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Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site (www.tomshardware.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/datahoarder/p/1386675/tragic-titan-submersibles-62-sandisk-memory-card-found-undamaged-at-wreckage-site

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[–] 102 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

"and you can buy that exact SD card model for the low, low price of $62.99 on Amazon RIGHT. NOW!!!"

That might not be the weirdest, most awkward product placement I ever saw, but close.

EDIT : for those not seeing it, yeah, the article actually mentions that price and has a direct link to Amazon.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    tbf, finding your product still working after the implosion is already amazing publicity

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The SD card was from inside a titanium cased underwater camera that was mounted outside the hull. It wasn't actually in the implosion, it just survived the shockwave (which was probably 1000s of Gs, so still impressive)

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    funny how you downplay it all the way till the end, and anything surviving 1000s of Gs is incredibly impressive.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Well, it's an order of magnitude less force than the "server room" experienced, considering the whole rack of computers was compressed into a solid mass.

    SanDisk SD cards are actually rated for up to 500Gs, and with how light the SD card is, it can survive these indirect impacts more easily. "1000s of Gs" is just a completely random estimate considering how some of the other heavier internal camera parts were damaged (a circuit board connector sheared off).

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ads are getting insane. Youtuber making skits in the middle of their video to promote some garbageis dystopian as fuck to me. Mentioning product and where to buy it to what price, what is this shit, war of the worlds?

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