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A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956 (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I really think it is amazing that now we can put exponentially more data than this in a pocket. And that most humans now carry pocket computers that can access astounding amounts of information.

The information age really is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

And yet somehow there are still flat earthers and the like carrying around tons of data that proves them wrong but they just don't care.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how big a space we'd need to accommodate for just 100 gigs, using the footprint of this 5MB drive?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

20 thousand of them.