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Stephen Foskett<p>This is an ignominious end to a once-great (well at least half decent) <a href="https://techfieldday.net/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> protocol. Pour one out for AFP!</p>
Fishercat<p>It's berry season in the Northern Hemisphere, so I'm sharing my annual PSA on how to help them last longer: give them a quick dunk in hot water.</p><p>Raspberries:<br>Blackberries: 30 seconds @ 125 F/52 C<br>Strawberries:</p><p>Blueberries: 30 seconds @ 140 F/60 C</p><p>I've done this for years, and it works beautifully. </p><p><a href="https://www.curiouscook.com/site/2009/08/prolonging-the-life-of-berries.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">curiouscook.com/site/2009/08/p</span><span class="invisible">rolonging-the-life-of-berries.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/berries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>berries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaroldMcGee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaroldMcGee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a></p>
vermaden<p>Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟮 - 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗡𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱 - 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘇𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 to the 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗡𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗡𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘 article.</p><p><a href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale/#truenas-core-dead-long-live-zvault" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04</span><span class="invisible">/20/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale/#truenas-core-dead-long-live-zvault</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/truenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truenas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zvault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zvault</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zfs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/nas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/core" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>core</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>New blogpost, sharing my work and testing for online file management solutions. Open source mostly, here and there some things aren't. My solution for my needs may not be yours but this is just what I'm doing, or have tried, up to now. I'm liking Tiny File Manager, though I've tweaked it a bit to use ViewerJS not Google doc viewer. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filemanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filemanagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demicrosofting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demicrosofting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> </p><p>Online File Management on Limited Budgets</p><p><a href="https://penworks.net/blog/online-file-management-on-limited-budgets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">penworks.net/blog/online-file-</span><span class="invisible">management-on-limited-budgets</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>The installer now prefers disks over 1GB <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250506012122" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250506012122</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/installer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>installer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osinstall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a></p>
steve mookie kong<p>New storage for my Panasonic Lumix S9.</p><p><a href="https://suigow.xyz/tags/sdxc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sdxc</span></a> <a href="https://suigow.xyz/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Call for testing and comment: Make the installer prefer &gt;1G disks <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250502060000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250502060000</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/installer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>installer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softraid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softraid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/keydisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keydisks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/partitioning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partitioning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/configuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>configuration</span></a></p>
🎅 SantaOS 🎅<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SantaOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SantaOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/i2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i2p</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyphanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hyphanet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freenet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kali</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kalilinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kalilinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a 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target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/download" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>download</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/torrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torrent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monero</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/santa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>santa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invidious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invidious</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mp3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mp3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/files" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>files</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>live</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iso</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Karen Strickholm<p>I love me some BlueQ zip bags! Mine hold stitch markers and such.</p><p>Made of recycled feed sacks, melted down and rolled into fabric, then printed, cut and sewn.</p><p>Sturdy as hell, well priced, the zipper bags come in various sizes. They also make funny socks and dish towels. Available from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlueQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueQ</span></a> website.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shopping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organizing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Recycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recycle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knitting</span></a> @Knitting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Knitstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knitstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FiberArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiberArts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FibreArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FibreArts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NeedleArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeedleArts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Creator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Creator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crafts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HandMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandMade</span></a></p>
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Synthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synthetic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phthalates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phthalates</span></a>, found in consumer products such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/containers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>containers</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shampoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shampoo</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makeup</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perfume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perfume</span></a>, &amp; children’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toys</span></a>, may have contributed to more than 10% of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 in people btwn age 55 &amp; 64. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/health/phthalates-heart-disease-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/29/health/phth</span><span class="invisible">alates-heart-disease-wellness/index.html</span></a> (1/2)</p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>Why buying refurbished drives for your NAS is a good&nbsp;idea</p><p>An article I read recently claimed it's dumb to buy refurbished hard drives for your NAS because "refurbished drives were returned because they weren't working, so why would you want your precious data stored on them." This is dumb. Let's talk about why.<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/hardDrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardDrives</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a><br><a href="https://blog.kamens.us/2025/04/29/why-buying-refurbished-drives-for-your-nas-is-a-good-idea/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.kamens.us/2025/04/29/why-</span><span class="invisible">buying-refurbished-drives-for-your-nas-is-a-good-idea/</span></a></p>
Hessenhelden<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.hetzner.social/@hetzner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hetzner</span></a></span> <br>Das ist ja cool. Schön das ihr im <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> seit. Ich persönlich bin seit Ende März <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storageshare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storageshare</span></a> Kunde und es läuft alles geschmeidig. 💪 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hetzner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hetzner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Share</span></a></p>
Lowyat.NET<p>Synology Is Cracking Down On Third-Party NAS Hard Drives <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>synology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.lowyat.net/2025/348851/synology-third-party-nas-drives/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lowyat.net/2025/348851/synolog</span><span class="invisible">y-third-party-nas-drives/</span></a></p>
Lowyat.NET<p>China’s Fudan University Develops Smallest, Fastest Flash Memory Device <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dawn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flashmemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashmemory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fudanuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fudanuniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poxiao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poxiao</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prototype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prototype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.lowyat.net/2025/348763/china-fudan-university-develops-smallest-fastest-flash-memory-device/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lowyat.net/2025/348763/china-f</span><span class="invisible">udan-university-develops-smallest-fastest-flash-memory-device/</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Look at the year 2K17 yet I still used DVD storage to boot ghostBSD!</p><p>.🖋️ <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ghostBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ghostBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/sh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zsh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ksh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ksh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/csh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>csh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/tksh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tksh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/tcsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tcsh</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/DVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POSIX</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/fresh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fresh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
Winbuzzer<p>Synology Set to Broaden Hard Drive Restrictions to 2025 Plus NAS Models</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HardDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VendorLockIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VendorLockIn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataStorage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/19/synology-set-to-broaden-hard-drive-restrictions-to-2025-plus-nas-models-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winbuzzer.com/2025/04/19/synol</span><span class="invisible">ogy-set-to-broaden-hard-drive-restrictions-to-2025-plus-nas-models-xcxwbn/</span></a></p>
st1nger :unverified: 🏴‍☠️ :linux: :freebsd:<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synology</span></a> upcoming Plus Series <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> will restrict full functionality to users who install the company's self-branded hard drives. While third-party drives will still work for basic storage, critical features including drive health monitoring, volume-wide deduplication, lifespan analysis, and automatic firmware updates will be disabled <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/pc-components</span><span class="invisible">/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p>Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs</p><p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/pc-components</span><span class="invisible">/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hdd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hdd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues - A year-two update on the How long can SSDs store data unpow... - <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/unpowered-ssd-endurance-investigation-finds-severe-data-loss-and-performance-issues-reminds-us-of-the-importance-of-refreshing-backups" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/pc-components</span><span class="invisible">/storage/unpowered-ssd-endurance-investigation-finds-severe-data-loss-and-performance-issues-reminds-us-of-the-importance-of-refreshing-backups</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pccomponents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pccomponents</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>The UK has more self-storage units than any other country in Europe (although the per person levels may more similar?), which might imply:</p><p>as we become more packed into small (new) houses we need somewhere to put stuff when we form new households?</p><p>for those forced into a cycle of moves from rented home to rented home it offers some stability where one's belongings can reside... or</p><p>perhaps, seeking security in something we just hoard possessions?</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> </p><p>h/t Elaine Moore (FT)</p>