I have a box of assorted 1GB and 4GB USB drives.
Funny how stuff you’ve had for years just feels “normal” even when it’s highly unusual.
I detest USB flash drives. Most unreliable form of data storage I’ve ever owned.
Those make me strangely nostalgic. I really want sticks with single digit GBs. I have one 1GB stick left, none with 2 or 4, one with 8 and then we’re at 32 already…
Oh and I remember my very first one with 64MB
Shoot I had some that were 4 to 16 MB. Might still have in a drawer?
My favorite was a tiny steel one that was 32 MB. Tough as nails and small enough to keep in a back pocket.
I have my usb in a cute little semi transparent sack.
It makes me feel like a fairy, but instead of start dust I pour unknown linux distros (because I don’t label them).
I keep mine in a drawer :3… most of them are just various ISOs
I had to check but yes, mine start at 128 MB
I never get rid of usb drives. Small ones are still great for docs.
I have more SD cards than USB drives.
Back when we were excited to have an 8MB SD card in our phones, I had a bunch of those laying around.
I have an eyeglass case with 6 or 7. Rarely used anymore.
I just have boxes of defunct cables.
Oh, I have one of those too, but I suspect that’s more common even amongst non-computer users.
Is this ironic? They have been very common gadgets and regularly become trivially cheap gadget at increzing sized through the years.
It’s a fair bet virtualy everybody have those lying around.
Most people aren’t heavy computer users like the average Lemmy user.
Never know when you’re going to need one on a new moon on the ides of march formatted to apple_HFS to update the firmware on your cousins 2004 pioneer in-dash dvd player
also it has to be 4 gig USB 1.1
… most do. USB drives have been handed out like candy at every professional conference I have been to for decades.
Most people do not go to professional conferences, though
Not anymore, and anyone who does should be disciplined.
Users disciplined? BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Have you ever actually worked in IT Security?
I feel attacked! I have a ziplock bag of assorted USB thumb drives!
I needed an SD card for a new recorder I picked up and only probably needed a 32GB. Smallest option at the store was 128 for $25 and $30 for 256. I went with the 256 just because I could.
Storage is practically free these days. I’m sure you could find an eBay listing for like 100 of the cheap ones for $10.
