HDD in Azul

This is a sublime dark blue rendering of a SATA HDD

I created The composition of this Drive to contrast the sad fact that it's controller finally gave up and died a Silent Death.

The HDD controller fried itself after 19 years of dependable service.
My drive bay suddenly went into short protection, which gave me the indication that there was something wrong with the power circuit.

I naively thought that it was something else, not realizing how long this drive has worked, stable, quietly, as hard as it can, as dependable as it can be. That's something I was not used to from Seagate consumer drives. It's partner drive died more than 10 years ago. It still made it to commendable age

I would have replaced this drive and many others if hard drive prices were normal:

• 8 TB HDD USD$120
• 16 TB HDD USD 300
• 22 TB HDD USD 450

All these drives are consumer grade none of them are server drives. Now I need a total of 128 TB of new HDD space. That's because I not only need to replace but I also need to expand the space

I will have to buy hard drives at the exorbitant prices which are now current. Now the LLM large language model slop shit hits hard here

Since I don't have the cash for this free I need to get myself sponsoring the drive space is needed for computing work

LLM price gouging sucks sweaty wet balls

At least I have been able to get myself a beautiful composition of the corps of the drive

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Wilde’s, a new crown jewel of L.A. dining, excels at “Cal-British” cooking

When Wilde’s opened in late October, taking over a corner space in Los Feliz with room enough for 10 tables, crowds showed up from …
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Since the global #economy is headed to a #collapse, can we use the opportunity to #restructure & eliminate its biggest weakness - the #billionaire #robber_barons who refuse to accept that things have #value beyond just the #price which they can be sold for?

8000 #workers would have been #employed elsewhere now, if #Meta lacked the ability to hire them in the first place. Please stop quoting
#MarketForces as an excuse to trade #autonomy for #convenience.

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The #price of #fuel is creating #havoc in #Kenya, among other places. A friend in Mombasa reported she could no longer afford the fee to ride the bus!

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