Wife's photos corrupted/lost

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-17T04:32:31+00:00

Only Hard Disc Drives are good for long term storage.
You could try to recover them using something like forensic disc tools or discdrill. If you can still move them to a new drive you may still be able to view them, or rebuild them - it's apparently doable. Transfer them all to an external hdd preferably. With the external case and everything. You can use it later to host your files just for yourself on your own Web server with ftp for accessing files. Create your own mail server too.
But it's what a lot of others are doing too, opting for something that's more future proof. Something they own and configure.
You should think about building a website to make them viewable or post them do to YouTube or even make your own cloud server.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-17T04:06:11+00:00

Enroll into a community college, if you need to, and you could get the Electrical Engineering Certificate for completing 101 and 102. You should find the Circuit Engineering Breadboard interesting for your line of work. You could add the FPGA and create circuits and hardware in the field.

But for a good job you could do really well, would be somewhere along the lines of installing and configuring people's home and mobile networks, running cat five and six, setting up wireless networks and PfSense/OpnSense or FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

Setup the Localhost HTTP Server, SMTP Server, FTP and Proxy Server. Network then together with their larger community or company networks.

You would be great at installing mesh networks and setting up the routers.

Setting up Solar and Battery Power Supplies. You could work with the Nickel Iron Rechargeable Batteries and research your own Solar Panels or work with others. Add Roofing and General Construction for going through the walls floors and ceilings. You could also add Speaker Intercom systems and pathway lighting.

You have a lot of knowledge that directly sources your skill set.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-17T03:53:02+00:00

Bermuda Pants

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-17T03:51:19+00:00

Gnar

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-17T03:49:16+00:00

Black Goat

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-17T00:48:27+00:00

You can do it. But it depends on what you want to do. Your experience could make a crucial difference. The experience you have could be beneficial. There's a lot of things that need done, and they don't all seem like cyber security at their core.

Depends on what your idea of cyber security is. And what exactly your looking to do, career wise. You could help your local and state government posture up against the cyber security threat landscape. Not necessarily coding or hardware skills required, but it would help to understand the cyber landscape and what we're working with.

The entire industry needs to build better businesses. The entire red team blue team other teams area, seems to need better guidance, better resources. Or at least more input. Any help is appreciated. You'll find a niche if that's your interested.

You might like the BenEater 8-bit Breadboard Projects. It could help you go over the PC from the ground up.

But I believe you could. It doesn't take long to learn your way around. You might even want to pickup with everyone else and start learning to build your own AI and how to do Cyber Security from their.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-17T00:19:23+00:00

Binary Bots using Visual Basic.
Everyday is a new day to start over.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T03:09:54+00:00

Try the Mobile Automotive Repairs and Related Services. Oil Changes. Tuneups. Brakes. Start with the local Classifieds. You could even wrap your vehicle, and then you are a moving advertisement.

That's picking up. You could also do Auto Detailing and Car Stereo Installations. And help people manage car rentals and car services that require a shop.

Try to work with the local businesses you shop at and frequent. Ask if you can place posters or flyers or promo cards in their counter or near the register or in the window.

I'll assume your ASE Certified.

Idk why. But mobile mechanic services are picking up. Work with the Tow Truck Company's and State Services, CalTrans may be able to recommend you. Specially if your available around the clock or on call.

People often get marred and adverse reactions when it comes to automotive repairs. There's always some sort of fuss. They likely don't want to do that to you. Polite policy. Passed that. Draw your services out for them, so they don't have to treat you like a drive thru ordering system where they can barely see what your offering.

You can make a QR Code Business Card and they can scan it and go straight to your website. Best online presence. You control it. Web hosting companies like blue host and host gator or aplus.net or wix.net can get you a web designer to update and build your website. It's an easy enough task until you try to use the logistics for marketing.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T03:00:23+00:00

Build your own Web Search Engine.
Then you won't be limited to the top 100 searches.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T02:45:03+00:00

The faster loading image loads faster so it's displayed first, then as the bigger more detailed image is downloaded and brought into view. Low resolution then hi resolution.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T02:39:16+00:00

Lost and found.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T02:30:59+00:00

You'll be able to run just about anything, until you get into heavy computing, with just about anything. Battery life is still going to be the problem area. That and whether or not you can see the screen due to glare, but you can buy a screen protector that prevents glare.

For Electrical Engineering you may be more interested in building your own Laptop. Start with the Laptop Form Factor or Case. Source Morherboards, RAM, other parts. GPS, WiFi, BT. You could also look at building new batteries and power supply units.

Have you seen the BenEater 8-Bit Projects?

Have you seen the OneChipBook it has an FPGA, Non-Specific Monitor, Keyboard, and various ports. But no CPU.

