• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      The spectacle and witnessing something revolutionary makes the person feel like they’re a part of history. A modern equivalent is any time that happens. The article is irrelevant, whether it’s a huge hard drive or an artificial heart or a robotic arm or a human dinosaur hybrid being loaded into a cargo crate doesn’t matter.

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      Server rack with a couple of PBs worth of drives in it would probably match the physical size. Or a massive tape archive storage.