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4 reasons you shouldn't use an SSD for long-term backups
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4 reasons you shouldn't use an SSD for long-term backups

Here's why you shouldn't consider using SSDs for long-term storage
Rich Edmonds (XDA)
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And here we were thinking of buying an SSD the worth of a house. Oh well, I guess that dream got broken. LOL. Also, there are a million reasons for not doing what we do every day, but yeah.
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Tamás
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Oof, how did that happen? Also I am fan of hard drives, not SSds, mainly because they spin, and because the sound is kind of soothing if the hard drive is well-made. SSD is just like, nothing, silent. I have a 500Gb one, and it works, it's okay, but only if I need to use it for a VM from time to time. I won't deny the faster speeds though, also there should be some care of these ssds and whatever. I am not sure and I don't understand so I can't say much on it.
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Also, that's not how you should write price tags, haha. Hey, that's also a lot of money here, like multiply by 2.15 and wow. I am not buying one any time soon. Goes way over my sallary.

When a website is technically accessible, but in reality, the login menu item reads as follows:

banner landmark Top Header navigation landmark Header Menu Right Navigation menu menu item subMenu My Freedom

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Yikes. That's broken, but if that's its only bug, I'd be glad. I bet you I can find at least one or two more. LOL.

It was the best of #DoctorWho, or it was the worst of Doctor Who - but can a story be both things simultaneously? Find out as we discuss The Web Planet:

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Strangers in Space: Who Review Extra 40: The Web Planet

Doctor Who was only twelve stories old when they decided to mount a production as ambitious as The Web Planet, but was that a mistake or was it a decision justified by the enormous audiences The Web Planet achieved? Our thoughts on Schrödinger's Doct…
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#doctorwho

Question:

'On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this to a friend or colleague in your industry?'
The radio buttons go from 0 to 9... Well that's not 1 to 10 is it you fools!

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LOL. Someone doesn't know how to do math, apparently, unless we count the 0 as the tenth number, but that's not from one to ten. LOL, now matter how you try it. Give them a 0 just for that mistake. I am evil enough, I'd do it actually. I mean, first grade mistake, no, baby mistake, even first graders know that 0 is not ten, and that, you need two digits to make every number after 9 LOL
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Sean Randall
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I saw a meme yesterday where you give feedback in decibels for how loud you would shout about their services. Made me chuckle.

The instance hosting Please Caption Bot is shutting down. Thanks to the admin for this wonderful space muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/2… 🫶🫡

We are looking to migrate. If you run an instance and can host an accessibility-focused bot with ~10k followers, please reach out here or @22

(Tech notes: the bot posts ~2 DMs per hour, and only gets toots (not reblogs/boosts) so not as heavyweight as you might think. We are very open to GoToSocial, Misskey, etc. instances. Not interested in self-hosting.)

RIP botsin.space

muffinlabs.com
@22

OK, I just discovered that the output from “writing tools” in Mac OS 15.1 is not accessible with VoiceOver. I just tried rewriting a post in Mona for Mastodon, but I cannot see where the proposed text is. If 15.2 didn’t fix it, gotta report this soon! :)
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Jakob Rosin
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if it comes up with the popover with the writing tools, press VO J. That should show you the edited text.
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@jakobrosin That’s a great one, thank you! Still, why do I have to press VO+j and how would I know to do it if you didn’t tell me? LOL
@Jakob Rosin

I don’t know what it is, but I just love listening to the artifacts produced by stem splitting. Say, when you load a track in Logic, then split it, then mute vocals (or any other instrument). There oftentimes some beautiful defects coming out, especially where frequency bands cross over. So cool!

Today is a new day, so let's see, #meditation completed, totally awake ✅, Coffee✅, A perfect start of the day. I wish you to all be safe, happy, and take care of yourselves.😊 I also wish you all the good luck, love and compassion, as well as kindness.😁☯️🕉️💙☸️☮️💖
#meditation

