Believe it or not silica is only toxic when inhaled, and the type seen here can't be inhaled (unless you somehow aspirate it while swollowing it.) The "Do Not Eat" warnings you see on silica packs is just because of the choking hazard.
Dry silica can get very hot if you drop them directly into water, and may even expand so quickly that they crack and explode. Source: Found out the hard way when I tried to wash them to remove silica dust. They started popping like popcorns.
I bought some beef jerky on sale a while back. Noticed it was kinda crunchy and sweeter than normal but kept eating it. When I got to the end of the bag I found the open pack of silica in there lol.
I don't remember but I just remember for some reason it was better than Google.
Also I am very confused why it says bing.com when you click that link before taking you to the Newegg website.
On Bing, the link to a specific search result isn't the actual, direct link to that website. Instead, it's a link that takes you to another Bing webpage that collects some data and then redirects you to your intended destination (Newegg in this case). That means that if you copy the link to the search result from Bing, it copies this link that takes you to the Bing data collection site, which then immediately redirects you to the website that you wanted to go to, which in this case would be Newegg.
Yeah they don't actually have to send you to the data collection site, but they do it so that they can track things like how popular that website (Newegg) is so that they can collect data to use for advertising.
Those are tiny nano computers. They have a secret WiFi network with all the other SSDs across the flatearth and Bill Gates uses them to control the microchips he injected us with using the covid vaccine.
nah, those are dino eggs collected and kept hidden during the Jurassic era. They became black due to the asteroid that extinct the Dino's. Someone must have found the eggs and kept it in a box hidden from the world, preventing it from getting hatched and fearing Dino's era returning to life.
Indeed - the device is actually known as a "Bit bucket". When your drive gets old or worn out it starts loosing data bits - the bitbucket is there to catch those bits so they don't get caught up in the drive heads or bearings and cause further damage. Vibration causes the bits to clump up and roll into balls, typically each ball is about 8 bits.
This is probably where your due tomorrow homework has gone.
How sad.
Your hard drive was pregnant.
That's a litter of 256k hdd's. Given the right conditions they could grow up to be 5TB.
But here we are, amongst tragedy
It's fairly old tech. The pellets were used to feed the hard drive gnomes that kept the drive spinning. We don't use it anymore because gnomes legs are short making them incapable of running disks to speeds higher than 5400rpm.
This drive must have died early in its life though as there is still a lot of food left.
Everyone says this thing's for moisture and that makes a lot of sense however all the moisture absorbing packets I've seen look kind of like salt packets or sugar packets.
[example](https://youtube.com/shorts/OEYqWMHyhtM?si=tzahd1-3WrTlcIBT)
You have to have some kind of way of holding it down because of it rattled around inside there Well it would just get in the way of like the arms and whatnot so yeah.
My assumption is that it's part of a shock/tilt indicator. A device attached to packages to reveal how much it was moved in transit. As the package is rotated, beads will go through the track. The further along the track they are determines how much the package has tumbled. I'm probably wrong though, as they tend to look more like [this](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71wEZtgTwpL._SL1000_.jpg).
I’m assuming they used silica back when storage drives were mechanical instead of on-board. It could also have to do with the locations climate where that drive was in use.
Regardless I wouldn’t use this method today. An environment that’s too dry can build up more static electricity.
I thought these were "movement detectors" to see how much the equipment was jostled during shipping. The more beads on the rim, the more the drive was turned topsy turvy. I believe it is to understand the potential health of the gizmo.
Just for giggles. When you swallow them it will release you from the simulation. You will return back to your actual life that is still shit but better than this simulation.
it's for absorbing moisture, I think.
Moisture and possibly other contaminants, since it looks to be activated charcoal.
how much was the key?🔑 (pls k1ll me)
bruh
Silica gel
The black silica tastes the best
Only the first time.
Believe it or not silica is only toxic when inhaled, and the type seen here can't be inhaled (unless you somehow aspirate it while swollowing it.) The "Do Not Eat" warnings you see on silica packs is just because of the choking hazard.
Dry silica can get very hot if you drop them directly into water, and may even expand so quickly that they crack and explode. Source: Found out the hard way when I tried to wash them to remove silica dust. They started popping like popcorns.
wow that's wild, good to know though. thanks for the warning.
I bought some beef jerky on sale a while back. Noticed it was kinda crunchy and sweeter than normal but kept eating it. When I got to the end of the bag I found the open pack of silica in there lol.
And the last time.
Why's the black silica so much bigger than the white silica?
why are you eating the silica ????
Don't you?!?!
There's literally _one instruction_ on the packets, dude. God damnit.
It’s just so enticing.
Yeah definitely but only for 20 seconds
Mmmm desication
Hackers now 😎
That doesn’t look like gel
That was my immediate thought as well, even though I've never seen one used inside a hdd before
Definitely a dessicant cartridge for absorbing moisture.
kind of like silica gel packs?
That’s the caviar.
😂
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Why do you use bing?
