Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 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-square73fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down13
arrow-up1322arrow-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 · 19 days agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·18 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-down2·18 days agoSome negligible minority, sure.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·18 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-down2·17 days agoYou think we live in a democracy?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 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