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Considering my helium-filled hard drives a strategic reserve now

• TeMPOraL 6mo ago
  Gonna sit on my half-empty tank for party balloons from my daughter's birthday, maybe we'll be able to sell it to pay off mortgage quicker than the helium itself escapes the tank.
  • halapro 6mo ago
    Same energy as "buy bitcoin" in 2011
    • TeMPOraL 6mo ago
      Unfortunately bitcoins don't leak from storage tanks on their own.
  • nik282000 6mo ago
    Store the tank upside down so it doesn't leak out of the valve ;)
• myself248 6mo ago
  That's another lifetime-limited thing -- the helium leaks out, and you cannot (for practical purposes) stop it or even meaningfully slow it down. When it's gone, the drives are dead. And the helium leaks by calendar-days, it doesn't matter whether the drive is powered on or off. Non-helium hard drives are basically limited by their bearing spin hours. If one only spins a few hours a week, it'll probably run for decades. Not so with helium.
  • adrianN 6mo ago
    You just have to put your hard drive in a pressure vessel filled with helium.
    • Forgeties79 6mo ago
      It’s helium all the way down
  • Arn_Thor 6mo ago
    I'm using the drives, not hoarding them, so normal wear and tear is likely to be a problem before helium depletion enters the picture