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pklausler
on Jan 27, 2017
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Whiteboard sticker for your laptop
Maybe a real hard disk drive will, though.
Gracana
on Jan 27, 2017
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It'll just slide down slowly. Try it, it's a cool experiment that showcases eddy currents.
hathawsh
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I like the suggestion for a fun experiment, but I think pklausler was referring to the fact that strong magnets tend to wipe spinning hard drives, making magnets a bad idea for non-SSD laptops.
Gracana
on Jan 27, 2017
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Oh, duh. You're right, I totally misread that. :)
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