (what I’m using) operate on an alloy that is melted to switch it between an amorphous and poly crystalline state to effect reflectivity, and that is fairly stable long term as it is not a chemical change and the alloy is resistant to oxidation, these can be expected to last 20 years under poor storage (exposed to UV and humidity which can damage the plastic) and up to 200 years if stored properly.
Frankly, I doubt my personal music collection needs to last more than 70 years.
I’d say local storage but phone manufacturers took out the fucking SD card slot.
Ain’t it weird how they keep taking out an important feature right before promoting a new service or product that makes it easier to live without it.
“Why would you need headphone jack when Bluetooth auto connecting earphones”
“Why would you need swappable/expandable storage when media streaming and cloud storage?”
Spotify has already removed Toxicity by System of a Down.It’s back again. :s
And when was the last time you dubbed a compact cassette? (For me it was 2 hours ago)
Whenever I get my cassette player to work again. I have to replace a gear, and I do have the replacement gear, but it’s turning out to be harder than expected. Luckily the manufacturer put a diagram of all bits and bobs with numbers and how they fit together in the device manual. It’s like a very complicated puzzle
I think it’s pretty cool that they have user and service manuals. So you can actually fix it by yourself when you have the parts and tools to do so.
Yeah exactly. But those must’ve been hard times for the shareholders. How can those poor hardworking shareholders ever earn money if you don’t buy new e-waste every 2 years?
3D printing is also awesome. For this respective model there were already 3D models available for the gear that broke in mine. I don’t have a printer, but I was still easily able to order a 3D printed replacement gear
Why do you use cassettes?
They feel nice in the hand and sound good. Also it’s fun mixing them, designing jcards and labels.
Black metal or folk punk?
Yes.
To quote Mr. Bringus Studios: “Optical media bad.”
I did back up all my discs though, physical media backups are awesome.
