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Re:Everything you need to know about hard drive vibration (2... by nefarious_ends on Monday November 24, 2025 @06:11PM (#46040514)
I recall a video of a guy temporarily reducing hard drive performance by shouting at it

edit: here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4

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Re:Everything you need to know about hard drive vibration (2... by 29athrowaway on Monday November 24, 2025 @07:38PM (#46041082)
That is not just any guy though. He is the guy.
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Re:Everything you need to know about hard drive vibration (2... by elijahwright on Monday November 24, 2025 @08:01PM (#46041231)
The guy if you care about systems performance, in a detailed way, for sure!

Someone ask him how many OS kernel bugs he’s found now? He finds the weirdest things… a tally would be “interesting”.

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Re:Everything you need to know about hard drive vibration (2... by amelius on Monday November 24, 2025 @06:19PM (#46040591)
next try shouting at a wafer stepper
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