253 CDs holding ~500GB vs one microSD: 26,000x less volume, 15,000x less mass
psobot · x · 2026-09-25
An engineer stacked his childhood collection of 253 CDs/DVDs — nearly 500GB of data — next to a single microSD card that holds all of it and more, in 26,000x less volume and 15,000x less mass. A vivid illustration of storage density progress.
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