Create Your Own Digital Library

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  • Internet providers, cloud storage options, and social media algorithms are constantly changing, but now information itself is also in flux. Companies come and go, servers are offlined, even the world's biggest encyclopedia changes every second. Here is how you can develop your own digital library that is more stable and resilient.
    Let us know in the comments what you would include in your personal digital library.
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  • @Katana_Gryphon
    @Katana_Gryphon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +206

    3:00 “fortunately I’m already used to the idea of not owning any Ubisoft games” underrated sick burn lmao

    • @WartimeFriction
      @WartimeFriction 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Right up there with "Capable of Stargate" with the P90 segment. Absolutely hilarious

    • @thesickening0169
      @thesickening0169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cries in Assassins Creed

    • @magistradox39
      @magistradox39 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's why you should get warez games, software for everything you ever bought.

  • @texasranger24
    @texasranger24 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +365

    My digital library is completely owned by the NSA. So nice of them, making a backup of all my data...

    • @DNETREAPER
      @DNETREAPER 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Sounds like bad OPSEC 👎

    • @christianlohmann8577
      @christianlohmann8577 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Did you tried a restore from that storage ? What is the SLA ?

    • @TheTyrial86
      @TheTyrial86 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      If your phone crashes can you ask them for a reboot?

    • @T.REXLabs
      @T.REXLabs  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      Yeah, they are just the best.

    • @crusader_2028
      @crusader_2028 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's classified and unavailable while we are under investigation. If you have a lawyer ask for a copy it will be 100% redacted. :)​@@christianlohmann8577

  • @rmp5s
    @rmp5s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    This is exactly why I have an HP Proliant server running unRAID with over 56TB of storage. I noticed this coming and I'm quite a data hoarder so I built this out and have been backing up everything I can. All my movies, music, entire backups of my entire Google presence, Facebook presence, even all my Audible books. Currently working on getting all my Kindle books...it's proving to be tricky but I refuse to accept "you will own nothing and you will be happy". Flat-out refuse. If anyone would like more info on doing the same, I'm happy to help! 👍

    • @STRYK_CO
      @STRYK_CO 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I need some help..

    • @jessehutchinson3403
      @jessehutchinson3403 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'd actually really appreciate some pointers as to how to start collecting this kind of information like that. Just recently peaked my interest and I can feel the rabbit hole deepening 😂

    • @JohnSmith-vo8is
      @JohnSmith-vo8is หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes

  • @Cyber-f7e
    @Cyber-f7e 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    Decentralization is a choice...until its not. Excellent video as always.

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Embrace Web3 federation. It's the only way we can break out of the matrix

    • @riffdex
      @riffdex 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ImperiumLibertasyou mean web3 foundation?

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@riffdex no. Web3 is a concept that embraces federation of services which just means decentralization.

    • @riffdex
      @riffdex 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ImperiumLibertas web3 federation isn’t a thing. If you google “web3 federation” it says “did you mean web3 foundation” lol

  • @luciuschappell4648
    @luciuschappell4648 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +234

    Saving a massive library of "how to" TH-cam repair videos would be invaluable and an incalculable loss if the cloud went down.

    • @bradyclark7185
      @bradyclark7185 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      or you could just go do it, then you'd already know how to, and can pass on the information like the entirety of human history has

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      ​@@bradyclark7185 okay caveman

    • @BenHonjok
      @BenHonjok 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree totally !-)

    • @chrisoswald1607
      @chrisoswald1607 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      youtube-dlp, it's a very easy to use program to grab youtube videos, or videos that aren't easily downloadable on a lot of sites (instagram, facebook, twitter, twitch, etc). I use this to grab tutorials myself.

    • @user-mp3eq6ir5b
      @user-mp3eq6ir5b 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If ?
      When.

  • @johnmarston2616
    @johnmarston2616 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    14:07
    What a fantastic little hidden Easter Egg. This absolutely unforgettable scene from Blade Runner mislabeled as Logan’s Run, as a nod to the theme of the video regarding the rewriting of history and passing off falsehoods as truth. I see you guys, you guys are funny.

    • @icantdrive75
      @icantdrive75 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      First movie is definitely not Twister, but now I'm frustrated cause I wanna watch whatever movie that is.

    • @BlakeJoy
      @BlakeJoy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@icantdrive75 I believe it's The day after tomorrow

    • @BenHonjok
      @BenHonjok 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was already wondering if Rutger Hauer also played a part in Logans run... (besides Blade Runner).

