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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Oct 2013

    Can someone tell me what this shiny thing is that comes with this Linux magazine? Seem to remember it from somewhere.pic.twitter.com/JiNgY5eG4y

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      2. Sam Hutchings‏ @Smutchings 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral historians say it can be used for the storage of data. Apparently old computers read them using lasers. Sounds archaic.

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      3. Peter Cooper‏ @peterc 30 Oct 2013
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        @Smutchings @aral My daughter watches films off of those!

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      1. Chris Mousdale‏ @Chrisedmo 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral OH GOD AOL ARE AT IT AGAIN!!!!

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      1. 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗  🇪🇺‏ @ojmason 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral it's a coaster for your coffee mug. AOL used to have a good range of those.

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      1. Hagbard Celine‏ @asciidisco 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral The Linux Magazine knows how they can prevent their data from being tracked by the NSA.

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      1. Ian Mulvany‏ @IanMulvany 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral I think it’s a dreamcatcher

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      1. Shaun Murray‏ @aegisdesign 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral Never mind the shiny disc, what’s the thing it’s attached to? Is that paper?

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      1. Miguel Hernández Jaso‏ @Maquert 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral keep it so you’ll blow your children’s minds very soon (if any). They should offer a code in a short URL address/QR. And BOOM! Magic.

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      1. Rick Truell‏ @Rick_Truell 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral It's a device to keep your data *yours*. Nobody, including the NSA, can scan it unless *you* allow, and help, them to!

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      1. Craig Moore‏ @Shoseki 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral As I recall, it is a portable digital fireworks display. Just add microwaves.

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      1. Jordan Memari‏ @Jordanmemari 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral I think it's one of those things people hang outside to scare cats & stop them pooping in the garden!

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      1. Aegir  🇪🇺‏ @aegirthor 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral It’s for when your home-brew wifi drivers have stopped working again because flux capacitors kernel compiler.

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      1. robert turrall‏ @robert_t 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral I think it's a coaster - to protect your desk from hot coffee?

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      1. Jack Le Riche‏ @jackleriche 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral a frizbee obviously

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      1. Jan Erik Gulliksen ☀‏ @janerikg 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral its for older machinery

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      1. Sarah the seasprite  🧜🏻‍♀️‏ @xgebi 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral I used that thing when my Dell crapbook decided not to boot from flashdrive =(

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      1. Sander Hermsen‏ @sanderhermsen 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral It's a beer coaster, isn't it?

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      1. JeanLouis Villecroze‏ @CocoaGeek 30 Oct 2013
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        @aral I think it's a pocket vanity mirror

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