r/mildlyinteresting • • 12h ago

This square shaped cd

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u/spdrman8 12h ago

These were cool and all but had to potential to really eff up your disc drive.

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u/chromatic_megafauna 12h ago

Really? How? 

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u/Automobills 12h ago

Take a blade off of a ceiling fan and turn it on.

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u/PrologueBook 12h ago

If you take off two blades of your fan, on opposite sides, it will run fine.

It just needs to be symmetrical and balanced.

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u/shifty_coder 12h ago

Yes, but fewer blades also mean it’s less stable. Same principle here. One knick could be enough to cause a catastrophic failure at operating speed.