If keeping drives in your garage performed better than a "well regarded company that specialized in that", I would stop using that company.

Such is the way of those with reasonable, middle-of-the-road views.

Just ignore the bastards who abuse the moderation system.

In our age of entitlement when people are used to instant results, I can see this might be hard for some, but do you really need that book in 5 seconds or would 5 minutes do ?

This is not a new problem.
Our industry has a long history of moving data to slower storage to free up faster storage.

So the Internet Archive should simply move less-used stuff to tape drives, freeing up hard drives for popular stuff.

50TB:
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2023-08-29-Fujifilm-and-IBM-Develop-50TB-Native-Tape-Storage-System,-Featuring-Worlds-Highest-Data-Storage-Tape-Capacity-1

Business Insider and The Register are not real news sites and do not take facts seriously.

They should not be used as the main links for stories, here or anywhere else.

This just fits with the crazy times we live in, when facts and decency don't matter any more.

Leading proponents of equality think DEI discrimination is fine.

Leading proponents of women's equality think people with a penis can be women.

Leading proponents of support for refugees think actual Nazi jew-hate is fine.

And now a leading proponent of the fact that there is no god thinks AI is conscious.

I just bought a new gaming PC and now they would PAY ME to have one of these top-spec babies ?!

"I wouldn't install the stupid app"

You think it's going to remain optional ?

"a hidden GPS tracker polling your location every 4.5 minutes"

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Demented. Quite, quite demented.

Aide: Sir, we're shutting down all the windfarms but somehow CO2 is still going up.

Don (genius): There's only one thing to do - BAN SOLAR !

( America voted for this guy. Twice. )

Oh look. Yet another "isolated story": https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/trans-killer-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-woman-at-female-jail-as-campaigners-hit-out/ar-AA21wtSq

Luckily the policy has now changed, leaving only the most demented to defend it. Like you.

... will this be a compulsory upgrade from Windows 11 ?

Okay, so *you* tell *us* how many inmate male-female rapes there have been in women's prisons. And how many of those were by non-trans males.

The facts show that men do not belong in women's prison, or other spaces, whether they dress up as women or not.

You seem to think you are writing something reasonable, but it is obvious to everyone else that you are being pathetically disingenuous.
Show some fucking respect to the rape victims.

"Human rights in Zambia are constitutionally guaranteed, but the government frequently restricts freedoms of expression, assembly, and press in practice. Reports indicate serious abuses by security forces, including unlawful killings and torture, as well as arbitrary arrests and detentions."