    • @thedisposable
      @thedisposable 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I always new Stargate was a documentary!

    • @antadefector
      @antadefector 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Had written a comment about that and seen You were first so I deleted it to not make noise.

  • @Cooliofamily
    @Cooliofamily 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    As a cybersecurity professional, homelab enthusiast, and ‘personal cloud operator’, I really enjoy these videos and the creation of this channel generally. Keep it up.

  • @hoorayimhelping3978
    @hoorayimhelping3978 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +380

    For everyone wondering why the movie titles don't match the clips: a large portion of the video is dedicated to explaining that you can't trust information that other people have control of, and that you need to verify the information you're given because it could be wrong.

    • @creightonholub
      @creightonholub 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      This needs to be the top comment.

    • @Scout339th
      @Scout339th 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      That makes so much sense now lol

    • @TheLolz404
      @TheLolz404 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      But it does make the video itself feel uninformed.

    • @calebwalker9261
      @calebwalker9261 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Dude... i was scratching my head until about 14:05 when it showed the Blade Runner clip (labeled Logan's Run) and it FINALLY clicked! 😂 I then immediately came to the comments so i could laugh at myself with everyone

    • @NoseNuggets
      @NoseNuggets 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@creightonholub gosh, i really wish it didn't need to be.

  • @reza5337
    @reza5337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    as an Iranian, I grew up learning that you can not take a lot of things as granted, I'm working my way out of the cloud (someone else's computer), its much more common to us to loose internet access (thanks to the tyrannical government) and this video gave me a really usefool ideas to what to do for when such thing happens.
    thank you Isaac and thank you t-rex arms

  • @viewatyourownrisk
    @viewatyourownrisk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I'm glad you acknowledged the movie clip inaccuracies. I was more than slightly confused by it...until I realized the only accurate naming was 1984. Clever

  • @SuperBlooper057
    @SuperBlooper057 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Soldier of Fortune is a very apt example of being able to debunk modern lies with old truth. These days, if you say that the Glock 17 is so-named because of it's 17-round capacity, people will tell you that "ackshully, it's because it was Gaston Glock's 17th patent." However, if you look on the Austria patent's office website, you'll find that there's multiple Glock patents, all of which predate his 17th patent, which only occurred years after the first gen Glock 17 was released. But if you were to look on page 39 in the October 1984 issue of Soldier of Fortune, you will find some of the earliest press coverage of the pistol, which recounts Peter Kokalis's experience with it at Glock's headquarters in Austria, where he writes:
    "At 21.175 oz., empty, the Glock 17 (referring to its magazine capacity) compares favorably to the competition."

  • @dasiksupahuman
    @dasiksupahuman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I been using the same hard drive for 20 years to watch my movies and store my books. I was today years old when I found out that it wont last. Thank you for teaching me something.

    • @jonathonmcmillan9410
      @jonathonmcmillan9410 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Lucky you. I've had many hard drives fail over the last 20yrs. All my kids' pictures and videos are on those drives. It happens.

    • @dasiksupahuman
      @dasiksupahuman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jonathonmcmillan9410 So I treat my hard drive much like I treat my physical books. Kept in a water proof container. But can the files on the hard drive become compromised over time? Please forgive my ignorance as the most modern technology I trust is a LS3 engine.

    • @ForexStoryteller
      @ForexStoryteller 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      5 years, sitting or in use, is the cutoff. Newer ones have a data transfer limit, but I'm mechanically inclined to understand materials degrade over time, so 5 years max for any medium, then I replace them all new. It's cheap compared to data that you can't find anymore. I tried the "it's always available".... No it's not 🤦

    • @dasiksupahuman
      @dasiksupahuman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ForexStoryteller That is eye opening. Thank you for the information.

  • @DPolk98
    @DPolk98 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    CS Lewis said his best way of helping people to Christ was the catch them unaware. You do the same thing through small, inoffensive truths. Absolutely love you guys

    • @utubepunk
      @utubepunk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "helping" 😒

    • @PatrickKQ4HBD
      @PatrickKQ4HBD 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Helping! 😇

    • @utubepunk
      @utubepunk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PatrickKQ4HBD Stealth marketing isn't helping.

    • @PatrickKQ4HBD
      @PatrickKQ4HBD 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@utubepunk I don't think I can change your mind about it but think of it like stealth marketing of first aid training or the heimlich maneuver. It's not brainwashing victims, it's medicine for the ailing. Just an angle to consider.