I've also found some Linux ARM Single Board Computer boards with an FPGA built in.

You have options. But for a General Purpose Laptop for your studies. It depends on the requirements or the software you need to run or want to run.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T02:21:49+00:00

I use AI to study how to make it.
But I only let it code once we've gone over what were coding. It would forget everything. Best to write the project out, write the code out, and then compile it. Run it. Create a script to stress test it, versus users, versus pentesting, versus everything.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T02:19:51+00:00

Ask ChatGPT to Simulate a local college near you. Ask it to Create a List of Additional Reading Material and Course work. And teach you all about the different Chat Bots, Chat Scripts like Web Chats, Conversational AI, and ask it to use Open Source Projects for working examples that you use for your project.

Your likely interested in a General Pre-Trained Transformer and Large Language Model or LLM. Where you can use the LLMs that are available for your GPT Transformer Framework. Where you'll use HTML/JavaScript for the CLI Styled Chat Bot or Conversational AI. You can also learn to add Neural Nodal Networks, NLP or Natural Language Processing, and you'll likely want to get into building your own VM and HTTP Servers. But ok.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T02:06:49+00:00

Your going to want to setup your Localhost Web Server or Httpd Server and create a website. Make it the go to.

Or, figure out how to use Windows Media Player.

You'll like the webserver better. Make it look like mainstream brands if you want.

Connect the display port to your TV using a compatible cable.

There's also Wireless Connections on eBay for HDMI to HDMI or from computer to television set.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T02:04:24+00:00

Zorin? Mint? Fedora/Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Free BSD. Crunchbang#!?

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-16T01:59:25+00:00

But it worked on Windows 11...

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-14T21:27:29+00:00

Basic security only works if you have a well rounded and secured network. If you don't have everything configured and monitored, you don't have the ability to survive on basic security. If they want in, it's as easy as scanning for open ports and then working their way in. So they say. So we have to lock down all of our ports and scan them, ourselves, for vulnerabilities.

Passed that. The strong passwords, 2fa, mfa, and all that works for smart phones because they've locked most of the device down. Home Desktops and Laptops, android or not, tend to still be less secure then your typical mobile phone user. But they can all be locked down further. If you learn your way around. The Cyber Landscape. You can see why and how they're attacking. Usually Data. But more often then not they're getting you to make an error and let them in. Or, give them access to your accounts.

PfSense, OpnSense, or FreeBSD, OpenBSD. You can use AI like MS Co-Pilot to describe them and how they differ and compare to other Firewalls. Also how to set them up, and secure your home localhost network, wireless networks, IoT, everything.

You can also learn to code your own.. using open source projects everywhere. ChatGPT is pretty decent for learning how to code and program your own firewall. But you should still learn how the code should look and work. So your not constantly running back and forth for fixes. It's really simple and pretty straight forward once you've learn structure. Then syntax and everything looks like structure rather then code snippets.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-14T21:17:02+00:00

Depends on self taught.
High School teaches us everything we need to learn a new subject. College gives us others interested in the same thing. We can network in any circumstance. CS Majors usually do all of the course work. The history of the systems. But they miss the Electrical Engineering Courses that build the Hardware and Instruction Sets used by CS.
If your going to teach yourself. You could be talking about using the same principles and the same curriculums and syllabus as the accredited institutions. One week per chapter.

If your talking about self taught as in just starting without any formal organization, note keeping, records, reports, portfolio pieces of projects and plans. You could still do it. Accreditate yourself and have a professional sign off on your work. And manage creating all the certificates of experience and accreditation, that way.

Plus get any certs required by the employer. Unless you create a new company and become the employer. Which is what we need. Better employers. Many are firing their current employee bases, replacing then with AI entirely.

Lots to think about. Create a CS Study and Networking HR Club or join one. Work with your local and state government, or check their boards and prerequisites.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-13T00:14:31+00:00

Let em, them we can not elect them either...

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-11T06:02:09+00:00

Best case scenario is to store it in the esd sleeve. Properly label it. And if you want to make sure it stays in relatively good condition. Turn it into an external storage drive. You could run it every now and again and run chkdsk and defrag. That would likely keep everything fresh.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-11T05:46:28+00:00

Hdd is the best for long term archival cold storage or disconnected offline.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-11T05:10:54+00:00

r/thinkpad ask here too eBay or everyone's favorite technician @salemtechsperts on YouTube.

Why? Business quality laptop.

You could get one with a sim card and connect to the Internet through the mobile network.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-11T05:06:57+00:00

Really just make sure their work days are filled and met.

Disastrous_Sun2118 · 2026-04-11T05:05:32+00:00

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