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So we went from "SpinRite rewrites marginal cells" to "reads all the data on SSD hoping SSD firmware to magically fix itself"? aka $80 for dd if=/dev/nvmexxx of
by rasz 2y ago
So we went from "SpinRite rewrites marginal cells" to "reads all the data on SSD hoping SSD firmware to magically fix itself"? aka $80 for dd if=/dev/nvmexxx of=/dev/null
- mixmastamyk 2y agoYou've now veered into the territory of the other posters which I already addressed. No one (sane) calls Dropbox a fraud because rsync exists, or Adobe because Gimp exists. Or that McDonalds is a fraud when wild Ungulates and arrows/knives exist. These products simply target groups who desire convenience. If you think normal folks are comfortable with the CLI, much less dd (probably the most dangerous command), you are decidedly out-of-touch. Restoring access/speed to important data conveniently via menu/progress-bar is often worth 10x that price. I've seen people buy brand-new several thousand-dollar computers to fix such problems. e.g. We were given a free iMac because the owner didn't know how to buy/install memory.
- effie 2y agoI like how you're providing the knee-jerk haters with rational push-back, using facts, logic, and also quite an eloquent language. I strive to do the same when I can. I think this is important in discussions on many topics, including political ones, because people online (but also IRL) are too prone to adopt some hateful stance towards someone to get the dopamine hit, without giving them the benefit of doubt and rational equitable analysis.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoThanks, I do have a bad day once in a while, though have been doing this particular kind of discussion since the slashdot days. So it doesn't tend to rile me up.