Ciro Santilli 27 Inch QHD (2560x1440) Monitor, 60Hz, IPS, 5ms, Ultrathin Bezel, 99% sRGB, DisplayPort, HDMI, 5x USB, 3 Year Warranty
Home 2017 TalkTalk 38Mbps nominal, Google M-lab speed test:
- 36.4 Mbps download
- 9.15 Mbps up
- 58 ms latency over 80km of first world
Virgin hub 3.0. mega minimal manual: web.archive.org/web/20220930011319/https://www.virginmedia.com/content/dam/virginmedia/dotcom/documents/corporate/userg-guide_broadband_superhub3.pdf
Home 2023:
- cell phone wifi: 260 Mps download
| WD Elements 20TB | Toshiba MK1059GSM | WD10EADS-42P6B0 |
|---|---|---|
| 20 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB |
Bought December 2023 for 300 pounds, so 15 pounds / TB. Needs power supply unfrotunately besides USB, the largest one without needing power supply was only 5 TB at the time so not worth it, given that my P14s alreay carriers 2 TB. 10x is a must for the external crap.
www.westerndigital.com/en-gb/products/external-drives/wd-elements-desktop-usb-3-0-hdd?sku=WDBWLG0030HBK-EESN (archive)
Noise: it has a constant pleasant hum, with a not so nice click every 5 seconds or so. Reasonable, but not amazingly incredible.
The size is reasonable, not megaportable, but definitely reasonable.
~1TB.
Internal hard drive likely removed from some old computer I lost track of, kept in a crappy case, incredible stuff.
Ubuntu 20.04
gnome-disks benchmark, NTFS partition: 40MB/s.~1TB.
Has a separate power cord, not USB powered. Unbelievable. Edit: actually high ends are still like that as of 2023, e.g. at that time, a the max non-cabled was 5 TB, but top of line was 20 TB.
Disk label:
wd1t.Ubuntu 20.04
gnome-disks benchmark, ext4 partition: 37MB/s.~8GB,
lsblk reports 7796176 * 1KB = 7983284224 bytes.We got a handful of those from École Polytechnique at the end of studies I think.
They are shaped like bicornes, which is super cool, but also super impractical!
Markings: "AX ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE PROMOTION X2009"
20.04
gnome-disks program reports it as: "SMI USB DISK".From Ubuntu 20.04 on an ext4 formatted one:
With Linux Unified Key Setup + ext4 the results are similar, maybe hdparam bypasses it?
/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads: 28656 MB in 1.99 seconds = 14421.31 MB/sec
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Timing buffered disk reads: 42 MB in 3.03 seconds = 13.88 MB/sec/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads: 28326 MB in 1.99 seconds = 14251.55 MB/sec
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Timing buffered disk reads: 38 MB in 3.11 seconds = 12.23 MB/secgnome-disks LUKS + ext4 benchmark with default params also gives about 14 MB/s.Skullcandy earphones, first one circa. 2016 most likely. Used them a lot, these are good.
2023-07: one of the sides broke near center, rebuying.
2021-07: wire half broke near connector, only works in some positions. The funny thing is: only voices seem to be blocked out! Rebuying.
2021-06: a small bottom piece of the left earpiece broke. Wire seems find, that is like a little extension to protect wire. Let's see for how long.
2020-20: wires at one of ears broke, not sure how.
Look they looked exactly like: "Skullcandy Smokin' Buds 2 In-Ear Audio Earbud Headphones with In-Line Microphone - Black".
Re-buying that one 10 pounds:
Tech specs:
Weight: 4gConnection Type: 3.5mm AUX CableImpedence: 32 ohmsDriver Diameter: 9mmTHD: <0.1% (1mW/500Hz) (0.0234)Sound Pressure Level: 95 dB (1mW/500Hz)Frequency Response: 20kHz - 20HzHeadphone Type: In-Ear
Bought: 2022.
Noticeably worse than the Skullcandy Smokin' Buds 2 for a similar price.