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I'm surprised to learn from this piece that this wasn't always the case, as I would intuitively think that moving parts are prone to wearing out, and intuitivel
by schoen 6y ago
I'm surprised to learn from this piece that this wasn't always the case, as I would intuitively think that moving parts are prone to wearing out, and intuitively think of circuits with no moving parts as reliable -- at least if they don't have manufacturing defects and don't drastically overheat or something.
- simonblack 6y agoand intuitively think of circuits with no moving parts as reliable Yes. It's counterintuitive to realise that non-mechanical parts are more prone to 'burn-out' rather than 'wear-out'. I've only just got over my reluctance to entrust large volumes of data (6 TB) to SSDs rather than HDDs. But I'm still a bit twitchy about that. Time will tell whether or not my fears are justified.