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USB sticks, the alternative to the cloud.
by rambambram 1y ago
USB sticks, the alternative to the cloud.
- netdevphoenix 1y agoUntil you lose it, break it, damage it accidentally (via high humidity, high heat, etc). Arguably, if you run twake on some VPS, you have additional layers of redundancy by default.
- tfe__ 1y agoYou mean, like the dns of AWS in us-east-1? #OhWait
- cheema33 1y agoSurely you jest. I love USB sticks. But they are not a proper alternative to cloud storage. For example, how do I do share select files/folders with select people, in other countries?
- wkat4242 1y agoCopy selected files to another pendrive. Use postal service to ship pendrive to other person. We used to call that sneakernet :D But yeah there's a reason people don't do this anymore
- cheschire 1y agoUSB sticks can fulfill part of the "2" in the 3-2-1 rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup#3-2-1_Backup_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup#3-2-1_Backup_Rule
- Tepix 1y agoNot sure how i can collaboratively edit documents thanks to a USB stick.
- mystifyingpoi 1y agoI thought the same once, but apparently some of my friends literally do not own a PC. Only tablets or phones, no USB-A in the house except maybe in TV. Oh well, time for USB-C pendrives.