What about tracking what episode you're on? And having profiles so each member of the family can track what episode they're on? I mean, I'll be switching to Jellyfin but that's a good reason to not just do what you say, unless I'm missing something.
Great opportunity for open source web services.
It's too expensive now!
The biggest pro for that ugly golf cart series was the large government subsidy on the car and on the charging it got early in the day when it was (PR-wise) the only one in the market. Now that's gone, and the "cheap electric car" isn't so cheap anymore, so demand has understandably shrunk.
Then there's the increase in competition, the impact of trump's anti-electrocart policies, and the general economic deterioration due to the new policies that disrupt the global system with the explicit goal to raise domestic prices. Price increase has never brought an increase in demand, ever.
The ozempic-gupling Nazi escapades are among the least significant factors in determining demand.
Are you saying it's comparable to Kodak sitting on their digital camera patents from the 70's to avoid knocking film profits even if other camera firms are dabbling in digital?
nor only, also bowing to "investor pressure" to achieve AI-compliance, which is now a requirement for any " tech company".
the "investor" now believes that without slop there is no future, so they require slop to invest into.
There's no good reason to use it. Just encode your video for random-access streaming, set up Apache or nginx with a URL that you make sure isn't indexed, require a client cert on the directory if you really want to be careful, port forward to it from a port on your router, set up dynamic DNS, and use a web browser. No arbitrary restrictions, just your content on your terms.
SSDs do automatic scrubbing, i.e. a sort-of self-refresh when powered. They do it only for cells that have gotten weak. No idea how long that takes though.
You should be able for force a full test cycle by either reading the full SSD or by running a long SMART self-test.
Depending on the data, that is a perfectly valid approach. Example: Root CA secret key. Make sure to use pigmented, non-acidic ink or laser.
Probably low-stability dye. CD-R can be made very cheaply.
It depends on the quality of the dye layer, the quality of the coating and other factors. For DVD recordables, same thing. The exception is DVD-RAM which use phase-change and can theoretically be archive-grade. But everything has to work for that. I tried with some and apparently disk and drive need to be matched for it to work well. At the time I tried, there were no current drives and disks with that information available.
Funny you should mention badge removal: Chinese manufacturers will send out response teams to remove logos and badges from EVs that catch fire in mainland China.
It is a matter of luck. Better not depend on them. Some DVD-RAM were archive grade, but only when written with the right drives.
No. These tests confirm that SSDs need to do data scrubbing to be reliable and hence need to have power for longer-term storage. The wear is a secondary effect.
My sample size was small (just a couple), but it decided me not to trust SSDs for backup even though everyone on Slashdot said I should trust them.
I most certainly never said such a stupid thing. SSDs are NOT long-term storage and neither are USB-sticks.
Anybody that did minimal research has known that for ages. SSDs do and need to do scrubbing, i.e. data refresh and for that they need to have power. If you want longer-term unpowered storage, use HDDs (but better stay away from the SMR trash). For long term storage use archive-grade tape or paper. Or stone tablets if it is low volume.
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