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Deepin Linux may ship with an AI Voice Assistant:
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Deepin Linux may ship with an AI Voice Assistant:
I read this yesterday on my phone, it seems like a really great addon feature. Not that I need an AI assistant, but I know people who use these regularly.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Deepin Linux may ship with an AI Voice Assistant:
I read this yesterday on my phone, it seems like a really great addon feature. Not that I need an AI assistant, but I know people who use these regularly.
Really? for more than just weather reports and stupid human tricks, like - alexa let's play Jeopardy....
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Deepin Linux may ship with an AI Voice Assistant:
I read this yesterday on my phone, it seems like a really great addon feature. Not that I need an AI assistant, but I know people who use these regularly.
Really? for more than just weather reports and stupid human tricks, like - alexa let's play Jeopardy....
Blind and people with vision issues need additional technologies, so yes really.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Deepin Linux may ship with an AI Voice Assistant:
I read this yesterday on my phone, it seems like a really great addon feature. Not that I need an AI assistant, but I know people who use these regularly.
Really? for more than just weather reports and stupid human tricks, like - alexa let's play Jeopardy....
Blind and people with vision issues need additional technologies, so yes really.
OK sure, but that's what .5% or less of the population?
I've had an Alexa since basically day one... I use it for timers, weather reports and some very occasional music (my wife on the otherhand, music nearly daily)... but that's it.
I don't think talking to our computers will ever really be a mainstream thing - people don't like telling the world around them (in general - yes there are those assholes on the subway who use speakerphone, etc in public) to know what they are doing.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
It might be a supply issue - they might not have any choice
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
It might be a supply issue - they might not have any choice
That is certainly a possibility too.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
An average of roughly 12 Seagate drives failing per day, the time involved has got to add up.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
It might be a supply issue - they might not have any choice
That's my guess. Or they are crazy cheap.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
An average of roughly 12 Seagate drives failing per day, the time involved has got to add up.
Well, think about the cost of a DC tech and the time involved in a drive swap. If you have the drives on hand, and the tech is already in the DC, and you can do it "anytime today".... grabbing 12 drives in a basket, walking around and popping them all in is 10-30 minutes, tops. Maybe even just 5 minutes if they hurry. It's so easy. And the most junior guy can do it, on the night shift. So likely just using already idle time.
I bet that if the drives themselves are cheap at all, or the warranties are good, that the cost might be hardly anything.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
An average of roughly 12 Seagate drives failing per day, the time involved has got to add up.
Well, think about the cost of a DC tech and the time involved in a drive swap. If you have the drives on hand, and the tech is already in the DC, and you can do it "anytime today".... grabbing 12 drives in a basket, walking around and popping them all in is 10-30 minutes, tops. Maybe even just 5 minutes if they hurry. It's so easy. And the most junior guy can do it, on the night shift. So likely just using already idle time.
I bet that if the drives themselves are cheap at all, or the warranties are good, that the cost might be hardly anything.
It's more than that. It's 12 split between all their data centers. Not just the physical swapping, but also the warranty work. Boxing, shipping, readying the drives, etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
It might be a supply issue - they might not have any choice
That's my guess. Or they are crazy cheap.
yeah, but the replacement time isn't so much so - I can't believe the price difference would overcome the tech replacement time difference.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
It might be a supply issue - they might not have any choice
That's my guess. Or they are crazy cheap.
yeah, but the replacement time isn't so much so - I can't believe the price difference would overcome the tech replacement time difference.
Replacement time is super cheap. There is not "thought" involved. it is pull thing with red flashy light and put in new thing. This is literal grunt work.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
but also the warranty work. Boxing, shipping, readying the drives, etc.
Not so much once bundle into batches. No one would do this individually in this scenario.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
An average of roughly 12 Seagate drives failing per day, the time involved has got to add up.
Well, think about the cost of a DC tech and the time involved in a drive swap. If you have the drives on hand, and the tech is already in the DC, and you can do it "anytime today".... grabbing 12 drives in a basket, walking around and popping them all in is 10-30 minutes, tops. Maybe even just 5 minutes if they hurry. It's so easy. And the most junior guy can do it, on the night shift. So likely just using already idle time.
I bet that if the drives themselves are cheap at all, or the warranties are good, that the cost might be hardly anything.
I didn't think they used hotswap? I thought they had to pull their home made servers out to swap drives, possibly requiring to down the whole machine (though unlikely - they just have to likely offline the drive before removing it, then scanning and adding the new one to the array.
None of the pictures of their boxes appeared to be hotswapable.
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@Dashrender You've seen pictures of their servers/datacenter?
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender You've seen pictures of their servers/datacenter?
Everyone has. They post pics and specs of their servers everywhere. They are famous for it.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Backblaze Q3 drive stats:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
The answer is unchanged. Don't buy Seagate.
With the number of failed Seagate drives that B2 is going through, you'd think that it would be cost prohibitive to continue to purchase them.
This is reading into it a bit, but I would guess Seagate at least honors their warranties. . . .
An average of roughly 12 Seagate drives failing per day, the time involved has got to add up.
Well, think about the cost of a DC tech and the time involved in a drive swap. If you have the drives on hand, and the tech is already in the DC, and you can do it "anytime today".... grabbing 12 drives in a basket, walking around and popping them all in is 10-30 minutes, tops. Maybe even just 5 minutes if they hurry. It's so easy. And the most junior guy can do it, on the night shift. So likely just using already idle time.
I bet that if the drives themselves are cheap at all, or the warranties are good, that the cost might be hardly anything.
I didn't think they used hotswap? I thought they had to pull their home made servers out to swap drives, possibly requiring to down the whole machine (though unlikely - they just have to likely offline the drive before removing it, then scanning and adding the new one to the array.
None of the pictures of their boxes appeared to be hotswapable.
I believe that the newer models are. But even if not, downing a server, swapping a disk, and powering on is fast and easy.
