Comment on Most people don't have boxes of USB flash drives sitting around
remon@ani.social 3 weeks agoI just find them incredibly handy as a means of quick and easy data transfer without pissing around with network shares.
Yep, that is why I have one on my key chain. But there is really no need to have more than that.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
You do know they have limited write cycles, right? Not getting at you or anything. Just checking. I’ve had a handful flip over to read-only mode over the years, would hate for that to happen to anyone else unexpectedly.
notarobot@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t larger storage mean that it lasts longer since it can better balance wear on the cells?
remon@ani.social 3 weeks ago
If you ever reach that limit, well done. You got a hell of value out of that device.
I have SSDs that are in use 24/7, writing up to 200GB per day and in constant use for 3 years. 99% drive health.
Prathas@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Whoa, what could you possibly be writing that much?!
remon@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Torrents.