@Elle_Artist__ You have such phenomenal content and such a creative mind. You have such a positive presence in this community and it shows by your interactions. Certainly impressive work!
Does a USB drive get heavier as you store more files on it?
Nope. Paradoxically (and theoretically), the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets.
USB drives use Flash memory, which means the the ones and zeros of the data are stored on transistors.
When you save data, a binary zero is set by charging the float gate of the transistor, and a binary one is set by removing the charge.
To charge it, we add electrons, and the mass of each electron is 0.00000000000000000000000000091 grams.
This means that an empty USB drive (which mostly holds zeros) weighs more than a full USB drive (which has ones and zeros). Add data, reduce the weight.
The Strauss-Howe generation theory describes a recurrent cycle of same-aged groups with specific behavior patterns that change every 20 years.
https://t.co/7tsodiYtQ4
According to this theory, an 80-year cycle is crucial, when every four generations is associated to a crisis that impacts the ongoing social order and creates a new one.
This is visual representation of the USA 80-year history cycles, as laid out in the 1997 book 'The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by authors William Strauss and Neil Howe.
[📹 Van Neistat]
Full length video on Youtube: We Are In A "FOURTH TURNING," What Does That Mean?