I do this. One mergerfs mount with an ssd and three hdds made to look like one disk. Mergerfs is set to write to the ssd if it’s not full, and read from the ssd first.
A chron job moves out the oldest files on the ssd once per night to the hdds (via a second mergerfs mount without the ssd) if the ssd is getting full.
I have a fourth hdd that uses snap raid to protect the ssd and other hdds.
I think it's important to acknowledge everyone's mind works differently, and something different works for everyone.
For me, I've found once I start trying to follow a system, like PARA or zettelkästen or whatever else, it just becomes tedious and time consuming and I feel like a slave to the system.
After going through 3-4 cycles of this, I came to feel like the main point of these systems is to sell books to people like me, who's brain craves structure yet struggles to create it :).
I also came to realize most of my notes are write once, read never.
I now just make quick and dirty notes and throw them in an "archive" folder once they are not active (one "inbox" folder for active ones), and rely on search.
No system, no curation.
Same strategy for email.
I do find the notes useful to keep; e.x. "when was the last time I got bloodwork done at the doctor" or "what command did I run to get the debugger to hit the right symbol server for that old old project", but I spend basically 0 thought cycles on them now.
I also find plaintext or markdown to be the ideal format for these notes.
There's a whole other category of notes, where you want to share information with others or teach. This is documentation. It is best suited to a wiki format with rich text.
I think a lot of people end up making wiki-style notes, but really they are never going to look at them again or share them and they could have just hacked up a quick text file and then archived it, instead of making something pretty no one will ever care about afterwords (including themselves). It's really hard to admit this though.
I have one note per topic. I write down in summary when I'm activity studying something. Most of it i end up remembering but its nice knowing where to look when i forget. (Especially a link to what i used to study it last time). Some of them could probably be printed as a compendium at this point.
I have one note per project, running as a log of quick paste dump or thoughts when i leave for the day. Usually never revisited.
I have some journal notes. But they're rare and only written for larger events (trips, holidays).
I was all-in on backlings and atomic notes for a while, but it ended up being unsearhable. The current method could survive without backlings at all.
Like the idea, but instead of google takeout, I just have Mail.app on my Mac download my whole email history, and then do Time Machine backups of my Mac to my NAS.
If I ever get locked out of my Google account, I’ll flip my domain to a new provider, and be back up in 15 minutes.
I’m a huge fan of vice taxes. Let people do whatever they want, as long as they are (literally) willing to pay up for what it costs society. I’m not quite sure exactly how you price this in, but Coca-Cola and refined sugar in general should cost a hell of a lot more than they do now.
Found the Amazonian. It’s amazing how the corporate jargon seeps in, no matter how hard you try :). In some ways, deciding to work there is definitely a one way door.
It's hard to internalize just how big space is. Low Earth Orbit has nearly twice the surface area of Earth. These LEO constellations (Kuiper and Starlink) are trying to put one object the size of a car per each area the size of Rhode Island. We're a long way away from junkyards.
The 3-2-1 rule is wisdom of the ages. The "2" in the rule is all about having your data in at least two different types of "media". A modern read on this is anything tied to the same account counts as the same type of "media". So, you need at least one copy of your data not tied to your Apple ID.
A few things you can do here:
- Own a mac with enough storage to download your entire iCloud / Apple Photos data set. Configure your mac to do so. Your mac is still activation locked to your Apple ID though, so backup that local copy through Time Machine or the service of your choice (e.x. Backblaze). A NAS is very helpful to automate this.
- Use app(s) on your phone that will copy of your data to the location of your choice, such as Photo Sync.
I do this. One mergerfs mount with an ssd and three hdds made to look like one disk. Mergerfs is set to write to the ssd if it’s not full, and read from the ssd first.
A chron job moves out the oldest files on the ssd once per night to the hdds (via a second mergerfs mount without the ssd) if the ssd is getting full.
I have a fourth hdd that uses snap raid to protect the ssd and other hdds.