DVDs (burned, good quality) • No electronics no sudden catastrophic failure • Don’t lose data without power • Immune to EMP, ransomware, hacking • Very long cold-storage life (30–100 yrs if stored well) • Fail slowly, locally, predictably • Cheap, immutable, easy to duplicate • Downsides: low capacity, sensitive to heat/UV, fragile to scratches, slow access HDDs (mechanical hard drives) • High capacity, cheap per TB • Great for active storage and backups • Downsides: Moving parts = high failure risk • Die suddenly and completely (head crash, motor failure) • Sensitive to vibration, drops, power loss • Shorter practical lifespan (3–7 yrs on average) • Needs constant power/use to stay healthy • Not good for decades-long offline storage SSDs (SATA/NVMe) • Fastest and most reliable for daily use • No moving parts • Downsides: Worst long-term cold storage • Lose charge over time (data fades unused) • Controller deaths = instant total loss • Silent corruption possible • Expensive per TB • Lifespan depends on write cycles + NAND quality (QLC worst)SUMMARY • Best for long-term offline preservation: DVDs • Best for large active libraries: HDDs • Best for speed and daily use: SSDsrutracker.orgthehiddenbay.comopen-slum.orgMogwai (Come on Die Young - Reissue!)Christina VantzouKranky recordsTwin Peaks soundtracks and extrasPulpBroadcastStereolabMonadeBelle and SebastianMagnetic FieldsFuture Bible HeroesThe 6thsTiger LilliesWarp RecordsRephlex RecordsDance Corp!BBC Essential mixes from the mid 90setcetc etc
>>522521977Did you say BBC storage?
>>522521977Stars of the Lidhttps://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2608573ASOIAFhttps://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5536103Delphi Complete works of...https://thehiddenbay.com/torrent/20381749/Delphi_Complete_Works_[126_ebooks][EPUB_MOBI]_-_HYPATIAWestern paintings!!!https://rutracker.org/forum/tracker.php?pid=28206814MOVIES:The Guard & Calvary by John Micheal McDonoughThese Final Hours100 Bloody AcresCoherenceSlackerTriangleBodies Bodies Bodies (?, not bad for a modern movie, not too short for a midget)LockeThe SurvivalistRomper StomperNovember (2017)Hard to Be a GodTemptation of St TonyEverything this guy uploaded:https://rutracker.org/forum/tracker.php?pid=11878945Jonas MekasCocteauGreenawayTribulation 99Experimental Czech animationExperimental Short Films in general:https://thehiddenbay.com/search/experimental%20short%20films/1/99/100,200,600
>>522521977Use a VPN, or a phone (flud is a good android torrenting app), then transfer to laptop of desktop and burn to disk for decades long storage. If it's worth archiving, it's worth making 20 copies of and giving away copies. Archival romanticism:"Archival romanticism" is a term used to describe a genre where romantic themes, like longing and quests, are intertwined with the exploration of historical archives and documents. It can also refer to the study of how the British Romantic period itself was deeply concerned with archives, materiality, and the nature of time, as explored in texts by poets like Shelley and Keats. Both uses highlight a connection between the emotional intensity of romanticism and the physical, often fragile, records of the past. The "romance of the archive" as a literary genreGenre: A narrative genre that features a search for knowledge or love within an archive.Themes: Common themes include unrequited love, a longing for something missing, and a quest for a lost person or piece of information.Examples: A. S. Byatt's novel *Possession* is a classic example of this genre. The Romantic period and archivesArchival fever: The Romantic period (roughly 1780–1830) was marked by a strong awareness of "archival fever," or the impulse to collect and preserve alongside a simultaneous anxiety about loss and the waywardness of objects.Materiality of paper: Poets like Shelley and Keats used the image of "scattered leaves" as a metaphor for their archival anxieties, reflecting the precariousness of paper during the age of mass production.Spectrality and loss: The era's focus on the past and the ephemeral nature of life brought themes of loss and spectrality to the forefront, often connected to archival materials.Examples: Scholars study how Romantic poets engaged with archival materials, whether through digitizing their manuscripts (like those in the Shelley-Godwin Archive) or examining the physical artifacts of the time.
