Post AUTsfxbQb68BwPp1Ie by dushman@asbestos.cafe
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(DIR) Post #AUM0E4slo3ybGgRog4 by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-05T21:11:57.884560Z
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People often ask me why it takes time for me to repair their laptop.Maybe because I do a backup of their system, make a hash, restore the backup, see if it works, do a second backup and check the hash, then burn it on bd-r and check the hash again.Depending on the state of the hardware it can take time.Of course I could do without any backup and just do like when I began until data loss day, which happened.Maybe I also do a Ram test, which takes time.Maybe I do a SMART/badblock check of the HDD.Maybe I check the electronics.People are so used to tech either just reinstalling windows or installing ccleaner without further explanation of what they did with no reports, nothing at all to justify their worktime/fees that they seem angry when someone does a tasks that seems "the same" but takes longer.
(DIR) Post #AUTC4w5F5QA0RMQjPE by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T08:27:46.971670Z
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@mangeurdenuage >then burn it on bd-r and check the hash againThat seems extremely redundant, I'd just do a dump to an external hdd and hash it.
(DIR) Post #AUTCOAhOyEwxGtS2NM by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T08:31:14.799835Z
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@mangeurdenuage Windows is so clusterfucked that sometimes reinstalling it and restoring their personal stuff like photos or whatever is the much less painful option. I used to work in tech support, I always just did a backup of the whole user directory to an external drive just in case something went wrong.
(DIR) Post #AUTCghcrHx20bXA8Jc by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T08:34:36.529926Z
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@mangeurdenuage No need to backup the windows bloat.
(DIR) Post #AUTCsSoQBsRK8VBA36 by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T08:36:44.015574Z
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@mangeurdenuage Includes their documents, pics, browser settings and so on. Backing up windows system files is kinda useless cuz reinstalling windows and restoring user data is quicker than restoring a full disk image anyway.
(DIR) Post #AUTKahLEESC3cOZ1dY by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:03:09.860712Z
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@mangeurdenuage Why the laughing emote lel?
(DIR) Post #AUTKhLsSQvZp4lHNdA by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:04:20.984369Z
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@dushman >do a dump to an external hddHDD>platter motor dies>magnetic head motor dies>mangetic head dies>data loss ensured if you can't pay for hdd data recoveryVSOptical storage>CD motor dies>replace it>lens dies>replace it>scratch on the optical medium>can still try recovering data thanks to ECC error correction in the optical medium and maybe further if you used dvdisaster to make more paritybits.
(DIR) Post #AUTKpsMrWDcs9xZ7KK by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:05:54.427178Z
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@mangeurdenuage Ah I'm not that paranoid. I don't use busted old drives for that.
(DIR) Post #AUTKtMe1PHhAvjFs3s by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:06:32.211075Z
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@mangeurdenuage Never had a new non worn down drive just die right in front of me
(DIR) Post #AUTLAfExWOCnWimVSy by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:09:38.257594Z
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@dushman >Windows is so clusterfucked that sometimes reinstalling it and restoring their personal stuff like photos or whateverI'm aware, I've been working in the field for a few decades.But you also need to be able to restore everything as it was, not only for legal reason but also for disturbed people who are not sastified with what you did.Not happy ? Want me to put how everything is ? No problem, now they can fuck off and ask for some big brain who only knows how to install windows and adobe reader to do it.>is the much less painful optionIt's especially the most economically safe. Outside of course of GNU/linux OS.>I used to work in tech support, I always just did a backup of the whole user directory to an external drive just in case something went wrong.I had HDD dies on my suddenly while I had backups on them, never again. Optical didn't fail me until this year and it was because I bought cheap LTH coated BD-R instead of the hardened coat, I knew what I was getting in tho, that's why I didn't burn important stuff and just animu on them.
(DIR) Post #AUTLG8Vg7o0VkkD95k by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:10:38.791795Z
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@dushman Again as said, there are legal requirements. If people want it as they want you have too.
(DIR) Post #AUTLTkGH4pAwbNUlG4 by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:13:06.438692Z
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@mangeurdenuage Here though the standards are low lmao. You're lucky if they even bother to backup anything at all.
