The problem is the same as with “theory”: you use the colloquial definition to name things, then try and enforce the consequences of the technical definition.
I was thinking of setting up a seedbox. Seeding will mean that the hard drive is being read from virtually non-stop. Is it fair to say that hard drives are designed for this? Or would this reduce the operational life-span of the hard drive?...
Interestingly enough, there are HDDs purpose made for surveillance (eg. WD Purple), and their special feature is that they’re dumb as bricks: since surveillance more or less continually writes, and only really reads when user directed, there’s practically no start-stop-move head, no predictions, no sleep, no need to cache system files… Just write-write-write in a line, then when you run out of space, start over.
Patriarchy harms boys and men, too. Helping them realize this is key to erasing toxic masculinity ( www.salon.com )
fuck Adobe and fuck their licensing
I’m so absolutely sick of it.
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Does nonstop reading from a hard drive reduce its lifespan?
I was thinking of setting up a seedbox. Seeding will mean that the hard drive is being read from virtually non-stop. Is it fair to say that hard drives are designed for this? Or would this reduce the operational life-span of the hard drive?...
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cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1300027...