    • @utubepunk
      @utubepunk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PatrickKQ4HBD You COULD change my mind. You wouldn't administer Heimlich maneuver on someone who wasn't choking. I wonder if native populations would look back at what was done to them by Christians as "helping".

  • @mitchelleames62
    @mitchelleames62 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    One miscredited clip, two miscredited cli- . . . . ohhhhh.

    • @schumzy
      @schumzy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yep

    • @marcusblessing
      @marcusblessing 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I raised an eyebrow at the first one, and then I mildly chuckled at the second

    • @cc8799
      @cc8799 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here.

  • @williammarshall5865
    @williammarshall5865 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Just a heads-up, MicroSD cards have insanely high failure rates. You should think of them as disposable storage. The most economical mass storage for unchanging data is to write to spinning HDD's (2 or more drives with the same data is even better), unplug them and store in cool, dry (separate) places far from magnets. Nothing is fool-proof, but if you're on a super tight budget and can't afford redundant storage arrays, magnetic drives in cold storage that you boot up as needed or every 3-5 years and make new copies are the way to go.
    Great video, btw! I didn't catch the movie clip titles until saving private ryan. You definitely earned my sub.

    • @theKashConnoisseur
      @theKashConnoisseur 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When it comes to really long term storage, electronic 1s and 0s don't stand a chance. If history has shown us anything, it's that you want to carve the record in stone if you want something to last the true test of time.

  • @johndunbar2393
    @johndunbar2393 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I've collected hundreds of .pdf books and manuals, from a source years ago, that had to do with survival, preparedness, and the like. I just keep it on a few different hard drives, but I need to revisit that and get that more in order and add to it.
    I'm glad y'all made this channel. I'm not a super tech guy, but Isaac is doing his best to turn me into one. Thanks T-Rex Labs team.

  • @MrJayBee8
    @MrJayBee8 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    So wild that this pops up on my feed from you guys as im researching how to build my own home server and media library. good timing boys we need it now more than ever!

  • @SuperMIKevin
    @SuperMIKevin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am immensely grateful that so many are working on creating libraries.
    It's not something we can do alone, it may seem easy, as i used to think 10 years ago when i started a library using hard drives, thinking i would have time to transfer it to other types of media, i was wrong, i failed, i lost everything.
    Life happens, it gets in the way.
    You will probably fail also if you are doing it alone, unless this is the most important project of your life and you care about nothing else.
    So thank you all for your hard work.

  • @jonwebsterabbott
    @jonwebsterabbott 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die." Bladerunner (1982)

    • @jonwebsterabbott
      @jonwebsterabbott 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      LOLOL. I posted this 4 minutes too soon.

  • @00mojo00
    @00mojo00 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    It s kind of interesting that there are multiple Videos from TREX Labs where some hours before it releases i have the exact same topic in mind. Bought a second SSD today to backup my primary external one… best regards from Germany

  • @FreedomandBaconHomestead
    @FreedomandBaconHomestead 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    That labeling from select clips was entertaining. :)

  • @sliderofelay
    @sliderofelay 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    Someone smarter than I said "the cloud is just somebody else's computer."

    • @omicrondec
      @omicrondec 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That quote is in the video...

    • @JackNowhere
      @JackNowhere 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      mental outlaw

    • @deathsgauntlet
      @deathsgauntlet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Computers* the cloud itself is often decentralized and is more resilient because of that. It's typically the connection to those servers that fail, not the storage itself.

  • @cadenlemley5329
    @cadenlemley5329 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This reminds me of a class I took two semesters ago on Digital History. He is absolutely right on everything he is saying.

  • @konicu
    @konicu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I grew up watching Sean Kennedy of RantMedia and because of him I became a data hoarder. I've filled multiple hard drives, CDs, Printouts, ect of stuff. I even make backups of internet bookmarks which has been really useful.

  • @FlareLightPro
    @FlareLightPro 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I see we are slowly heading towards setting up NAS's (network attached storage) (make sure you connect them to a UPS / uninterrupted power supply).
    Aside from the usual business / enterprise use cases, they can be your own personal cloud and streaming service. You can easily rip movie files from DVDs and blurays that you own, and place them on a NAS instead of having to rely on netflix, amazon prime, disney plus, ect. It will also protect media from going down the "memory hole", I believe it was WB a couple years ago that was deleting all sorts of old media in order to write it off.
    As for backing up data, follow the 3-2-1 principle, 3 copies of your data, on two different types of storage media, with one copy being offsite.
    Blu-ray are a decent pick for more long term back ups. Blu-ray disks can easily hold 15-50gb depending on manufacturer, and can be data safe for anywhere from 15 to 100 years (allegedly), depending on manufacturer.

