Proxy services, web scraping tools, and data extraction guides
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Explore Facebook Marketplace like never before with expert tips and insights. Discover how to snag the best deals and unique finds.
That sinking feeling when your '12TB' AliExpress hard drive shows 128GB after formatting? You're not alone. This comprehensive guide explores the rampant HDD scams on AliExpress in 2026, teaches you how to spot fake drives, and shares essential tools to verify storage before you lose precious data.
A bombshell court filing alleges NVIDIA contacted Anna's Archive for pirated books to train AI models. This revelation exposes the murky world of AI training data sourcing and raises critical questions about web scraping ethics, copyright boundaries, and corporate responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence.
After buying 52 24TB hard drives during Black Friday sales, one data hoarder faced a devastating 15% failure rate out of the box. This $10,000 lesson reveals critical truths about enterprise storage, reliability testing, and scaling data infrastructure without losing everything.
The unsealed Spotify lawsuit has triggered domain suspensions for Anna's Archive, raising critical questions about digital preservation, legal targeting, and how data hoarders can respond. This comprehensive guide explores the implications and practical strategies.
Timing your hardware purchases can make or break your web scraping operations. Learn from data hoarders who navigated the 2025 HDD price surge and discover strategies for optimizing your scraping infrastructure investments.
Discover how to build a massive 20-drive CD ripping system using SATA controllers, avoid common ATAPI compatibility issues, and automate bulk data extraction workflows for serious data preservation projects.
Facing a mountain of inherited digital data? From assessing what you have to creating a sustainable archive, this 2026 guide provides the practical steps and tools you need to bring order to terabytes of chaos.
A federal judge has ordered Anna's Archive to delete terabytes of scraped data. The tech community's overwhelming consensus? They won't. This article dives into the technical, legal, and practical reasons why, and what it reveals about the future of data control.
When your data hoard crosses the 1PB threshold, you need proper infrastructure. This guide covers rack setup, network upgrades, and how to implement smart proxy strategies for sustainable web scraping at scale.
A Reddit data hoarder's experience reveals Platinum Micro ships expensive 14TB drives in plastic containers with zero protection, resulting in damaged drives. Learn how to protect your data investments and avoid similar disasters in 2026.
Six years into a real-world flash media longevity test reveals surprising results about data retention on consumer drives. Discover what this means for your data hoarding strategy and how to protect your digital archives.