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>>522521977Any good philosophical books torrent?Btw if I got a SSD already, should I get a HDD for media ?HDD is slower but if not used for programs that need speed ig is a good option also my laptop has no burner, but I was thinking about getting one to storage my mixtapes in an old school way, I would rather record them on Cassets like Fenriz of Darkthrone but that tech is not available here and import is so damn expensive
>>522523103he hit that reset button real quick, lol
>>522523463>philosophyASOIAF?lol no i don't read philosophy but maybe that Delphi complete works of torrent has a few?Personally I like the ideas of the syncretist, Robert Anton Wilson but he's not for everybody and, frankly, his books arent that well written.Reminder that anything can be philosophical if looked at with a turned on brain. I used to take substances (not recommended) and lay in bed examining where ideas came from, and having hilarious conversations and banter all within my own mind, screenplays and movies and etc. What I mean is that, in effect, being your own philosopher is good, too. But we can all see where that got me so...
>>522523463>HDDs v SSD v DVDI lost 20 TB (a lot for the time) on 5 deparate devices during one cross country move, 10 years of my life, back ups of back up, and the only thing remaining were the DVDs and CDs that I'd urned before getting into HDDs and SSds. For the last few years I've been a huge propontnet of DVDs only but after interacting with a few anonshere I'm thinking probably, after getting everything I want archived on DVD and secure, I'll do what I said I'd bever do & go on and rebuild my system and get an HDD and SSD so I can have access to everything and organize it better. In short, probably having all the varieties of data storage you can afford is a safe bet, but I am partial to DVDs.Simple, small, durable. After a lifetime of saving & sorting through that 20 TB collection on random for decade+, endless playlists (lost! all lost! fuck that was hard) I'm not in the "consolidation" phase (am also older) and trying to just focus on the cream of the crop and not waste time with other things (I know, asoiaf is ...a weakness, or some chronic mania I have developed, your pick)Cassettes aren't available in ES? Thats no good! HDDs worked about as fast as SSds in my remembered experience but its horrible when your meticulously maintained and selected HDD crashes all at once and you lose EVERYTHING, so there pros & cons & depends on size of your library & what you can afford? A mix of all three would be the best, I'm guessing. Or, just SSDs and DVDs? I really am partial to something I have certainty wont brick on me if I drop it or the power goes out (and there goes YEARS of work and money and TBs of treasures!) I dont sell DVDs, lol, or whatever... I say it over and over so people will avoid the pain I went through!Hey, ever seen this movie?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witching_%26_BitchingPretty good,
>>522521977>Warp Records>Rephlex Recordsnice + checked
>>522525139Uh I have never seen Mexican directed movies, most, closest may be once upon a time in mexico, 20 tb sounds like a hard to lose I will go with DVDs for pdfs and pictures maybe (movies are hard to watch more than once for me btw) and Mp3s for the Mixtapes which are my equivalent of Playlists since I like to curate as much as posible what I lisent to, Im a metalhead, so yeah I didn't meat to sell either is just to make sure I keep them along the way hopefully until I die since they can last 40-50 years I thinkGodspeed anon good thread
>>522523463also, if you like fennz, maybe you'll enjoy this soundtrack with biosphere and a rare artist not many know about, Julien Neto?https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3761010or, all at once here:https://cdm.link/app/uploads/media/podcasts/2010/CDMsounds_Osmos.mp3review:https://cdm.link/exclusive-free-soundtrack-osmos-featuring-gas-julien-neto-loscil-high-skies/Julien Neto:https://rutracker.org/forum/tracker.php?nm=julien%20netoGL,anon
>>522525931I believe he's from Spain but easy mistake to make. Thanks for the appreciative comment. (-_-)Good luck and be well, anon.
>>522526522I also get content from russian websites XDThanks anon
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>>522521977>• Best for long-term offline preservation: DVDsMagnetic is better than optical. You fit more data on optical media, but it doesn't last nearly as long as a magnetic tape would, especially if you're constantly reading and writing all the time, that optical media will last less than 10 years, while under the same constant reading and writing conditions the magnetic tape will last more than 20.
>>522527027I started collecting files in about 2001, and if I try to play any of the files I downloaded back then, even the music I grabbed at 320kbps, they just sound like crap. The bass is terrible, the midrange…well don’t get me started. Some of those albums have degraded down to 32 or even 16kbps. FLAC rips from the same period still sound great, even if they weren’t stored correctly, in a cool, dry place. Seriously, stick to FLAC, you may not be able to hear the difference now, but in a year or two, you’ll be glad you did.
