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PulseAugur coverage of floppy disk — every cluster mentioning floppy disk across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Rivva launches Rivva Follow for blogroll discovery and AI integration
Rivva has launched Rivva Follow, a new feature designed to aggregate blogrolls, reading lists, and starter packs for RSS readers. This tool allows users to discover who is reading whom and why, with options to download …
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Self-Host Weekly covers AI, software, and media tracking platform Floppy
This week's Self-Host Weekly newsletter, dated August 21, 2026, covers recent AI developments, software updates, and new launches. It also features a spotlight on Floppy, a platform designed for media tracking. The news…
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Floppy Disk Modification: A Look Back at Increasing Storage Capacity
This item discusses the historical use of floppy disks, specifically how users would modify them to increase storage capacity. It mentions that punching a hole in a 720 KB floppy disk could allow drives to write at a hi…
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USB flash drives persist despite SSD competition and rising prices
USB flash drives, despite their long history and continued utility for basic storage needs, are facing increased competition from more advanced storage solutions. While Solid State Drives (SSDs) offer superior speed, du…
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Reddit user proposes disk-based MoE offloading for larger models
A user on the r/LocalLLaMA subreddit is proposing new features for Mixture of Experts (MoE) models, specifically suggesting "--disk-moe" or "--n-disk-moe" options. These would allow for offloading model layers to disk o…
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AI agent context windows: Prioritizing data for efficient operation
An AI agent's context window should be treated as a dynamic working set, similar to RAM in an operating system, rather than a static long-term storage. The primary engineering challenge is not retrieval of information, …
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Linux boots on a floppy disk, reviving 1990s tech for modern projects
A user has successfully installed and booted the Linux operating system onto a floppy disk, a feat that harkens back to 1990s technology. This project, dubbed "floppinux," demonstrates a novel approach to utilizing outd…
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Linux installed on floppy disk, user switches Ubuntu for Arch distro
A user has successfully installed Linux on a floppy disk, a feat that revives 1990s storage technology for modern AI-powered projects. This accomplishment is compared to fitting a circus into a matchbox, highlighting th…
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IBM engineers patented the 8-inch floppy disk in 1972
The patent for the floppy disk, a revolutionary storage medium, was granted on this day in 1972 to two IBM engineers. These initial 8-inch disks held a mere 80 kilobytes and were genuinely flexible, a stark contrast to …