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19472

So you figured out the exact model of my nice but old WiFi card already?

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19473

No, but mineā€™s made by Alfa Network with an old Atheros AR9271 chipset.

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19474

I have the same one, itā€™s a great card even when it has been discontinued for a while now.

I really like my AWUS036NHA. :heart_eyes: I donā€™t use as much nowadays, but I still keep it in my bag.

Maybe I should post my collection of WiFi stuff. :thinking:

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19475

:hamster_emoji_gif:

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19476

Thatā€™s exactly what I was thinking.

:robot_marvin:

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19477

OK so I have about 80k photos /videos and a solid 500gb of documents. I want to preserve these for my daughter in case sheā€™s curious in the future. I try to follow the 3/2/1 method of backups, but Iā€™m curious what sort of external backup is best for longevity these days. As in, IS there a physical storage method for digital things that holds up best over time assuming itā€™s not being written and re-written to?

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19478

There are m disc DVDs meant for archivalā€¦ as a storage medium itā€™s pretty long termā€¦ they claim 1000 years j thinkā€¦ also called Stone disc or something like that. Of course thereā€™s no guarantee optical drives will be around in a thousand years haha

Everything else I can think of will bit rot in a decade or so. Magnetic media, optical media, solid stateā€¦ it all rots relatively quickly. The only other thing with insane data retention is DNA or XNA storage but good luck finding a drive to read and write that.

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19479

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Well, the answer is clearly 1. I hope that settles itā€¦

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19480

Iā€™m not in the DT club anymore? :face_with_diagonal_mouth: I had that issue where I was paying 2 subscriptions at once so we decided to cancel both and keep me in for the extra duration I had payed but I donā€™t think it worked

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19481

boom. yeah i think the sub plugin auto-removed you recently. you were in just a few days ago i think as you commented on one of the club threads? anyway fixed now.

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19482

Awesome! Thanks!

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19483

Did not find topic or link on here so hereā€™s this NFC Forum Announces NFC Release 15
No real specs or anything with a quick glace but interesting small read either way. :+1:

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19484

China looks like a place out of DeusExā€¦

On a completely unrelated note, I only buy implants from an American company.

:us:

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19485

Should I impulse buy a 20u rack? Should I?

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19486

Yes.

Should I impulse buy one of those cheap portable scopes? Or should I duct tape an AC powerbank to the back of a real oscilloscope?

Imagine a portable Tek 2467B!!! :crazy_face:

:thinking:

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19487

I would. :+1:

Just a thought though, depending on whereabouts youā€™re located, check some surplus sales. You can get some great deals if you keep your eyes open in your regional area.

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19488

Itā€™s at a government surplus
$50 for the rack (enclosed with mesh sides and door)
It has a pullout tray and a very old KVM (10/100). Not great, but enough to maybe learn something :sweat_smile:

($60 after taxes and fees)

19489

i have 2. i rarely use the scope feature. i like the fnirsi ones just because they are cheap and often have other features

19490

The ā€œcheapoā€ $40 ones?
Iā€™ve been curious as a hand held multimeter/scope/sanity tester ā€¦ How big are they?

They are sma instead of the standard BNC right?

19491

I donā€™t have the cash right now, but I would SO be all over that anyway if I was in your shoes. I say go for it!

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