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[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man's been selling this story for at least 3 years.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

"The real treasure was the interviews we sold along the way"

[–] G4Z@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

No way that hard disk is going to be recoverable after 10 years unpowered.

[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember when it was 250m

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 year ago

So does he!

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

By the time he finds it, he will be able to afford a Mars bar and maybe a can of pop to go with it.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What this guy apparently doesn't seem to realise, is that a landfill isn't just filled with rubbish. Animal waste gets sent there too. His hard drive could literally be buried in a ton of dog muck.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could be worse. Could be pig manure.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Generally, Omnivore dung is worse than herbivore dung as it's the difference between decomposing plants and decomposing meat

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I hardly knew herbivore.