**Christopher Lemmer Webber** @cwebber · 2018-04-18T01:42:10Z

Christopher Lemmer Webber @cwebber

I wonder if I accidentally somehow ended up with a usb2 connection instead of usb3 and that's actually the source of the slowness of this operation

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**Christopher Lemmer Webber** @cwebber · Apr 18, 2018, 01:42

**Christopher Lemmer Webber** @cwebber · Apr 18, 2018, 01:42

and by slowness I mean it's writing "mere" gigabytes per minute

let's be honest it's a pretty wild world to be in where you say "mere gigabytes per minute"

**Craig Maloney ☕ ✅** @craigmaloney · Apr 18, 2018, 01:44

**Craig Maloney ☕ ✅** @craigmaloney · Apr 18, 2018, 01:44

@cwebber I've had somewhat better luck with pv and writing media like that. Partly because getting the right block size on modern media is a bit of a pain.

**lopsigon** @lopsigon · Apr 18, 2018, 01:48

**lopsigon** @lopsigon · Apr 18, 2018, 01:48

@craigmaloney this suddenly has me wondering about post-modern media

😜

**Craig Maloney ☕ ✅** @craigmaloney · Apr 18, 2018, 01:49

**Craig Maloney ☕ ✅** @craigmaloney · Apr 18, 2018, 01:49

@lopsigon Cubism and Brutalism in disk drives. ;)

**notjustbill** @notjustbill · Apr 18, 2018, 02:21

**notjustbill** @notjustbill · Apr 18, 2018, 02:21

@cwebber I have a similar thought whenever I hold a micro SD card. 64 to 128+ GB of storage the size of a fingernail that you can buy at any corner drug store like it's no big deal.

**0xC** @kb@cybre.space · Apr 18, 2018, 02:02

**0xC** @kb@cybre.space · Apr 18, 2018, 02:02

@cwebber
Linux: lsusb -D $device # check the bcdUSB field
Windows: gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice