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But MDW doesn't go much of anywhere long distance does it? I always have to take ORD to AMS or NRT for example. Do you visit the Chicago area for work or personals?

As much as I dislike the stupid seating system at EWR, I'd rather go through from there than either NYC airport. Of course I abhor ORD. I've been stuck overnight too many times.

I had to make connection from JFK to LGA once years ago and it was RIDICULOUS. :(

Why is it a struggle?

Yes. EWR is another option (heavily Untied) and a larger airport than LGR. In the Southland you have Burbank to the north, Ontario and SNA as alternatives. I was in Ontario once due to the fogs, and maybe SNA when it was the Orange Country airport. BUR is more accessible to Ventura Co. and...

But you were not using a camera, I take it? It's not a good idea to do wedding shoots for family or friends. I'm not sure how many times you have been married (and divorced), but that seems like weird advice for Americans anyways.

I have no idea of most of what you say, but it seems quite hopeless for a normal person. It sounds like you cannot easily do an upgrade without an account. My 2021 computer that came with 11 Home was demanding of an account just a couple months after 11 exsited. Is there any meaningful...

I've only been at one wedding ever - and it was not as a photographer. ;)

It was, but WD is going from the ePMR to HAMR, with no mention of MAMR lately. Maybe ePMR+HAMR is better than MAMR?

Just link them, please. :)

What is the write speed and why are they in your pants? The main failure mode I have with cheap flash drives is the flimsy UBB connector breaking.

I implemented the ePMR drives in March without even knowing it. o_O It looks like WD has canceled the MAMR drives.

The few Intel 13th generation NUCs are all huge! Is there any indication when we will see 13th generation "NUC 13" in the traditional small form factor?

What happens if the user updates to Windows 11 from 10? Can PS still be used to open everything from the Explorer?

Other than for body scanners, I keep a 4TB Extreme Pro in my pants until clearing customs.

That's what stylists are for. ;) From what I hear lately most weddings don't pay what they used to, adjusted for inflation. The whole profession has been devalued since digital. :( I'm so glad I opted out early enough and stayed with a tech career.

Photo AI is on sale for $249 from a normally $299. It's a ripoff. I don't know what they were smoking.

Those FITs are not so fit and they are slow (probably QLC). Do you think that data integrity is better than an external mini USB-C SSD? Most of Ihem are USB 3.2 gen or even gen x2 now and quite fast. I have a few of the Extreme Pro Type A thumbic drives, which are at least decent at ~350...

All of these are why it's just not a good idea to buy those external drives. If necessary then at least keep extra backups and encrapt them, so the failed drives can simply be disposed without wasting time on recoveries.

I don't think the cost per TB of the drive is the issue, but the cost of storage including the entire infrastructure. For a home user like me the cost of the NAS is important, because over 8 bays is significantly more expensive and the size, weight, and power increase. Over 12 bays and you are...

Why don't we have drives in the streets though? HAMR has been discussed for ages. I feel that if I buy a bunch of drives to replace all the old ones they will suddenly announce much bigger drives.

What has happened to the momentum? Here we are in 2023 and still at only 22TB. Where is the HAMR, MAMR, etc.?

I don't recall. Maybe Merc knows or he will just say WD as bioreflex. 😆 Once I had some strange external drive of unknown brand and the power supply died. It was not a single sided 12V, but a 4-pin doohicky. Anyways, I had a terrible time getting the drive out of the case. They used some...

One of the worst failires was on the mobile drives when they started building a single board on the drive that also contained the bridge circuits. If you damaged the USB connector (for example falling off the table or other yank) the drive was screwed.

Failures on the bridge board or the power supply were common on external drives a few years ago. Some of the boards had some weird formatting or encryption that created a big hassle. Also try replacing the 12V power brick if it has one.

My IoPops seem low. Is it due to the dynamic disc?

I got the cable and it works great. There is definitely less stress than that stiff adapter and one cable is better than two cables plus adapter. It is still longer than needed at 650mm.

Do you have an XS/XS+ after generation 21? I'm pretty sure all of those are very aggresive about the drives. Thre older models like mine just give a single warning. The more consumerish models (mostly ARMans or Celerons) also don't care. I suppose legally they cannot cripple the older models...

Topaz DeNoise maybe become EOL. There has been practically no development on it in nearly a year. Topaz is pushing hard for the PhotoAI, which contains the functionality of several of their programs. Unfortunately it is more expensive and controls are currently primitive because they want it...

It looked like "Spock" on the Chinese cell phone.

I did the last DSM6 update in 2022, but will not update it again unless there is some good reason. I'm holding onto this old NAS for dear life, since the new ones require those ridiculous $650 for 18TB Syndology branded Toshiba drives.

Show us a photo. Does he look like a Vulcan? 😼

I'm not logging into anything as that implies that there would be some internet access or that the computer that creates the crypt would the same as the one that is being used in the field. I'm trying to do someting like what I found on the webs below. If some cretin steals my luggage or...

Now it won't initialize my OpenCL in PTG, so there is no accreleration at all (obviously slower than the 3060 Ti). This video card cluster since the pandemoneic reminds me of waiting two years to upgrade RAM and then realizing it wouldn't work. That was 20 years ago, but Windows is still...

I just want to use a password since the encryption would be on a desktop machine, not the laptops. MS asked for three kinds of recovery, but I chose the text file and deleted it 7x. Is that what you mean, or what is the MS ID? I'm using Windows 10, if that matters.

Wow, that goes along with all the stuff that happens to hones, like falling in the

Wow, that goes along with all the stuff that happens to hones, like falling in the bowls.

Maybe my next build in 3 years will be Windows Part 12 and need it.

Yeah, even I know that is strange and I was thinking about the power. Maybe one of the non-X version at 65W, but still what are people supposed to use them for at home? David will need another heat sink out the Windows or another weird contraption. I know some small businesses still have...

No, that's no it. I want to use Bitlocker on external M.2 SSDs in case any are lost or stolen. Many years ago, perhaps a decade or more, people here were not in favor so I used something else.

What does this 1U server at home do? Isn't it terribly noisy?

It is Synology, old software version DSM 6. They are on 7 for a year or two.

How many large cities have you been in other than your home town? I don't rent cars in most countries, but can usually get various car services or tour vehicles. I generally avoid public transportation as it is a security risk.

The video card is really long and the wiring doesn't fit, nor does the slot. :( Width is not as bad as I thought.

I thought RIAD 6 pretty well replaced 5 in the last ten years due to the large sizes of the drives and the unrecoverable error rates. [Q=1, T=1] Dikcmark of 64GB is 981.675 MB/s reads and 737.551 MB/s writes on the empty drives. It's 1214.602/1043.598 MB/s with the Q=8, T=1. Randomized 4K...

Just the 18TB H550 something. I guess the WD Gold are no longer made. They sound like the old Seagate Enterprise 10TB, not the nasty 18TB Seagates. How does performance work in Raid 6? If there are 6 total drives for example, is the theoretical maximum R/W MB/sec. based on the 6 drives or...

I tried some of the WD DC drives and they are so must quieter than the Seagate Exnos, that it is not even funny!

If you like cities you should figure out a way to get to London and maybe France and Rome.

But you are young and most probably have many years to do so much in life.

I read that the cables to the GPU are a different kind from the factory, so a Y adapter is needed and some of those are problematic due to stiffness and/or overheating. Do you guys recommend the bundled adapter or maybe a direct power connector like this one?