(DIR) Post #AUTLVD2Fa91o8EdLX6 by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:13:21.871729Z
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@dushman >I'm not that paranoid.People call it paranoid until it happens to them.>I don't use busted old drives for that.:kekw: if only you experienced what I have experienced.
(DIR) Post #AUTLX2tKGfctFZKpRw by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:13:42.555702Z
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@mangeurdenuage Let's just say most requirements are taken as more of a suggestion lole
(DIR) Post #AUTLcjMDo7tOP7YsMK by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:14:43.159605Z
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@dushman I'm aware, But corporations can just tell people to fuck off without consequences, as an independent you're fucked if karren isn't happy with what you did.
(DIR) Post #AUTLeB9ZwpFutyL39E by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:14:59.906531Z
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@mangeurdenuage Did you have a new drive just die right in front of you? For me the drive that lasted the shortest time ever still lasted around 10 years.
(DIR) Post #AUTLjT4ckUBTvaXixk by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:15:57.271620Z
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@mangeurdenuage I did my job and never lost anyone's documents or anything
(DIR) Post #AUTLu0tDsNexhcEqzQ by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:17:50.776227Z
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@mangeurdenuage If I backed up a full drive image they'd give me shit for taking too long
(DIR) Post #AUTLw8TwcRs5pRQWum by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:18:13.910985Z
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@dushman I had drives dying in front of me after 1 hour of usage, I had drives never dying, I had drives dying exactly the day after the warranty ended, I have enough experience with drives to just uses the high end ones WD produces and they have been lowering their quality since 2012 and I'm angry about it.Thus another reason for burn on 25/50 and 100GB BD-R which can live at least 10 years and more without issue.
(DIR) Post #AUTM0hT0UKH7UUAHFA by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:19:04.143088Z
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@mangeurdenuage If I was backing up full drive images they'd have given me shit for taking too long
(DIR) Post #AUTM5aAj2OgmJWwSJc by Komnene@cawfee.club
2023-04-09T10:19:57.053159Z
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@mangeurdenuage @dushman >I had drives dying exactly the day after the warranty endedThis is too relatable
(DIR) Post #AUTMBt4tetLsggDp0y by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:21:04.757230Z
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@mangeurdenuage I've had the worst experiences with flash drives and ad cards lel
(DIR) Post #AUTMF3k8SinadL1WVM by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:21:39.818854Z
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@mangeurdenuage Also cheapo ssds. Had one die like 3 years in.
(DIR) Post #AUTMGPbseC6gk3o7Ie by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:21:54.475473Z
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@mangeurdenuage Guess I'm lucky lole.
(DIR) Post #AUTMHe24ViDPlIe6fw by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:22:06.884790Z
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@dushman >they'd give me shit for taking too longSame and each time some user tells me to do that, I ask if he want me to not respect procedure, and if he says yes then I'll do it, then he can blame himself if something happens, which happened to one at the beginning of the year, faggot gave me 3 hours to "fix" is broken PC, told him that's not how I work, he told me to do it anyway, warned him, two days after I got threats that he wasn't happy and wanted to go back.Can't really go back if I don't have a backup of that moment.
(DIR) Post #AUTMOlWT3nZ11HG6mO by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:23:24.277255Z
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@mangeurdenuage (Note: I always have at least 2 offline backups of important stuff like my password dbs, keys and so on.) I'm not reckless lel
(DIR) Post #AUTMRgDbEp1BRAp600 by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:23:56.081600Z
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@dushman NAND tech is unreliable AF.happened to a customer a few years ago, stored all the companies data on a 128GB USB key and the thing fried, no data recoverable.Again another person which I had warned "nah it can't happen it's reliable".
(DIR) Post #AUTMWtP7dn9jmRhMIq by 1iceloops123@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:24:52.619420Z
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@mangeurdenuage @dushman I had Seagates die on me within few months. But I have few Toshibas and wds still working fine.
