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Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years in c/[email protected]

[–] shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

From the article:

UPDATE 5/17, 6 PM: Western Digital has confirmed that the new 2.5-inch T GB HDDs uses 6 SMR platters

SMR = shingled magnetic recording https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording - "continuous writing of large amount of data is noticeably slower than with CMR drives"

Does anyone else find that 4G+ on O2 is awful? in c/[email protected]

[–] shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I was with Three for years. It started off great, but the data throughput got worse and worse, and the prices went up every year.

I wanted EE without paying for EE, and I'm now with 1p Mobile for about a year and it's been perfect.

I've read that the only way to get 'actual' EE is to sign up for an EE contract then hope that you can beat them down on a retention deal when you're out of contract.

Who else wakes up and has to blow their nose or clear their airways every morning and why? in c/[email protected]

[–] shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've found cleaning my nose before bed has helped - remove the day's snot and boogers rather than sleep with it!

Nextcloud appreciation post in c/[email protected]

[–] shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Libre Cloud's head office is a unit on an industrial estate: 82A James Carter Rd, https://maps.app.goo.gl/nu75EEHEDFbY5PMW9 (Update: it's a virtual office address, which doesn't really inspire confidence for me)

They probably colocate at data centres.

Personally, I'm on Hetzner's Storage Share (Nextcloud but without Collabora), and I'd prefer to trust my data to them: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/

Regardless of your choice, I definitely agree that nextcloud rocks.

Nas’ 'Illmatic' Was the Beginning of the End of the Album in c/[email protected]

[–] shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Not French, I don't understand a word of what they're saying, but man, I love that album. Especially "Demain, c'est loin", an epic tune that gives me Wu Tang "Triumph" vibes.

UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s in c/[email protected]

Are you registered to donate your organs? Why or why not? in c/[email protected]

[–] shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit 21 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I like the system in Singapore. Organ donation is mandatory, though you can complete a form to opt out. If you're on the opt-out register, you have a lower priority to receive organ transplants. Fair is fair.