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1. Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 06:42:21 JST Charlie Stross

   • Menhit the Menace

   There is now a USB memory stick drying in my airing cupboard.

   Because @Menhit pushed it off a shelf and straight into my teacup!

   Obviously she doesn't want me installing Mint Linux on a spare ultrabook any time soon …

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 06:42:20 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Menhit the Menace

     @cstross @Menhit we should rate all storage media by how well it withstands immersion. I recall managing to save some files off a floppy disk that accidentally fell in a lake once, back in the late 90s... CDs are probably the best here, they don't care about liquids.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 07:08:44 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Menhit the Menace

     @cstross @Menhit yeah it should be fine! Unless your tea was full of sugar, then it might be risky. Sugar water and electronics are not friends, but washing it off probably prevented that from doing too much damage

   • Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 07:08:47 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️
     • Menhit the Menace

     @foone @Menhit I am pretty sure that "get it out of the tea ASAP, rinse in tap water, shove in airing cupboard to dry for a week" is about the least-bad option (in the absence of interesting solvents). Failing that, it's a years-old 32Gb stick, so not going to bankrupt me.