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you're doing serious data hoarding you should look into magnetic tape backup. It's the most data dense and long living data storage medium.

  • @johncasey5594
    @johncasey5594 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I have never trusted the cloud (period). I love movies, TV series , music, video games, etc. I have a 50TB media server with almost 7,000 movies, almost 1,700 TV series, countless music, MAME/console emulator ROMS and PC games. As far as games go, if I can't install and play without the Internet, I just don't get into or hooked on them. My entire media library is backed up twice onto both 2.5" portable drives and NVME drives. I can literally hold my entire collection in the palm of my hands and access from my cell phone, tablet or PC. Obviously we can't store everything. I think each of us should archive what we care about to ensure it survives.

    • @antovfukov9005
      @antovfukov9005 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You do a how to video for others to do the same?

    • @inout3394
      @inout3394 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What drives and soft you have?

    • @user-sp9ue1ws7c
      @user-sp9ue1ws7c 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      as a software engineer with a degree in mechanical engineering, I trust the cloud lol. The cloud systems have their own backups (multiple) and full time staff on call to maintain it 24/7. If you run your own server you have to deal with your own vulnerabilities which are inevitable as well and not really worth the headache or time needed to invest into it

    • @antovfukov9005
      @antovfukov9005 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@user-sp9ue1ws7c yes it is work to maintain, but necessary when storms knock out service, or censorship removes them, or removes ads. Should still backup to cloud as an extra insurance to your own server crashing. Two is one, one is none.

    • @EricJW
      @EricJW 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-sp9ue1ws7c That definitely depends on the retention purpose and timescale you're aiming for. For everyday tasks where it's not the end of the world if access is temporarily lost, sure, trust the cloud. If something is vital to never, ever lose (or you're aiming to help preserve data through the collapse of society), don't keep your only copy in the cloud. Also, not calling out OP here, but media collections like that are usually pirated, which is smart to keep contained only on hardware you own.

  • @RenThraysk
    @RenThraysk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    There is a project called protomaps. The project provides the entire current (weekly updates) OpenStreetMap of Earth in a single 120Gb file, and a map tile server. So should be able to run a map tile server locally and add it as a custom map source to ATAK EUDs. Haven't gotten around to trying it but should work if ATAK supports Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT) directly.

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Checking it out now. Thanks king.

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The military has a database called Odin. It doesn't have everything but it lists many of the worlds weapon systems, who uses them, their defense and offense capabilities, and much more. They even have real war games both for bluefor and opfor sides. Great tools. Ive backed that up with kiwix.

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sweet.

    • @hfw3
      @hfw3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ImperiumLibertas Link?

    • @roflchopter11
      @roflchopter11 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Does it have satellite imaging too? That'd be dope.

  • @Zero_Phux_Given
    @Zero_Phux_Given 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I knew something was off when I searched "Logans Run 1982" and nothing existed for that year - I understand the point, especially having looked at other comments. I will say though, I do enjoy the clips being accurately labeled - there has been a few movies I've watched because of this channel. Would be cool if someone had a comment with all the clips and their actual movie titles, lol.

    • @dobrzpe
      @dobrzpe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      here's my comment reposted:
      3:50... um, that's NOT Independence Day. that's The Day After Tomorrow! LOL!
      4:42... yes, it's The Time Machine, but NOT the one from 1960, this one is from the remake in 2002.
      14:05... again, NOT Logans Run (1976), but instead Blade Runner from 1982.
      i'm thinking you are trying to make a point!
      18:04... yup, that aint Saving Private Ryan. it's Band of Brothers!
      now i'm REAL invested in what point you are trying to make...
      24:57 - THERE IT IS. yup. i knew most of of em off the top of my head, but did have to hit up IMDB for one of em.
      DIY Network Attached Storage for the win. You can store everything (you still need a separate backup!), and run many MANY useful services. You can have your own cloud storage, your own media server, your own library, your own [insert name of almost anything here!]. even your own AI...

  • @FaddaJoe
    @FaddaJoe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    LTT has put out a ton of content over the years on building and setting up your own NAS. Any old or extra PC can be converted to your own local server accessible to all devices on your LAN. Make it a Plex media server while you’re at it and cut your dependence on streaming services.

