#datahoarding — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, #Meta, the benevolent overlord of data hoarding, is generously receiving a $3.3 billion tax break for its teeny-tiny $10 billion data fortress in #Louisiana. 😱👏 One has to wonder if they'll use the savings to buy more servers or just a bigger piggy bank for all those sweet, sweet #subsidies. 🤑🐷
https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/ #TaxBreak #DataHoarding #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, #Meta, the benevolent overlord of data hoarding, is generously receiving a $3.3 billion tax break for its teeny-tiny $10 billion data fortress in #Louisiana. 😱👏 One has to wonder if they'll use the savings to buy more servers or just a bigger piggy bank for all those sweet, sweet #subsidies. 🤑🐷
https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/ #TaxBreak #DataHoarding #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, #Meta, the benevolent overlord of data hoarding, is generously receiving a $3.3 billion tax break for its teeny-tiny $10 billion data fortress in #Louisiana. 😱👏 One has to wonder if they'll use the savings to buy more servers or just a bigger piggy bank for all those sweet, sweet #subsidies. 🤑🐷
https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/ #TaxBreak #DataHoarding #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, #Meta, the benevolent overlord of data hoarding, is generously receiving a $3.3 billion tax break for its teeny-tiny $10 billion data fortress in #Louisiana. 😱👏 One has to wonder if they'll use the savings to buy more servers or just a bigger piggy bank for all those sweet, sweet #subsidies. 🤑🐷
https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/ #TaxBreak #DataHoarding #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, #Meta, the benevolent overlord of data hoarding, is generously receiving a $3.3 billion tax break for its teeny-tiny $10 billion data fortress in #Louisiana. 😱👏 One has to wonder if they'll use the savings to buy more servers or just a bigger piggy bank for all those sweet, sweet #subsidies. 🤑🐷
https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/ #TaxBreak #DataHoarding #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

Linux Mint datahoarding/backup tip: "apt download" fetches the .deb files of both the package and its dependencies

#linuxmint #datahoarding

E.g.:

• apt download vlc
• apt download dolphin

Only problems are it requires sudo, it only works with one package at a time (so apt download vlc dolphin won't work), and the script that comes with it for easy installation runs apt (but replacing apt for dpkg -i solves that).

There's also apt-get download, which doesn't require sudo nor comes with a .sh file expecting apt, but it won't download dependencies either.

Hope it helps someone. =)

@linuxmint

Looking at the rclone when migrating files off of the old disks onto the new ones is kinda interesting.

Esp. Because I'm very good at naming things...

I literally have no idea what these files are or where they come from at this point. But I'm also too afraid to just delete them.

#rclone #Homelab #DataHoarding

After stepping back for a couple of years, my #datahoarding is back with a vengeance and I spent most of last night studying #yt-dlp's man page and updating my configuration 🤓

#datahoarder

3-2-1-1-1 Backup Rule (Apocalypse Edition)

3 Backups
2 Different media
1 Offsite backup
1 Backup in an Arctic vault
1 Extra-planetary backup

Because if your data doesn't survive a meteor strike, did you even have a backup strategy?

#SysAdmin #BackupRule #DataHoarding #DisasterRecovery #InfoSec

3-2-1-1-1 Backup Rule (Apocalypse Edition)

3 Backups
2 Different media
1 Offsite backup
1 Backup in an Arctic vault
1 Extra-planetary backup

Because if your data doesn't survive a meteor strike, did you even have a backup strategy?

#SysAdmin #BackupRule #DataHoarding #DisasterRecovery #InfoSec

3-2-1-1-1 Backup Rule (Apocalypse Edition)

3 Backups
2 Different media
1 Offsite backup
1 Backup in an Arctic vault
1 Extra-planetary backup

Because if your data doesn't survive a meteor strike, did you even have a backup strategy?

#SysAdmin #BackupRule #DataHoarding #DisasterRecovery #InfoSec

3-2-1-1-1 Backup Rule (Apocalypse Edition)

3 Backups
2 Different media
1 Offsite backup
1 Backup in an Arctic vault
1 Extra-planetary backup

Because if your data doesn't survive a meteor strike, did you even have a backup strategy?

