Tagged “data”

On the lifespan of different storage types. Was reminded a bit of Diaspora. Or just had my data hoarding validated a little. Whatever the case, great read. Also love the decay animation on images - adds a canvas overlay then randomly positioned squares on scroll.

Successful century-scale storage will require a massive investment in digital preservation, a societal commitment. Politicians, governments, companies, and investors will have to be convinced, incentivized, or even bullied.

oh no…

cool concept, worried about yet-another-custom-client, pricing (not listed??), privacy policy, over-emphasis on spelling out TLS and AES

but cool concept

always-on android phone left recording in public, identifying songs

“Way more data coming” has never felt so threatening

• for babies, higher infant mortality (and premature births), and more involvement to infectious diseases
• in youth, due to violence and accidents
• in old age, more chronic health conditions, partly due to higher rates of smoking, alcohol, and drug use

important skills for a world saturated in bullshit

learn to deal with normal-sized data first

tldr: Backblaze cares more about dataloss edge cases than you do

Don’t agree with all the points, but would enjoy less third-party tracking. Especially if it means fewer fucking cookie notifications.

Salaries for different levels of job for a bunch of companies

Highlights:

• People exhibit overconfidence in their ability to calculate exponential growth
• People exhibit overconfidence in their ability to use a spreadsheet
• The results suggest insufficient demand for help and tools

I have been obsessed with rsync lately