Comment by jorvi
2 days ago
Not sure what warranted such an aggressive response.
I grew up in the 90s, on 56kb modems and PCs that rumbled and whined when you booted them up. I was at the tail end of using floppies.
I never said I didn't love the speed of SSDs, and when they just started to become mainstream it was an upgrade I did for everyone around me. I made my comment in part because you mentioned dumping 4K into the SSD and/or editing it. It can be a nasty surprise if you're doing something live, and suddenly your throughout plummets, everything starts to stutter and you have no idea why.
It wasn’t. IMHO the best feature and only real reason I hang around HN is exactly because I get to interact with others who know more.
The magic is in knowing how the trick works.
A bit further down the comment chain, martinald has a great succinct explanation:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44538489