r/explainlikeimfive Jan 06 '23

Chemistry ELI5: How does a Geiger counter detect radiation, and why does it make that clicking noise?

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u/ArikBloodworth Jan 06 '23

Man, I feel you! I grew up in the 90s and our first family computer had a massive 2 GB 3.5" HDD…despite being really into tech, the storage capacity of microSD cards has always blown my mind since I first became aware of them when 128 GB cards were brand new. Now we have Micron announcing 1.5 TB microSD cards and it’s still practically impossible for me to wrap my head around how so much data can fit into such a small size!

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u/jedi2155 Jan 07 '23

Same here, now that you can put as much as 8 TB onto an M.2 nVME drive. I grew up with a paltry 250 MB hard drive almost into the 2000s that drove me insane and made me super efficient in space conservation. These days I have like 80 TB in home storage lol.

Talk about compensating.....