[HN Gopher] A History of Storage Media
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       A History of Storage Media
        
       Author : marginalia_nu
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-08-08 21:41 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | jl6 wrote:
       | One storage media topic I would like to hear more about is
       | whether the stagnation in optical disc technology reflects a
       | natural limit of the concept or a victim of market forces moving
       | the most profitable use cases towards streaming.
        
         | haimez wrote:
         | If rumors are to be believed, S3 glacier might be an
         | interesting data point
        
         | ghaff wrote:
         | I've heard a variety of rumours about Glacier but I'm inclined
         | to take the Occam's Razor answer of powered-off hard disk
         | drives.
        
         | aidenn0 wrote:
         | Without the content owners driving volume, it's unlikely to see
         | a cheap optical option.
        
       | ghaff wrote:
       | Very cool. I did a presentation with a colleague in a mid 90s
       | context which was mostly focused on disk drives. Though we got
       | into some earlier parts as well with the help of the MIT archive.
       | It made you realize how the categories blurred.
       | 
       | I started to put together a video at one point but only got part-
       | way there.
        
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