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Homeburning can be surprisingly robust as a backup method, and as an option of physical media, but I'd still keep backups on an actual NAS as well. There's also a ton of variables that affect the lifetime of a burnt CD, like dyes used (cyanine - phthalocyanine - azo), lamination quality, storage and the burner used. Especially the quality and intensity of the build has a surprisingly strong effect, despite things being set in a standard – you can get a lot more storage life out of a CD burned using a quality 5.25" burner compared to a budget slim drive.

Also early discs based on cyanine had a notoriously short shelf life compared to the later archival quality discs, around 30 years or so in optimal conditions (and typically a lot less), so much of the stuff burnt in 90's and 00's has already began deteriorating. More recent quality discs can last over a century if stored properly, but the older ones can't.

DVDs can also often have issues with delamination, meaning that especially the outer rim of the disc can start exhibiting bit rot quite early if you're using low quality media. I've noticed even new discs having signs of early delamination between the two disc halves (DVDs have the data layer in between two acrylic discs, unlike CDs which have it on the backside directly under the reflective coating). I've also experienced a lot of issues when burning multilayer DVDs that might affect how long they last in storage, so for actual backups I'd prefer using a single layer disc instead.

But as per reasons for still using discs – they're an unparalleled cold storage solution. With proper care you can actually leave them be for decades and be sure the data is still readable, unlike with SSDs which will lose their data when unpowered for a long period of time. Tape is a good option, but not really viable for consumers – also tape needs more active upkeep, since you typically have to copy over the old data to new media every 20-30 years or so (promised life in archival is 30 years, after which it might not be possible to get new drives for reading the tapes). Optical is also king when you need to transfer data into air-gapped environments, since with optical media it's relatively easy to audit that what's burned to the disc is unalterable. There's a reason why I still keep a full install set of Debian handy.

Bidet shower, so the bum gun

Life, or in this case nature finds a way

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Sounds a bit like the Finnish nickname pillupuhelin (pussy phone)

Cray (the company) often had interesting designs that probably ended up influencing a lot of sci-fi. CDC (control data corporation) had interesting designs as well, prior to that, and Cray (the person) worked there before founding his own company.

One other supercomputer line with iconic looks is Connection Machines which are IMO some of the coolest looking computers ever made.

Yep, I think it's from Helsinki market square – and not sure if this needs to be said but not taken by me 😅

Yep, I also think the French in general don't really appreciate Finnish coffee culture, if their presidents reaction is anything to go by. Still one of my favourite pictures.

If you decide to do that I recommend taking the battery out first, if the phone can boot without it. Phones have a tendency of mismanaging their batteries to the extent they turn into spicy pillows relatively quickly, if you just leave it plugged in and use it remotely.

My main source for this is an LTT rant from back in the day, but I don't really have a reason to not believe that based on experience.

Not sure if that's a thing in France, but alternatively to plant milk for lactose intolerant

• Lactose-free milk (there are versions with lactose removed instead of broken down, that aren't sweet and taste basically the same as normal milk)
• Lactase enzyme taken together with the coffee, to break lactose down

I don't really see plant milk as the lactose-intolerant variant, but a vegan option, but that might just be due to the fact Finland has lactose-free milk available as an option basically everywhere as milk is such an important part of the coffee culture.

Eikös ihan samoilla perusteilla voisi vaatia kaupoilta rahaa lehtien kansien näkymisestä myymälässä, tai esimerkiksi kirjojen takakansitekstien näyttämisestä kirjakaupoissa? Linkki ei ole uutinen, ja linkinkeräimistä pääasiallinen kohde mihin päädytään on sen artikkelin julkaissut taho, sillä kyllä jos sisältö ihmistä kiinnostaa, niin linkkiä klikataan – se on sitten lehden ongelma jos linkin takaa ei löydy muuta kuin ilmoitus sisällön maksullisuudesta. Ei kukaan ala tilaamaan jotain perähikiän sanomia yhden artikkelin takia, mutta jos artikkelin voisi lukea esimerkiksi kuittaamalla 20 snt kertakustannuksen niin aika moni varmaan olisi tuon valmis maksamaan. Koko lehden digitilaus on vaan yksinkertaisesti liikaa.

Ylipäätään on hämmentävää miten vähän lehdet suostuu myymään lukuoikeuksia yksittäisiin artikkeleihin, sillä itse ainakin olisin valmis maksamaan kertaluvuista useampia kertoja päivässä. Tämä on ihan noiden uutissivustojen oma ongelma jos ei osata käyttää linkinkeräinten myötä saapuvien asiakkaiden mahdollisuutta hyväksi. Esimerkiksi jenkkimediat ovat kokeilleet yksittäisten artikkelien myymistä ja ymmärtääkseni tuo on ihan toimiva ratkaisu. Vielä kun osaisivat tehdä tuon anonyymisti siten, ettei se yksittäisen artikkelin lukuoikeuden ostaminen vaatisi käyttäjätunnuksia ja kirjautumista...

Personally I've been meaning to jump ship to Ubuntu Touch (yes, it's still being developed) which seems to be working relatively well. I still would need to keep a separate throwaway phone for online banking, though, since AFAIK the banking apps struggle running on virtualized android.