From 500 Pounds to Your Pocket: The 1GB Hard Drive Story

Did you know the first 1GB hard drive in 1980 weighed over 500 pounds and cost $40,000? Today, you can carry 1,000x more storage in a tiny USB stick! Technology has come a long way! 🚀

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🚀 NASA in your home! Their #1 spinoff is: A. Memory foam 🛏️, B. Cordless vacuums 🏠, or C. Baby formula 🍼? Reply now!

🛌 A. Memory foam! Made for astronaut seats in 1966. Geek out with our science quiz ➡️ quizzlook.com #TechTrivia

💡 TIL: A single `%` character can break a website

Was helping a friend debug her React app and discovered this fun URL fact:

The `%` symbol in URLs is special - it starts percent-encoding sequences (like `%20` for spaces). But if it's not followed by valid hex digits, browsers throw "URIError: malformed URI sequence" errors.

Wrote up the full explanation if you're curious about the technical details → https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/07/22/why-the-percent-sign-breaks-your-website-and-how-to-fix-it.html

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Today's Poll... 👇

What is COMMIT in a database?

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Do you know? 🤔

💬 Drop your answer in the comments box!

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Brainstorming Time... 👇

Do you know the name of the first electronic digital computer?

Drop your answer in the comments! 👇

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Today's Poll...

Which were the earliest programming languages used in the field of AI?

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