hard drives are still relevant for bulk storage
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IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Hard drives are going to be one of those in between things that Gen x/millennials will understand, but were already obsolete by the time Gen z rolled around.
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
True, but most consumers aren’t doing bulk storage. Most people just have cell phone and laptop
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
you must find really boring people
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 months ago
I’m confused, I call both HDDs and SSDs hard drives or disks. What’s the non-obsolete term?
Fish@midwest.social 2 months ago
HDD is hard disk drive. SSD is solid-state drive. Though I still use the term “hard drive” to refer to both of them.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 months ago
I know what the acronyms mean. But I refer to them both as hard drive.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 months ago
Hard drives are only the HDD
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 months ago
I know what the acronyms mean. But I refer to them both as hard drive.
Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I’m guessing cloud?
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Drag thinks solid state drives are drives and they’re hard.
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
But, my dearest Drag, you miss the point! There will be generations of humans that have no experience of spinning rust, of whirring platters, or of the dreaded tick- tick- tick- of a crashed head and lost data. What will they do?
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Probably invent new kinds of sex we can’t even imagine
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
How are hard drives “spinning rust”? Are solid state drives “stationary sand”?
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Magnetic recording materials have historically been metal oxides, I have no clue if that remains true for modern hard drive platters. I guess you could argue that SSDs are stationary sand, but you could make the same argumant for the majority of semiconductors so I don’t think it sufficiently specifies SSDs.
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Well, people like to say “check their hard drives” when referring to pedos, so the word itself isn’t lost yet. But there might be some other Gen Z’s who don’t actually know what that is considering we were raised with Chromebooks…
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Pfff next thing you’ll tell me is that 3.5" floppies are obsolete too?
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 months ago
Hi I'm technically a Zoomer, I grew up with HDDs, hybrids and 32Gb SSDs. I'm just about 30 :)
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hold the fuck up, did you just acknowledge the existence Gen X?
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Gotta keep them on their toes.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m always on my toes. My toes hurt. Please stop abusing my toes
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
puts legos under SpaceNoode’s toes