eppic

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Elon Musk Urges Mr Beast to Post Videos on Twitter for Equal Earnings in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] eppic@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Just when you thought he can't be any more embarrassing...

What do y'all do with your old hard drives? in c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
[–] eppic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HDDs have fairly large neodymium magnets in them.

This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] eppic@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not creating a "shadow account", it is literally the same account. Threads is just a different frontend for what already existed with Instagram. And Meta would've been stupid, if they wouldn't have use what they already have.

WEB 4.69 in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] eppic@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago (5 children)

P2P vs hosting...

What do y'all do with your old hard drives? in c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
[–] eppic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Depends on the HDD. If they have bad SMART results or are too small, they get disassembled for the magnets. HDDs that still have some life in them are used for cold storage backups.