#SysAdmin #BackupRule #DataHoarding #DisasterRecovery #InfoSec

3-2-1-1-1 Backup Rule (Apocalypse Edition)

3 Backups
2 Different media
1 Offsite backup
1 Backup in an Arctic vault
1 Extra-planetary backup

Because if your data doesn't survive a meteor strike, did you even have a backup strategy?

#SysAdmin #BackupRule #DataHoarding #DisasterRecovery #InfoSec

This re-sync to off-line mirror #2 took days 😆

#backups #datahoarder #datahoarding #selfhosted #selfhosting

Does anyone else remember Tux Racer, the old #Linux racing game from way back? Does anyone else also remember tuxracer.fubaby.com, where people would share their courses? Any way to download all the courses again? Sorry, but I want to upload all of them on the Internet Archive. I could only retrieve some of them from the Wayback Machine.

Latest archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20121011021336/http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #LinuxGaming #TuxRacer

Does anyone else remember Tux Racer, the old #Linux racing game from way back? Does anyone else also remember tuxracer.fubaby.com, where people would share their courses? Any way to download all the courses again? Sorry, but I want to upload all of them on the Internet Archive. I could only retrieve some of them from the Wayback Machine.

Latest archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20121011021336/http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #LinuxGaming #TuxRacer

Does anyone else remember Tux Racer, the old #Linux racing game from way back? Does anyone else also remember tuxracer.fubaby.com, where people would share their courses? Any way to download all the courses again? Sorry, but I want to upload all of them on the Internet Archive. I could only retrieve some of them from the Wayback Machine.

Latest archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20121011021336/http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #LinuxGaming #TuxRacer

Does anyone else remember Tux Racer, the old #Linux racing game from way back? Does anyone else also remember tuxracer.fubaby.com, where people would share their courses? Any way to download all the courses again? Sorry, but I want to upload all of them on the Internet Archive. I could only retrieve some of them from the Wayback Machine.

Latest archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20121011021336/http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #LinuxGaming #TuxRacer

Does anyone else remember Tux Racer, the old #Linux racing game from way back? Does anyone else also remember tuxracer.fubaby.com, where people would share their courses? Any way to download all the courses again? Sorry, but I want to upload all of them on the Internet Archive. I could only retrieve some of them from the Wayback Machine.

Latest archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20121011021336/http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #LinuxGaming #TuxRacer

Guys, get out your Internet Archive accounts. A video game repository called Myrient is closing down tomorrow, and a staggering 390+ terabytes of data will disappear with it. I am currently saving webpages at /Eggman's Arcade Repository/!EXTRAS/. Unfortunately, nearly all the saves are 404 errors, even though the files can still be downloaded directly from the site, so we may need to upload them.

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #Myrient

Guys, get out your Internet Archive accounts. A video game repository called Myrient is closing down tomorrow, and a staggering 390+ terabytes of data will disappear with it. I am currently saving webpages at /Eggman's Arcade Repository/!EXTRAS/. Unfortunately, nearly all the saves are 404 errors, even though the files can still be downloaded directly from the site, so we may need to upload them.

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #Myrient

Guys, get out your Internet Archive accounts. A video game repository called Myrient is closing down tomorrow, and a staggering 390+ terabytes of data will disappear with it. I am currently saving webpages at /Eggman's Arcade Repository/!EXTRAS/. Unfortunately, nearly all the saves are 404 errors, even though the files can still be downloaded directly from the site, so we may need to upload them.

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #Myrient

Guys, get out your Internet Archive accounts. A video game repository called Myrient is closing down tomorrow, and a staggering 390+ terabytes of data will disappear with it. I am currently saving webpages at /Eggman's Arcade Repository/!EXTRAS/. Unfortunately, nearly all the saves are 404 errors, even though the files can still be downloaded directly from the site, so we may need to upload them.

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #Myrient

Guys, get out your Internet Archive accounts. A video game repository called Myrient is closing down tomorrow, and a staggering 390+ terabytes of data will disappear with it. I am currently saving webpages at /Eggman's Arcade Repository/!EXTRAS/. Unfortunately, nearly all the saves are 404 errors, even though the files can still be downloaded directly from the site, so we may need to upload them.

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #Myrient

We have just had another Internet casualty. Replacementdocs.com was a website that hosted scans of video game manuals for anyone to download. It was most active in the 2000s. I just checked to see the state of the website after months of broken downloads, and—yep—it's gone forever.

