Flash-based devices as cold storage is a bad idea.

HM-SMR (Host Managed-SMR) that requires specialized hardware and software

So the history made full circle right to ST interface times.

Will wait until they invent IDE concept again.

Toshiba P300

Is a nice drive to store stuff on, it’s cold and quiet, but it is a nightmare to write stuff on.

Write speed starts on optimistic > 100 MB/s, and gradually drops to 25 MB/s on long (hundreds of GBs) writes.

Don’t buy noname memory products. It’s a lottery you never win.

can I remove the beep speaker from apc easy ups?

Just cover its hole with some sticker/duct tape, this can almost completely mute it.

The picture on top (even not zoomed) shows all signs of upscaling, adding excess contrast and aggressive sharpening.

“rent my roof” for a new wireless start up in my area.

Looks suspicious already

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they are installing an antenna on my roof and it will be hardwired to my router…

It smells not very good

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.they have assured me that my personal network would be at no risk

If they are wired their access point (I suppose this “antenna” is one) to a LAN port of your router, I am suspecting you are exposing all your network to the wireless network this access point creates.