#thumbdrives — Public Fediverse posts

With #TheInternet being fucked by "Safety" laws, how long before people send #podcasts and #vodcasts through the mail on #CD, #DVD, #ThumbDrives, etc?

With #TheInternet being fucked by "Safety" laws, how long before people send #podcasts and #vodcasts through the mail on #CD, #DVD, #ThumbDrives, etc?

New #blog post: I miss the days of ubiquitous portable data storage

https://rldane.space/i-miss-the-days-of-ubiquitous-portable-data-storage.html

653 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @solusspider @clayton

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #18

#rlDaneWriting #USB #ThumbDrives #MassStorage #RemovableMedia #Floppy #CD #DVD

New #blog post: I miss the days of ubiquitous portable data storage

https://rldane.space/i-miss-the-days-of-ubiquitous-portable-data-storage.html

653 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @solusspider @clayton

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #18

#rlDaneWriting #USB #ThumbDrives #MassStorage #RemovableMedia #Floppy #CD #DVD

Wasn't following the hardware sector of #thumbdrives lately. Now, I'm very impressed of owning 1TB USB drive with 1GB per second read and write speed including USB-A and USB-C in one device. 🤓

That's unbelievable 694 3.5" floppy disks EACH SECOND! 🤯

My first copy process transferred 26GB within one minute and 6 seconds. That's 403MB/s or 280 3.5" #floppydisks each second. I didn't even own that many floppies which I can now move from A to B within one single second. 😉

Wasn't following the hardware sector of #thumbdrives lately. Now, I'm very impressed of owning 1TB USB drive with 1GB per second read and write speed including USB-A and USB-C in one device. 🤓

That's unbelievable 694 3.5" floppy disks EACH SECOND! 🤯

My first copy process transferred 26GB within one minute and 6 seconds. That's 403MB/s or 280 3.5" #floppydisks each second. I didn't even own that many floppies which I can now move from A to B within one single second. 😉

@SimonRoyHughes thumb drives are best treated like hypodermic needles… never shared #ThumbDrives #MemorySticks #USBDrives

@SimonRoyHughes thumb drives are best treated like hypodermic needles… never shared #ThumbDrives #MemorySticks #USBDrives

@SimonRoyHughes thumb drives are best treated like hypodermic needles… never shared #ThumbDrives #MemorySticks #USBDrives

@SimonRoyHughes thumb drives are best treated like hypodermic needles… never shared #ThumbDrives #MemorySticks #USBDrives

The story of Henn Tan, who 'invented' the USB Thumb Drive and why he is not as well known as say, Creative's Sim Wong Hoo or other #Singapore entrepreneurs.

"[T]he inventor of the thumb drive and Trek’s CEO, Henn Tan, did not become as famous as other hardware pioneers like Robert Noyce, Douglas Engelbart, or Steve Jobs. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek."

https://spectrum.ieee.org/thumb-drive

#Technology #ThumbDrives #Invention

We didn't need another reason to despise USB #thumbDrives, but someone decided they will replace #opticalDisks…

…cue epic trailer music.

DVD data disc:

> you won't lose me because you can label me and store me in a sane location.

USB thumb drive:

> you won't lose me because you can put me on a key ring?

#usbDrives #thumbDrives #USBs #DVDs #bluray #opticalDisk #DVDDrives #blurayDrive #DVDDisks #blurayDisc #microchips #semiconductors #semiconductorShortage #supplyChains #recycling #blameChinaLol

With the #Thumbdrives app on your #Pinephone, you can boot your PC from ISO via USB: https://fosstodon.org/@martijnbraam/104133337357042170

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