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1. Trash Panda [shapeshifter era] (raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:42:21 JST Trash Panda [shapeshifter era]

   Recommendation needed for usb sticks that write stuff faster than the turtle speed mine does.

   • Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:42:19 JST Bricky

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     @raccoon Either a PSSD or a stick that uses SLC memory like the ones Sonizoon and eVtran make. How much storage space do you need?
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:42:19 JST Dushman

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     I recommend samsung for ssds or flash drives, their flash storage chips are usually quite performant and long lasting.

   • Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:46:00 JST Bricky

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     @dushman Pre-saging my suggestion to stick an NVMe drive in a USB enclosure.
     
     @raccoon
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:46:00 JST Dushman

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     Yeah that will last longer and be significantly faster on anything that supports USB 3.1+. If the size isn't an issue, still fits in your pocket though. You can get those enclosures for cheap on like AliExpress.

   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:49:26 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     Dawg USB 3 is capable of 10 gigabits per second, slower than PCIe sure but it will be faster than any flash drive.

   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:49:27 JST 翠星石

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     @thatbrickster @dushman @raccoon That would really be a waste of money, as USB 3.0 is slower than PCIe.
     
     A M.2 SATA SSD in a USB enclosure would be acceptably fast.
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:49:58 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     USB 3.1*

   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:53:03 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     Can you stop being extremely pedantic for 5 seconds? I'm talking about those small consumer USB flash drives obv.

   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:53:04 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman @thatbrickster @raccoon A M.2 SATA SSD plugged into USB 3.0 is a flash drive, as the SSD is made out of flash.
     
     The differences between a usb flash drive and a SATA or NVME flash SSD is poorer vs higher-quality proprietary flash control software and a single lower quality and slower NAND vs higher quality and faster NAND chips.
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:55:43 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     Also raccoon has an old m.2 SSD he can reuse for this, an enclosure alone is gonna be cheaper.

   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:57:34 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     People like you are why normies get scared off from using free/open source software

   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:57:35 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman @thatbrickster @raccoon No.
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:00:49 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest Open source software is proprietary That's some certified GNU/brainrot

   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:00:50 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman @thatbrickster @raccoon GNU/Jihad against "open source" and all other forms of proprietary software!
     
     FREE SOFTWARE.
     
     Many normies should be scared off from using computers (it'll be better for them tbh), but of course the government and proprietary software companies can't let that happen.
   • Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:01:05 JST Bricky

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     @Suiseiseki Both @dushman and I have already given the best answer; reusing an old drive is cheaper and most likely faster than a thumb drive.
     
     I feel sorry for @raccoon. He's probably muted this already, should if not.
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   • Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:01:06 JST Bricky

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     @Suiseiseki Let me end this tangent by saying eSATA Did Nothing Wrong and is the ideologically superior option.
     
     Let's answer the original question, please. The answer depends on storage space as speed is somewhat correlated on what is needed.
     
     @dushman @raccoon
   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:01:06 JST 翠星石

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     @thatbrickster @dushman @raccoon eSATA does have multiple problems tbh.
     
     Hotplug SATA with included SATA power should have been made the standard interface for storage ago tbh.
     
     The Thinkpad T500, R400, R500 and W500 implement it, but pretty much no other laptop does and it's rare for desktops other than for certain server motherboards?
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:02:55 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     I use both, no difference for the end user if you ask me. The fact that someone can make a proprietary fork of permissive licensed software I use doesn't take away any freedom from me.

   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:04:56 JST Dushman

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
     Lol It's not the same thing. If you can view the code but not modify and redistribute it then it's just proprietary.

   • Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:04:57 JST Bricky

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     @dushman In @Suiseiseki's mind, 'open source' can mean source-available under a proprietary licence.
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:07:09 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
     Meh, I use FOSS for mostly pragmatic reasons anyway. The more the better, whether it's made by enthusiasts or a corporation.

   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:07:10 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman @thatbrickster @raccoon "open source" is about bootlicking corporates, who don't like to hear about the word of freedom and therefore such movement seeks to silence such discussions.
     
     Also, for every single "open source" project, if adding proprietary software would give any technical benefit at all, such proprietary software is always added and never removed unless and until it becomes totally obsolete.
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:08:50 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world
     Bleh, no point arguing semantics. Your definition is fundamentally different.
     What do you even mean by "natural meaning"?

   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:08:51 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman @thatbrickster If the source code is publicly viewable, all the criteria for the natural meaning of "open source" has been met.
   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:09:45 JST Dushman

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @thatbrickster@shitposter.world
     That would be like saying that the natural meaning of free software is that it doesn't cost money, your definitions are fucking stupid dawg.

   • mischievoustomato@0.5dollah.click's status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:12:57 JST mischievoustomato

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     @dushman @Suiseiseki @raccoon @thatbrickster This guy singlehandedly turns off people from that shit lmao

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   • Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 23:14:10 JST Dushman

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     @mischievoustomato@0.5dollah.click @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest @thatbrickster@shitposter.world
     Literally

   • 聖騎士 (deadheat@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 01:34:27 JST 聖騎士

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     @Suiseiseki @dushman @raccoon @thatbrickster
     >Many normies should be scared off from using computers (it'll be better for them tbh)
     
     This is happening, but it's not better for them because they are using smartphones instead.
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