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Re:Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for bi... by sshine on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @08:24AM (#20273476)
The criticism that I am also willing to go with is that dimensionality in statistics / linear algebra / machine learning assumes abstract dimensions, where readers of popular science assume physical dimensions.

When the number of dimensions is so close to 3, and the subject of discussion is ways to physically store data, this appears misleading.

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Re:Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for bi... by lvh on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @08:28AM (#20273501)
I agree that’s probably what’s going on, but “the university is making stuff up to look busy” and “no sane engineer would say this” and "clearly they made this up, 13.8Gy is mighty convenient" isn’t exactly a charitable read.
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