Good to know, thanks!
Imhotep
joined 2 years ago
Yes older gen is fine, but I don't see that much of a difference on the 4TB drives, they tend to all start at 190-200€. Maybe because there aren't any older gen at that capacity yet? I haven't followed SSDs progress closely.
I won't buy from Amazon either. I don't have much experience with Aliexpress, and haven't looked up their history out of laziness. Will do.
It's hard, if not impossible, to buy ethical tech. I prefer to buy second hand, but that doesn't really make a difference.
Thanks. Yes power consumption is important, so I'll keep that in mind!
Is there a specific term I should look for, or simply "power management"?
For international flights, US citizens can opt out but foreign nationals have to participate in face scanning, [with some exceptions]
I had no idea we were already at that point.
always wanted to visit the US. I guess that won't happen then.
I refuse to participate in this dystopia. But I'm a little worried this will make me a recluse
The main issue with rare earths is extracting them. It's very polluting and labor intensive.
China sells them so cheap it doesn't make economic sense for most countries to extract them, but there are locations with high concentrations all over the world.