Once you find something interesting, what prevents you to backup an article or thread or whatever page on your own computer effectively protecting it from erasing and available to reposting where you think it will be apropriate?
There even addons for browsers that pack the page you see into one HTML page you could easily manage without dealing with multiple small files.... (one such named SingleFile addon f.e.)
Relying on other people computers for storing data you assume important is one of the worst consequences of all that centralised/social/cloud/whatever marketing.
I just went through a box of 20-year-old CDR's (written 20 years ago) and they all worked like no time had passed at all. They went through severe temperature and humidity changes too.
Too bad the cost per GB is so high.
I know I can save things on thumbdrive
They're one of the most volatile, limited-life storage options that exists.
I've lost more data on portable flash memory media (thumb drives, SD cards, etc) than anything else (since the POS 90's floppies).
Also, beyond their volatility and short life, the drives are now being designed to suicide (go into a locked read-only state) if they detect a malfunction. And, just like virtually everything else in the DEI era, that malfunction detection was designed by retards, so the drives frequently end up with false positives regarding malfunction and you end up with a perfectly good drive locked in read-only mode.
There's now software that can unlock some of the thumb drives but no such luck for the SD cards yet (that I know of).
and they use vinyl as their main source of music at home
People bought 43 million vinyl records last year, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That’s 6 million more than the number of CDs sold in 2023, marking the second time since 1987 that’s happened and reflecting the steady 17-year-running growth of vinyl sales.
Vinyl, which tends to be pricier than the newer format, also far outstripped CDs in actual money made, raking in $1.4 billion compared to $537 million from CDs. The RIAA’s report shows that CD revenue was up, too, but in terms of physical products sold, people actually bought about 700,000 fewer CDs in 2023 than the year before. (If you’re curious, nearly half a million cassettes sold last year, too, according to Billboard.)
Once you find something interesting, what prevents you to backup an article or thread or whatever page on your own computer effectively protecting it from erasing and available to reposting where you think it will be apropriate?
There even addons for browsers that pack the page you see into one HTML page you could easily manage without dealing with multiple small files.... (one such named SingleFile addon f.e.)
Relying on other people computers for storing data you assume important is one of the worst consequences of all that centralised/social/cloud/whatever marketing.
I still use optical media and a guy on this board made fun of me for it.
Burning dvd-r’s and cd-r’s, even BD. I made a mix CD for the summer and gave it out to my friends.
What I learned is A lot of people don’t have CD players in their car… and they use vinyl as their main source of music at home.
I have some older movies on disc that have since been altered. I’ve seen movies on streaming that omit entire scenes.
I know I can save things on thumbdrive, and I do, but I have some sort of tactical-retardism that I can’t shake.
Taking the disc out, being careful not to touch it, and putting it immediately back into it’s own case afterwards… it feels good, man.
I just went through a box of 20-year-old CDR's (written 20 years ago) and they all worked like no time had passed at all. They went through severe temperature and humidity changes too.
Too bad the cost per GB is so high.
They're one of the most volatile, limited-life storage options that exists.
I've lost more data on portable flash memory media (thumb drives, SD cards, etc) than anything else (since the POS 90's floppies).
Also, beyond their volatility and short life, the drives are now being designed to suicide (go into a locked read-only state) if they detect a malfunction. And, just like virtually everything else in the DEI era, that malfunction detection was designed by retards, so the drives frequently end up with false positives regarding malfunction and you end up with a perfectly good drive locked in read-only mode.
There's now software that can unlock some of the thumb drives but no such luck for the SD cards yet (that I know of).
Didn't know it made that much of a comeback.
I appreciate the long and thoughtful reply.
Good info on thumb drives.
Here’s some Copy pasta:
People bought 43 million vinyl records last year, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That’s 6 million more than the number of CDs sold in 2023, marking the second time since 1987 that’s happened and reflecting the steady 17-year-running growth of vinyl sales.
Vinyl, which tends to be pricier than the newer format, also far outstripped CDs in actual money made, raking in $1.4 billion compared to $537 million from CDs. The RIAA’s report shows that CD revenue was up, too, but in terms of physical products sold, people actually bought about 700,000 fewer CDs in 2023 than the year before. (If you’re curious, nearly half a million cassettes sold last year, too, according to Billboard.)