Look at the mustache.

Ha, thanks for the fyi! I’m being hyperbolic above. But I won’t run from large waterfowl on principle, I’m weird like that.

The Grey Menace should have never been put under government protection.

I have a deep hatred for geese and swans, bastards chased me as a kid. I’ve harbored a grudge all these years, and some day if one of them comes at me again it’s going to catch hands.

I encounter a lot of normies in my work - they’re sick of this shit. I’ve talked with well to do PMC people who are very alarmed and ready to or are getting out in the streets. Make no mistake, people are fed the fuck up.

The inference being that by not voting for Harris, we voted for Trump - the guy who wants us, and you, and pretty much anyone who isn’t a Nazi to be killed.

You’re really not dodging this whole idea that you support genocide.

Skip the SAS so you don’t need a separate card, use SATA enterprise drives and it’s smooth sailing.

Do it! Enterprise drives are typically changed out at about half their life cycle (5-8 years) and they’re under constant extreme conditions. So home use is like putting them out to pasture for their retirement years. I’m on a year of several of them without a hitch. Just keep in mind, they tend to be louder than consumer drives.

But when you get them, run a full SMART test. If there’s any errors that weren’t advertised, send it back. Also, don’t buy ones that have errors or bad sectors. Make sure you’re getting the SATA versions, not SAS. SATA are the most common consumer grade that can also do enterprise work, plenty fast enough for any home user. If you needed SAS you’d probably already be working in IT and you’ll need a bigger budget.

If you don’t have a system to fit a proper 3.5" HDD, don’t forget to get an enclosure for it!

I should say too, if all you want is mass storage for backups, Toshiba makes a consumer 8tb drive for ~$70 USD. But it is slow and does a data compression thing that further slows it down. Fine for backups and archive, but skip it if you’re going to play any media from it.

That new Black Mirror episode reminds me of this.

Check out eBay. There’s going to be a run on this shit so get them while you can. Used HGST enterprise 10TB helium gas drives are really good and can be had for reasonable prices (as of last year). They’re kind of a hidden gem, so they sell out, but the prices stay relatively lower than current consumer models with warranty and nice packaging.

But I sin… Like, a lot!

I was just thinking this. The US used to do a lot of shitty knockoff products that today would be associated with China.

Well shit…

Two different flavors of fascist reactionaries.

Dumbass rhetoric of everything being competition.

Piracy is only cool when the pirates are the under dogs.

Be looking to the far time from the now where we be speakin’ the true true way of tellin’ our yarns.

Wait… Was it really this bad?! Please tell me this is hyperbolic!

Doing shit this stupid, I’m not sure there’s even a decade left in the tank for Uncle Sam.