I’ve had several USB sticks that have degraded or failed due to heavy wear, but I’m the type of person that sets up a 8x256gb RAID1 setup for fun. Maybe that’s a bit outside of “normal use”.
Doc D’s prescription: Two memes, one shitpost and don’t call me in the morning.
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Losing space due to write errors can be significant, but that’s only half a drive failure. Usually still can read the data. So if giving the drive away I would assume even “wiping” the drive won’t destroy the data.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto cats@lemmy.world•We thought we bought a foot rest. Turns out we bought a cat bed16·3 days agoThat’s not a bed, that’s a throne!
Oval trashcans. This was a forewarning!
Are you sure you want every single thing you do on one device to be shared and saved on another?
Yes.
it’s a matter of having control over where your information is stored and accessible
That’s why I self-host a personal cloud on an encrypted device with VPN access only.
no way in fucking hell I’d want my personal phone to be linked to my WORK iPad.
That’s why I sandbox my personal and organization profiles. If I had a dedicated work device, none of my personal accounts would be connected anyways.
we don’t plan on stopping being this gross.
Love. Gross.
I spend 90 minutes online before I even get out of the bed.
Scandinavian air condition is murdering someone in your accommodation, because the ghost will cause a cold chill.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•What is this shit? I have to be signed in to watch any video now?English13·5 days agoI always use VPN and when I get this nonsense I know it’s nonsense because the video plays perfectly if I switch to a different country and reload the page.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Technology@lemmy.world•Windows 11 will soon be able to describe images on your screen using AI — and it'll all be done locallyEnglish4·5 days agoI never cease to be impressed by the continual enshittification of Microsoft products, and the bar was pretty low to begin with.
Nah, they were just drunk on zhopa at the time.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Technology@lemmy.world•Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealerEnglish1·6 days agoI’m more of a Fairphone guy myself.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What video game music do you avoid and not like to relisten to for reasons unrelated to if its any good or other value judgements but because of how you **feel** or how you expec youll feel during it?3·6 days agoNo, only positive feels bro. Make happy memories, not sad.
Nu Muxicu, uccupt nu substututu.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Technology@lemmy.world•Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealerEnglish111·6 days agoWhat sorts of drugs do you and your gang sell?
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What big budget movie had absolutely no buisness getting made?2·7 days agoPostal is probably his best work and he’ll fight you if you say differently.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What big budget movie had absolutely no buisness getting made?3·7 days agoHe’s like blue cheese, not for everyone and still an acquired taste.
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Technology@lemmy.world•Using Clouds for too long might have made you incompetentEnglish11·7 days agoNah brah, knah waddahma? Running my own Nextcloud instance is basically what drove me to become a linux novice.
I used to be a windows gamer. Now I run my own home-LLM server for the self hosted cloud assistant.
People should try, it’s fun!
DrDystopia@lemy.lolto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the most frustrating experience you've had with a website? (Sign-up, form, downloads, etc.)4·7 days agoTwitter, after it became X. Due to the downsizing and automation of everything I can’t even delete my account because the hell(p) pages send me in a three page loop.
Beyond never forgetting is a lifelong bitterness.