'Cleaning Out the Attic'

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

My computer is a fucking mess. I'm a total digital pack-rat, so I've found everything from H-games, to entire compendiums of novels, to forgotten games I'd touched once and never returned to.

My external drives are even worse. I got my first one back in '08, so browsing through it is like taking a trip back in time. I'm talkin' ancient memes, with watermarks from sites that don't even exist anymore. Given that I really got back into anime around late '09, and that I haven't touched most of these files since then, an astute historian could probably chart my gradual descent into weebdom.

Data hoarding is awesome. I'm probably gonna have to invest in a ZFS or BTRFS setup at some point in the not so distant future.

BTRFS is the shit tbh. Just stay away from raid5 and raid6 because it's fucked. All the other modes including raid1 work great. Regarding ZFS vs BTRFS, ZFS has more features and is more mature, yet is inflexible and somehwat confusing. BTRFS is flexible but can fuck you in the ass if you use stuff like the ext4 converter or anything involving parity (raid5/6, they fucked up their code). I can personally say BTRFS has served me well, and enables you to use much cheaper hardware than ZFS. Besides, you are keeping a backup of important data regardless... right? Neither BTRFS or ZFS will prevent your home from burning down.

RX14 wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

My computer is a fucking mess. I'm a total digital pack-rat, so I've found everything from H-games, to entire compendiums of novels, to forgotten games I'd touched once and never returned to.

My external drives are even worse. I got my first one back in '08, so browsing through it is like taking a trip back in time. I'm talkin' ancient memes, with watermarks from sites that don't even exist anymore. Given that I really got back into anime around late '09, and that I haven't touched most of these files since then, an astute historian could probably chart my gradual descent into weebdom.

Data hoarding is awesome. I'm probably gonna have to invest in a ZFS or BTRFS setup at some point in the not so distant future.

BTRFS is the shit tbh. Just stay away from raid5 and raid6 because it's fucked. All the other modes including raid1 work great. Regarding ZFS vs BTRFS, ZFS has more features and is more mature, yet is inflexible and somehwat confusing. BTRFS is flexible but can fuck you in the ass if you use stuff like the ext4 converter or anything involving parity (raid5/6, they fucked up their code). I can personally say BTRFS has served me well, and enables you to use much cheaper hardware than ZFS. Besides, you are keeping a backup of important data regardless... right? Neither BTRFS or ZFS will prevent your home from burning down.

@RX14 I want to setup a good backup system so i can make sure all my files are safe, could you help a pleb get one running? I use ubuntu-gnome and a macbook pro and want to backup some large files across a couple external hard-drives so just in case one fails the data is still safe.

seel wrote

Went to the bottom of my liked videos and found a video I have no recollection of liking. I don't know why I did, but it's there. Don't judge me.

w-who is that?

Hardest part about cleaning out old drives? Finding stuff you'd feel comfy deleting. My personal archives date back before my earliest memories. Vaporizing anything substantial here would feel like a cardinal sin.

Backlash wrote

Hardest part about cleaning out old drives? Finding stuff you'd feel comfy deleting. My personal archives date back before my earliest memories. Vaporizing anything substantial here would feel like a cardinal sin.

This is why I have so many hard drives >.<

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

Hardest part about cleaning out old drives? Finding stuff you'd feel comfy deleting. My personal archives date back before my earliest memories. Vaporizing anything substantial here would feel like a cardinal sin.

This is why I have so many hard drives >.<

Hah, right? Just today, I found this extremely vintage anime meme tucked away in my files. Based on  the characters, I'd date this to around late-2010 to early '11, tops.

If you're lucky, you might even find your waifu! ^~^

Backlash wrote

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Hah, right? Just today, I found this extremely vintage anime meme tucked away in my files. Based on  the characters, I'd date this to around late-2010 to early '11, tops.

If you're lucky, you might even find your waifu! ^~^

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Doesn't load for me, for some reason :<

mnl wrote

Backlash wrote

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Hah, right? Just today, I found this extremely vintage anime meme tucked away in my files. Based on  the characters, I'd date this to around late-2010 to early '11, tops.

If you're lucky, you might even find your waifu! ^~^

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Doesn't load for me, for some reason :<

Rrrr. Sorry about that, cutie. <3

Backlash wrote

mnl wrote

Backlash wrote

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Hah, right? Just today, I found this extremely vintage anime meme tucked away in my files. Based on  the characters, I'd date this to around late-2010 to early '11, tops.

If you're lucky, you might even find your waifu! ^~^

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Doesn't load for me, for some reason :<

Rrrr. Sorry about that, cutie. <3

Ahh, a waifu periodic table. Pretty nice! ^_^ Saved.

Backlash wrote

malmon wrote

Backlash wrote

Hardest part about cleaning out old drives? Finding stuff you'd feel comfy deleting. My personal archives date back before my earliest memories. Vaporizing anything substantial here would feel like a cardinal sin.

This is why I have so many hard drives >.<

Hah, right? Just today, I found this extremely vintage anime meme tucked away in my files. Based on  the characters, I'd date this to around late-2010 to early '11, tops.

If you're lucky, you might even find your waifu! ^~^

Oh, cool! I wonder if one could make a variation on this, but with the waifus arranged by their personality traits~

Physical storage oughta count, right~? Well, about seven years ago, when I'd just graduated high school, I happened upon a small wooden box that someone had left for collection by the curb. Now, this thing was extremely heavy. From its dials and references to radio bands I knew it had something to do with audio, but unfortunately, that was also the first of several periods in life when I couldn't form any lasting new memories, not to mention my old ones kept getting erased. I left it in the garage to collect dust, and eventually some poor soul took it upon themselves to place it on the top shelf of this storage rack.

Fast-forward to today, and it turns out that it's actually a vintage stereo receiver! A Marantz Model 2270 to be precise, manufactured between '71 and '75. I have to say, despite being in the garage for the better part of a decade, the exterior has held up extraordinarily well. All the buttons work too, and the knobs feel smooth. It doesn't power on of course, and I'll need the help of a construction crane just to get it down. Buut, if it's just a burnt resistor or blown capacitor or two, it'll be really fun to restore it to working condition someday. c:

Backlash wrote

Physical storage oughta count, right~? Well, about seven years ago, when I'd just graduated high school, I happened upon a small wooden box that someone had left for collection by the curb. Now, this thing was extremely heavy. From its dials and references to radio bands I knew it had something to do with audio, but unfortunately, that was also the first of several periods in life when I couldn't form any lasting new memories, not to mention my old ones kept getting erased. I left it in the garage to collect dust, and eventually some poor soul took it upon themselves to place it on the top shelf of this storage rack.

Fast-forward to today, and it turns out that it's actually a vintage stereo receiver! A Marantz Model 2270 to be precise, manufactured between '71 and '75. I have to say, despite being in the garage for the better part of a decade, the exterior has held up extraordinarily well. All the buttons work too, and the knobs feel smooth. It doesn't power on of course, and I'll need the help of a construction crane just to get it down. Buut, if it's just a burnt resistor or blown capacitor or two, it'll be really fun to restore it to working condition someday. c:

Wow, that's a beauty! Marantz is a pretty well know high-end brand. That particular reciever still goes for above 1000€ on eBay Germany so it might be well worth trying to restore that