OT: 119th Obsequious Banter Thread: April Foods Day

[Chinatown88]

I’ll trade algos with you. My Youtube Shorts page keeps showing me Indian music videos with like 3 views that have deep fried audio and random bullshit visuals.

I’m a patient boy but I’m about to lose it.

Just don't watch shorts.

 

[Striiker]

Just don't watch shorts.

Ok, first off, if you think I’d do something as simple as avoid something that infuriates me then you just don’t know me at all

Second, I like Shorts because they’re like regular YouTube videos but less long

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I’ll trade algos with you. My Youtube Shorts page keeps showing me Indian music videos with like 3 views that have deep fried audio and random bullshit visuals.

I’m a patient boy but I’m about to lose it.

Spam Don’t Recommend Channel on that shit. It’ll all be gone in a couple of days.

 

[Striiker]

Spam Don’t Recommend Channel on that shit. It’ll all be gone in a couple of days.

I DO BUT THERES SO MANY INDIANS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS THEIR OWN MUSIC CHANNEL

I also get TONS of NFL, NBA, and UFC vids when I don’t watch any of that.

 

[Flybynite]

I have never seen a fireworks chaingun before. holy shit

 

[Beef Invictus]

We have been at my parents house. Yesterday I dug out one of my old Calvin and Hobbes books and dropped it in front of The Child. "What's this?" she asked as I walked away in silence. She is now currently reading two Calvin books at the same time with a third on deck

 

[Beef Invictus]

 

[Chinatown88]

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Wait why is The Child human? I thought she was some sort of demon from an interdimensional plane with the stories you've told.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

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Is that Pizza Blanket?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Is that Pizza Blanket?

f*** yeah it's Pizza Blanket

 

[DancingPanther]

f*** yeah it's Pizza Blanket

We have a burrito blanket

 

[Lord Defect]

Last year my wife had a drive die on her and she was unable to recover anything off of it. So I got to thinking that I could get her two drives, one as a backup, but I’ve realized that technology has left me behind.
She uses a MacBook, takes most of her photos on an iPhone but occasionally uses a DSLR.
What’s the best set up to go about storage an ungodly amount of photos and have a back up? Two external hard drives? An internal hard drive (or two) in its(their) own case with an external back up?
I believe my wife wants a set up that is offline. It would only be used to store family photos/movies.

 

[Striiker]

We have a burrito blanket

*tortilla blanket

There’s no proof there’s anything inside. Don’t f***ing lie to me.

 

[Lord Defect]

Last year my wife had a drive die on her and she was unable to recover anything off of it. So I got to thinking that I could get her two drives, one as a backup, but I’ve realized that technology has left me behind.
She uses a MacBook, takes most of her photos on an iPhone but occasionally uses a DSLR.
What’s the best set up to go about storage an ungodly amount of photos and have a back up? Two external hard drives? An internal hard drive (or two) in its(their) own case with an external back up?
I believe my wife wants a set up that is offline. It would only be used to store family photos/movies.

When I say best, I don’t mean top of the line. Best for its price point and its use.
Along with the set up, what’s the brand(s) to go for?

*tortilla blanket

There’s no proof there’s anything inside. Don’t f***ing lie to me.

It’s a tortilla blanket until someone wraps themself up in it.

 

[DancingPanther]

*tortilla blanket

There’s no proof there’s anything inside. Don’t f***ing lie to me.

Mostly there is a person or the dogs inside

 

[Striiker]

Mostly there is a person or the dogs inside

Then you’re using your TORTILLA BLANKET to make a custom dog meat or human meat burrito (although it sounds more like a quesadilla tbh).

 

[Beef Invictus]

Last year my wife had a drive die on her and she was unable to recover anything off of it. So I got to thinking that I could get her two drives, one as a backup, but I’ve realized that technology has left me behind.
She uses a MacBook, takes most of her photos on an iPhone but occasionally uses a DSLR.
What’s the best set up to go about storage an ungodly amount of photos and have a back up? Two external hard drives? An internal hard drive (or two) in its(their) own case with an external back up?
I believe my wife wants a set up that is offline. It would only be used to store family photos/movies.

RAID array. RAID 10, if my memory isn't shit, is probably going to be the best choice for preventing data loss. This will be perfect for offline storage.

You'll need a RAID controller and I think at least 4 drives.

 

[trostol]

i miss this guy at night

 

[Lord Defect]

RAID array. RAID 10, if my memory isn't shit, is probably going to be the best choice for preventing data loss. This will be perfect for offline storage.

You'll need a RAID controller and I think at least 4 drives.

Everything is written in Greek.

 

[ajgoal]

Everything is written in Greek.

RAID is a method of using multiple hard drives to either expand the total storage while treating them as one device, or (sometimes and) providing redundancy in the case of hard drive failure.

The simplest version is a pure mirror - one hard drive holds exactly the same information as another. Other versions chop up the HDD storage and then combine them into one big virtual drive. Sometimes these are set up in such a way that the loss of one drive doesn't result in catastrophic data loss - the data can be reassembled when the drive is replaced, but these methods are not really meant for redundancy.

Honestly, the simplest method is probably just an external backup. They typically plug into a USB port and have configuration software that you use to identify which area(s) of your hard drive(s) you want to back up onto them, and then set the frequency of the backup. They'll pull the files on a regular basis and you can restore directly off of them if something happens.

 

[Beef Invictus]

RAID is a method of using multiple hard drives to either expand the total storage while treating them as one device, or (sometimes and) providing redundancy in the case of hard drive failure.

The simplest version is a pure mirror - one hard drive holds exactly the same information as another. Other versions chop up the HDD storage and then combine them into one big virtual drive. Sometimes these are set up in such a way that the loss of one drive doesn't result in catastrophic data loss - the data can be reassembled when the drive is replaced, but these methods are not really meant for redundancy.

Honestly, the simplest method is probably just an external backup. They typically plug into a USB port and have configuration software that you use to identify which area(s) of your hard drive(s) you want to back up onto them, and then set the frequency of the backup. They'll pull the files on a regular basis and you can restore directly off of them if something happens.

Stop that. I want to make him do something complex. It'll be good for him.

On this disappointingly simple note, make sure the external is SSD so you don't deal with so much mechanical failure.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Everything is written in Greek.

This is actually not Greek, it is written in an alphabet that is almost entirely Latin

 

[Lord Defect]

This is actually not Greek, it is written in an alphabet that is almost entirely Latin

Don’t make me send the child a drum set from Santa

 

[ajgoal]

Don’t make me send the child a drum set from Santa

Please. Read the stories. She wants a chainsaw.

 

[Lord Defect]

Stop that. I want to make him do something complex. It'll be good for him.

On this disappointingly simple note, make sure the external is SSD so you don't deal with so much mechanical failure.

Any recommendations for external ssd?

Please. Read the stories. She wants a chainsaw.

She has one. Beef just doesn’t know about it yet