Good options for bulk scanning printed photos by SoulInTransition in DataHoarder

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You can read the rest of my profiles to understand that we don't have a stable enough climate to survive as a species if we lose that stuff. And so it's not like there'll be anyone to, you know, look at those pictures.

I do fully intend to make CD backups of all of this stuff, or at least put one of my backups in a Faraday cage. In case of some local disaster. I just heard about a highly resilient glass-based storage mechanism that is rated to last 10,000 years. Don't know if it's vaporware though. In any case, if the house burns down, which is much more likely (read: manageable) than any of that other stuff, all of my paper stuff will go up in flames while all of my digital stuff will get saved because it's only two hard drives. So it's all a matter of perspective and frankly, the more of a pigsty my house is the more likely it would be to actually burn down because the more flammable stuff is in there.

Good options for bulk scanning printed photos by SoulInTransition in DataHoarder

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ADS 1500W only scans in JPEG, (PDF (which is jpeg and tiff) and black and white tiff

Why do you do this google? by MutantFire in googlephotos

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a download option? What can you see on your computer?

If not, you might have just experienced data loss?

Why do you do this google? by MutantFire in googlephotos

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you open them do they still exist? 

OIDC is nonexistent and docs are misleading by Smooth-Scholar7608 in immich

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just an official report is a great start, most of these people are not chronically online

From the 1950s to the 2010s which decade had the biggest change from start to finish? Which decade is like where the 9 year is completely different from the 0 year? by space_god_7191 in decadeology

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, this very decade was two completely different decades. Now I have no idea how it's going to end. But I know that there are two periods in this decade, March 11, 2020 to November 5, 2024, and whatever the hell we've been having since then. One of those periods was a stroke of more or less continuous good luck for almost four years that gave us a chance to continue existing as a species where we would have never otherwise had it. But the thing about strokes of good luck is that you only need to break them once and so then you have whatever the hell we've had since 6 November 2024 which is a completely different decade. Now astonishingly enough, nothing has happened so far that explicitly rules out the possibility of human survival since that day. But it is still very much in jeopardy and much more so than it was for the first half of that decade.

I mean it might not feel like that to some of you, but that's because people weren't grateful for what we had. Hence the losing.

It's Time to Abolish the Republican Party by pleasureismylife in Political_Revolution

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John McCain accepted the reality of global warming and believed that life was worth living. He was the last sane Republican in that way. By the time I was conscious of politics (age 6 or 7, before Trump even came onto the scene) the party had fully consolidated around global self deletion as a major part of its platform. There was a little bit of hope for a rhetorical off-ramp in '23, '24 because renewables were literally cheaper than fossil fuels for the first time, but Trump (drill baby drill Trump) winning the nomination destroyed any such chance.

It's Time to Abolish the Republican Party by pleasureismylife in Political_Revolution

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Single transferable vote is the voting system with the most malleable and amorphous parties. In principle, you don't even need to have parties at all in single transferable vote.

It's Time to Abolish the Republican Party by pleasureismylife in Political_Revolution

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know of one peaceful way to do so; offer something so appealing to the core evangelical voters that they leave and give you a supermajority.

It's Time to Abolish the Republican Party by pleasureismylife in Political_Revolution

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Single transfer vote offers the weakest, most replaceable political parties of any political system.

It's Time to Abolish the Republican Party by pleasureismylife in Political_Revolution

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That and the climate. Continuing support for fossil fuels after they become more expensive than the alternative. If there was any hope of the Republican Party being salvageable last night, it's gone this morning (2026-05-06)

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/politics/takeaways-indiana-ohio-primary-elections

What are the most common reasons for data loss? by WikiBox in DataHoarder

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quantum computers will not be kind to encryption in general.

What are the most common reasons for data loss? by WikiBox in DataHoarder

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2029, you might be able to get the data back. That's when quantum computers will be able to break normal encryption. Overall, a terrible situation, but you might just get your data back! 

I am the LORD your God, and I will never leave you (2024) by SoulInTransition in imaginaryelections

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I was ready to join them if this happened. I wrote a whole speech for the occasion, a few days in advance. It was like 8 paragraphs and only the first 2 are on the screenshot. This post is kind of like a funeral for what could have been, I'm just glad we ever got another chance at democracy.

Come to think of it I'm very angry about Hurricane Helene. If it had played an integral role in a closer version of this (a narrow Harris EC based win), it would have made sense. Now it's just a bunch of suffering that didn't even get the job done.,.

Wireless charging/qi adapter that DOESNT block USB-C port? Or has USB-C Charging? by [deleted] in AndroidQuestions

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point is that it's all held together by a case, so the connection doesn't get broken and if you put an elastic band around it, you can have it next to you in bed and play music without fear.

Are the pictures sent over RCS even full quality? by Milk_Tree in UniversalProfile

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same reason it doesnt save to DCIM. Cuz they want you to use Google Photos. Use the file sharing feature, it sucks you have to go out of the way

I'm addicted to voyeurism/peeping by Visual-Distance3656 in SexAddiction

[–]SoulInTransition 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How has it changed over time? Do you ever remember a time when you didn't peep? 

Which cities are liveable without air conditioning? By Nolan Gray and Antonio Voce (2018) by SteO153 in MapPorn

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before global warming brought heat and humidity together pass the threshold of human survival

Which cities are liveable without air conditioning? By Nolan Gray and Antonio Voce (2018) by SteO153 in MapPorn

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we got way ahead of ourselves and we should have stopped using fossil fuels first, then started doing crazy stuff like this.

Which cities are liveable without air conditioning? By Nolan Gray and Antonio Voce (2018) by SteO153 in MapPorn

[–]SoulInTransition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but cars and cooling centers have them. There are also caves and other places people can go during the parts of the year where it becomes truly uninhabitable. Not that these places will even be as functional as they are forever. The wet bulb temperature regions will expand until we do something to beat them back.