Episodes

(Season 3) Episode 15 – Facebook & Google, Innovation in Violation (Update Episode)

Is it that time again? You bet’cha! Google and Facebook have been announcing some new projects lately- all of which you should avoid. Why is that? Well, simple- nothing’s changed, and neither of them have your best interests in mind.

Check if you’re affected by FLoC here: https://amifloced.org/

Sources:

Facebook Data Leaks:

Mark Zuckerberg on Section 230 Reform:

Android sending more data than iOS:

Google’s killing the third-party cookie & FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts):

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(Season 3) Episode 14 – The High-Speed History of Hard Drives

Only, maybe not that fast.

Storage Arc [BONUS]

Hard drives! They’ve undergone quite a lot of changes over the years, from being the size of a respectable piece of furniture, to being filled with helium. They’ve got a long history, so let’s just get into it!

Sources:

General 1956 Events:

IBM 350/RAMAC:

(1961) IBM 1301:

Misc. IBM Advancements:

Thailand Flooding and Hard Drives:

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(Season 3) Episode 13 – (N)ot (A)nother (S)torage Episode

Also covers RAID (but not the kind that kills insects)

Storage Arc [3/3]

We’ve talked about them before, so let’s finally explain it! Setting up Network Attached Storage (also known as a NAS) may seem like quite a task with all of the things you need to figure out before getting started; luckily, you know a guy. (It’s us, we can explain the thing)

Sources:

NAS Definition:

Prebuilt Boxes:

NAS Software:

TrueNAS Core Tutorials:

RAID:

Why avoid SMR Drives:

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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH