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stackghostyesterday at 7:40 PM3 repliesview on HN

>2.43×10^-15 electrons

I believe TFA reads 2.43×10^-15 kg, not electrons. Unless SSDs are creating new and exciting physics, one can't have less than one electron, as it's an elementary particle.


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karmakazeyesterday at 10:13 PM

Well you could have a virtual particle whose mass could be time-averaged.

jmalickiyesterday at 7:50 PM

Neutrinos weight far less than electrons (but while NAND flash involves super weird physics it's not that weird)

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alanhyesterday at 9:31 PM

10^–15 is not a negative number, just a small one. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10%5E-15+

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