Don't fret, you can find every video game manual that was on the website at the point of closure here: https://archive.org/details/p31-replacementdocs.

#dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #PDF #scans

We have just had another Internet casualty. Replacementdocs.com was a website that hosted scans of video game manuals for anyone to download. It was most active in the 2000s. I just checked to see the state of the website after months of broken downloads, and—yep—it's gone forever.

Don't fret, you can find every video game manual that was on the website at the point of closure here: https://archive.org/details/p31-replacementdocs.

#dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #PDF #scans

We have just had another Internet casualty. Replacementdocs.com was a website that hosted scans of video game manuals for anyone to download. It was most active in the 2000s. I just checked to see the state of the website after months of broken downloads, and—yep—it's gone forever.

Don't fret, you can find every video game manual that was on the website at the point of closure here: https://archive.org/details/p31-replacementdocs.

#dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #PDF #scans

We have just had another Internet casualty. Replacementdocs.com was a website that hosted scans of video game manuals for anyone to download. It was most active in the 2000s. I just checked to see the state of the website after months of broken downloads, and—yep—it's gone forever.

Don't fret, you can find every video game manual that was on the website at the point of closure here: https://archive.org/details/p31-replacementdocs.

#dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #PDF #scans

We have just had another Internet casualty. Replacementdocs.com was a website that hosted scans of video game manuals for anyone to download. It was most active in the 2000s. I just checked to see the state of the website after months of broken downloads, and—yep—it's gone forever.

Don't fret, you can find every video game manual that was on the website at the point of closure here: https://archive.org/details/p31-replacementdocs.

#dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #PDF #scans

How to Set Up Your Own NAS Server for Backups and Content Streaming

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-set-up-nas-server/

How to Set Up Your Own NAS Server for Backups and Content Streaming

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-set-up-nas-server/

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/

#HackerNews #FlashMedia #Longevity #Testing #DataHoarding #Technology #StorageTesting #6YearsLater

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/

#HackerNews #FlashMedia #Longevity #Testing #DataHoarding #Technology #StorageTesting #6YearsLater

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/

#HackerNews #FlashMedia #Longevity #Testing #DataHoarding #Technology #StorageTesting #6YearsLater

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/

#HackerNews #FlashMedia #Longevity #Testing #DataHoarding #Technology #StorageTesting #6YearsLater

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/

#HackerNews #FlashMedia #Longevity #Testing #DataHoarding #Technology #StorageTesting #6YearsLater

Oof, did not realize Myrient is shutting down—and soon! Huge blow to game preservation, is anyone aware of contingency plans or decent alrernatives?
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ongoing-ram-price-crisis-cited-as-one-of-the-reasons-game-preservation-service-myrient-is-shutting-down-this-month
#gamedev #GamePreservation #archival #datahoarding

Yet another reason to not enable passkeys anywhere.

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

TL;DR - If an idiot website uses your passkey to encrypt your data, losing/deleting the passkey will almost certainly mean losing your data.

Of course we should all be backing up our stuff locally instead of trusting cloud services, especially for irreplaceable things like pictures and movies, but lets be real, the average user doesn't.

#dataloss #passkey #passkey_security #datahoarding

Yet another reason to not enable passkeys anywhere.

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

TL;DR - If an idiot website uses your passkey to encrypt your data, losing/deleting the passkey will almost certainly mean losing your data.

Of course we should all be backing up our stuff locally instead of trusting cloud services, especially for irreplaceable things like pictures and movies, but lets be real, the average user doesn't.

#dataloss #passkey #passkey_security #datahoarding

Yet another reason to not enable passkeys anywhere.

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

TL;DR - If an idiot website uses your passkey to encrypt your data, losing/deleting the passkey will almost certainly mean losing your data.

Of course we should all be backing up our stuff locally instead of trusting cloud services, especially for irreplaceable things like pictures and movies, but lets be real, the average user doesn't.

#dataloss #passkey #passkey_security #datahoarding

Yet another reason to not enable passkeys anywhere.

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

TL;DR - If an idiot website uses your passkey to encrypt your data, losing/deleting the passkey will almost certainly mean losing your data.

