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Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by driftnet on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @10:32AM (#39455023)
Clouds are water vapor, not droplets.
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Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by abadpoli on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @10:55AM (#39455368)
“Cloud: Visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere“

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud

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Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by singleshot_ on Monday February 26, 2024 @07:23PM (#39518545)
Clouds are condensed water droplets in the air. The air below the cloud has just about the same amount of water in it, but at the altitude of the bottom of the cloud, the atmosphere is cool enough for that water vapor to condense, forming the cloud.

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