• dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Is this the wikipedia-argument back at him? The whole twitter post history could fit on a single hard drive, so why are people paying for it?

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      1 year ago

      That argument is unfair anyway, cause what fits on a hard drive gets bigger every year.

      • CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        No it’s completely fair because the value of information deflates as we gain better ability to store it! /s

      • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        And there’s endless examples of a small well ordered thing being far more expensive than essentially the same thing less ordered in bigger volume - a room full of carbon dioxide, a bag of coal, a diamond…