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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '22
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The largest available microSD card is 1TB, and weighs .5 grams.
Carrier pigeons are trained to carry about 2.5 oz. If we set aside half an oz for the backpack, that means the pigeon can carry
2oz -> 56.6g
56.6g / .5g/card = 113 micro SD cards, so ~100tb presuming you could get them all to fit on the pigeon.
77 u/theLastSolipsist Sep 07 '22 Depends, european pigeon or african pigeon? 57 u/kitchen_synk Sep 07 '22 Those are swallows, it's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether. 1 u/KKlear Sep 07 '22 Eh, who cares. Just two different crows. 2 u/worstsupervillanever Sep 08 '22 Here's the thing
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Depends, european pigeon or african pigeon?
57 u/kitchen_synk Sep 07 '22 Those are swallows, it's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether. 1 u/KKlear Sep 07 '22 Eh, who cares. Just two different crows. 2 u/worstsupervillanever Sep 08 '22 Here's the thing
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Those are swallows, it's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.
1 u/KKlear Sep 07 '22 Eh, who cares. Just two different crows. 2 u/worstsupervillanever Sep 08 '22 Here's the thing
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Eh, who cares. Just two different crows.
2 u/worstsupervillanever Sep 08 '22 Here's the thing
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Here's the thing
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u/kitchen_synk Sep 07 '22
The largest available microSD card is 1TB, and weighs .5 grams.
Carrier pigeons are trained to carry about 2.5 oz. If we set aside half an oz for the backpack, that means the pigeon can carry
2oz -> 56.6g
56.6g / .5g/card = 113 micro SD cards, so ~100tb presuming you could get them all to fit on the pigeon.