Data Hoarder

geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/31252728

Dear Fedi friends, I need your help.

If by any chance any of you have saved the video of #WSocial CEO Anna Zeiter's presentation at the Monaco AI conference (uploaded to YouTube on May 21) I would be ETERNALLY grateful.

OG URL: https://youtu.be/xDNGHaISqs4

The 35 minute video included priceless quotes like: "Yes we have a business model, it's not a philanthropy, we are not a B corp, we actually want to make money."

Following the publication of my exposé, the video has been removed from YouTube!

After the original post, I ordered the generic reader I mentioned and it arrived today.

Testing around, and it can generate encrypted ISO files just fine with Linux Mint's default Disks program. No ddrescue needed!

Also apparently one of the discs I have had the key shipped with the reader revoked. But using the issue as an opportunity to test MakeMKV, I created a decrypted backup with it and tried opening the backup with VLC.

This decrypted backup seems to behave just like the encrypted ISOs I had been creating, thankfully, though further tests may be needed as I am still very unfamiliar with this revocation situation.

But all in all, I'm happy I can finally do my backups properly. In retrospect, the PS3 is too moody and slow even when the hardware is healthy, making backing stuff up with it a rather miserable process. Better something fast, more predictable, and that isn't tied to FAT32 with gambiarras applied to work with NTFS.

And on a side note, I also tested the reader with a DVD for the same purpose and it worked fine, so I guess it'll be working overtime. e.e"

Crossposted from https://thebrainbin.org/m/datahoarder@lemmy.ml/t/1556423

Is it a viable option?

I've gotten a few discs, and up to some years prior, I'd use the PS3 to back them up. However, as its HDD is starting to fail (took it long enough e.e''), I'd been considering getting a bluray reader for dumping the ISOs, possibly a Wabcom 5-in-1 but still evaluating that part.

But as I am on Linux Mint, and I don't mind the ISOs being encrypted (iirc I'd use FOSS keys and they'd work fine), would ddrescue be enough for that, or would I need to use some other program, perhaps even some dedicated/paid one?

Also bonus question: I also got CDs and DVDs to backup. Would I be able to do it for them too?

Thanks in advance!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/66603751

It's redirecting to a new site completely, does anyone have a copy of the old source?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61122592

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43693666

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43115555

Here’s an overview of community efforts to make The Files more accessible. I’ve written a small description and possible warnings alongside them.

Epstein Research GitHub Mirror

• A mirror for all the files
• ⚠️ Microsoft owns Github
• https://github.com/rhowardstone/Epstein-research

Jmail

• Access Jeffrey Epstein’s emails through a gmail interface and star important ones.
• https://jmail.world/

Track The Files

• A sourced, transparent investigation into the public figures named in the Epstein files — and the tax dollars that flow to them.
• ⚠️ Made with LLMs
• https://trackthefiles.org/

Epstein Document Network Explorer

• This is a network analysis tool for exploring relationships between people, places, and events captured in the Epstein emails released by the House Oversight Committee.
• https://epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com/

EpsteIn

• See which of your LinkedIn connections appear in the Epstein files.
• https://github.com/cfinke/EpsteIn

3D Network Cloud

• Another visualisation tool
• https://epstein.dugganusa.com/

Epstein Archive

• ⚠️ Made with LLMs, seems stale*
• https://epstein-docs.github.io/

Please add more sources as comments, or let us know if one of them has gone dark or appears to be dodgy.

Hi everyone!

I’ve been busy updating the site over the last few days. Everything is now fully up to date, including 109GB of the VOL9 release.

Also, the image gallery now has a Random feature, just click the button to see a random image of the images in the files.

PS: Some people are saying that the pdf files are not loading in Chrome. If so, try anoher browser. I am working to fix it in Chrome for the people that are having issues!

I don't know if this is the right place, but I figured the Hoarder Community would have a good idea on software.

I'm looking for an app that will scan an audio library and pick out duplicates. It has to do this by some other means than a mere filename, file size or audio tags. Ideally it would use all of those criteria, and do an audio analysis. I do have all my music sorted, collated, and tagged correctly tho. Opensource would be awesome. Baring that, Free is also acceptable. LOL

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Hello all, I have a brainstorming question for you all, or maybe I'm just looking to confirm that my proposed solution makes some sense.

