kurtsh<p>My son got a GoPro for Christmas. He asked me, "Dad, do you have a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flashcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashcard</span></a> I can use for my new camera?"</p><p>My old 32GB <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microSD</span></a> that I paid over $200 for years ago had errors so I went online to buy a new one:</p><p>$39 for 512GB.</p><p>I consciously know flash memory <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> halve every year but never in my WILDEST DREAMS did I expect half a TB for the price of a light LA dinner - so small I could accidentally swallow it.</p><p>(Note: I still recall being stunned by the 256K RAM chip back in 1982 so...)</p>