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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI may repurpose one of them if I upgrade the storage in the enclosure down the line and have a machine that could use an NVMe SSD, that’s what I’ve been doing with my SD cards. I’ve had a terrible...I may repurpose one of them if I upgrade the storage in the enclosure down the line and have a machine that could use an NVMe SSD, that’s what I’ve been doing with my SD cards.
I’ve had a terrible experience with a QVO SATA SSD once and that pretty much soured me on using QLC SSDs again(esp when you consider that TLC SSDs aren’t that far apart in price), while DRAM feels not that necessary anymore with HMB being a thing(Not something you can use on an enclosure anyway).Though I never considered to look into the iops before, just the type of NAND and DRAM/HMB.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentDo you look for DRAM or TLC? I always take into account what kind of cells they use and may omit DRAM if the price difference is big. QLC is generally a no go if there are other options.Do you look for DRAM or TLC?
I always take into account what kind of cells they use and may omit DRAM if the price difference is big. QLC is generally a no go if there are other options.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI’ve only had 1 SD Card fail one me ever, a 64GB Toshiba, and it only seemed to fail or to have degraded performance this year. I like your idea but SDs got way too large than their speeds can...I’ve only had 1 SD Card fail one me ever, a 64GB Toshiba, and it only seemed to fail or to have degraded performance this year.
I like your idea but SDs got way too large than their speeds can handle, a 1TB SD card is pretty sweet until you need to copy the content of your previous 512GB SD card.
Transferring to a higher capacity is something I had to do fairly often since I tend to pass down older cards to other devices whenever I upgrade any SD card. -
Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI’ve read into Optane before and it’s kinda messy, compatibility and the many different versions of the drives, I was looking into whether SLC SSDs are still a thing at the time.I’ve read into Optane before and it’s kinda messy, compatibility and the many different versions of the drives, I was looking into whether SLC SSDs are still a thing at the time.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentMost of my use for flash drives are for transferring files, I don’t hop distros or change OSes as much as before but my 32GB is doubling as a ventoy and file transfer USB flash drive, I had to...Most of my use for flash drives are for transferring files, I don’t hop distros or change OSes as much as before but my 32GB is doubling as a ventoy and file transfer USB flash drive, I had to copy files from someone at work and the 4GB drive wasn’t enough, I’ve also been thinking of getting something newer with USB-C because it should be faster but whenever I look into it I ask myself if I should just use SSDs instead, a larger USB could be used for a longer term storage too, but at some point their prices get close to MVMes.
I’ve got an old PC I thought of turning into a NAS, I even got a HexOS license back when it was $99, but what’s stopping me from committing is that I’d want something with expandability in mind, the case only has 2 HDD bays, and optimally(at least for HexOS) you want at least 3, one I assume is used for parity.
There’s also the price of HDDs, I’ve been considering buying some from serverpartdeals but they’re still fairly expensive, and there’s the whole “Do you want used storage?”(I see a lot of people online vouching for it though), I need more SATA connectors and honestly a bit of time.
Setting up NextCloud when I tried to use it a long tjme ago was a nightmare too and I have up on it.
That old PC has been used as a Navidrome server and I tried Ollama on it a bit, it’s running off 2 SSDs(120GB for boot/Ubuntu Server and a 1TB for data) but I’ve had boot issues with it the past few days and neither the motherboard nor the GPU want to display something for me to know what the problem is.I’ve been trying to USB-Cfy most of my equipment and that enclosure looks pretty cool, Ideally I look for anything that supports Thunderbolt to future proof(and to guarantee minimum specs) but both my PC motherboard and Mac support up to 40GB/s USB4 only. Pretty pricey compared to other options but also the other ones are USB 3.2.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI’ve had only 1 try at shucking a drive, a small WD elements for a friend was acting up and I tried to remove it to see if the connections were acting up or if they drive itself is dead. It was a...I’ve had only 1 try at shucking a drive, a small WD elements for a friend was acting up and I tried to remove it to see if the connections were acting up or if they drive itself is dead.
It was a soldered PCB with Micro USB connection instead of having a SATA to USB converter so I sort of gave up on the idea of shucking a drive if the interface is gonna be a gamble and I’d need to research every drive beforehand. -
Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI got an enclosure (Arion Strix) but the NVMe that wad supposed to go in it has been placed in my PC when I was building it, I’ve been waiting for a really good deal on SSDs since last year but...I got an enclosure (Arion Strix) but the NVMe that wad supposed to go in it has been placed in my PC when I was building it, I’ve been waiting for a really good deal on SSDs since last year but nothing significant from what I’ve seen. I didn’t have the foresight at the time to buy more than 1 980 Pro when they went on sale here.