Since coming back from Bristol on Tuesday I've been labouring under a cold. This morning when I cough it's as if there were shards of glass in my throat. Lovely stuff.
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Ouch! I hope you get better soon. Rest and take care of you. :) Also, don't make the kids sick. Haha. This stuff sucks, but my sister's experiencing the same thing and I am so glad she isn't around right now.
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Andre Louis
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@tardis Jake already got sick but we think from an entirely different source. lol
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Awww. I am sorry. Well, could be yeah, so the poor girls have the times of their lives having to deal with you two sick boys, eh?
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Aww, this is awesome. Well, no I did not hear it, but then I am not much of a podcast listener. These days I guess I am more of the silent type who just works, then kind of spends the day in more silence. Haha. But when I stop being all burned out from music, sounds, podcasts and reading, I'll definitely give it a listen. :)
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Andre Louis
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@tardis Lots of people say they're not podcast listeners, but they hear ours and really enjoy it. Maybe we can make you another convert 😊
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Haha. Well, I used to listen to podcasts before. I guess I am just going through a faze haha.
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Yeah, I like the audio drama type ones, like, who hasn't listened to we're alive, and quite a few others.
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@tardis Well if you get bored, here's mine, and you can read all the descriptions of each ep to see if any of them sound interesting or not.
onj.me/media/stroongecast
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Oops, I can type, yep. :D I stayed a whole week without power 9years ago and I didn't even say a thing so, it's kind of hard and not hard at the same time to get bored.

If anybody is interested, I now have a blog. I'd very much encourage you to check it out, and let me know what you think. hailymerry.substack.com/p/a-so…

A sort of introduction type thingy.

Who am I, why am I here, what is this all about, ETC?
Haily Merry (I Missed Again)
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I would check it out, but substack sucks. As a company, as an app, bleh. I'm sorry. I hope it kicks off though and you enjoy blogging, so I wish all the best. :)

bad news is my cat Marceline has discovered a new source of perpetual warmth
cat sitting on top of a shiny metal espresso machine

Up at 5:00AM after crashing before 9 with a headache.
paid a bill. Commented on a ticket. Raised a ticket. Closed a ticket. recorded a video. Rerecorded the video with the screen curtain off. Rerecorded the intro to the video with the light on. Screamed when the number of audio tracks in the rerecorded intro was different to the video's main content. Regreted not having made coffee, but the machine is loud. Raised a ticket. Attached the video. Attached screenshots from the video to save people having to watch it. Explained the screenshots to save people having to look at them. paid an invoice. Drank a bottle of water.
it's now 6:00AM.
#FirstHourOfMyDay.
#firsthourofmyday
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Callum Stoneman
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How???
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Sean Randall
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@CallumStoneman headache totally knocked me, so I felt bad and had a very productive hour! Not really a health plan i can recommend.

How are you doing?

@Callum Stoneman
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Callum Stoneman
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I get migraines fairly often so I completely know the feeling of it totally wiping you out. I'm doing good, back at work now but I don't think I'll be reaching that level of productiveness at 5AM anytime soon!
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@CallumStoneman 'twas a rare one for me, I'll be honest. Normally I grumble at having to chivvy the child off to school.
@Callum Stoneman

I called the taxi company this week and asked if the Jelly Star had been turned into their lost and found. Unfortunately, the answer is no. On a more interesting note depending on who you are, I heard what I thought were Zello sounds in the background, so I asked. Apparently all the drivers are using tablets with Zello for Work now. It took 10 years, but I finally found Zello users in the wild.
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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yes, it's pretty common with Uber drivers, taxi drivers, public transit etc. Also rioters and protectors apparently, both MAGA and BLM.

Wow, amazing! spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meet…

The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916

The amazing feat linked up 5,100 engineers from Atlanta to San Francisco
Allison Marsh (IEEE Spectrum)

IRL: I slammed my dick in a car door

fedi: [ph-] ughghghghgh I slammed my dick in a car door AGAIN :neocar_woozy:

twitter: 💞 dics in car bio 💞

GNU mailing list: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Car door dependency in systemdick? - unacceptable, this car door uses a binary blob.

Reddit: I[F31] slammed my dick in a car door[Ford, 2014], AITA?

tiktok: [AI voice over Minecraft footage] Oh man, chat, I just unalived my eggplant by slimming it in a dart door

Linkedin: proud to announce that my team has boosted sales by 200% and DEMOLISHED all goals by using AI-powered car doors to CRUSH the competition (and my dick)

BlueSky: why car-door slamming is dangerous to the dick community. a thread 🧵

NextDoor: NOTICE - a car door was seen in the neighborhood, slamming people's unmentionables. If you are the owner of this car, know that the police have been called

sorry haiku. but if you're going to name your text editor Pe, then i'm going to do this
the Haiku text editor "Pe", stored in a folder named "The Balls"

Experience Waymo - Autonomous Driving Ride-Along at Sight Tech Global groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/81…

Experience Waymo - Autonomous Driving Ride-Along at Sight Tech Global

groups.io

Warning: Online shopping threats to avoid this Black Friday and Cyber Monday malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202…

Warning: Online shopping threats to avoid this Black Friday and Cyber Monday  | Malwarebytes

Where there’s a gift to be bought, there’s also a scammer out to make money. Here's how to stay safe this shopping season.
Anna Brading (Malwarebytes)

