yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month 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-square334fedilinkarrow-up1696arrow-down113
arrow-up1683arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square334fedilink
minus-squarehuquad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month 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-up16·1 month agoYep. It’s a “write once, read never” storage medium.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoWORM/WORN, small difference, I say ship it.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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