yeah true—not all of them have screws though, so it might be a pain in the ass to get the casing off in some cases

Yes...Catholic guilt wins once again....

Catholic guilt. It checks out.

Now, now, Lifehacker is more or less a SJW safe haven, no one would force anyone to do anything they didn’t want, they just guilt him into writing it.

Here’s the thing, you don’t need to shred the whole SSD. The large metal case is really just that. Pull off the board and you can destroy just the flash or the PCA.

Did you volunteer to write this article? Or were you forced to because your name is Patrick?

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall
As soon as he married her and then she starts
To do the things that will break his heart

But if…

Look, I don’t want to watch the world burn. Just very small, particularly entertaining parts of it.

Thermite is cheap and accessible. Stack up all the hard drives and SSDs you need to dispose of. Put a 4" flowerpot of thermite on top and light it. Let the sweet molten iron melt its way through all of them.

I tried that last approach, and some wizened little guy grabbed it, shouted about something precious, and ran off. No idea what that was about, but he’s got my SSD.

“Dispose”?

Doesn’t everyone just hoard their old drives in a giant pile, like Smaug? Or is that just me?

I prefer to dispose of my ssds terminator style: In a pit of molten metal at the local refinery, or, if I’m feeling fancy, at the nearest convenient active volcano. 

The greys are not going to like you sir. Have my star.

So it is not just cops that take a shot when your hands are up.

It’s the eyes. The eye texture is flat and overly lit. The pupils are too dilated. It’s a small detail that throws the WHOLE face of everyone off.

For me, it is less the animation issues (which as you pointed out, is not completely uncommon), but the character models. They look.... unfinished? More plasticy? I can’t quite place it. I think it is just the uncanny valley hitting me hard. The ships, lighting, effects, and environments look great, but the character…