Of course we should all be backing up our stuff locally instead of trusting cloud services, especially for irreplaceable things like pictures and movies, but lets be real, the average user doesn't.

#dataloss #passkey #passkey_security #datahoarding

Yet another reason to not enable passkeys anywhere.

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

TL;DR - If an idiot website uses your passkey to encrypt your data, losing/deleting the passkey will almost certainly mean losing your data.

Of course we should all be backing up our stuff locally instead of trusting cloud services, especially for irreplaceable things like pictures and movies, but lets be real, the average user doesn't.

#dataloss #passkey #passkey_security #datahoarding

So, all this #DataHoarding I've been up to has me wondering:

Are tape backups still a thing?

Like, if you want to store a petabyte or so of data and you don't care about random access, it seems like that'd be an economical way to do it. Or does everyone just store their stuff "in the cloud" now?

I’m considering a used Synology DS916+ 4‑Bay NAS with 4x 12 TB Seagate Exos X12 drives.
I've heard that this model isn’t the most reliable, but the plan is to replace the drives one by one over time. Building such a setup from scratch would cost more than $2000, especially with rising HDD and memory prices and ongoing supply issues.

Any insights or horror stories about used NAS gear?

#SelfHosting #NAS #Homelab #DataStorage #Backup #Synology #Plex #Seagate #HomeServer #Tech #CloudStorage #DataHoarding

Thinking about building a home NAS. I've already accumulated nearly 1 TB of critical data, and while I do have backups in AWS Deep Archive, Proton Drive, and Infomaniak KDrive, I still don’t have any local backups - which is starting to bother me. Plus, I'd love to finally set up a proper Plex library.

#SelfHosting #NAS #Homelab #DataStorage #Backup #Synology #Plex #Seagate #HomeServer #Tech #CloudStorage #DataHoarding

One of my #NewYearsResolutions is to hoard more data, so I picked up an open-box 10TB hard drive. This will serve as a second copy of all the stuff I've got stashed in my pile of old, smaller drives. I also have two 2TB HDDs I'll soon be freeing up for #DataHoarding use.

🎉 Oh joy, another thrilling installment in the riveting saga of "Backing Up Emails: The Movie!" 🍿 This time, our hero battles the ever-terrifying Gmail Takeout, valiantly dodging Google's arbitrary account-locking antics to archive a whopping 5.7GiB of riveting email history. 🎩✨ Clearly, data hoarding is the new extreme sport! 🏆📧
https://baecher.dev/stdout/incremental-backups-of-gmail-takeouts/ #BackingUpEmails #GmailTakeout #DataHoarding #ExtremeSport #EmailArchive #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Oh joy, another thrilling installment in the riveting saga of "Backing Up Emails: The Movie!" 🍿 This time, our hero battles the ever-terrifying Gmail Takeout, valiantly dodging Google's arbitrary account-locking antics to archive a whopping 5.7GiB of riveting email history. 🎩✨ Clearly, data hoarding is the new extreme sport! 🏆📧
https://baecher.dev/stdout/incremental-backups-of-gmail-takeouts/ #BackingUpEmails #GmailTakeout #DataHoarding #ExtremeSport #EmailArchive #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Oh joy, another thrilling installment in the riveting saga of "Backing Up Emails: The Movie!" 🍿 This time, our hero battles the ever-terrifying Gmail Takeout, valiantly dodging Google's arbitrary account-locking antics to archive a whopping 5.7GiB of riveting email history. 🎩✨ Clearly, data hoarding is the new extreme sport! 🏆📧
https://baecher.dev/stdout/incremental-backups-of-gmail-takeouts/ #BackingUpEmails #GmailTakeout #DataHoarding #ExtremeSport #EmailArchive #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Oh joy, another thrilling installment in the riveting saga of "Backing Up Emails: The Movie!" 🍿 This time, our hero battles the ever-terrifying Gmail Takeout, valiantly dodging Google's arbitrary account-locking antics to archive a whopping 5.7GiB of riveting email history. 🎩✨ Clearly, data hoarding is the new extreme sport! 🏆📧
https://baecher.dev/stdout/incremental-backups-of-gmail-takeouts/ #BackingUpEmails #GmailTakeout #DataHoarding #ExtremeSport #EmailArchive #HackerNews #ngated