yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat is something that's crazier than the wildest dreams of any ~1970s nerd, but exists today? I'll start with an easy one:lemmy.mlimagemessage-square336linkfedilinkarrow-up1692arrow-down113
arrow-up1679arrow-down1imageWhat is something that's crazier than the wildest dreams of any ~1970s nerd, but exists today? I'll start with an easy one:lemmy.mlyogurtwrong@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square336linkfedilink
minus-squarehuquad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoYou can actually store 4TB on most those cards (if you’re ok with automated data deletion to make room)
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoYep. It’s a “write once, read never” storage medium.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago/dev/null is the ultimate storage solution. You can write infinite bytes to it and it’ll never get full or wear out!
minus-squarePotato Lover 💾 No brain found@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWORM/WORN, small difference, I say ship it.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThis guy’s got upper management written all over him.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoA friend bought a USB stick that had some amazing data size for the era for a cheap price, turned out it ran some sort of zip tool interface and compressed the data
minus-squarehuquad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNo one claimed the compression algorithm was lossless! Everything fits inside a single bit if you squint
You can actually store 4TB on most those cards (if you’re ok with automated data deletion to make room)
Yep. It’s a “write once, read never” storage medium.
/dev/null is the ultimate storage solution. You can write infinite bytes to it and it’ll never get full or wear out!
Very fast, too!
WORM/WORN, small difference, I say ship it.
This guy’s got upper management written all over him.
A friend bought a USB stick that had some amazing data size for the era for a cheap price, turned out it ran some sort of zip tool interface and compressed the data
No one claimed the compression algorithm was lossless! Everything fits inside a single bit if you squint