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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by pirate-Loo6uoDu on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:11AM (#31410941)
Hard drive prices fluctuate a lot. I put this together in early 2018.

In early 2018 an 8TB seagate drive cost ~$200 according to https://jcmit.net/diskprice.htm .

I'm also counting usable storage, not snapraid or anything like that. The reality is it's 39.12 TiB not counting SSD cache.

> The story looks faked all over the place.

I also bought a pretty nice case that can store 10+ hard drives, and a PCIe sata adapter. I probably could have done it for cheaper, but that's not really a reason to call me a liar is it? Why would anyone fake this?

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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by lostmsu on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:51AM (#31412473)
Don't take it personally. I am just being skeptical because you created a new account. Does the country where you are actively prosecute piracy, or are you a public person, who does not want their relationship with copyright disclosed for the sake of keeping public image?
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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by pirate-Loo6uoDu on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @12:05PM (#31412684)
My regular account is pretty closely related to me professionally. My current country does not activity prosecute piracy but there's no telling what the future will bring career wise. It's not only prosecution that I'd be worried about, it's also persecution.
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