• pivot_root@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    It’s pretty disheartening to help someone find old media and they show a giant box of USB sticks and hard drives.

    Equally disheartening is knowing that both of those have a shelf-life. Old USB flash drives are more durable than the TLC/QLC cells we use today, but 15 years sitting unpowered in a box doesn’t have very good prospects.