I'm in the process of migrating from qBitTorrent to Deluge on the public information torrent server.
qBit is having issues with over 100TB of torrents in near 600 torrents. So I'm going to see if the problem also occurs in Deluge. If it does, I'll inspect the hardware. If not, qBit needs an update.
I'm decided to crowd-fund an expansion to the public information #torrent server.
Important public information is being systematically removed from government websites by the US fascist administration. We, The People, own this information. We paid for it with our taxes. And now, we must preserve it for future generations. Distributed torrenting is currently our best option.
This fundraiser is part 2. Part 1 successfully funded 112TB of storage for public data torrents from SciOp. My contribution is free solar energy, maintenance, and bandwidth. But I need your help for the storage part.
The current server is mostly filled up, so there is a need for more storage. The idea would be an external USB tower with 10x more 16TB HDDs. I estimate $2522 would expand the server by 160TB, so we'd have 272TB total !!
RESIST !! - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-preserve-public-data-donate-for-storage
The public data torrent server has been running reliably for days now, distributing data worldwide that was deleted by the orange clown regime.
Learn more: https://lydie.cc/data.html
RESIST!!!!
Listen to these beauties PURRRRR. Oh yes, the sound of 8x data center HDDs seeking, in living stereo®
The antifa torrent server draws 136w (not bad for 8x data center HDDs constantly chugging and a Bulldozer era AMD CPU).
0.136kWh x 24 x 365 = 1.191MWh per year.
That would cost about $179 if I had to pay for my electricity.
But instead, of my 91 solar panels, THREE of them, powers this server for the year.
Two things I wanted to share again:
A collection-in-progress of music retailers offering music in high quality, accessible, and permanently ownable formats. More important than ever when streaming sites keep removing music or even lack music you want.
A collection-in-progress of various queer/LGBTQIA+ oriented and focused social groups, meetups, recurring events, etc. within the Montreal (Tiohtià:ke) and Greater Montreal area.
More additions to the Queer Social list GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! Especially from transmasc + non-lesbian/sapphic/transfem spaces and folks!!!
A fresh (via donations) 14TB HDD for the antifa torrent server just landed, and is being surface scanned.
Thanks to additional donations, a 6th 14TB HDD has been ordered for the antifa torrent server. Thank you all immensely!
The antifa torrent server is busy!! Look at all that seeding. #resist #fascism #datahoarder #digitalpreservation #archive #archiveeverything #digitalactivism #resistanceculture #dataprivacy #infofreedom #independentsource #preservememory #solidarity #nocensorship #archivethefuture #digitalsurvival #freespeech #antifascist #historyisours #digitalsovereignty #safespace #fightfascism
3x 14TB datacenter drives installed so far! #resist #fascism #datahoarder #digitalpreservation #archive #archiveeverything #digitalactivism #resistanceculture #dataprivacy #infofreedom #independentsource #preservememory #solidarity #nocensorship #archivethefuture #digitalsurvival #freespeech #antifascist #historyisours #digitalsovereignty #safespace #fightfascism
Lots more #torrents from (https://sciop.net/datasets/) are downloading to #seed, filling that new donated HDD up. 20TB of public data under attack by #fascists is being seeded so far! #resist #fascism #datahoarder #digitalpreservation #archive
I've received enough support to buy the final HDD! I've shut off donations as the goal has been reached. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED. Over a hundred terabytes of data will be preserved and distributed worldwide.
Important public information is being systematically removed from government websites by the US fascist administration. Much of this essential data is sourced from sciop.net/datasets/. I'm contributing by running a torrent server, I have the benefit of free solar power and a free server with unmetered bandwidth.
I received enough donations here to purchase 8x 14TB renewed data center HDDs, giving us over 100TB of storage for public data preservation.
This is why I'm a data hoarder and download everything. Whether it's streams that disappear, or fascist takedowns #youtube #datahoarder
I've been on a quest to find the Nortel Networks font files.
I have nostalgia for them since my first job was working on projects for Nortel and I saw that font a lot.
There's one single page I've found on the internet that talks about it: https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-42992.html
Thanks to archive.org, I found the download page: https://web.archive.org/web/20040315074123/http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/corpid/discover/discover_typo.html
But the actual link to download the file wasn't archived 
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/corpid/downloads/typography/pc_font/pc_truetype.zip
Uh oh, found a 2.8TB archive and torrent of all MSDN content. #datahoarder
I've got 20 HDDs connected to 5 backplanes. The backplanes each have a SFF-8087 connector.
What type of controller do I want/need?
(And how many)
Bonus question:
Any suggestions for the right motherboard? (Up to E-ATX)
Data being seeded by my torrent server
Help preserve data being deleted by fascists: https://lydie.cc/data.html
Found my first DVD that just straight up will not read because of delamination of the disc. I have "a" copy of these episodes transcoded, but I'm working on re-transcoding to AV1, adding the "No laugh track" audio I missed last time, etc. and am planning on keeping ISOs of these discs for long term usage. I may have to re-order a copy of just this season so I can rip it properly.
Ongoing PSA:
