For your edification, the most common form factor of floppy disks:
5¼ inch (no metal door thing)
3½ inch (the one the save icon was modeled after)
There were also 8 inch (used before 1980s mainly), and various not very successful 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch formats.
Note that while the form factor might have been the same, a lot of diskettes aren't mutually software compatible between systems.
There's physical sub-formats (e.g. one sided, hard sectors, varying supported densities due to magnetic properties etc.) too.
ChatGPT Images: OpenAI stellt neues Bildgenerierungsmodell GPT-Image-1.5 vor
OpenAI hat das neue Bildgenerierungsmodell GPT-Image-1.5 vorgestellt. Es soll schneller und präziser arbeiten und ist wohl die Antwort auf Googles Nano Banana.
Vue CEO Tim Richards criticizes Netflix's deal giving Imax a two-week exclusive run for the Narnia film, arguing it undermines the theatrical ecosystem (Alex Ritman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/vue-cinemas-letter-imax-netflix-narn…
I occasionally stop by Reddit for a couple of chuckles. As per usual - the magic is always in the comments
#ShamelesslyStolenFromReddit #shitpost #shitposting
Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Zelenskyy Received Israeli Passport In 2016: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/fact-check-image-does-not.html
Trump bringt Tunnel zwischen Alaska und Russland ins Gespräch
Der US-Präsident bringt ins Gespräch, einen Tunnel zwischen Alaska und Russland zu bauen. Selenskyj reagiert darauf lachend aber wenig begeistert.
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MonochromeEvolutionaryBioDigitalCellularAutomataSimulation
Unlike the recently shared[1] multi-cellular struggles, these here are some selected research stills (handpicked from tens of thousands) of only single CA configurations (aka mono-cultures) which I found interesting/promising and which were then used as raw ingredients/candidates for my infinitely evolving C-SCAPE project[2]...
Each of these cellular automata is 1.5D, meaning each pixel row is one generation, but I allowe…
heise | Z-Image in der Praxis: Schnelle KI-Bilder ohne Limit – sogar mit wenig VRAM
Mit Z-Image erschaffen selbst günstige Grafikkarten in Sekunden hochwertige KI-Bilder – für Social Media, Flyer und Plakate oder als Vorlage für KI-Filme.
Apple unveils a 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip, up to 3.5x more performance for AI workflows, and faster storage, for the same $1,599 , shipping October 22 (Apple)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unveils-new-14-inch-macbo…
Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Warum Kinderfotos nicht ins Internet gehören
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