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@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

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5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

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@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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"We have a technical debt that stretches back many decades."
  • @nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
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    If it ain’t broke don’t fix it

    • @fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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      If it’s not maintainable or upgradable then it’s broke.

      • @dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        More like: it’s eventually going to break your weekend or even your whole week, but you don’t get to pick which one.

        Edit: To put that in perspective, there are 260 working days in a year. Let’s say that you have just one of these hardware failures in a five-year career with the MTA. That’s roughly 1/1000 odds. If the lottery had chances like that, you’d play it every time.

        • @fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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          Honestly it kinda sounds like this might break an entire city’s transportation system for more than just a whole week.

    • @ARNiM@lemmy.world
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      8•1 year ago

      Until it finally broke and it was too late…

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