Going from "piracy" because I couldn't afford it to "buying stuff" because I could afford it back to "piracy" because even though I can afford it I actually want to own it.... is a crazy thing. But honestly at this point there is barely any other option.
In early 2000's I started collecting music videos. At the time there was no TH-cam or other streaming services so it meant collecting files. When I searched for interesting music videos for my collection I found many censored ones that were never aired on TV. When TH-cam and others arrived I was absolutely sure that none of these censored music videos would never appear on them or they would be quickly removed if someone attempted to upload them. But what never occurred to me was that works of art could be taken out from services even when they don't have nudity or other sensitive content. Whimsical reasons, copyright issues, you name it. The bottom line is if you want to keep access to artworks you can trust only yourself and technology that does not enforce restrictions.
It might be a good idea to make a backup of an external hard drive. Portable hard drives (even SSDs) are very fragile, and losing data can be really frustrating. Keeping a second backup is much cheaper than data recovery (which, in most cases, is not even possible).
Absolutely this! I've got all of my most important docs copied on multiple drives. I'm not a collector of anything and I have nothing rare, so everything else I'm fine of it's lost if the drives fail. I won't loose sleep over it!
I've been on the Linux journey on and off for the last couple of years or so. If I wasn't into making music and video, I think I could switch because I'm a very light user aside from them. As it stands, I can't find a good open source DAW that actually works and feels pleasant to use. Either my audio interface just flat out doesn't work, or the app is so horribly unintuitive that I simply don't want to make music on it. Same with video. I'm a pretty light user, but even with recent updates, kdenlive is still nowhere near ready for me. DaVinci Resolve? Not open source, and it still doesn't work as expected on Linux. I've been moving as many apps as I can manage over to open source alternatives, but Linux has a long, long way to go with good creative apps. So I'm stuck with MacOS for the moment because it's the most stable OS for the apps I use.
@@alexwr You know, it's funny you mention that because even though I forced myself to use Linux, the one problem I have is video editing and music production x__x I bought a MIDI device and I can't make it work, my technical knowledge of Linux is very, very limited. I'm trying to learn how to use Reaper, as it seems like a decent enough DAW, but I'm struggling. As for video editing, I do very minimal editing on ShotCut, but it can be very clunky at times. The good thing is, if you use things like Photoshop or the Adobe video editing programme (I forget the name), you can use them on Linux through Wine. I lost my Photoshop files, so I'm using GIMP, and even though it's not as good as Photoshop by a long shot, it does meet my editing needs. If someone taught music production on Linux I'd throw my money at them without a second thought.
@@BlueNorth313 Well, we can't all be Linux Chad hacker bros! :P Honestly, if I could find an easy way to find or write drivers for my audio interface, I would give it a go. But as it stands, none of the DAWs work with it in Linux, even things like Reaper which do work out the box on both MacOS and Windows... I cannot for the life of me figure out how the hell Pipewire, pulse audio and JACK work, even with the manual... I don't understand how a system built from the ground up to be compatible and basically run on anything like Linux just refuses to work with an old USB 2.0 interface, it doesn't make sense to me...
What do you mean?? Going against our Godly Overlords' monopoly on literature is against the law! Plus, you're supposed to *own nothing!* >:( Someone clearly didn't get the memo ù__ú
Cool, so can I have all your other properties, since they don't make you happy at all? You're a really good citizen, though, I'm sure your social score is on the top of the leaderboards.
To be honest, I wouldn't say that owning things has made me happy. Neither has not owning things. It's less about happiness and more about removing control from people who only want to make our lives more misera*ahem* I mean profitable.
@@alexwr For me it's also that owning things is like a boundary. I don't mind sharing if it's of my own volition, but I don't enjoy being forced to share, or to do anything in particular. When you don't own your things you have zero agency over how those things are used, when they are used, how they're treated or when you have access to them. The concept of happiness is a strange one, but I would say that owning things is one of the aspects of life that makes it worth living.
Has been for decades, or more precisely, 'Brave New World' is happening. I guess if we rebel then maybe 1984 totalitarian government will truly emerge...
Going from "piracy" because I couldn't afford it to "buying stuff" because I could afford it back to "piracy" because even though I can afford it I actually want to own it.... is a crazy thing. But honestly at this point there is barely any other option.
