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@JAC those speeds are indeed possible over light as a transport medium (if you consider the speed) but I can’t comprehend the distance quoted. If you happen to encounter a solid obstacle, the beam is either absorbed, or deflected meaning the data never arrives.
@JAC hmm. I’m not convinced. If you look at this statement
Researchers set new wireless data record over 4.6km with infrared
I’d be very interested in the test conditions. A far as I know, infrared is absorbed by most solid objects, so unless you had perfect line of sight, how would the signal not be interrupted?
One theory could be over a certain height to avoid restriction, although the article doesn’t expand on the testing methodology. And that in itself would make it useless in the home or office.
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@Madchatthew it should do, yes. How’ve, whilst it would be OK for traditional backup, version history would likely require more effort.
You’ll also need to use something like OAUTH2 to establish connectivity.
@Madchatthew for onedrive to work under Linux, you’d need to use something like InSync. It’s not free, but not expensive either, and works flawlessly.
@Madchatthew yes, works well for us.
@Madchatthew from my perspective, I was (and still am) a Google drive user, but more recently I moved to onedrive because of the much higher storage level and cheaper on cost.
Whilst I’m no fan of Microsoft or its security practices, I do have an office 365 subscription of my own for family usage. My family are familiar with the office suite of products, and whilst LibreOffice for example is very good, it lacks the familiarity of 365.
My Google drive is only 100Gb and I’ve had it for years. It’s actually not that cheap either but I keep it because of the convenience. I’ve even copied the data put to onedrive so it’s nothing more than laziness on my part that I’ve kept it running this long.
Ideally, I’d prefer to have my own private cloud but with that comes backup etc. If I did go down that rabbit hole, I’d go for a NAS storage box and then some form of cloud backup.
@Madchatthew you will definitely need something that can showcase your abilities. Remember, less is more these days and the minimalistic approach is very much preferred over clutter.
@Madchatthew I never thought my wife would adapt to a password manager but now she knows how it works, she’s using it all the time. We share the same vault under one login across two devices, which works fine.
@Madchatthew uniqueness comes in all shapes and sizes, and it’s not necessarily related to technical skills either. Several clients are also looking for the soft skills too, and that alone can be what clinches the deal.
