Submitted 11 hours ago by corbin@infosec.pub to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.spacebar.news/data-hoarding-more-important-than-ever/
I agree. I recommend most people don’t go overboard, but they can still do their part.
Save the things you like and are relevant to you. Movies, shows, games, music, books, etc. You don’t have to be an archivist. Storing data should be something that reflects you, personally, and it should genuinely be more enjoyable as a result.
It should feel good to preserve and be responsible for another copy of the information you like.
3tb of porn and growing.
momma always said, “do what you like you thick sumbitch, yer gon do it anyway.”
she was right. I did it anyway.
14TB RAID1 setup reporting in.
324TB misc here for duty
Lots of people hoard data. The problem is keeping it in a working state. Think about how many people have old towers or laptops in their garage or basement never to look at those downloads or vacation photos again.
They don’t have to participate, but it’s a good article to raise awareness for your non tech oriented friends and family.
This is a massive problem, but at the very least it’s happening in an era of very cheap data storage.
I stopped reading at “literally”, which was early-on.
did you literally or figuratively stop reading though?
yggstyle@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
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