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I've been so disappointed in the reaction of tech sites to this story. It's a third-hand anecdote about an unspecified model of hard drive from fifteen years ag
by causality0 4y ago
I've been so disappointed in the reaction of tech sites to this story. It's a third-hand anecdote about an unspecified model of hard drive from fifteen years ago which might be complete bullshit but I'm seeing links to articles about it one or times a day for a straight week.
- dang 4y agoI ran across it randomly the other day (or so I thought) and invited the submitter to repost it. If I'd known it was a repetitive thing I might have hesitated. Not their fault of course. Edit: looks like it had at least 2 recent threads: A laptop hard drive model could crash when exposed to a certain audio frequency - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32507147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32507147 - Aug 2022 (65 comments) Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32483211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32483211 - Aug 2022 (9 comments)
- causality0 4y agoYeah, and that's just HN. Google News, suggested stories, my Firefox startup suggestions, Youtube suggestions, I cannot get away from this nothingburger.
- dang 4y agoDefinitely sorry for inviting the nothingburger.