Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need (2022) [video]

Post by mathgradthrow » Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 4:02 PM UTC

Post by kencausey » Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 4:03 PM UTC

Post by rogerrogerr » Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 4:10 PM UTC

hnbear wrote: post #3

The PDF a couple of weeks ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41159075 Not sure if that counts as a dupe. Also, it needs [2002] tagging.

Post by K0IN » Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 4:24 PM UTC

Post by Waterluvian » Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #9

Waterluvian wrote: post #7

The idea of buffering data by transmitting it somewhere far, bouncing it off a moon or whatnot, and using that distance of radio waves as your memory is my favourite thing ever.

There's a great sci-fi short story (well, two, I guess) that I can recommend based on this - although, knowing what you said is a slight spoiler for them.