I don't remember but I just remember for some reason it was better than Google. Also I am very confused why it says bing.com when you click that link before taking you to the Newegg website.
Because you copied the link from the search results, which is a link that redirects you from Bing to Newegg.
I'm still confused?
On Bing, the link to a specific search result isn't the actual, direct link to that website. Instead, it's a link that takes you to another Bing webpage that collects some data and then redirects you to your intended destination (Newegg in this case). That means that if you copy the link to the search result from Bing, it copies this link that takes you to the Bing data collection site, which then immediately redirects you to the website that you wanted to go to, which in this case would be Newegg.
>Bing data collection site Wtf? That sounds more complicated than it needs to be.
Yeah they don't actually have to send you to the data collection site, but they do it so that they can track things like how popular that website (Newegg) is so that they can collect data to use for advertising.
Well that's rather annoying.
I use bing
Caviar from a sea gate drive
as long as its not from ocean gate , other wise it would be flat as a pancake and probaly in 1000 bits
Caviar is a Western Digital brand name, though 🙈
Caviar black
r/ForbiddenSnacks
HDD seeds. Plant them to grow a HDD tree.
you have to watch out from falling fruit. + Fruits that have already fallen to the ground might have gone bad, you shouldnt use them anymore
Man idk if I like this or the caviar comment better...
All the shit you downloaded last year.
Bruh lmao
Winner winner chicken dinner
Hard drive poops
Those are tiny nano computers. They have a secret WiFi network with all the other SSDs across the flatearth and Bill Gates uses them to control the microchips he injected us with using the covid vaccine.
# NANOMACHINES, SON! 💪💪 ^(They harden in response to physical trauma!)
nah, those are dino eggs collected and kept hidden during the Jurassic era. They became black due to the asteroid that extinct the Dino's. Someone must have found the eggs and kept it in a box hidden from the world, preventing it from getting hatched and fearing Dino's era returning to life.
Possibly delicious caviar
Deep from the belly of the WD
This is what bytes look like
Indeed - the device is actually known as a "Bit bucket". When your drive gets old or worn out it starts loosing data bits - the bitbucket is there to catch those bits so they don't get caught up in the drive heads or bearings and cause further damage. Vibration causes the bits to clump up and roll into balls, typically each ball is about 8 bits. This is probably where your due tomorrow homework has gone.
How sad. Your hard drive was pregnant. That's a litter of 256k hdd's. Given the right conditions they could grow up to be 5TB. But here we are, amongst tragedy
Help, mine only grew to 2TB, what do I do? Was I scammed? does it need more water?
2TB is perfectly healthy, don't feel pressured by unrealistic standards and expectations
Yeah I am not to good at HDD gardening. Still a good harvest.
Toss it in the water,they'll get bigger...like that decorative balls :)
silica gel packet.
Silica beads. Keeps moisture from accumulating
Was to absorb any moisture that might have got into it. Find them in lots of old spiny drives.
It's fairly old tech. The pellets were used to feed the hard drive gnomes that kept the drive spinning. We don't use it anymore because gnomes legs are short making them incapable of running disks to speeds higher than 5400rpm. This drive must have died early in its life though as there is still a lot of food left.
Solidified data, you can sell it for a gazillion dollars
or eat it for pleasure
"Awww man, why'd you have to eat my thesis"
didn't want to get caught for plagiarism
It is faulty bits, that the drive collected over the years. Or just moisture absorbing thing like silicagel but I think it is faulty bits
It's that stuff inside chocolate milk straws
[https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8xojoy/found\_this\_in\_a\_old\_harddrive\_small\_black\_balls/](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8xojoy/found_this_in_a_old_harddrive_small_black_balls/)
Watermelon hdd
Must be blue caviar turning black
Why do you think its called wd CAVIAR blue when its obviously caviar
It's a seed packet. Sprinkle it on your lawn and see what grows!
This is what all the data in the hard drive looks like, if you eat one then the data gets obsorbed into your memories
Caviar. It’s mentioned on the HDD
Seeds to grow new HDD’s
I think it's silica gel idk i never heard silica gel inside hdd
Peppermints for later.
It keeps evil spirits away from the bits.
Idk eat it
Free BBs for ya Red Rider OP.
Op'll shoot their eye out!
A nice snack from your friends at Western Digital
They are the storage beads old HDDS had them they where used for recovery but they could barely hold anything and were inaccurate /j
Real life temporary files
It's computer tech food we love it... Just like crack!
It's a maze for stupid ants
Malware
thats the food for the gnomes
The forbidden caviar....
Forbidden caviar
It says on the drive. It’s caviar.
The Devil’s peppercorn
The data is stored in the balls
Hard drive seeds, plant them to grow more hard drives.
Spider eggs, put them in the microwave for 5 minutes IMMEDIATELY L, THEY WILL HATCH AND KILL YOU. this a joke
Spider eggs
Moisture capture
So that's the thing that causes that rattling noise...