    • @BlackBagData
      @BlackBagData 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s what I did. Currently over 250 Blu-ray movie titles so far!

  • @eldeffe
    @eldeffe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Good rule of thumb for backups that has stood the test of time: 3 copies, 2 formats (storage mediums), 1 of them offline

    • @PatrickKQ4HBD
      @PatrickKQ4HBD 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's exactly what that pension fund did. It saved them, but it took two weeks to get back to normal. Oh to be a fly on the wall!

    • @eldeffe
      @eldeffe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PatrickKQ4HBD 10/10 would love to see the post-mortem on that one. (Also whether or not they hit their RTO/RPOs)

    • @algonquin7306
      @algonquin7306 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not just offline but offsite.

  • @Yoda63
    @Yoda63 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's so weird, literally yesterday I just bought a hard copy encyclopedia at my local thrift store before watching this video. It was a world book to boot!

  • @davidellul4716
    @davidellul4716 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The scene from Blade Runner being attributed to Logan's Run is the BEST example of how data can be corrupted 😅😅😅 Well done!

  • @rugerdie4054
    @rugerdie4054 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love to see branching out to help people consider a full spectrum defense of liberty

  • @earGO
    @earGO 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    go go mesh decentralization. Assemble private clouds, control your devices, abolish using OPC (other people's computers)

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Before we go with mesh decentralization can we get to Web3 standards of federated services first? E2e encrypted federated services solves most of the centralization problems until the Internet becomes untenable.

    • @earGO
      @earGO 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ImperiumLibertas nah, federation sharization :) the whole point of decentralization (to me) is everybody does whatever, and something is more successful, something is less, and eventually there's something that works. But all attempts to centralize and standartize will lead more or less to attempts to seize control

    • @ImperiumLibertas
      @ImperiumLibertas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@earGO I dont see how federation conflicts with what you said?

  • @mynameiszakk
    @mynameiszakk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Lucas, my name is Bob Carter and I absolutely love how much attention to detail was given to properly citing the various clips used throughout this video.
    That said, I’d like to direct your attention to 10:45 in which the film Animal Farm (1999) was improperly labeled as 1984 (1984). Please take this critique constructively; I have much respect for the entire DYNO LABS team and hope you keep up all the great work you’re doing to make sure “they, the people” are staying informed.
    “We, the system” owe you a great debt for your efforts…
    Thanks again!
    - Bill Chapel

  • @robertbomer382
    @robertbomer382 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Clip labels were solid gold.

  • @BigSil57
    @BigSil57 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great content, on a forgotten topic. It's so relevant in this digital age, and we forget got important it is to not let them "change history".

  • @thestig007
    @thestig007 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm a bit of a data hoarder. This is why I have gotten into building my own home servers. I plan on vastly expanding my home hosting and archiving ability this year, great timing on this video. Gives me ideas on how to archive things like Wikipedia.

  • @bookworm8415
    @bookworm8415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    TREX and PSA are so awesome. Love their philosophies.

  • @joeglennaz
    @joeglennaz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, I’m so excited about this video. What a great topic. I’m a new subscriber thank you so much. Can’t wait to watch all your videos.

  • @davidt5085
    @davidt5085 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great topic 👍. Waiting for the end to see if there’s a punchline to why several of the movie clips don’t match the titles, lol.

  • @bobtheghost0624
    @bobtheghost0624 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Also a good repository of information for a project like this is the Survivor Library. You can buy a copy, download the files individually for free, or you can write a script to download them for you. I’m not sure how this differs from Project Gutenberg, but either way, it’s another resource worth being aware of.

  • @ichewtoast111
    @ichewtoast111 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The not owning games comment was hilarious and underrated.

  • @willieeverett8978
    @willieeverett8978 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hope that this becomes a regular series with updates. Thanks for the info.

  • @starshiprepair
    @starshiprepair 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've had similar feelings about reading the first volume of Gargantuan Gunsite Gossip as you describe about the reporting in Solider of Fortune. Great to hear directly from someone who was there at the time.

  • @bringer-of-change
    @bringer-of-change 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ive had this in mind for a long time; preserving certain information to protect it from a dark age. It's a noble and honorable thing to do. Thats why The Brotherhood of Steel does it. Who knows. Mayne we will have an equivalent to them in the coming future. I think we already know who's gonna become the Enclave. Seems we already have the Enclave actually.