(DIR) Post #AUTMbFKs2gBUxRmmA4 by 1iceloops123@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:25:40.224768Z
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@mangeurdenuage @dushman same
(DIR) Post #AUTMf3nOtBEUKGwtOa by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:26:20.614320Z
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@mangeurdenuage >happened to a customer a few years ago, stored all the companies data on a 128GB USBThat has to be the most retarded way to store sensitive data. I always have my important stuff backed up on at least 2 offline hard drives.
(DIR) Post #AUTMgVf0m3zz2JiSoa by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:26:37.493636Z
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@mangeurdenuage The flash chips in those are fucking horrible
(DIR) Post #AUTMk2YWvTwLvdMscK by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T10:27:14.539232Z
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@dushman >That has to be the most retarded way to store sensitive data. Most user are digitally illiterate :shrug:
(DIR) Post #AUTMpIVH3r2UpwLsno by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:28:12.724412Z
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@mangeurdenuage >Most user are digitally illiterateTrue that
(DIR) Post #AUTN4wjJmYd7wONnMW by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:31:02.464057Z
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@mangeurdenuage >At least 2 offline backups And usually several online copies depending on what it is
(DIR) Post #AUTNhlRpf7qAFBiJma by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:38:00.911937Z
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@mangeurdenuage For the tech support stuff though, the odds of my external drive just dying during the short window of time when it was the only were slim, so I just went with that. Most of the time I didn't even have to reinstall windows in the first place and then it wasn't the only copy for a short period of time.
(DIR) Post #AUTNvmYGM6KRimPDxA by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:40:35.385329Z
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@mangeurdenuage And doing at least that was still a higher standard than most lmao
(DIR) Post #AUTO6wUziCt9l2CNvs by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:42:35.447327Z
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@mangeurdenuage Especially for an unofficial cash in hand kinda deal. I was just doing it as a side job.
(DIR) Post #AUTO8c5kYYUT2rBh1U by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:42:54.548825Z
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@mangeurdenuage Advertising on like the local equivalent of Craigslist
(DIR) Post #AUTOVJAL5ZAz0X9j16 by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:47:00.625786Z
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@mangeurdenuage My protection against normie karens was them not even knowing my legal name. I never did anyone dirty so my conscience is clear.
(DIR) Post #AUTP1UQckYb3Cl7OsK by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:52:49.625954Z
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@mangeurdenuage >ccleanerMan ccleaner is fucking garbage. I used BleachBit for cleaning up temp files and caches on windows.
(DIR) Post #AUTP3MI7ySj2Y02Fjk by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:53:09.759236Z
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@mangeurdenuage It's free as in free beer and is in free software lole
(DIR) Post #AUTP4VnS7SyAJiElv6 by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:53:22.371274Z
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@mangeurdenuage Unlike ccleaner
(DIR) Post #AUTPL3pNMQ8gUn1nMW by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T10:56:21.782056Z
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@1iceloops123 @mangeurdenuage Unfortunate that a lot of WD drives use SMR these days. Return to tradition.
(DIR) Post #AUTmtTHlVs6QF9gTuS by anotherposter@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T15:20:18.031980Z
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@mangeurdenuage @dushman can you recommend any reading material, like a book, that touches on subjects like this and other things in general? i'd like to know more about computers and the many many things inside them. i know a little bit about software side of things (not much, but i'm reading MOS so should catch up and have some other books on sw lined up) so i want to know more about hardware side of things.
(DIR) Post #AUTnW0WwMGk8M29pjs by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T15:27:15.754225Z
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@anotherposter @mangeurdenuage What do you specifically wanna know about hardware? Just curious.
(DIR) Post #AUToaJ6VLNHV4WPGme by anotherposter@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T15:39:14.943303Z
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@dushman @mangeurdenuage i don't know anything! so i want to get started!
(DIR) Post #AUTq7uTTWQNKU7jnxg by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T15:56:31.346833Z
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@anotherposter @mangeurdenuage Nothing at all? That's unprecedented on fedi.
(DIR) Post #AUTqAKPm30XfW59y1A by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T15:56:57.598814Z
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@anotherposter @mangeurdenuage >MOSWhat are you referring to?