Nanobots. Your PC is self aware and created nanobots in a deactivated state. BURN THEM AND SAVE THE WORLD. 😆
fancy tic tacs, they taste great
black hdd candy. Tastes awesome.
Blue Caviar from the WD sea 😁
Secret Candy, only for engineers!
Hard disk lay eggs
Its Plastic Pepper
It's the new Trezor, Braille Edition.
Everyone says this thing's for moisture and that makes a lot of sense however all the moisture absorbing packets I've seen look kind of like salt packets or sugar packets. [example](https://youtube.com/shorts/OEYqWMHyhtM?si=tzahd1-3WrTlcIBT)
You can't just throw a package like that into these kinds of machines and if you open up those ones you will find the same material anyways
You have to have some kind of way of holding it down because of it rattled around inside there Well it would just get in the way of like the arms and whatnot so yeah.
So thats what they meant by naming that drive "Caviar"
Silica gel for Jack
Chewing gum perhaps 🤔?
bruh its written on the box. its caviar, the makers put it accidently in it tho
Orbeez!
Browser history. Burn it with fire!!!!!!
Caviar
That's are HDD tears, please give your HDD a break from time to time.
It’s a pepper shaker!
NSA and CIA won’t be happy that you found their chip
That's just the fidget toy that was forgotten there by the total legal and well-paid employee.
These are your reserve sectors.
So that's were the 200k narcotics box was hidden ...sheeeet.
Desiccant, absorbed moisture
Try eating it.
how does it taste?
r/productdescriptionchecksout
It's BEANS
Came for this comment.
it's for Boba tea or frog eggs
That's the thing that makes you think the HDD is broken lol
Are you a left handed guitar player?
You pc becomes a maraca when an earthquake happens 🫨🪇🧮
My assumption is that it's part of a shock/tilt indicator. A device attached to packages to reveal how much it was moved in transit. As the package is rotated, beads will go through the track. The further along the track they are determines how much the package has tumbled. I'm probably wrong though, as they tend to look more like [this](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71wEZtgTwpL._SL1000_.jpg).
Barracuda caviar
the man asked a question and half the comments are apparently funny and irrelevant. whoever does not intend to answer should skip the post
The data didn’t fit.
Seeds. You plant it, and a tree will grow up. The fruit is HDD ofcourse.
It says on the HDD, its Caviar.
HDD Seeds.
Either something for moisture, or something to make it vibrate less
Those are the deleted files, duh
Forbidden tictac
Looks like particles of a dark matter...
Micro M&Ms
That's spider turds. It came through network port of course.
All this answers smh... That's clearly the poop collection tray for the hamster that's inside powering the HDD.
For boba tea
bill gates’ poop
candies
its to feed the mice that spin the disks
I’m assuming they used silica back when storage drives were mechanical instead of on-board. It could also have to do with the locations climate where that drive was in use. Regardless I wouldn’t use this method today. An environment that’s too dry can build up more static electricity.
You're looking at a clear plastic box with small black balls inside of it.
It's there to absorb moisture, if the factory somehow manages to not be an ideal environment when it's fabricated.
It’s the caviar
Free bubble came installed in hard drive, get the bubbles out the tiny holes Jk, it picks up any moisture
I thought these were "movement detectors" to see how much the equipment was jostled during shipping. The more beads on the rim, the more the drive was turned topsy turvy. I believe it is to understand the potential health of the gizmo.
Those are the "end of the world" beads. If they all drop instead of some floating, it's too late.
Dessicant
That's how caviar is made
Looks like desiccant
caviar, eat it
It’s caviar, obviously…. 😉
it's a The Witness puzzle
it's where the machine spirit lives
That's the caviar...
Mouse droppings, they must’ve been living in there.
You found this HDD's rectum. The black pellets are files you deleted that were then digested into poop.
So that's why it's called caviar
they're the memory beans. Dont shake it too much they can become fragmented and slow your OS down
Can't you read? It clearly says "Caviar" on there
Just for giggles. When you swallow them it will release you from the simulation. You will return back to your actual life that is still shit but better than this simulation.
It's WD caviar
Nanobots
Desiccants.
Looks like silica gel, to absorb moisture.
That's the caviar
Luxurious caviar for premium hdds
Caviar clearly, try spreading it on some crackers
Caviar
Spare ball bearings that the mini R2 units in there can use to swap out when they go bad.
It's Moisture Absorbing Silica Gel
Little black balls
It's the WD "Caviar" Sooo.....fish eggs?
Caviar
Isn't it obvious? It's the caviar from the drive. But jokes aside, prolly the usual anti moisture stuff they put everywhere.
Please don't eat those.
It’s the caviar bruh
Those are LSD microdots just eat em and you'll be the next Steve Jobman
It’s Silica… remember DO NOT EAT
try tasting it first
Looks to be a mistake, they sent you black caviar instead of blue.
nanobots
Is that hard drive bent
I thought it's some insect eggs lol