• SkaveRat
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    58 months ago

    My default download directory is /tmp, so I don’t really accumulate much of random download files

  • @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    The Linux command “ls -t” sorts by newest first, if anyone else needs a cheatsheet.

    It is “model_v5.torrent.zip” from December 2019. Looks like I was going to download AIDungeon back when that was new and amazing. I’m sure I never actually set it up and used it.

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      The Linux command “ls -t” sorts by newest first, if anyone else needs a cheatsheet.

      I thought to myself “yeah, like I’m going to use the command line to check it instead of a gui file manager”

      Then I realized I was already going to ssh into my PC from termux because I am too lazy to get up. So… thanks.

      Anyway, it is as I guessed a pdf listing the mandatory courses on the college I allegedly graduated from this summer.

        • @[email protected]
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          28 months ago

          Kind of, actually. The graduation partay was on July 25, but if you’re a no-show, they make you wait till August 22 to go get the papers. Guess they needed a summer break too, but come on!

  • @[email protected]
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    18 months ago

    In my downloads folder I have an invoice from 2022. In my utilities folder I actually have old DOS executables from 1985.

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    I don’t have a downloads directory. The browsers I do use are set to ask for save file name every time (not always the same directory) and I delete everything when done using. The default dump everything to a garbage folder is not really a great idea

  • @[email protected]
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    58 months ago

    I make 1 to 3 “monthly” backup folders, where everything I’ve downloaded that hasn’t been moved to a home goes into 2024 August Downloads

    I think I have back to 2021.

    Still use them fairly often, lol.

    • RiskableOP
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      28 months ago

      Ooh this is a good idea! Because when you extract a file you just downloaded the original creation/modification dates are preserved. So when you extract some tarball the directory my be from several years ago so you can’t rely on file modification times to see when you downloaded any given thing.

      I think I’m going to start doing the date directory thing! I’ll start by writing a bash script that runs in a systemd timer that automatically creates a directory whenever the month changes 👍

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        I also like doing it this way because then I’m my own archive of old software installers. So if a new version comes out busted, run the old installer! Doesn’t always help if it’s internet connected, but it’s nice to have something.

        And I think even my vast amount of history is maybe only 100GB on my backup HDD, if it’s larger it’s from occasional random large files lol.

  • LCP
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    8 months ago

    On my phone right now so using my phone’s Downloads folder. 2 years old.

    It’s this meme:

  • Chris
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    78 months ago

    On my phone, it’s this which is datestamped 17 February 2012. I think I copied it there off the NAS, and the image is older than that.

  • fmstrat
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    My downloads folder started in the early/mid-nineties. So TAG BBS execitable, probably.