It only occurred to me recently that I’m not sure if using SSDs externally would cause issues with trim/garbage collecting or not.
I apologize if I’m asking something I shouldn’t but what’s your worst experience at your data recovery job? Even though I’m somehow who’s tech literate I can’t imagine how unpleasant that can be on a daily basis.
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Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives)
Hey Tilderinos. I've been looking into buying several flash drives since my largest flash drive is a 32GB sandisk, and I use or interact with all the 3 major OSes, I use Linux on my desktop and on...
Hey Tilderinos.
I've been looking into buying several flash drives since my largest flash drive is a 32GB sandisk, and I use or interact with all the 3 major OSes, I use Linux on my desktop and on a secondary laptop, I use MacOS on a Macbook and everyone else I know uses Windows(So I'll need an exFAT drive for them).
My recent experience with flash drives though makes me more willing to trust my data to a system's RAM than to a flash drive. At least RAM wouldn't lure me into a false sense of security then spontaneously fail, I know that my data isn't going to last a reboot.
I've got 3 sandisk cruzer blades fail on me, once was an error on my part where I accidentally hit it with my knee while plugged into a device(device unharmed, the drive is dead), one time I upgraded the SSD on my SteamDeck and flashed the steamdeck recovery to an 8GB stick, it worked fine while restoring and it still can be read... it's stuck on read only and, Gparted, Windows formatter, Rufus, Mac's disk utility nor mkfs can make it reusable, I assume it entered read only because it tripped some "whoops I'm dying" thing like some SSDs have(from what I know). The last one is effectively a resistor that connects to a USB port, it heats up, SOMETIMES appears on PC, Linux can open it, copying things into it via Nautilus works albeit very slowly, then when I try to open the root of the flash drive it is stuck perpetually trying to load, when I unplug it and plug it back in again, I can see the folders but entering any of them immediately goes into the permanent loading state, mkdir, cd and ls can work on the drive... intermittently, but I'm treating it as dead.This leaves me with only 2 other drives, my largest drive, is a 32GB Sandisk Ultra, and my smallest drive which has been more reliable than the Cruzer Blades is a 4GB Sony... USM4GP thing, which I have no idea what year it was from and a quick googling didn't bring up any release date, but it had faster read/write than the cruzer blades, and it's been my main drive for things like installing an OS/burning an image into it yet it lasted all these years.
I'm trying to get a USB-C drive specifically since all my laptops that are in use and my PC have a USB-C port, but all I see in local big retailers are Sandisk, Sandisk and more Sandisk, Amazon however has some that aren't Sandisk.
Does anyone know a USB-C flash drive that is genuinely reliable? Was it specifically Cruzer Blades that is garbage? I've not had a Sandisk SD card fail on me yet, should I just avoid Sandisk for anything but SD cards? Should I just say fuck it and buy a bunch of enclosures and NVMe drives?
I've read that flash drives get bottom of the barrel NAND chips that can't be used on SSDs, too. I know that flash drives aren't meant for long term storage/backup but a drive that old shouldn't be still going on that strongly against new ones.
I've been looking at PNY Elite V3 with USB-C as a connector that I've seen a few listings on Amazon but it's 1TB price is almost the same price as a 1TB NVMe SSD(Though not factoring in the enclosure).
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Comment on GrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look back in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentHey I do use a CMF as my secondary phone, been thinking of using a custom rom(iode OS?) to escape the enshittification of Android and Google but I don’t know what to do after unlocking the...Hey I do use a CMF as my secondary phone, been thinking of using a custom rom(iode OS?) to escape the enshittification of Android and Google but I don’t know what to do after unlocking the bootloader or if I should do that in the first place.
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Comment on I dream with a new mainstream handheld console that is neither an extension of a regular console experience, a smartphone, or a wine-powered Linux machine in ~games
Nihilego LinkThe handheld experience you speak of has died with the Vita in my opinion. The closest thing we have to such an experience is the Playdate but it’s not a mainstream device, I think it’s a neat...The handheld experience you speak of has died with the Vita in my opinion.
The closest thing we have to such an experience is the Playdate but it’s not a mainstream device, I think it’s a neat thing but I’m not really willing to pay its price tag+taxes+shipping+whatever if they don’t sell directly in my region.
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Comment on Ten years since my last PC build - Help me spec a quiet mATX rig in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentTerra and Era (2) are ITX cases. Era 1 however iirc either fits mATX or ATX PSUs. I may consider an AIO but I’m not 100% sure if these tend to be quieter or not than air coolers, I have an Era 2...Terra and Era (2) are ITX cases.
