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A Literal and Figurative Representation of 'Data Loss'
Hardware Post #6989 · source on Telegram

A Literal and Figurative Representation of 'Data Loss'

Description

A four-panel comic strip meme with the title 'data loss' in bold, black text centered at the top. The meme uses 3.5-inch internal hard drives placed on a grey placemat on a wooden table to visually represent the abstract 'Loss' meme format. The first panel shows one hard drive standing vertically. The second panel shows two hard drives standing vertically next to each other. The third panel also shows two vertical hard drives. The fourth and final panel displays one hard drive standing vertically and another lying horizontally in front of it. The humor is a clever pun, combining the serious technical concept of 'data loss' (the failure or corruption of data on storage devices) with a visual recreation of 'Loss,' an infamous and widely parodied webcomic strip from 'Ctrl+Alt+Del.' Recognizing this pattern is a hallmark of being deeply engaged in internet and tech culture, making the joke land particularly well with a seasoned developer audience who appreciates both the technical term and the obscure meme reference

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Hardware DevCommunities Storage Bugs

Common Tags

DataLoss DataBackup DataRecovery Hardware BackupStrategy RAID

Comments

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick This is the only kind of data loss that gets funnier the more you stare at it. It's also the only one that can be fixed by simply explaining the joke
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    This is the only kind of data loss that gets funnier the more you stare at it. It's also the only one that can be fixed by simply explaining the joke

  2. Anonymous

    If your DR plan is just two drives standing around like this, congrats - you’ve implemented RAID-L for "Loss."

  3. Anonymous

    When the CTO says 'we need to split our data across multiple drives' and the new intern takes it literally - at least now you can honestly tell the auditors that your data retention policy includes physical sharding at the platter level

  4. Anonymous

    This is what happens when you implement RAID 0 in the physical world - no redundancy, maximum performance until gravity decides to run a destructive write operation. At least with SSDs, they fail silently without the dramatic visual flair of spinning rust taking a nosedive. Remember: the 'S' in 'single disk' stands for 'sorry, your data's gone.'

  5. Anonymous

    RAID1 mirror? Cute, until physics enforces the 'no free lunch' theorem on your platters

  6. Anonymous

    If your DR plan is “RAID1 + nightly snapshots on the same array,” congratulations - you just implemented the Loss meme in production

  7. Anonymous

    RAID isn’t backup; it’s two disks negotiating who gets to ruin tonight’s RPO

  8. Deleted Account 1y

    didnt get it

    1. @mihanizzm 1y

      yeah me too D:

    2. @ihnore_ihor 1y

      Based on play on words as data loss — literally loosing data and popular “loss meme” as comics pattern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(Ctrl%2BAlt%2BDel)

    3. @affirvega 1y

      | || || |_

      1. @Danich 1y

        ,' ,|,'_'

      2. @SamsonovAnton 1y

        Is this some poorely drawn ascii-art swastika? 🤔

        1. Deleted Account 1y

          No.

        2. @affirvega 1y

          IT'S LOSS

          1. @SamsonovAnton 1y

            FOSS? LESS? 🤓

            1. @affirvega 1y

              Good job autocorrect, but add new word to dictionary 🤓

  9. @patsany_horosh_mne_v_dm_pisat 1y

    Are y'all on rn?

    1. @linuxhasan 1y

      On what?

      1. @Art3m_1502 1y

        On crack

  10. @kitbot256 1y

    The lying drive should be different. Maybe 2 1/2” or SSD…

    1. @SamsonovAnton 1y

      This is the first time I see someone referring to 2.5″ drives as "2½". 😳

      1. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y

        European thing

        1. @SamsonovAnton 1y

          — And you know what they call a 2.5-inch drive in Europe? A 70-millimeter storage device! — Ah, the metric system!

          1. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y

            Is that true? Cant belive I ever heard that. In europe we use inch for screen diameters even tho we have no idea how much a fucking inch is

            1. @SamsonovAnton 1y

              No, just kidding. My guess is that very few people actually know that "a 2.5-inch drive" actually measures 2.75 inches (70 mm) in width, as well as "a 3.5-inch drive" actually measures 4.0 inches (102 mm) in width.

              1. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y

                Wait what?

                1. @SamsonovAnton 1y

                  2.5″, 3.5″ and 5.25″ are the diameters of magnetic discs themselves (be it a floppy or a hard drive), while the enclosure adds some space.

                  1. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y

                    Lol didn't knew I thought it was either length of the case or diagonal of the case

                  2. @RiedleroD 1y

                    I always assumed so. aren't the cases not even perfectly square?

            2. @RiedleroD 1y

              talk for yourself, I never use inches to measure screens

              1. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y

                What did you use inches for? 🤨

                1. @RiedleroD 1y

                  …nothing really

  11. @eyadmoh96 1y

    😂

  12. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y

    Zwei jäger treffen sich. Beide sind tot.

  13. @RiedleroD 1y

    16cm

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