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In early 2000's I started collecting music videos. At the time there was no TH-cam or other streaming services so it meant collecting files. When I searched for interesting music videos for my collection I found many censored ones that were never aired on TV. When TH-cam and others arrived I was absolutely sure that none of these censored music videos would never appear on them or they would be quickly removed if someone attempted to upload them. But what never occurred to me was that works of art could be taken out from services even when they don't have nudity or other sensitive content. Whimsical reasons, copyright issues, you name it. The bottom line is if you want to keep access to artworks you can trust only yourself and technology that does not enforce restrictions.
And for a lot of the media we archive, we might not even realise how important it is until it's gone.
It might be a good idea to make a backup of an external hard drive. Portable hard drives (even SSDs) are very fragile, and losing data can be really frustrating. Keeping a second backup is much cheaper than data recovery (which, in most cases, is not even possible).
Absolutely this!
I've got all of my most important docs copied on multiple drives. I'm not a collector of anything and I have nothing rare, so everything else I'm fine of it's lost if the drives fail. I won't loose sleep over it!
By the way, be wary of apps and proprietary operating systems. Your files and devices can also potentially disappear at the drop of a hat.
I've been on the Linux journey on and off for the last couple of years or so.
If I wasn't into making music and video, I think I could switch because I'm a very light user aside from them.
As it stands, I can't find a good open source DAW that actually works and feels pleasant to use.
Either my audio interface just flat out doesn't work, or the app is so horribly unintuitive that I simply don't want to make music on it.
Same with video. I'm a pretty light user, but even with recent updates, kdenlive is still nowhere near ready for me. DaVinci Resolve? Not open source, and it still doesn't work as expected on Linux.
I've been moving as many apps as I can manage over to open source alternatives, but Linux has a long, long way to go with good creative apps.
So I'm stuck with MacOS for the moment because it's the most stable OS for the apps I use.
@@alexwr You know, it's funny you mention that because even though I forced myself to use Linux, the one problem I have is video editing and music production x__x
I bought a MIDI device and I can't make it work, my technical knowledge of Linux is very, very limited. I'm trying to learn how to use Reaper, as it seems like a decent enough DAW, but I'm struggling.
As for video editing, I do very minimal editing on ShotCut, but it can be very clunky at times.
The good thing is, if you use things like Photoshop or the Adobe video editing programme (I forget the name), you can use them on Linux through Wine. I lost my Photoshop files, so I'm using GIMP, and even though it's not as good as Photoshop by a long shot, it does meet my editing needs.
If someone taught music production on Linux I'd throw my money at them without a second thought.
@@alexwr Wow, my very, very, *very* tame response didn't pass the filturrs :,)
@@BlueNorth313 Well, we can't all be Linux Chad hacker bros! :P
Honestly, if I could find an easy way to find or write drivers for my audio interface, I would give it a go. But as it stands, none of the DAWs work with it in Linux, even things like Reaper which do work out the box on both MacOS and Windows...
I cannot for the life of me figure out how the hell Pipewire, pulse audio and JACK work, even with the manual... I don't understand how a system built from the ground up to be compatible and basically run on anything like Linux just refuses to work with an old USB 2.0 interface, it doesn't make sense to me...
Yep
What do you mean?? Going against our Godly Overlords' monopoly on literature is against the law! Plus, you're supposed to *own nothing!* >:(
Someone clearly didn't get the memo ù__ú
I do my best to ignore the memos!
@@alexwr
The only thing that I've ever owned that provided me any happiness was my health.
Cool, so can I have all your other properties, since they don't make you happy at all? You're a really good citizen, though, I'm sure your social score is on the top of the leaderboards.
To be honest, I wouldn't say that owning things has made me happy.
Neither has not owning things.
It's less about happiness and more about removing control from people who only want to make our lives more misera*ahem* I mean profitable.
@@alexwr For me it's also that owning things is like a boundary. I don't mind sharing if it's of my own volition, but I don't enjoy being forced to share, or to do anything in particular. When you don't own your things you have zero agency over how those things are used, when they are used, how they're treated or when you have access to them.
The concept of happiness is a strange one, but I would say that owning things is one of the aspects of life that makes it worth living.
1984 is coming true !
Has been for decades, or more precisely, 'Brave New World' is happening. I guess if we rebel then maybe 1984 totalitarian government will truly emerge...