What do you think they take the pictures with?
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Ahhh, that's why you don't see the USB drive.
I don’t see most people having much need for a USB drive really. Any data I might want to have on hand is already on my phone.
I always carry a USB stick with Arch on it. That way, I can help friends solve any PC issues they might have, by installing Arch.
It was a joke that I'm dumb and thought people were taking pictures with their USB drive. Which is why you don't see them.
My computer has a few drives. but I've never even heard of just dedicated USB drive.
I carry one with Ventoy on it with the below ISOs I occasionally use to fix computers. Never used it to transfer files.
- Debian 12 (my daily driver OS)
- Windows 11
- Kali
- Rescatux
- DBAN
The phone is probably because they're taking a photo with it
USB drive though I'm not sure. I carry one with my keys
You do? Why? I have a usb stick on there, but a drive? That's on my computer.
@Chev I point out in my posts that a phone, pocket computer, camera, dopamine rectangle, surveillance device, whatever you want to call it, is (a less important) part of my EDC, and I use it to take the photo.
I do actually carry a thumb drive!
Sure, the cloud works, but to me it's way less clunky to use a thumb drive than upload files over email and download stuff, creating digital clutter. It's also USB-C+A so I can transfer large files from my pocket computer to backpack computer if needed.
For the USB drive, I assume it's because people are just lulled by the cloud backup systems nowadays.
I don’t carry a usb drive because I rarely need a file right away with no warning.
I've seen at least one post with a Lexar USB drive recently here, it's actually one of those that can be plugged to USB-c and the old type of USB ports as well. I have one in my keychain and it's a fast method to transfer files from my phone to my laptop, and doesn't need any kind of connection- no bluetooth, no internet, no nothing.
My phone isn't in a picture because it's a camera....
And I have usb sticks in my pockets, I'm a teacher.
I carried a small USB stick for years and I think I used it once or twice in that time. It turns out transferring files between computers without a network is kind of a niche use case.
I do.
I should post more, but I have the same things in my pocket today I did then so that might be boring. I do rotate the knife and light on occasion.
I used to carry a bootable USB stick that I used for PC repair stuff. It got screwed up a few years ago and stopped working and I haven't gotten around to rebuilding it. Haven't been doing that at my job to really need it as much either.
All my files I need on the go are synced to my phone.
My phone is always with me. I have a usb stick on my keychain.
Strange comment.
Literally everyone has a phone, and what the hell is a "usb drive"? I have usb drives on my devices, but I've never even owned a dedicated usb drive in my life.