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C:\KKJ\>:idle:<p>Burning floppies is hard. I tought my USB drives started to die. Turns our it's just wild and old tech.</p><p>Long story short, I finally found the working command:</p><p>sudo dd if=floppy.img of=/dev/sdX bs=512 conv=notrunc,sync,fsync oflag=direct status=progress</p><p>This is the slowest but most stable way so far. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Floppies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppies</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foone</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://corteximplant.com/@ann3nova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ann3nova</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dialup.space/@TechTangents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TechTangents</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@texec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>texec</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> which reminds me that I'm still looking for a 5,25" 1200kB FDD and a 3,5" 2880kB FDD to shove into my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Z600" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Z600</span></a> which is the newest machine I have that supports <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a>|s with an onboard controller and I'm not in the position to like build a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dISAppointed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dISAppointed</span></a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=putHMSzu5og" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adapter</a> or a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeCee</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7BI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">like</a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> did.</p><p>I mean, I'd love to see a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC104</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8&amp;t=178" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">version</a> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QuadFlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuadFlop</span></a> for like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/archival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archival</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/datarecovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datarecovery</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERMr1Rosq0s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">machine</a>...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@EUCouncil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCouncil</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWars</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p>(9/n)</p><p>...latest utterance must be viewed with suspicion:</p><p>"The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> expert <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinaCiddi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinaCiddi</span></a> writes that under President Recep Tayyip <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a>, 👈“<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ankara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ankara</span></a> is not only distancing itself from the West, but consciously working to undermine its core security interests.” 👈...</p><p><a href="https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-830560" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.jpost.com/opinion/article-83</span><span class="invisible">0560</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@EUCouncil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCouncil</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWars</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p>(8/n)</p><p>...might cary the world in either direction.</p><p>1)<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compre</span><span class="invisible">hensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement</span></a></p><p>2) Given <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erdogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogans</span></a> previous behavoir, the latest utterance must be viewed with suspicion:</p><p>"The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a>) Turkish expert <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinaCiddi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinaCiddi</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mspsocial.net/@june" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>june</span></a></span> I've seen <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@ncommander" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ncommander</span></a></span> install <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SLSlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLSlinux</span></a> from 31 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppies</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NM-AfmZPM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=z0NM-AfmZP</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p><em>gets 1000m stare from installing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftOffice</span></a> 4.2 from 42 3,5" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a>|s memory</em>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Kinda sad he didn't use 3,5" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a> for design but basically a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HuCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HuCard</span></a> instead...</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=END_PVp3Eds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=END_PVp3Ed</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>Still cool...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeoFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoFloppy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>So yes, my <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113291458497638179" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mission goals</a> for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> hasn't changed in that I want it to be a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/useable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1440kB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1440kB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a> image and having the option to expand from there on...</p><ul><li>A <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramdisk</span></a>-only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> that allows one to easily connect to stuff and mount one's <code>/home/</code> directory is a way to go - espechally when said drive is a fully-encrypted <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BlockStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlockStorage</span></a>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>But hey, at least the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> is good.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycb6DyiccF8&amp;t=377s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Ycb6DyiccF</span><span class="invisible">8&amp;t=377s</span></a></p><ul><li>Pretty shure they can DIY a replacement platter just from that alone...</li></ul><p>And yes, there are people who work on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a>'ing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/8inch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8inch</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5inch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5inch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDDs</span></a> from scratch cuz unlike the 3,5" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a> they haven't been made not for 13+ years, but 25+ years!</p>
skykiss ♾️🇺🇦 Vote Midterms<p>Just a few weeks ago, Israeli customs seized 16 tons of bomb-making material that originated in Turkey, destined for Gaza. Read about it at <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a>. Where do you suppose Hamas sources materials to build rockets used to kill Israeli civilians today?</p><p>Also, Israel is famed for being the birthplace of world’s most powerful surveillance software. It has eyes &amp; a blockade on Gaza, that is only 42km long. In Gaza the one constant is the Israeli observation drones in the sky. But no one saw this coming. Analysis:</p><p><a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/09/15/israel-intercepts-rocket-making-material-en-route-to-gaza-from-turkey/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fdd.org/analysis/2023/09/15/is</span><span class="invisible">rael-intercepts-rocket-making-material-en-route-to-gaza-from-turkey/</span></a></p>
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