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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/41907712

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Unironically a good idea. I can see these really helping to increase the chances of memory survival in camera applications where the camera has a high chance of being physically destroyed. Also a metal body reallllly helps conduct heat out of the flash, which will increase their lifespan in continuous-write applications.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Stainless is extra bad at conducting heat considering it's a metal, but it's still way better than plastic. I hope they make an aluminum version at some point.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes, stainless is "bad", compared to other metals. But like you also mentioned, it's loads better than plastic.

I'd doubt they make an aluminum one, it's probably not worth the tooling.

When dealing with only 100-200mW, even a small change in thermal conductivity will make a big difference.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

One day the card will be conductive enough for us to complain it's hot when we take it out

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seriously, my plastic cookware is terrible

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

But there's no better way to make a really traditional dioxin omelette.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Personally, id choose them over plastic ones if not just to save plastic

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (8 children)

doesn't metal manufacturing use quite a lot more energy?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (13 children)

But it has the benefit of not breaking down into micro plastics and getting into every part of everyone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

"Honey, I accidently digested our SD card again"

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe extreme weather conditions for trail cams? That's the only reason I would think about using one but never actually buy one for lol.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People will pay more money for premium.

But yeah environmentally this is a damn good idea. We should make everything out of metal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

sounds pretty metal

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Less plastic being manufactured? Sounds good to me. :)

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Seriously. Let’s light a fire under this trend. I will spend twice as much on a thing if it’s metal instead of plastic.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

While we're at it, let's get back to all metal phones! Screw this glass back shit.

For the "Wireless" charging people:

It's a gimmick, nothing of value is lost

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

“All right team this is the single most dropped item in the history of mankind we need to make this thing tough what are we gonna manufacture the backing out of?”

“Glass?”

“…….Brilliant!! You’ve got upper management written all over you, Jacobs!”

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Wireless charging rocks, dude

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Likely far more energy and pollution needed to manufacture this though so overall a loss for the earth.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But most steel is recycled and most plastic is not.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You still need a lot of energy to recycle steel. Less than mining by far but still a lot.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

In a sustainable world, energy can and should be cheaper than raw materials. We are only harvesting a tiny fraction of the solar energy hitting the earth, to say nothing of wind and geothermal power. Rolling out more renewables and energy storage and using some of the surplus power to switch from extracting new resources to recycling our waste would greatly lower our footprint.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

But compared to plastic from virgin fossil fuels?

We as a society are going to need memory cards.

What do you think they should be made out of?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Energy needs can be met and shouldn't be an argument for using plastic.

The pollution could be more dependending on how you look at that statement, but making something without plastic results in less plastic pollution and you can't claim that to be an overall loss for the earth.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

You can swap out centralized energy sources (relatively speaking) overnight as greener sources become cheaper/more available compared to retooling whole industries away from plastic

It's the same thing with electric cars, yea it might plug in now to a dirty energy source, but that energy source could be a green energy source tomorrow without you ever knowing and importantly not having to buy a new car or change any other infrastructure to take advantage of it

A power line is a power line, it doesn't care if the electricity going through it was derived from a dirty power plant or solar or nuclear

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Should have used glorious Nippon steel, folded over 1000 times.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I feel like dealing with SD cards' inevitable demise is more important than armoring them. What good is a stainless SD card that no longer functions after 2 years of use?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What good is a stainless SD card

Better thermal conductivity and in turn dissipation than plastic does tend to longer lasting flash chips, how much this change means in real world practice though remains to be seen

Heat is a flash storage killer of all kinds

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's hard to believe that it would have taken 25 years for the many SD card builders out there to figure out that a heat spreader could solve the degradation problems.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Why would they want to solve an issue that causes you to need a new product from them

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (9 children)

All the comments are fun and games but they could've used aluminium which is way cheaper. It's nothing more than a marketing gimmick.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't there a danger of someone shorting data to voltage by inserting this thing wrongly?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Also a good way to wear down your SD port if you remove this with any regularity.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Woah boy, Elon is gonna be super jealous.

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