▲ 163 ▼ We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ch1cken@kbin.social 67 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 27 points 3 years ago (2 children) The Verge is a hit or miss outfit for me. Sometimes they're fine, but then you remember when they tried to build a PC and you wonder if they really actually know what they're doing over there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ChaoticGood007@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Apparently they gave that guy (who had never built a PC on camera before) like less than a week to put that video together. Should it have gone out? No, but it's not the guy in the video's fault. Source: https://youtu.be/QKzmYsySGFQ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Oh I'm not throwing shade at Stefan, but the entire organization. A product like that doesn't happen because of one journalist, it happens because upper management constantly undervalues the time and effort it takes to put it together. permalink fedilink source parent [–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago A week is plenty of time to do it right. It's not like you're asking someone who doesn't know algebra to do a video teaching advanced calculus in a week. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ch1cken@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) All the tech sites seem to run unlabeled advertising a lot of the time. I get lots of "save $2000 on this amazing Lenovo laptop" crap in my feeds. The Amazon Prime one sounds like it may be a paid ad too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Feeder has a filter option that's come in handy for getting rid of junk articles like that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 21 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's basically just a really elaborate angry comment on a SanDisk SSD. Sucks that you lots your data, but it's a single failure that could happen to basically any drive. Back up what you care about. Absolute waste of time 'article.' permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 18 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's two failures in a row on a drive that had a known firmware issue that had supposedly been fixed. Given the other reports floating around about this model it seems there could actually be a problem. But to know for sure we'd need statistics which we don't have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago But to know for sure we’d need statistics which we don’t have. Precisely my point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 27 points 3 years ago (2 children) The Verge is a hit or miss outfit for me. Sometimes they're fine, but then you remember when they tried to build a PC and you wonder if they really actually know what they're doing over there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ChaoticGood007@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Apparently they gave that guy (who had never built a PC on camera before) like less than a week to put that video together. Should it have gone out? No, but it's not the guy in the video's fault. Source: https://youtu.be/QKzmYsySGFQ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Oh I'm not throwing shade at Stefan, but the entire organization. A product like that doesn't happen because of one journalist, it happens because upper management constantly undervalues the time and effort it takes to put it together. permalink fedilink source parent [–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago A week is plenty of time to do it right. It's not like you're asking someone who doesn't know algebra to do a video teaching advanced calculus in a week. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ch1cken@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) All the tech sites seem to run unlabeled advertising a lot of the time. I get lots of "save $2000 on this amazing Lenovo laptop" crap in my feeds. The Amazon Prime one sounds like it may be a paid ad too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Feeder has a filter option that's come in handy for getting rid of junk articles like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChaoticGood007@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Apparently they gave that guy (who had never built a PC on camera before) like less than a week to put that video together. Should it have gone out? No, but it's not the guy in the video's fault. Source: https://youtu.be/QKzmYsySGFQ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Oh I'm not throwing shade at Stefan, but the entire organization. A product like that doesn't happen because of one journalist, it happens because upper management constantly undervalues the time and effort it takes to put it together. permalink fedilink source parent [–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago A week is plenty of time to do it right. It's not like you're asking someone who doesn't know algebra to do a video teaching advanced calculus in a week. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Oh I'm not throwing shade at Stefan, but the entire organization. A product like that doesn't happen because of one journalist, it happens because upper management constantly undervalues the time and effort it takes to put it together. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago A week is plenty of time to do it right. It's not like you're asking someone who doesn't know algebra to do a video teaching advanced calculus in a week. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ch1cken@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) All the tech sites seem to run unlabeled advertising a lot of the time. I get lots of "save $2000 on this amazing Lenovo laptop" crap in my feeds. The Amazon Prime one sounds like it may be a paid ad too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Feeder has a filter option that's come in handy for getting rid of junk articles like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) All the tech sites seem to run unlabeled advertising a lot of the time. I get lots of "save $2000 on this amazing Lenovo laptop" crap in my feeds. The Amazon Prime one sounds like it may be a paid ad too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Feeder has a filter option that's come in handy for getting rid of junk articles like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 21 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's basically just a really elaborate angry comment on a SanDisk SSD. Sucks that you lots your data, but it's a single failure that could happen to basically any drive. Back up what you care about. Absolute waste of time 'article.' permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 18 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's two failures in a row on a drive that had a known firmware issue that had supposedly been fixed. Given the other reports floating around about this model it seems there could actually be a problem. But to know for sure we'd need statistics which we don't have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago But to know for sure we’d need statistics which we don’t have. Precisely my point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 18 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's two failures in a row on a drive that had a known firmware issue that had supposedly been fixed. Given the other reports floating around about this model it seems there could actually be a problem. But to know for sure we'd need statistics which we don't have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago But to know for sure we’d need statistics which we don’t have. Precisely my point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago But to know for sure we’d need statistics which we don’t have. Precisely my point. permalink fedilink source parent