Waldo Jaquith on Nostr: Something u learned the hard way as a child is that magnets are very bad for ...
Something u learned the hard way as a child is that magnets are very bad for computers. But are they anymore? Floppy disks and CRTs were damaged by magnetic fields. Is there anything left in computers (or phones) that is harmed by magnetic fields of a consumer strength?
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