Post A4ElEhNenTyMLrWQE4 by montdor@linuxrocks.online
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(DIR) Post #A4E3q86pzGxryrh1ma by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T08:40:32.304203Z
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:ablobcateyesflip:
(DIR) Post #A4E5PwZYST3gZxlaRE by colinl@scicomm.xyz
2021-02-13T08:57:39Z
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@amolith "Memory stick"
(DIR) Post #A4E5Z2nYgDNYUiejZI by klaatu@mastodon.xyz
2021-02-13T08:56:06Z
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@amolith I don't know how, but "thumb drive" got engrained in my vocabulary, and it's what I default to.
(DIR) Post #A4E5Z37lT5XfVO6s40 by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T08:59:53.439227Z
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@klaatu it's exactly the same for me with "flash drive". No idea where I got it from but that's what I've said my entire life lol
(DIR) Post #A4E5nfdJ5f6OzZpr0q by josias@theres.life
2021-02-13T09:00:58Z
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@amolith @klaatu Same here. "Flash drive" was engrained into me.
(DIR) Post #A4E7413pI3GA2Kb7AW by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T09:16:42.433999Z
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@jbauer flash drive is catching up :smug:
(DIR) Post #A4E7aXQCVb1rfWZRw0 by jbauer@pleroma.paritybit.ca
2021-02-13T09:19:45.618215Z
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@amolith Every single one of those people are 💯% incorrect. :ablobcatgrumpy:
(DIR) Post #A4E7aXpiyhRgwgVpia by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T09:22:34.080020Z
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@jbauer it's accurate though; it's a drive with flash storage :smug3:
(DIR) Post #A4EfFdd7cya3HfovIW by manton@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T15:37:26.959748Z
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@amolith where's the "USB Key" gang?
(DIR) Post #A4EhMu6wwvtgKoMecy by ORDER@koyu.space
2021-02-13T10:38:21Z
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@amolith I thought pen drive would win
(DIR) Post #A4EhdruwMJN2SCpuxk by josias@theres.life
2021-02-13T09:33:20Z
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@amolith @jbauer And accurate == correct. So every single one of those people are 💯% correct. :P
(DIR) Post #A4EhfYkcaeVPaboexM by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:06:51.478483Z
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@manton not here because that one's just wrong :P
(DIR) Post #A4EhlaPHLZeqSihtc8 by manton@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:07:28.590696Z
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@amolith I had some family members who used it
(DIR) Post #A4Ehlan1vGeleNordQ by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:07:53.671056Z
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@manton and they are wrong :P
(DIR) Post #A4Ei8hqnpw8cD3bbxw by manton@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:10:20.470350Z
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@amolith yes
(DIR) Post #A4Eiiv3sCFX5bhzFWS by cypnk@mastodon.social
2021-02-13T16:18:17Z
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@amolith Somehow "Thumb drive" became my default. For the longest time I used to call it "flash drive", but one day...
(DIR) Post #A4EiqS3Jw1ZdxEJtzs by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:20:01.605276Z
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Does anyone actually know why they call it whatever they voted for? Is it just because you heard someone else say that at some point in the past and it stuck? :thinking_up:
(DIR) Post #A4EjKCOKj83S4OKilE by wim@rpi.limited.systems
2021-02-13T16:21:41.726266Z
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@amolith I call it a memory stick
(DIR) Post #A4EjKCkfO5v3BemYZU by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:24:06.461092Z
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@wim you're the second person to say that and I'd never heard it before now lol
(DIR) Post #A4EjTsjgf1e40MwFLU by koakuma@uwu.social
2021-02-13T16:27:13Z
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@amolith Either "USB" or "flash disk" :02smile:
(DIR) Post #A4EkaDn3OUtCzm6GKu by mrinalsaurabh@social.librem.one
2021-02-13T16:36:13Z
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@amolith No idea, to be honest.
(DIR) Post #A4El41bbGFmDtOxD3A by setto@t.basspistol.org
2021-02-13T16:41:09.229963Z
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@amolith @wim memory stick is a sony trademark so fugg dat, but it sounds really cool directly translated to swedish: “minnespinne”
(DIR) Post #A4El8QQ0wrim0WdJOS by solarkraft@mastodon.social
2021-02-13T16:23:54Z
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@amolith I wish my language didn't force the use of "USB stick" as it's one of the most imprecise descriptions I can imagine
(DIR) Post #A4ElA43X3yLPEKtnVo by solarkraft@mastodon.social
2021-02-13T16:25:27Z
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@amolith"drive" is commonly used for storage media and "flash" memory is the storage technology (right?)