Era 1 however iirc either fits mATX or ATX PSUs.I may consider an AIO but I’m not 100% sure if these tend to be quieter or not than air coolers, I have an Era 2 and they sometimes go airplane mode when compiling Vulkan shaders on Steam or when something stresses out the CPU, but I also have a higher ambient temp than most people here so eh.
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Comment on Glide is a keyboard-focused Firefox fork that is infinitely extensible with TypeScript in ~comp
Nihilego LinkZen Browser, Floorp and now Glide, FF is getting some interesting forks for sure(and LibreWolf but that’s not a daily driver browser ootb). I’m interested in trying out Glide since apparently...Zen Browser, Floorp and now Glide, FF is getting some interesting forks for sure(and LibreWolf but that’s not a daily driver browser ootb).
I’m interested in trying out Glide since apparently vertical tabs are a standard FF feature now but seeing the article going on how hackable it is…
I do use Linux but comparing it to Vim sounds intimidating considering I just use Nano/Micro and go on with my day. -
Comment on What game is your personal "Silksong"? in ~games
Nihilego Link ParentThat game is perpetually in my backlog in a “I should REALLY play this game later” state.That game is perpetually in my backlog in a “I should REALLY play this game later” state.
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Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI really like how it looks, I’ve been missing Frutiger Aero for a while already. Haven’t updated yet, heard mixed things about battery life/bugginess and I’m on a 13 mini, so any hit to battery or...I really like how it looks, I’ve been missing Frutiger Aero for a while already.
Haven’t updated yet, heard mixed things about battery life/bugginess and I’m on a 13 mini, so any hit to battery or performance will be amplified.It’s honestly insane how Apple releases a new iOS every year and it’s always “Wait until the first or second point update because bugs” happens all the time.
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Comment on Apple introduces iOS 26 with Liquid Glass redesign in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI really like how it looks, been missing the Frutiger Aero aesthetic that I wanted to have an Aero like theme on Gnome/Linux. On the other hand my iPhone 13 Mini battery has dipped below 90%...I really like how it looks, been missing the Frutiger Aero aesthetic that I wanted to have an Aero like theme on Gnome/Linux.
On the other hand my iPhone 13 Mini battery has dipped below 90% battery health so I dread the battery hit with iOS 26. -
Comment on How Red Hat just quietly, radically transformed enterprise server Linux in ~comp
Nihilego Link ParentI have a love hate relationship with NixOS. I use it on a laptop but wouldn’t use it on a desktop.I have a love hate relationship with NixOS.
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Comment on Five years later, Deep Rock Galactic has gotten far by rejecting modernity in ~games
Nihilego LinkThis game would be great on the Deck but it unfortunately uses way too many watts for me to consider it a “Good deck game”This game would be great on the Deck but it unfortunately uses way too many watts for me to consider it a “Good deck game”
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Comment on Rumors of new tiers/prices for Game Pass, next Xbox(es) will be Windows based, will include Steam/Epic + full Xbox library emulation and backwards compatibility in ~games
Nihilego Link ParentI was for a while considering making my PS4 a Linux PC but it was such a miserable experience, drivers working or not working, emulation performance was poor… wouldn’t recommend.I was for a while considering making my PS4 a Linux PC but it was such a miserable experience, drivers working or not working, emulation performance was poor… wouldn’t recommend.
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Comment on If you were referred to with an Epithet, what would it be? in ~talk
Nihilego LinkI wish someone would turn off the sun… “The Sunless” sounds like a cool title, but maybe a bit too chuu2.I wish someone would turn off the sun…
“The Sunless” sounds like a cool title, but maybe a bit too chuu2.
I like how I went from “Why are flash drives so bad” to actually consider backing up more seriously.
Isn’t the conventional wisdom to avoid using SSDs for vital data? Which is on the other hand is funny cause someone I know someone who recently went through having their own NAS with TrueNAS and they told me to just go with SSDs.
The old PC I used for Navidrome as well is in my bedroom and only has 2 3.5 drive bays, not accounting for other solutions such as mounting them on places like the fan slots.
Whether I go with HDDs or SSDs, the offsite copy will most likely be a massive 16TB+ HDD that I leave at a friend’s house.
Talking outside my area of experience but I feel that RAID=Backup misconception stems from
1-People not backing up their things in general so their understanding of a backup is superficial.
2-Not accounting for PEBKAC, you can mirror your files between 2 drives. Amounts to nothing if you overwrite the file(Happened to me a few times that I started to version things in the rare occasions I work on a big thing).
3-Sort of includes 2 but not having had went through such a scenario before, I once formatted the drive that has whatever files I had from pre 2010-ish and only realized that after the fact. Thankfully it’s nothing that important but I got nothing to reflect back to around that time of the weird shit I used to do.