Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need

His Harder Drive paper was amazing [ [VIDEO] ], most especially the ending that considered a surprisingly common configuration of utterly useless, inefficient mass data storage that solves a problem nobody actually has.

Suckerpunch did a video on “harder drives” where he implemented a block storage device by storing data in ping packets. It’s one of my all time favourite technical talks - his style is amazing, and he’s an incredible story teller. [VIDEO]

As the other commenter said, everything on his channel is gold. Just the other day I was rewatching "Automated 3dfication of Nintendo games" [LINK] and "Harder Drives" [VIDEO]

This idea is covered during the first part of one of my favorite Tom7 videos. If this comment is the first you are hearing of Tom7... strap in and enjoy: [VIDEO]

> harder drive Here's the direct YouTube link[0] I'd * HIGHLY* recommend this video to anyone here. It is exactly that fun silly computer science stuff where you also learn a shit ton. His channel is full of this stuff. Don't ask why, ask why not Is essentially the motto of his channel, and it is the best. Leads to lots of innovations and I think we all should encourage more of this kind of stuff. [0] [VIDEO]

Maybe it doesn't have a post of its own, but I found these esoteric storage methods greatly entertaining as well: [VIDEO]

I love this! Reminds me of Harder Drive by Tom 7: [VIDEO] It's better to go in unspoiled so I won't reveal any details.

See also Tom7's "Harder Drive" video. The whole thing is great, but the part relevant to the parent comment starts at 2:31. [VIDEO]