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rotating rust

A dysphemism for a hard disk drive, which historically consisted of a rotating platter of iron oxide (modern hard drives may use other materials).

Rotating rust has much higher latency than SSDs.

by twixsmoker October 20, 2016

Benjamin Franklin's coffin

The little tray that your put your payment in at an expensive restaurant. So-called because Benjamin Franklin's image is on the US $100 bill, and once you put him in that tray, you're not going to see him again.

Once the waiter brought Benjamin Franklin's coffin out, I laid Benjamin to rest and I knew I wasn't going to see him again.

by twixsmoker April 4, 2025