  • @_c_y_p_3
    @_c_y_p_3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @T.REXLabs a faraday bag SHOULD be a part of ALLLLLLL our hard drive storage BECAUSE of the solar flares release small ( tiny) particals that SHOOT THROUGH our drives and take out sectors, slowly corrupting little tiny parts which can become big parts depending on the way your dice fall.

  • @JohnLothe
    @JohnLothe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    2:57 lol burn. So am I.Thank you for everything, yall are doing the Lords work.

  • @nightowl9519
    @nightowl9519 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This might not be your most popular content, but it is the content I enjoy the most

  • @True_Patriotx
    @True_Patriotx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    You mislabeled at least 3 movie clips (probably more, maybe all of them? Will have to rewatch to be sure.). Watching the end of the video explains why you did it. I just figured your editor messed up.

    • @StephenShreds
      @StephenShreds 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It was intentional

    • @nightowl9519
      @nightowl9519 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@StephenShreds And really funny

    • @NyneIX9
      @NyneIX9 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, I think "Independence Day" was actually "2012". lol

  • @gm743633
    @gm743633 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have been doing this the 80's, of course this was necessary before the internet and cloud as we know it. I have everything on a few terabyte drives. I do not trust cloud backup. They can look at anything they want and deny access anytime.

  • @thesickening0169
    @thesickening0169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I could see saving any kind of medical journals as a good idea. Anything explaining what antibiotics to use for a specific illness, how to diagnose illnesses, how to suture, etc.

  • @jkellyid
    @jkellyid 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The great thing with modern tech is how much more reliable drives are and how small text files are capacity wise.

  • @nvirevolution2235
    @nvirevolution2235 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I highly recommend everyone who cares about their data who has even just a little experience with computers to have a NAS. I recommend models from WD or Synology. Keep a mirrored storage medium with backups of your documents you can pack into a backpack on a moments notice. Synology NAS drives also encrypt all of the data on the drives (if desired) and only YOU are able to decrypt it. Data security is incredibly important.

    • @ReptilianXHologram
      @ReptilianXHologram 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Got any links where you recommend for those products?

  • @ptompkins1976
    @ptompkins1976 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That movie clip was from Band of Brothers, not Saving Private Ryan. I noticed that right as soon as it was played.

  • @ToddKing
    @ToddKing 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm very glad you mentioned that the cloud is just someone else's computer. I only wish you hadn't waited until the very end as some my have tuned out by then. Too many people look at the "cloud" as some magical place where data, including theirs, lives. It is not. It is just someone else's computer.

  • @Real-Name..Maqavoy
    @Real-Name..Maqavoy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Already am.
    *Self hosting* and *NAS* is superb.

  • @bigslice4738
    @bigslice4738 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What if you create a home server rack and home network ?
    Setting up your own firewall, storage, and setup pi hole, the sky is the limit once you setup a home lab.

  • @aletter1718
    @aletter1718 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I also believe switching to Linux is a must for any serious open source advocate. Start with Linux mint and go from there, windows is not your friend.

  • @hardbrocklife
    @hardbrocklife 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Old Dell Poweredge R720 with 36TB of drives running off 600w worth of solar panels with Starlink. I'm all set.

    • @BlackBagData
      @BlackBagData 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m getting there, almost like you!

  • @DEPORTMAN
    @DEPORTMAN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SOF had great reporting on the wars in Angola and Mozambique in the 70s and 80s.

  • @nomadhgnis9425
    @nomadhgnis9425 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish I have the money to buy storage to archive the data. I have the entire survivors library offline. My drive is old and not sure how long it will last. Hopefully I can get a new one in the future. Excellent video. FYI my WD external hardr dive is over 8 years old. More reliable that ssd.

  • @wpherigo1
    @wpherigo1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow. A lot of good stuff here. My opinion has a good helping of confirmation bias, but I like where you seem to be going with this.

  • @heatherryan9820
    @heatherryan9820 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And here I was thinking I had finally gone bonkers, lol. Because I knew that some of those labels for the movies were off.

  • @stupidityonly478
    @stupidityonly478 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kiwix on the phone kinda sucks NGL, but on linux, it's an absolutely wonderful experience.

  • @richardkennedy815
    @richardkennedy815 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah yes, SOF magazine. That brings back the memories... Hopefully I can set up such a device in the very near future. Great video. Also, I would love to still have the various articles by Mel Tappan...although even then I did not always agree with him.

