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Is it 100 GB in addition to what I already have saved or 100 GB of total storage? Because if it's 100 GB of total storage then I wouldn't be thinking about downloading, I'll be thinking about what I want to keep.
100GB is ridiculously low nowadays. I don't think I have a single device in regular use (including my phone) with such small storage.
Just my picture archive (that is, pictures I took since I got mit first digital camera) is about 400GB.
But without such a low storage limit, this wouldn't be a fun question. The point is to really think about what files we cherish and what are we okay with losing access to (for at least 5 years).
Can my current drives be placed into storage and returned 5 years later, or do they have to be destroyed? That makes a big difference.
All confiscated by the all powerful and #benevolent world government. Who knows what happens after 5 years, maybe you'll get them, maybe not. But one way or another this internet addiction has gotta stop. Its for your own good, you know the government never lies, right? You are being liberated. Do Not Resist. 😉
I disagree there - I think it makes the question pointless as that changes the actual question to "what is the single computing device I decide to keep, after downgrading its storage". Which in many cases will not even be possible.
You're overthinking it. It's 100GB that can be saved to, nothing saying that it's 100GB on a single device and you can't pick anything else
See other comments from OP where he's stating that it'd be 100GB total, and anything else would be confiscated if found out.
I'm interpreting it as him coming up with a way to guard against people saying they'll have 100 copies of 100gb drives with different stuff.
Just think about what 100gb of data you'd save from the internet, including any you have already downloaded prior. So you can't just be like "I have 5tb of tv shows already so Im good on that front"
He stated "100GB only" in reply to my comment that I have a 400GB picture library - all own creation, completely unrelated to anything internet.
Okay, just disregard your photos then. It's only a hypothetical focused on what you'd take from the internet.
Total storage. If you have more, government agents might randonly burst in and confiscate excess storage. 😉
First thing would be to seriously look into data compression, and live with heavily lossy-compressed media (my music collection would be ring-fenced though). Throw out backups of physical media (take the chance on disc-rot); I guess any backups wouldn't be possible in this universe anyway so it will all be left to chance. And then see what's left.
I mean… if we’re optimizing for covert physical presence… you can hide these fuckers in tons of interesting places.
Kids these days don't understand how mind-blowing that card is. 1 TB on a little micro-SD card? For real?
Tell me about it… my 8mb compact flash card broke my mind back in the day.
Yeah 1.4mb floppies (not just AOL diskettes) we’re still everywhere when CF cameras came out.