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		karparov on Feb 25, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hyperspace Not the whole file but it would duplicate the block. GP didn't claim that the whole file is copied.

abrookewood on Feb 26, 2025 [–]

It reads like that is what they meant: "modifying one byte of a large file would result in a lot disk activity, as the file system would need to duplicate the file again"

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