I am looking to re-arrange my storage solution to fit my needs, here is the situation:

• I have a 2TB iCloud drive which is the main source of data (iCloud drive and Photos).
• I have a self hosted Jellyfin instance that requires storage for the media content.
• At the moment it's using a 2TB WD Element USB drive, which is terrible, not enough storage and super slow.
• I have a WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra with 2 bays and 2 WD Red 4TB disks.
• I have a TrueNAS machine running on an Atom D2700 with 8GB of RAM and 2 old 320Gigabytes disks that I've used just for testing.

The objective:

• iCloud backup: take a recurring backup of iCloud.
• Jellyfin storage: I figured at least 4TB.
• Reuse and costs optimization: reuse as much of the current hardware as possible and minimizing costs.

My proposed solution:

• iCloud backup:
  • Move the 2x4TB WD Red from the WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra to the TrueNAS machine and set it up in mirror mode.
  • Use icloud-docker to backup iCloud in TrueNAS.
  • Use rclone to keep an additional offsite backup on Scaleway glacier (I'm already using it to store some other backups and very happy with it).
• Jellyfin storage:
  • Buy either 1 or 2 6TB WD Blue disks (or equivalent) to put into the WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra and use that as storage unit for the Jellyfin instance.
  • The reason for using WD Blue is to contain costs. The multimedia storage is not that important to me. Meaning I will not take a backup of it, and if I loose something is not a problem. I just need space and decent speed.
• Reuse and costs optimization:
  • I will reuse all the hardware that I currently have plus buying only 1 or 2 more disks.

What do you guys think?

I've been running OCR on the recent house epstein email dump. Making this available now that its close to finishing (20k/ 23k emails processed).

Processing script available here: https://codeberg.org/sillyhonu/Image_OCR_Processing_Epstein

I also put an analysis script in there if you want to use drive/ colab.

Currently finished files are available here:

https://files.catbox.moe/xrgts0.sqlite

cross-posted from: https://swg-empire.de/post/4845931

I've had multiple reads fail on a fairly new drive.

I did a smartctl -t long /dev/sdb but after checking back a few minutes later smartctl -a /dev/sdb showed that no tests were running and that the previous test had "the read element of the test failed".

I did smartctl -t offline /dev/sdb next and after that was done smartctl -x /dev/sdb showed about 1500 errors but it also reported SMART as PASSED.

Here is the output of smartctl -x /dev/sdb: https://pastebin.com/09rNZZfD

How should I interpret these results? Was my assumption that the long test was done wrong? Should I replace the drive? Or might something else be wrong, like the SATA connection?

In this video Charlie Kirk asks if Benjamin Netanyahu gave stand down orders to increase the severity of the Hamas attack in order to declare martial law and avoid prison.

I know banned book lists are often enforced at the state level through public schools and movies aren't really a part of common curriculum, but is there a good list anywhere of films that the government might try to...say...remove from streaming?

It used to be that 14TB was the sweet spot for recertified price per TB. After looking around, it seems like it's moved up a bit, at least on ServerPartDeals and goHardDrive, even 22 TBs are floating around $14/TB.

I feel like eventually I could migrate all of my 14TB disks to 22TB and save a lot of heat. Of course, I'd need to upgrade my two parity disks first, which would currently cost around $677 after tax. I'm curious as to what parity sizes everyone else is rocking.

I'm also kind of realizing that this probably doesn't need to be a post, but I'm gunna post it anyway in case someone wants to enable my data hoarding.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm strictly considering WD HC drives only.

Since the enshittification of streaming providers is continuing I'm thinking of going back to my own collection saved on a central server for the family's convenience.

I just need more storage. But the only 8-12 TB drives in the 100-150 € price range are refurbished ones. I could only afford one at the moment so some resilience with RAID is out of the picture.

Can I trust these drives? Or will they fail in a few years? I kind of don't want to have to rip all my stuff twice.

Edit: Thanks for the input. I bit the bullet and was able to find a 12 TB HDD at 142 €.

I already have protection cases for my HDDs but I would like to have box suitcase to protect my HDDs like this one. Can you recommend which hdd storage box suitcase I should use ? I'm from Europe

9.62/TB