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   Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲 (badnetmask@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 05:26:00 JST Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲

   What do you do folks with old/small SD cards?

   I found out I've been accumulating a bunch of 2/4/8 GB cards, which are not really much useful these days. Trying to figure out if they're still useful, or if I should just trash them.

   (Note: I do have a bunch of USB flash drives as well, so using adapters to make use of them as such doesn't help).

   #homeLab #SelfHosted #RaspberryPi

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     Guillaume Rossolini (guillaumerossolini@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 05:57:40 JST Guillaume Rossolini

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     @badnetmask keep them for the next time you need to reinstall a raspberry or something, and that card suddenly gives up

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     Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲 (badnetmask@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 05:57:40 JST Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲

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     • Guillaume Rossolini

     @GuillaumeRossolini
     Well, one of the reasons they've been accumulating is because I've upgraded all of them to bigger cards (minimum of 32 GB). 😄

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     billy joe bowers-8647 (billyjoebowers@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 20:21:54 JST billy joe bowers-8647

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     @badnetmask

     I'm always needing them for some older gear, and having to put a huge card in there is a waste, and sometimes doesn't work.

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     Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲 (badnetmask@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 20:21:54 JST Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲

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     • billy joe bowers-8647

     @billyjoebowers
     I just don't keep lots of old stuff. Someone suggested to sell on eBay for people that need them. I might do that.

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     Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲 (badnetmask@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 20:23:40 JST Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲

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     • onion

     @onion
     Well, my printers came with cards, and I upgraded my Pis. But I hear you.

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     onion (onion@mastodon.tal.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 20:23:42 JST onion

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     @badnetmask I prefer small cards for my 3D printer, gcode is tiny and even a 4GB card feels like wasting space. Also 2GB is plenty for a pi just reading some sensors for example.