Thomas E. Kurtz, an American mathematician, computer scientist, and co-inventor of the BASIC programming language with John Kemeny, died at 96 on November 12 (Dag Spicer/CHM)

computerhistory.org/blog/in-me…
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In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024 - CHM

CHM remembers the remarkable career and contributions of 2023 Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, who passed away on November 12, 2024.
hhackford (Computer History Museum)

Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats… #aws

Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account - AWS

Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
#aws

Jan: An Open Source ChatGPT-Alternative That Runs 100% Offline linuxtoday.com/blog/jan-an-ope…

Jan: An Open Source ChatGPT-Alternative That Runs 100% Offline | Linux Today

In this article we discuss about the privacy and data security issues that arise when using cloud-based services like ChatGPT.
LinuxToday

AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
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AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services - AWS

Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
#aws

I'm moving pictures made with MapComplete from Imgur to Panoramax; and this made me realize something.

A program that I made has been used all around the globe, by thousands of people. Weird feeling

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Ilya Zverev
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Exactly! I've worked in startups with millions of users, and thousands feel more real — maybe because we as authors connect with them more directly, without layers of marketing and shifted values of needing payment instead of eyes.

FPCSS (first-person cross-stitch shooter)
Cross stitch of a scenic, Spanish style village, but with someone's hand holding a sniper rifle like in a FPS game.

Today is Wendy Carlos' 85th Birthday. Her work on TRON was beyond brilliant. I listened to it at least weekly as a kid and I am listening to that same tape today.
Tron Soundtrack on Cassette

#Accessibility & #Disability picks of the day:

➡️ @BlindHistoryLady - Blind historian on blind individuals from history

➡️ @NVAccess - Non-profit developing free open source screen reader

➡️ @WeirdWriter - Writer, blogger, advocate for accessibility

➡️ @podcast - Podcast on blind accessibility in tech & games

➡️ @dgsv_handball - Handball teams of German Deaf Sports Association (in German)

➡️ @socialaudiodescription.com - Collective producing audio description

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#Accessibility #Disability @NV Access @tffp podcast @The Blind History Lady @Social Audio Description Collective @Robert Kingett @dgsv_handball

🕛Z #NowPlaying at the top of the hour, 2 hours of relaxing #NewAge, #ambient, and #meditationmusic on Northern Lights: The New Age Show, #live with Kelly Sapergia. More information is at ksapergia.net/northernlights/. Tune in either by visiting theglobalvoice.info and clicking on the Listen Live link, or go directly to theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad… #TGVRadio #audio #radio 📺🗣️📻🎶🎙️🌌🌈🫣🫰🩵🪬🫶

Welcome to The Global Voice - The Global Voice

The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.
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#audio #radio #nowplaying #ambient #live #newage #meditationmusic #tgvradio

@lulu_bear I'll be getting the new evo12 player soon. can't wait!
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David Goldfield
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With the annoyances I was having a while ago with Voice Dream Reader, the Evo12 player was very tempting.
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David Goldfield
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@cublanco You're a man after my own heart.
At the moment, Voice Dream Reader is actually fairly stable, at least for me, but lately I've using the ElevenLabs Reader to read text files, although I'll continue to use VDR for mp3 files. It just seemed to be having several issues a while back which were really frustrating me. Applause was really trying to address them and I appreciate that but all I wanted was to listen to a book. I didn't feel like having to troubleshoot the app or to go through a lot of steps just to import a book. Considering that the app seemed so stable when it was being developed by its former owner, this was putting a bad taste in my mouth.
@Carlos Blanco
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Carlos Blanco
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@DavidGoldfield That reader scares me! But in a good way. When did this start happening? Like, when did tts get so good for long form reading that it actually doesn't annoy me.
@David Goldfield

