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[–] i_scream_trucks 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

boeing 737 max is a computer controlled flying brick

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[–] Hodor123 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Good...must be a safe plane

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[–] HappyMealBullshit [S] ago 

Whoever is writing those updates must be a fucking master at keeping data usage to an absolute minimum. A hard floppy is what like 1.2 megabytes or something?

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[–] NarrativeControl 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

1.44MB for 3 1/2" disks

Probably but not necessarily. You could split the update into several floppies. And it's not like you need to show graphics in 4K. I bet code is really optimized instead of the hundreds of abstraction layers shitfest we have today.

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[–] Morbo 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

hard floppy

Those are called "diskettes". They are 3.5 inch diskettes with either a 720KB or 1.44MB storage capacity depending on whether they are normal or high density. Any seasoned programmer who didn't get their start in coding with web apps and phone app garbage should be capable of writing efficient code that can fit into small media. Embedded programming has to be efficient and highly optimized for space by its nature. You can't use frameworks or libraries that bloat your code. You have to keep it to the absolutely necessary functions and code it with optimized methods. The programmers of today would fail at this because they rely heavily on stringing together countless frameworks and libraries and using a massive tool chain of moving parts that make everything shit in the end. A good C compiler and a text editor is all an embedded systems programmer needs, besides sound logic and actual programming talent.

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[–] SmokeyMeadow 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

At least they don't constantly crash land and kill everyone on board. Maybe the old ways really are best.

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[–] StanWildman ago 

This isn't so dumb if you think about it

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[–] offender ago 

Floppy disk readers are also much more simple as far as hardware+firmware.

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[–] NarrativeControl ago 

Not only that, they can be easily replaced with a floppy disk emulator (SD reader) if they use a standard FDD connector.

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[–] daskapitalist ago 

Technical Debt: the curse of the Boomer.

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[–] tmow 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The latest 747 variant has been built in 2001, so it's quite normal that it still uses floppies

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