0x0@programming.dev
on 04 Jul 2024 07:55
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the country’s inner workings are far behind other well established countries, with some government agencies still heavily relying on fax machines to carry on with daily work.
I once heard that was mainly because older people would rather fax hand-written script than use a computer for it, not sure.
SuperFola@programming.dev
on 04 Jul 2024 08:20
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It sure took them a while!
I’m curious how they had to send the floppy disk. Like, go to a special place to use an old computer that could still write to floppy disks? Or create your word document/pdf, compress it as much as possible and somehow find a place to put that on a floppy?
0x0@programming.dev
on 04 Jul 2024 14:36
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It would sure make for no-BS documents.
CameronDev@programming.dev
on 04 Jul 2024 16:42
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I vaguely recall reading something about some of their departments were not even using the floppy. Like you had to submit with a floppy, but it was never actually written or read from, and you supplied the documents another way. (I could have entirely made this up, don’t quote me)
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I once heard that was mainly because older people would rather fax hand-written script than use a computer for it, not sure.
It sure took them a while!
I’m curious how they had to send the floppy disk. Like, go to a special place to use an old computer that could still write to floppy disks? Or create your word document/pdf, compress it as much as possible and somehow find a place to put that on a floppy?
It would sure make for no-BS documents.
I vaguely recall reading something about some of their departments were not even using the floppy. Like you had to submit with a floppy, but it was never actually written or read from, and you supplied the documents another way. (I could have entirely made this up, don’t quote me)