Might be time to retire Xplorer2 as my file explorer replacement and give Total Commander + the File Explorer SysListView32 hack a try.
Every time I reload a new instance of Xplorer2, it reverts to the ribbon. This would be bad enough, but NVDA is completely unable to interact with this ribbon in any way and just throws an error whenever I try. So I have to unload NVDA and load Narrator so I can change my file explorer back to a normal menu bar. If I don't do that, NVDA makes at least two error sounds every time I change folders, even if I don't interact with the ribbon.
The last time I wrote to support about this, they seemed supremely uninterested in doing the slightest bit of work to figure out an accessibility issue, so I would either need to spoonfeed them the answer or just stop using it altogether.
It's very powerful, but is becoming more of a pain than a help for typical file browsing, and the SysListView32 hack is a real game changer that affects file explorer itself but also the open/save dialogs in Windows. It speeds things up significantly, and the lag in Windows 7/10 File Explorer was really the main reason I switched in the first place.
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Timothy Wynn
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@Tamasg I mean the "How to?" section in the readme says when done, right click the taskbar and choose "Properties". There are ways of doing that if you're on 10, e.g., pressing Shift+10/Applications on the Notification Chevron, but when I messed with 11 I literally had to use the Golden Cursor add-on to right-click in a blank spot of the Taskbar, but I'm sure I was missing something as 10 is still my primary.
@Tamas G
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Tamas G
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@twynn I think I had this issue, which is where I found the command: github.com/valinet/ExplorerPat… - looks like sometime in later 2023 Microsoft broke things in Win11, which may explain why right-clicking just wouldn't show the choice for me either. At least the description there felt similar to what I experienced, but so glad the command was there to open it.

Is there a way to launch Explorer Patcher 'Properties' besides right-mousing on the taskbar? · valinet ExplorerPatcher · Discussion #1930

Hi, I installed Explorer Patcher less than two weeks ago on three different Windows 11 PCs, and right-moused on the taskbar of all three to access Explorer Patcher Properties, thankful to be able t...
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@Timothy Wynn

have you ever been behooved by something? has something fucking, gone and behooved you?

  • never in my life have i been behooved by anything (4%, 3 votes)
  • once or twice, it's been known to happen (40%, 26 votes)
  • i'm always being behooved by shit, it's exhausting (55%, 36 votes)
65 voters. Poll end: 3 days ago

Added some post embeds for bluesky and mastodon to the sidebars of my articles, built with web components!

Example! heather-buchel.com/blog/2024/0…

Highly recommend taking a look at @DavidDarnes blog posts for implementation. I started with that as a base then chopped it up a bit since I can hardcode a bit of it.

Links: darn.es/mastodon-post-web-comp… & darn.es/bluesky-post-web-compo…


bluesky-post Web Component

The bluesky-post Web Component allows you to turn a regular link to a Bluesky post into an embeddable post quote including metadata such as reply count, repost count, likes and more.
darn.es
@Dave 🧱

Black Friday is approaching, so remember: Buying shit on Amazon is part of how we got here. Quit giving money to billionaires and corporations.

Buy used, buy hand made, support a local creator, make something yourself.

End consumerism.

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Ohhh, "vaccinosceptique", c'est beau.

(Bon, la nouvelle qui l'accompagne est :blobcateyes: )

New update from @brewsterkahle on how the Internet Archive is learning from recent cyberattacks.

🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/14/le…


Book Talk: The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood

Join us for a book talk with legal scholar JAMES BOYLE, discussing his book THE LINE: AI and the Future of Personhood, in conversation with KATE DARLING of the MIT […]\n
blog.archive.org
@Brewster Kahle

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Most important RFC of the 20s?

Robots Exclusion Protocol Extension to manage AI content use
draft-canel-robots-ai-controll

datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft…

#ai #llm #genai

Robots Exclusion Protocol Extension to manage AI content use

This document extends RFC9309 by specifying additional rules for controlling usage of the content in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
IETF Datatracker
#AI #llm #genai
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Decentralised social media site Bluesky has gone down under the load of new users.

Not to worry, I'll just use one of the other decentralised instances. One of the many wonders of decentralisation.

... What do you mean, there aren't any?

... If a central server goes down, I can't get onto this oh-so-decentralised network?

I guess this must just be how decentralisation works!

« #ReproducibleBuilds mourns the passing of @lunar » reproducible-builds.org/news/2…

Reproducible Builds mourns the passing of Lunar — reproducible-builds.org

reproducible-builds.org
#reproduciblebuilds @Lunar

The Beginner’s Guide to Using Linux (Without The Terminal and Command Line) lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

The Beginner's Guide to Using Linux - Make Tech Easier

Learn how to use Linux as a beginner and accomplish tasks using a graphical interface instead of the terminal.
Haroon Javed (Make Tech Easier)

Your guide to AWS Analytics at AWS re:Invent 2024
aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/… #aws #blog

Your guide to AWS Analytics at AWS re:Invent 2024 | Amazon Web Services

It’s AWS re:Invent time, where you turn your ideas into reality. Get a front row seat to hear real stories from AWS customers, experts and leaders about navigating pressing topics like generative AI and data analytics.
Amazon Web Services
#blog #aws

DreamQuest N100 Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction linuxtoday.com/blog/dreamquest…

DreamQuest N100 Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction | Linux Today

This is a multi-part blog looking at a DreamQuest N100 Mini PC running Linux.
LinuxToday
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