Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down13
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·15 days agoPlenty of people would rather we throw prisoners into a medieval dungeon because they’re obsessed with “punishment”.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·15 days agoSome negligible minority, sure.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 days agoNot negligible enough. You think it’s a coincidence that “tough on crime” is a consistently successful angle to push?
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·14 days agoYou think we live in a democracy?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoit’s pushed in literally every country
Plenty of people would rather we throw prisoners into a medieval dungeon because they’re obsessed with “punishment”.
Some negligible minority, sure.
Not negligible enough. You think it’s a coincidence that “tough on crime” is a consistently successful angle to push?
You think we live in a democracy?
it’s pushed in literally every country