  • @RLfilmz
    @RLfilmz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Trex Arms meeting r/selfhosted might be my new favorite crossover

  • @daleastiles
    @daleastiles 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've wanted my own NAS for a long time but finally took action on that desire at the first of this year. I've also owned a Linux machine that doesn't play well with the Internet so the only way I get data on to it is via sneaker net. It's getting old and I really should back it up before the 1993 hard drive decides to give up on me. This is the first video I've seen from this channel and as soon as the video was over, I subscribed. I'm curious what other gems are on this channel.

  • @ashersurdu9967
    @ashersurdu9967 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Independence Day? I seem to remember Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith having a greater regard for tax law. I'm sure I will remember what movie that was actually from Tomorrow- or perhaps The Day After that...

  • @chocolatemonk
    @chocolatemonk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sync / formerly BTSync is a peer to peer file syncing program. your stuff travels over your local network in house or internet to authorized computers, encrypted, set to share files or directories point to point. Not cloud. you can then move these folders to a flash drive and throw them in your safe. download as many books as you can. You can get into Faraday cages too. Buys Vinyl records and CDs please! Books physical

  • @michaelnuttall5896
    @michaelnuttall5896 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    wait a second, I'd like to see that documentary on the NZ film industry. My family was heavily involved in the old South African film industry, I still remember cataloging all the old film reels that were later digitized and subsequently sold off or destroyed. Old documentary's, film from different era's dating back to when film was first made here in Africa.. many of the old timers who had immigrated in the 90's would of gone to NZ and Australia, perhaps influencing their film or pulling out of the industry entirely.. as socialism(communism) took over the colonies. Who could doubt that it does not have a foothold today, more like a stronghold.

  • @AnneGoggansQHHT
    @AnneGoggansQHHT 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “You will own nothing, and you will be happy”

  • @TrenchantEdges
    @TrenchantEdges 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I did not expect this to turn into a love letter to Soldier of Fortune magazine, lol. Of course, I also have an archive of SoF so lol.

  • @pewdeals
    @pewdeals 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    just started the video, so I might be putting the cart before the horse here by commenting already. I've taken this a step further and built completely local versions of Chat GPT (Llama 3) that can live in a Farday bag. Granted you'll need a power source to use it for longer than a laptop charge. I see this as the future of privacy, oddly enough.

  • @kg4gav
    @kg4gav 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    how to make microfilm/microfiche? I think this, like celluloid film, will outlast digital storage.

  • @jaydenbrown2852
    @jaydenbrown2852 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Always a good video from the Labs

  • @blewbal
    @blewbal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As the data gets more, and more centralized by a few it becomes easier to manipulate available information from the past in an effort to manipulate the current or the future.

  • @ecleveland1
    @ecleveland1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I recommend saving your information and data to at least three different platforms. You can use hard drives, a cloud storage solution, and something like dvds or archives grade flash drives. I would also suggest having multiples of each of those for extremely important files. Storage is relatively cheap these days across many different formats. Saving your files in an EMP proof container is also very easy and cheap. And don’t keep all of your backup storage in one location such as your home or office. What if there’s a fire or tornado or some other natural disaster or theft. So at least three different types of storage and multiples of them and at least two different physical locations is the best.

  • @aletter1718
    @aletter1718 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you are a technically competent computer user, there are cheap server hdds on TH-cam for mass storage. Most have plenty of life in them, and 10 to 20 tbs is ALOT of data when you can get that at 15 to 30 bucks. I personally have at home a petabox I self built which has an insane amount of saved videos from youtube on repair,tactics etc. Never needed cloud again and very soon I suspect every person will have to have an offline server (from the internet, not your network) to preserve certain information...Very cool video.

  • @JRedcorn
    @JRedcorn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad to know when the year 2000 gets here, the world loses all its technological advances and we go back to the stone age Trex Arms will still be producing content. Keep up the energy yall, the world is what we make it.

  • @that.chill.speedsofter1445
    @that.chill.speedsofter1445 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a whole Playlist called "learn" with every youtube video I've found and thought I would need to reference. This video is now in it

  • @PERSONA-NONGRATA-13
    @PERSONA-NONGRATA-13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I remember a few times iTunes would delete all my music files. It was a big pain in the ass but I had most of it backed up on a separate drive. When it happened again I realized it would be better to back up everything. There's really no such thing as "a cloud" , it's all someone else's computer (I guess Hillary Clinton and Anthony wiener didn't realize this, lol.)
    I remember reading solder of fortune magazine as a kid, one issues I still have was on spetznaz operator in Afghanistan and WHO was training the Afghan groups, it was VERY eye opening in light of what has happened in the decades since the Russians left Afghanistan it all checked out. Our worst enemy has always been our own government.