(DIR) Post #A4ElEGKXMyQySMr37A by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:46:44.413387Z
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@solarkraft > I wish my language didn't force the use of "USB stick"What language is that?> "drive" is commonly used for storage media and "flash" memory is the storage technology (right?)yep, that's part of why I call them flash drives. Though @jbauer made a good point when we were talking about it last night: calling them flash drives because it's flash storage media would mean you also have to call SSDs flash drives :meowGiggle:
(DIR) Post #A4ElEhNenTyMLrWQE4 by montdor@linuxrocks.online
2021-02-13T16:28:44Z
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@amolith I think at least part of it may be regional (e.g. US vs. UK). Fun fact: in Hebrew it's most commonly called a "disc-on-key" and in Russian a "flyeshka" (as in 'little flash")
(DIR) Post #A4Ellv2H34ssG5MQtc by federico3@mastodon.social
2021-02-13T16:50:47Z
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@amolith "stupid USB thingie", because of the poor naming and marketing
(DIR) Post #A4EllvS9UraHYLT6ES by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:51:14.932757Z
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@federico3 this is what everyone should call it
(DIR) Post #A4ElsbOEUQRNM4oobI by manton@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T16:47:52.109886Z
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@amolith i heard people say "flash drive," so now i say "flash drive"
(DIR) Post #A4Enow6piIiaMh3lpI by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2021-02-13T17:15:49Z
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@amolith @manton Unless your family uses yubikeys/nitrokeys/etc in which case you're lucky
(DIR) Post #A4EnwfLFwDrug8UYJE by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2021-02-13T17:17:15Z
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@amolith "Pendrajw" in Polish, but I try to use "USB stick" in Engliah because that's the term linux tutorials use
(DIR) Post #A4EoY1ZWFZP8L2ye5A by yuki@lgbt.io
2021-02-13T17:16:51Z
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@amolithI prefer to call it the MicroMemory. Sounds way cooler.hmmm... :blobthinkingcool: Silva: Alright. We have to download this data from the mainframe. Vektor, have you got the micromemory?"Vektor: I got it right here. Ono-Sendai, one hundred and twenty eight gigabytes, five nanometer silicon, fresh from the tech market.Jacky: *whistle* how much did that cost you?Vektor: A friend owed me a favor.Silva: Leave the details for later. Insert it into port A2.Vektor: Ready.Silva: Alright, this is it. I'm going in. *plugs cable into her neck*Sexy female AI voice, coming from the cyberdeck: Commencing download...@federico3
(DIR) Post #A4Eq0oRKFoVHxhR5JQ by qwxlea@ioc.exchange
2021-02-13T17:11:30Z
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@amolith Here it's generally called: flеshka (флешка)So flash-drive is pretty close...#namingThingsIsHard #utfIsGreat
(DIR) Post #A4Eq9S20w8jr4PiRH6 by gatsby@glasgow.social
2021-02-13T17:22:52Z
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@amolith I used to say "memory stick"; however, I changed to "pen drive" when I moved to Brazil, where that name is widely used.
(DIR) Post #A4F0Q3uGsuvciFea12 by manton@nixnet.social
2021-02-13T17:37:23.103770Z
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@wolf480pl @amolith I mean, I do. I actually use a "USB Key", but my family looks at me a little weird whenever I have to pull it out
(DIR) Post #A4FmRNuUnDdGqHSGR6 by jonah@mastodon.aragon.sh
2021-02-14T04:35:03Z
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@amolith I’m unsure why I call it a “flash drive”, and I’m also unsure why hearing the words “thumb drive” makes me irrationally annoyed, but that’s what happens 🙃
(DIR) Post #A4I2T6grm2Yvb7qJsm by gabmus@linuxrocks.online
2021-02-15T06:40:53Z
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@amolith All of the above, used inconsistently throughout a single conversation
(DIR) Post #A4IkhEf7KNJoMKZWjo by captainepoch@nixnet.social
2021-02-15T06:46:32.417933Z
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@gabmus @amolith USB Thumb Stick
(DIR) Post #A4KwEOAXty7BZnqsSG by satur@fosstodon.org
2021-02-16T13:40:24Z
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@amolith written or talking? I usually say pen drive or USB stick when talking (informal).
(DIR) Post #A4N8TSzNqoqqdRVTyi by makeworld@sunbeam.city
2021-02-17T15:54:32Z
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@amolith "USB"