(DIR) Post #AUTqS9kYRCjheWNfJw by anotherposter@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T16:00:11.100256Z
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@dushman @mangeurdenuage It's Modern Operating Systems, a book by Andrew Tanenbaum. i've started reading these non-fiction books a few weeks ago, before that i'd only read fiction :D
(DIR) Post #AUTrEPaOrWPKfSdnt2 by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:08:54.150298Z
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@anotherposter @mangeurdenuage Not actually but there's a pretty high proportion of people working in IT over here
(DIR) Post #AUTrKzRITRYJbNWILI by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:10:04.890522Z
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@anotherposter @mangeurdenuage Oh that one. I forgot about the abbreviation.
(DIR) Post #AUTrq9b0lHHe4yvKiG by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:15:42.898035Z
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@anotherposter @mangeurdenuage At least I know enough to co admin our vps lel
(DIR) Post #AUTrtTCgJkDvlB7oOG by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T16:16:18.421074Z
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@anotherposter @dushman >so i want to know more about hardware side of thingsThe best book ever for starters on that subject is "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" by charles Petzold.I consider that this book should be mandatory in any computer course. You can't go lower than this, outside of how the physics of electronics work, and can't simplify more for education.The "Anotated Turing", also by charles petzold, is a good book to understand the underlying mathematics of computerscience.
(DIR) Post #AUTrzL9PAdswWQOKoq by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T16:17:22.300234Z
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@anotherposter @dushman If you started to read tanenbaums works then you'll have a good time reading petzold's work too.
(DIR) Post #AUTs9qaX8pOkv55gzA by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:19:16.935254Z
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@anotherposter @mangeurdenuage I set up Minecraft and Mumble for us. Mumble is voip software btw, great alternative to discord. You can self host it on just about any machine due to its very low resource usage.
(DIR) Post #AUTsBpGb1fXDOri0UC by anotherposter@shitposter.club
2023-04-09T16:19:38.560060Z
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@mangeurdenuage @dushman oh, i think i've read almost 60% of Code, it is a nice book that i need to finish. i'll read ``anotated turing'' after finishing MOS.Thanks!
(DIR) Post #AUTsF243tskbxcNJ4q by usernameswift@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:20:13.387237Z
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@dushman @anotherposter @mangeurdenuage You managed to fix the SSL certs; that's something
(DIR) Post #AUTsGJ8jtqQtD0Aeps by Zergling_man@birds.garden
2023-04-09T16:20:26.107734Z
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@dushman @mangeurdenuage @anotherposter Minecraft, on the other hand, is absolutely proprietary.
(DIR) Post #AUTsIOUUyZUINqLMA4 by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:20:49.579818Z
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@usernameswift @anotherposter @mangeurdenuage Yeah with no server documentation because we're very responsible and forward thinking lmao
(DIR) Post #AUTsfxbQb68BwPp1Ie by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:25:04.357034Z
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@Zergling_man @anotherposter @mangeurdenuage Unfortunately it is. I wonder how minetest will turn out in the future lel.
(DIR) Post #AUTsjhx4jFIUYjjaFc by usernameswift@asbestos.cafe
2023-04-09T16:25:45.929750Z
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@dushman @Zergling_man @anotherposter @mangeurdenuage Minetest w/ Mineclone is pretty good these days
(DIR) Post #AUTt3s1YzPcDadRon2 by Zergling_man@birds.garden
2023-04-09T16:29:23.390194Z
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@usernameswift @mangeurdenuage @anotherposter @dushman mineclone 2 or 5?Also, I like nodecore as being actually just cool and good in its own right instead of trying to mimic minecraft.
(DIR) Post #AUTtB8NQaaUGKl8dLU by alfredohno@snowdin.town
2023-04-09T16:30:14.303144Z
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@usernameswift @dushman @Zergling_man @anotherposter @mangeurdenuage I was pretty happy with it, it could seriously use some nicer lighting, though, it feels like MC alpha. Past that I mean, it feels ~weird~ cos of the differences but not bad