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5 MB hard drive in 1956 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/pics@lemmy.world

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[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey if someone told me I could go see the 2025 equivalent of this hard drive being unloaded if probably go take a look.

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[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

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[–] Hupf@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago

https://xkcd.com/691/

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[–] recursiveInsurgent@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago

Someone please photoshop (or gimp) hundreds of people crowded around these fingers.

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[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What would that even be?

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[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Server rack with a couple of PBs worth of drives in it would probably match the physical size. Or a massive tape archive storage.

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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

The spectacle and witnessing something revolutionary makes the person feel like they're a part of history. A modern equivalent is any time that happens. The article is irrelevant, whether it's a huge hard drive or an artificial heart or a robotic arm or a human dinosaur hybrid being loaded into a cargo crate doesn't matter.

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