β² 1538 βΌ Probably a good idea to go see how much storage will be necessary... (slrpnk.net) submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 225 comments fedilink hide all child comments Does lemmy have any communities dedicated to archiving/hoarding data?
[+] Maroon@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago* (5 children) What happens when they just cut the underwater cables? Torrent over carrier pigeon for a linux distro would take ages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [β] hayvan@feddit.nl 22 points 10 months ago (2 children) Sneakernet to the rescue. Some of you are too young to know about walking around with boxes full of disks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Zink@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago A wise man once said Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. permalink fedilink source parent [β] oppy1984@lemdro.id 6 points 10 months ago It was trading CD-R's during my high school days.... good times. Napster was just starting to take off by the time we had a CD-R trading network set up, Napster just increased the amount of CD's that got passed around. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Sestren@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) Pigeon latency is horrible, but the bandwidth is pretty great. You could probably load up an adult pigeon with at least 12TB of media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers Just gonna leave this here for whoever wants to read more on the methodology and potential risks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago Over a 30-mile (48 km) distance, a single pigeon may be able to carry tens of gigabytes of data in around an hour, which on an average bandwidth basis compared very favorably to early ADSL standards, even when accounting for lost drives. Compared to what I use at home now, this sounds great permalink fedilink source parent [β] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago A good way to see what the future of places like the U.S are is to look at places like North Korea, where they do exactly this, move files around on flash media to avoid the state censors. permalink fedilink source parent [β] magnolia_mayhem@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago Tiny jump drives on pigeons is low key excellent imo permalink fedilink source parent [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago* We need some more community wifi projects Community Wisps are cool permalink fedilink source parent [β] drq@mastodon.ml 10 points 10 months ago* (3 children) @Maroon I thought torrent technology to be a godsend for package managers. Why none of them use it? I mean, damn. @AnimalsDream permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] lengau@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago Turns out hosting a bunch of files is very cheap. permalink fedilink source parent [β] stinerman@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago Torrents are often used for installers, but for packages it tends to be more trouble than what it's worth. Is creating a torrent for a 4k library worth it? permalink fedilink source parent [β] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago git and the lot are a lot better at this than people realize. permalink fedilink source parent [β] bluemoon@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago magnetlink to any linux package repo torrent if you don't mind? i don't wanna scrape since it takes forever and burdens permalink fedilink source parent
[β] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago* (5 children) What happens when they just cut the underwater cables? Torrent over carrier pigeon for a linux distro would take ages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [β] hayvan@feddit.nl 22 points 10 months ago (2 children) Sneakernet to the rescue. Some of you are too young to know about walking around with boxes full of disks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Zink@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago A wise man once said Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. permalink fedilink source parent [β] oppy1984@lemdro.id 6 points 10 months ago It was trading CD-R's during my high school days.... good times. Napster was just starting to take off by the time we had a CD-R trading network set up, Napster just increased the amount of CD's that got passed around. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Sestren@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) Pigeon latency is horrible, but the bandwidth is pretty great. You could probably load up an adult pigeon with at least 12TB of media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers Just gonna leave this here for whoever wants to read more on the methodology and potential risks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago Over a 30-mile (48 km) distance, a single pigeon may be able to carry tens of gigabytes of data in around an hour, which on an average bandwidth basis compared very favorably to early ADSL standards, even when accounting for lost drives. Compared to what I use at home now, this sounds great permalink fedilink source parent [β] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago A good way to see what the future of places like the U.S are is to look at places like North Korea, where they do exactly this, move files around on flash media to avoid the state censors. permalink fedilink source parent [β] magnolia_mayhem@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago Tiny jump drives on pigeons is low key excellent imo permalink fedilink source parent [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago* We need some more community wifi projects Community Wisps are cool permalink fedilink source parent
[β] hayvan@feddit.nl 22 points 10 months ago (2 children) Sneakernet to the rescue. Some of you are too young to know about walking around with boxes full of disks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Zink@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago A wise man once said Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. permalink fedilink source parent [β] oppy1984@lemdro.id 6 points 10 months ago It was trading CD-R's during my high school days.... good times. Napster was just starting to take off by the time we had a CD-R trading network set up, Napster just increased the amount of CD's that got passed around. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Zink@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago A wise man once said Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] oppy1984@lemdro.id 6 points 10 months ago It was trading CD-R's during my high school days.... good times. Napster was just starting to take off by the time we had a CD-R trading network set up, Napster just increased the amount of CD's that got passed around. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Sestren@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) Pigeon latency is horrible, but the bandwidth is pretty great. You could probably load up an adult pigeon with at least 12TB of media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers Just gonna leave this here for whoever wants to read more on the methodology and potential risks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago Over a 30-mile (48 km) distance, a single pigeon may be able to carry tens of gigabytes of data in around an hour, which on an average bandwidth basis compared very favorably to early ADSL standards, even when accounting for lost drives. Compared to what I use at home now, this sounds great permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers Just gonna leave this here for whoever wants to read more on the methodology and potential risks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago Over a 30-mile (48 km) distance, a single pigeon may be able to carry tens of gigabytes of data in around an hour, which on an average bandwidth basis compared very favorably to early ADSL standards, even when accounting for lost drives. Compared to what I use at home now, this sounds great permalink fedilink source parent
[β] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago Over a 30-mile (48 km) distance, a single pigeon may be able to carry tens of gigabytes of data in around an hour, which on an average bandwidth basis compared very favorably to early ADSL standards, even when accounting for lost drives. Compared to what I use at home now, this sounds great permalink fedilink source parent
[β] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago A good way to see what the future of places like the U.S are is to look at places like North Korea, where they do exactly this, move files around on flash media to avoid the state censors. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] magnolia_mayhem@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago Tiny jump drives on pigeons is low key excellent imo permalink fedilink source parent
[β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago* We need some more community wifi projects Community Wisps are cool permalink fedilink source parent
[β] drq@mastodon.ml 10 points 10 months ago* (3 children) @Maroon I thought torrent technology to be a godsend for package managers. Why none of them use it? I mean, damn. @AnimalsDream permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] lengau@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago Turns out hosting a bunch of files is very cheap. permalink fedilink source parent [β] stinerman@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago Torrents are often used for installers, but for packages it tends to be more trouble than what it's worth. Is creating a torrent for a 4k library worth it? permalink fedilink source parent [β] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago git and the lot are a lot better at this than people realize. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] lengau@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago Turns out hosting a bunch of files is very cheap. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] stinerman@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago Torrents are often used for installers, but for packages it tends to be more trouble than what it's worth. Is creating a torrent for a 4k library worth it? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago git and the lot are a lot better at this than people realize. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] bluemoon@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago magnetlink to any linux package repo torrent if you don't mind? i don't wanna scrape since it takes forever and burdens permalink fedilink source parent