  • @kieran8266
    @kieran8266 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Remember -- if you save a backup of Wikipedia, you also save a backup of all the changes that have ever been made to it -- as well as all the Talk pages discussing those changes.

    • @RM-xr8lq
      @RM-xr8lq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      the talk pages have more relevant info than the articles on that site these days

  • @stahme10
    @stahme10 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is amazing how information is transitory. information may disappear at anytime.

  • @sergeii9607
    @sergeii9607 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The clip about book burning is from the day after tomorrow

    • @TheBelite
      @TheBelite 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We did that on propuse to drive engagement in the comment section. Like you are now.

  • @seanarcher4956
    @seanarcher4956 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    SOF lost me when Chuck Taylor said that real men prefer full auto M-14s!
    As one who has fired one not on a flat range, that was an instant credibility killer.

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was not true at the time, but I am slowly reaching the age that I want a full-auto M14 again. Or maybe it's not my age, maybe it's the sheer length of time since I fired one...

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    🇺🇸

  • @cts3499
    @cts3499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was wondering if you would bring up gridbase. I put in an order a couple months ago for the base station. Hoping it ships this fall

    • @gridbasedotnet
      @gridbasedotnet 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It will!

    • @cts3499
      @cts3499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gridbasedotnet keep at it man! Love your content and products

  • @kylegamer48
    @kylegamer48 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A book that everyone needs to read today is Little Brother by Corey Doctorow. It's basically the sequel to 1984 except set in 2004 in San Francisco. The book is free under the creative commons license.

  • @thelifeofjools8384
    @thelifeofjools8384 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice work....top notch 👍

  • @morphos2
    @morphos2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14:12 Is this a sarcastic take on the alterations to true historic information?! 😂 Well played! Something seemed fishy all of the sudden. My alarms went crazy! 😄

  • @julia1992
    @julia1992 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Trex, if you sold these storage devices pre-loaded with essential library (such as a static copy of Wikipedia) I would definitely buy one!

  • @stoneobscurity
    @stoneobscurity 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    is there a reason all the movie credits are wrong?

  • @PiperUsmc
    @PiperUsmc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm glad to have stumbled upon this channel. I have watched T-Rex stuff over the years, but this crossover into "techie" stuff is a bit of a nice surprise. I will admit I almost skipped it, but I am glad I did not.
    Thanks and Cheers!

  • @_Art.Vandelay
    @_Art.Vandelay 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You know what’s underrated? Having physical hard copies of important documents, pictures or even books and games.
    The cloud revolution was an over correction to declutter and secure our important information from physical destruction. Everything is a balance.

  • @JackMyersPhotography
    @JackMyersPhotography 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cloud assets are backed up in a minimum of three locations. Those locations can be geographically separated, but that costs more.

  • @LutherDrucker
    @LutherDrucker 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All valuable data should be permanent.
    Permanence gives data maximum security by eliminating the risk of censorship. Irys guarantees that data on it will function exactly as intended, forever.

  • @_c_y_p_3
    @_c_y_p_3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah this dude is speaking wisdom here. We might have different political ideas but we live in the same world. That micro server is epic cool!

  • @Hebdomad7
    @Hebdomad7 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Remember. The cloud is just someone else's computer. If you stream it. You don't own it or can expect to be able to access it later.
    14:09 - Miss labelling Blade Runner Logan's Run (1976) with Blade Runner (1982) is an incredibly meta level demonstration of how data is corrupted over time.
    See also CGP Grey 'Someone dead ruined my life again' . Academics have been battling this problem for hundreds (and thousands) of years. The information age and AI generated content will only make things a million times worse. Especially with AI suggesting people eat rocks and glue...
    Another note. History deserves to preserved. Even books in which you find abhorrent and objectional deserve to be preserved for future generations to study. Because if we don't learn from the mistakes of the past. We will be doomed to repeat them. Sanitising old media to make it acceptable to current audiences is not only disrespectful to those who were wronged. But its trying to pretend those things never happened which honestly is even worse...

  • @prcotango
    @prcotango 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved the original idea of Google books.
    They were trying to make Babylon's library, digitalizing every piece of printed media, in every language, and make it available for everyone.
    But sadly, greedy publishers made sure it wouldn't happen.