>>522522992What does the 1 mean? I understand that it's a very low score for how hard he punched, but I don't know anything about that machine or how it works.Also, does anyone have a good idea of what score a White woman is likely to get on that machine? Just for reference.
Do HDDs really last less than a decade? That's insane when they're like $300 for 25TB so not cheap by my definition.
>>522521977You forgot about SD/TF cards that range from 64GB to 1TB while being the size of your fingernail.Very cheap, very compact, much larger storage.
>>522521977>HDDs>• Shorter practical lifespan (3–7 yrs on average)Only if they're constantly running.I have a working 20-year-old HDD that has 80 days of power on hours.If there are affordable TB of CDs, I's would gladly use them.
way ahead of you op making copies of codex pajeet 3
>>522527711If you are just using HDD's as a storage, you need to physically rotated them every couple years, so that lubricants inside HDD don't just settle in one spot. If that happens, discs inside burn instantly.
What's wild is seeing 5.5" floppy disks from the 1980s still work.
>>522521977>not mentioning tapes OP what are you doing
>>522528748Because he doesn't know about data center magnetic tape storage
>>522521977Already ahead of you OP
>>522528889That costs thousands of dollars for a few TB.
>>522528102>I have a working 20-year-old HDD that has 80 days of power on hours.I've got a Hitachi hard drive with over 80k power on hours. I've also got an SSD with more hours on it but can no longer read its stats, still can read and write to it, I just keep it plugged in to see how long it can go.
>>522521977Meh... going forward I'm just going to have AI generate data as needed.
>>522529245>That costs thousands of dollars for a few TB.Tapes are the cheapest log term storage medium, but the cost of the Reader/Writer are what the thousands is.Definitely better than trying to Burn all your shit to CD's and keep it organized, for a worse case situation.
>>522528085this is true and i use one to transfer files from phone to laptop to burn but I hear they fail quickly and have a shorter lifespan?Still they seem to outperform or at least seem competitive when compared toHDDs in cold storage situations. I'll add it, next time I post.*thumbs up*>>522528291that would be crazy. i have this one cd that is scratched like you would never believe...and works fine. not even a single skip! its like a mythical CD! then I have one with two tiny pinprick dots and the damn thing glitches and skips right from the start. but a floppy disk from the 80s sounds like some real archival mysticism stuff, like Bruce Sterling dead media project. I have a paranoid thought that 'technology leaders' are pushing for more obsolescence, re daa storage (and everything really) and an ideal data storage medium already exists but they're trying to push people away from it to disrupt, destroy that huge chunk of time when everyone was torrenting and now has enough media to last a lifetime and etc. anyways would be funny if that ideal data storage was floppy!>>522528102>If there are affordable TB of CDs, I's would gladly use them.i would, too.>Only if they're constantly running.>I have a working 20-year-old HDD that has 80 days of power on hours.I have heard they dry up if unused and anyways, one drop. one power outage while in use, one time when you pull a wire wrong the thing falls, or one cross-country drive (even though I had them by the AC output and cushioned with towels, somehow 3 HDDs and 2 SDDs (and my 2000 dollar HP z-workstation, which was a pita to begin with), all bricked.
>>522529390funny
>>522521977>Immune to EMPThe players aren't, kek, and require electricity, durr>Tell me you're a globe earther who thinks France is sideways in real life without telling meHONK
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>>522521977disc rot is a thing. earliest generation DVDs are already crumbling. your precious discs from the late 90s will crumble to dust soon as well.
>>522521977Why should I care about storing digital media lmao it's all available to stream 24/7Dumbass data hoarders.>hey lets all copy the same 1's and 0's and then whoever's copy lasts the longest gets bragging rights!sheer stupidity on fool display
Time to come to terms with the fact entropy is king of the universe and everything will be lost some day. hoarding data seems like futile rebellion against that fact
>>522526522>soundtrack with biospherethe swedish film insomnia has a great biosphere soundtrack as wellmake sure to avoid the shit hollywood remake tho
>>522527684its a penis length measuring machine
>>522532687Overblown. Mainly affects discs from a key few plants/production runs. All my CDs from the late 80s are fine, all my DVDs from the 90s/00s are fine. Nobody knows when disc rot will affect "healthy" discs, it may be 100 years or more.if you're burning shit onto a DVD, it will just naturally corrupt some day before "disc rot" proper sets in.
>>522533221one does not survive the apocalypse. one merely delays it.
