jakuri69

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Has anybody here thrown out their physical media? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] jakuri69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

My shelves are full of anime figurines. I don't have space to store DVDs.

Google Drive appears to have lost some of it's users files in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] jakuri69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

its*

SSD prices are getting cheaper and cheaper. HDDs aren't. in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] jakuri69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

It's cute how OP is comparing enterprise-grade HDDs with 5y warranty, with the trashiest consumer-grade SSDs with 2y warranty, some of which are QLC garbage that cannot be reliably used for long-term storage.

PSA: Life is short. Don't spend too much time obsessively cataloguing your data collections. in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] jakuri69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The simple fact that redditors here feel the NEED to downvote anyone who agrees with me, shows that they're emotionally conflicted with their unhealthy obsessions, and they're looking for a way to COPE by downvoting people who have taken control over their lives. Because those redditors know deep inside that they have no control over their OCD habits, and seeing those who have claimed control makes them feel uneasy.

PSA: Life is short. Don't spend too much time obsessively cataloguing your data collections. in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] jakuri69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Or maybe I'm just a rare case of a person who realizes that our time on this Earth is limited, and spending hundreds of hours doing OCD stuff is a complete waste of life.

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PSA: Life is short. Don't spend too much time obsessively cataloguing your data collections. (alien.top)
 

Over the last 2 years, I've noticed that I spend WAY more time carefully cataloguing my collections of digital media (games, anime) than actually experiencing those media.

I would spend months carefully renaming the files, grouping them into folders by franchise, creating watch order files, remuxing videos so they would only have one audio and one subtitle file, reencoding videos that I considered bloated, reencoding videos that had flac or 5.1 audio to opus stereo, putting all my files into a spreadsheet along with other information, etc. etc.

Today I realized that my obsession is pointless. I'm just wasting my life doing something that's not enjoyable, instead of experiencing the media I've collected. Who am I making those neat-looking catalogues for? I will never pass on my collection to anyone. I am just lost in my unhealthy obsession instead of enjoying life.

So yeah. Today I've decided to stop wasting my time. I will keep archiving (because I believe that in the future, the governments will make it very difficult to share copyrighted media online), but I will stop trying to make my collection look nice and tidy.

I will also delete stuff that I've watched/played that I didn't enjoy. I've come to a realization there's no point archiving it if I'm never going to use it again.

Anyways, I hope this helps someone realize that obsessions with cataloguing your hoards are unhealthy and a waste of life.

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[–] jakuri69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

SMR is fine for most home hoarders. It only affects negatively those who need high write speeds, and those who need to reliably write TBs of data every day. As long as they still have 5y warranty, I'm good.