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[–] hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

A dark souls campfire/site of grace

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 10 points 3 months ago

Given the impermanence of any storage medium today, I'm thinking a puff of smoke would convey the sentiment with the right level of user expectation.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago

I choose a labeled, icon-free button that says save

Gotta go with an even older symbol, the ring buoy.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 9 points 3 months ago

A rotary pay phone powered by a steam engine.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

But I like the floppy disk save symbol

[–] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Go older: a punch card being inserted into a tray

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think the download icons will become synonymous with saving. It's functionally the same, move thingy to a location on your computer.

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[–] lonlazarus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago

Ice cube, because you're freezing it in whatever working state you're in.

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if we would would really "expect" a new safe icon. Most modern software has auto-saving. Games for example often just use a spinning circle to indicate it's saving. Word and google docs just say "don't worry, we're continuously saving your work" when you hit Ctrl + S.

I imagine if you want to save something locally you have the downward arrow for downloading, or some other icon for moving and copying files.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I dont trust word to save anything if I don't hit CTRL S

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Core memory. It's non-volatile.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)
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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

A cloud. Just to let them know they don’t own anything anymore.

[–] rook@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (6 children)
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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Floppy disk save symbol

You mean the vending machine?

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[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bill Gates eventual tombstone.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 months ago

Can't wait to impress someone by jumping over it in one clear hop.

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