How am I supposed to get started with data hoarding if I'm a poorfag?
>>109561430You don't, I'm afraid.
>>109561430flash drives and optical media
>>109561430Optical media, 50 gb bdr disk x 50 (thats a total of over 2 tb) can be had for less than 80 usd
>>109561500yea when i was a teen i had tons of "pirated" movies (mostly rented and copied but some downloaded from the internet) which were in a couple of 100-disc dvd spindles, since that was way cheaper than buying huge hdd's.it's like the difference between buying a $200 80GB hdd or a $50 100-disc dvd spindle that can store 438GBidk how optical media fares today
>>109561430get some money maybe?
>>109561430hoard data with the biggest rarity to file size ratio.
Question Do you actually use that data or it's just purely performative thingBecause things like FLAC files can be easily played via offline players or DAPs over and over but I've seen people doing that with games, books, movies and so on so in general things that usually are played once per few years at best. So what's the point of storing more data than u can realistically digest thru your entire lives?
>>109561430Anyone telling you flash storage is a certified retard, it's LTO tapes or HDDs for maximum redundancy. You WILL need several backups for when they lock down the internet.
>>109561558To trade with others after the war.
>>109561912>Anyone telling you flash storage is a certified retard, it's LTO tapes or HDDs for maximum redundancyThis. In my experience, flash storage (such as USB drives) tend to break and stop working after you've written and re-written data onto them enough times. This can happen with mechanical hard drives too, but they tend to last a hell of a lot longer. Can't comment on magnetic tape since I've never used that medium.My recommendation would be mechanical hard drives (as opposed to solid state drives). They're relatively cheap, last forever (sort of. They can break, but they do last a very, very long time) and you can slowly build up a collection over time.
>>109561430data hoarding is a young man's game. you have every book, movie, tv show, music album, now what? do you want to actually view them? the answer might surprise you
>>109561912>LTO tapesHe's poor, Anon... a drive is serious money if you want one that isn't designed for old mainframe hardware from the 80s.
Use flashdrives
>buy used mechanical hard drives since they're cheaper than brand new>try to make sure they don't have any bad sectors before buying>get some electrical insulation tape and place a piece of it on the side of each drive>write codename for each drive on said piece of tape>get notebook and write each codename at the top of each page>make sure you use pencil when writing in this notebook. this will all make sense later>OK now for the fun part>torrent a ton of shit that interests you>movies, vidya, anime, documentaries, tutorials, archives. anything that you enjoy or want access to>copy torrented files onto hard drives>every time you copy a file over, and this is important, WRITE IT DOWN IN THE NOTEBOOK>for example, if you copied your "movies" folder onto your X drive and your "books" folder onto your Y drive, make sure that on the X page in your notebook it says "movies" and on the Y page it says "books">ALWAYS write in pencil in this notebook. this so that if you decide to later delete a folder and replace it with something else, you can use an eraser to do the same in your notebook>as you accrue more and more hard drives into your collection, this "notebook method" will become more and more crucial as a kind of "index" for your data hoard>otherwise, your hard drives will sit in your closet for years and then you'll go back to them one day and have no idea which one contains a particular file you're looking for>once a hard drive is completely full of data from your torrents, disconnect it from your computer and store it somewhere safe in your house>make sure the storage location for your drives is dry and away from heat and direct sunlight>optional: buy some silica gel packets and put them next to the terminals of each drive (this works best if you're storing your drives in a small, enclosed area such as a cupboard)I have over 50 1TB hard drives in my personal collection and honestly, that "notebook method" is crucial for finding files amongst them.
>>109562064Forgot to mention that when storing hard drives long-term, you should also put some kind of cover over them to prevent dust from settling over the terminals. A large film of dust could cause a short-circuit when you go to finally use them again after years of leaving them in storage. You can use old pillowcases, that's what I do. Stack them in groups of 3, with each stack side-by-side, and place the pillowcase over top. Easy as that.Good luck OP. Start small. Even if it's just 1 hard drive, that's still something.
>>109561430By seeking and obtaining gainful employment.
>>109561976so it's a performative thing
spindle of optical media then acquire data and burn
>>109561430>How am I supposed to get started with data hoarding if I'm a poorfag?I actually don't know. I'm sorry anon. I wish you could afford that this, especially in times where they want to remove ownership. I feel like you would be an honest at least 1:1 ratio seeder. I was lucky, I got into homelabbing when everything was "cheap", but I'm absolutely terrified, that one of my drives fails. HDDs.. spinning rust.. so fucking expensive in 2026. It's insane. Honestly? If you can, try to buy used shit, get ~4tb drives, AT LEAST 2 for redundancy (mirror) or 3 for raid1.
>>109562064>I have over 50 1TB hard drives in my personal collection and honestly, that "notebook method" is crucial for finding files amongst them.That actually sounds cool as fuck.>movies, vidya, anime, documentaries, tutorials, archives. anything that you enjoy or want access tocan you recommend other stuff? movies, vidya and anime is the boring shit. Would love to hear moar.
>>109562091I don't want to work
>>109562187Greentext anon here. Happy to answer questions about data hoarding.>can you recommend other stuff?Sure. There are a lot of things you can archive into your personal data hoard. >>>/t/ is a good starting point. I've seen some great torrents on there over the years. Just be careful to scan any torrents you find on /t/ for viruses. It's rare to find actual malware on there, but I frequently find PUAs.I also recommend Kiwix. It's a useful tool if you're serious about data hoarding. As a bonus, it's FOSS software.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwixhttps://get.kiwix.org/en/solutions/applications/download-options/Install Kiwix and then download .zim files, which are basically massive archives. Many websites have been archived as .zim files and uploaded into Kiwix's library. There are probably other indexes of .zim files out there, but I haven't really tried looking that hard.https://browse.library.kiwix.org/#lang=engOther ideas for things to hoard:>books >guides>general information and data>webpages>entire websites>wiki's for media/things that interest you>software>pictures, images and photographs>maps>newspapers (if you can find them on the internet anywhere)I'll post more if I think of some.
>>109562008Data hoarding is for anyone who cares about preserving human history, achievement, wisdom and teachings, particularly important in the age of AI. They can and will rewrite history or make things up if you let them now that it's easier than ever. The more people data hoarding, the better.
>>109561430buy good, used HDDs from good brands
>>109561430go dumpster diving
>>109561500This.Also, don't forget to store them in a CD wallet for extra SOVL.
>>109561500you'll pay with your time insteadjust buy a 3tb drive
>>109562008If I didn't have to wagecuck, then yes
Store info on multiple archive sites. Pirate useful expensive books, read them, and take comprehensive notes. Convince people that do have money to data hoard.
>>109562008>do you want to actually view them?The idea isn't to personally view all of that media/information you're hoarding yourself. The idea is to preserve it for future generations. As time passes, more and more of the hard drives in the world are going to be bought up by AI companies and used for data centers. Those hard drives might hold all of the information about everything you could ever know, but all of that info will be locked behind a monthly subscription fee to an AI chatbot. Information that is misaligned with an AI companies goals can be altered or removed from their data center entirely.As the years go on, currently-existing hard drives will wear out and fail, meaning there will be less and less publicly-accessible archives in the world and more obscure media and information are at risk of becoming lost. If you don't hoard data now, then in the future, your only way of obtaining information will be to ask an AI for it. Will that AI be programmed to be biased? Will certain information be expunged from the data center it pulls info from? None of that will matter if you have your own records you can pull information from.
>>109561430By getting a job
