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What have we learned? The executive told Ars that years of data collection like this have taught Backblaze that the failure rate of a given model does not predict the failure rate of other models of the same size or by the same manufacturer:

That’s why once we identified the 8TB drives as the potential problem, we had to dig into the model-specific numbers. In this case, all of the models were similar in their increase in failure rates, but it could have been just as likely that they weren’t.

One thing to remember is that we are looking at the change in failure rates over time, not the actual failure rates themselves. We are looking for unusual changes outside of what we would expect.

Looking at detailed drive data like this gives Backblaze an intimate look into its storage environment so it can make any necessary adjustments.

"We have a drive migration program to move from smaller drives to larger drives to improve storage density in a given Backblaze vault. For economic reasons, we start with the smallest drives and then consider other details, such as failure rates, in the process. To that end, the analysis we did is being used to help prioritize which Backblaze vaults are upgraded," Klein told Ars.

For consumers considering a new HDD for personal use, (but not as part of a RAID array) Klein advised seeking a model they "believe fails the least."

He added:

But the difference between a 1 percent and 2 percent failure rate is moot if you don’t back up your stuff somewhere else. Relying on a single drive, HDD or SSD, as your sole source of data storage is a ticking time bomb. Whether a drive lasts 2 years or 10 years, it will fail.

I agree on the ending soon enough, however I think if Russia did hit a NATO state, Article 4 might not lead to an Article 5. NATO is already at a Article 4 so for the War so, so there is a huge amount of deliberation and intent to support without escalation.

Also even if Article 5 was invoked, it would be a question as to who would actual send troops vs "such action as [the member state] deems necessary" which is fairly broad.

As comment in thread points out, the subpoenaed info was essentially useless.

No wonder Russia wanted Ukraine. Gotta feed it's own people...

Heartless tards.

I hope the US gives Ukraine the ATACMs for some satisfying reprisal. I just wish weapons systems would end this wanton destruction. Grrrr

What adapter does the KVM?

To quote some of it:

The Wagner Group has established operations in several African countries, where many of its operations focus on security issues. It has often provided security services and paramilitary assistance and launched disinformation campaigns for troubled regimes in exchange for resource concessions and diplomatic support. Wagner is most active in the Central African Republic (CAR), Libya, Mali, and Sudan, all of which have a tenuous relationship with the West due to colonial legacies and inherent political differences.

What does it do? Wagner’s services vary based on the needs of its clients, which include rebel groups and regimes, and its funding ranges from direct payment to resource concessions.

Evaluating the U.S. Military Contribution in Afghanistan Combat operations. Wagner troops have supported African governments in combat operations against rebel groups, and vice versa. Approximately one thousand Wagner troops entered CAR in 2018 to defend the government of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra against rebel attacks on the capital, Bangui. In return, Wagner subsidiaries received unrestricted logging rights and control of the lucrative Ndassima gold mine. Similarly, Wagner Group forces deployed to Mozambique in 2019 to help fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State in the northern Cabo Delgado province. However, the group failed to contain the insurgency and withdrew from the area after a few months.

Security and training support. Wagner acts as a security service for vulnerable regimes. The group served as a part of a personal protection detail for Touadéra and helped train CAR’s army to prepare for possible coup attempts. Wagner has operated in Sudan since 2017, training Sudanese troops, guarding mineral resources, and suppressing dissent against the government of President Omar al-Bashir, all in exchange for gold exports to Russia. In many cases, Wagner’s support is supplemented by official Russian military assistance, such as in Mali, where the armed forces received combat and surveillance aircraft from Moscow.

Disinformation campaigns. Prigozhin also owns the Internet Research Agency (IRA), an online “troll farm,” and the Association for Free Research and International Cooperation (AFRIC), both of which are under U.S. sanctions and have worked alongside Wagner. The IRA previously outsourced work to individuals in Ghana and Nigeria that sought to inflame political divisions in the United States ahead of the 2016 presidential election, while AFRIC has sponsored “phony election monitoring” in several African nations, including Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Prigozhin has also been accused of co-opting Pan-Africanist movements to promulgate anti-French and anti-Western messages.

Carbon reduction ouught to be about kicking corporation into reduction as consumers are a much lower percentage of the issue. And deforestation (now as compared to was) is as much a Palm Oil issue as anything, which is a food product issue. Then saving soil is more of a general agriculture issue combined with irrigation and it's salt salinity, plus runoff, and...

Yea this meme nails how I feel, I just wish I felt less disenfranchised about the knowledge I have about how the next generations are going to go to hell in a hand basket.

Way to keep the screw ups going Reddit. Loose all DM for everyone and blame it on a new infrastructure. Wow.

As a guy who struggle to date because I respect women as best I can, I sympathize with the mentality indicated, but also disagree that it is just a dating app issue.

Distilling it to a few points is, I believe, disingenuous to the very complex situation that modern dating is.

Although there is argument about the science, the book Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan is one of many that can help reframe the physiological and psychological background of partnering. Not insofar as it is valid, but that what we think we know is really much more under review and debatable.

Add the increase of women in the workplace, Title 9, the increase of an educated women (nay thr dominance of women in many masters and above programs), the urbanization of society, the increase of population dramatically and it's associated demographics shift towards an increase in women, etc, etc. There is a lot going on. Which definitely includes the change of technology in reaching peers and potential dates.

Our physiology has not changed nearly as much as the knowledge base has however. Which means many things, but among other things it means that physiology can be manipulated by technology. In this, I would agree there is a basis for arguing that dating apps are interrupting the interpersonal interaction.

Having said all that, anecdotally, I will also say not using apps and meeting people is impressively challenging for all the previously normal reason dating is painful... Assuming you can find a place to meet someone compatible.

Economical perhaps, but this is the sort of stupid ass shit that epitomizes how fucked the growth based economy is in this climate changed era. Developer's think a few years down the road, but have no economic incentive to build it as a cradle-to-cradle build rather than a cradle-to-grave build.

Build the same damn curtain wall floor plans in a dozen cities, so they all look ugly and don't improve the quality of life, because it's cheap, makes short term money for people who already have more then they can spend, and leave it to the kids to deal with everything in the future... Grrrr {rant off}

Sorry, bitter old fart chiming in.

This is great it's finally been adopted. Having read this though, I really wonder about some very small things like AirPods and other Ear Pods which are so small it would be difficult to engineer them to pop open without impacting the longevity ot the item. Maybe I'm wrong, it is just an interesting thought. Otherwise I am all for the right to repair your own stuff and cradle to cradle these things.

I've got one to sell if we could figure delivery out. How can I contact you?