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Never be a sharecropper, always have backups.
by talideon 10y ago
Never be a sharecropper, always have backups.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoWhat is the meaning of 'sharecropper' in this context? I'm aware of sharecropping in the agricultural sense[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping
- AndrewDucker 10y agoWorking someone else's land, rather than owning your own. i.e. rather than using Blogger, host your own blog. This is, of course, beyond many people, which is why they use sites that handle the hosting for them. But in that situation you should be _really_ aware that they may decide to take away "your" land at any point, and thus you should keep backups.
- swiley 10y agoWord (and pandoc and textedit and whatever else) exports HTML. Most GUI shells will mount (or do something like mount) a WebDAV or FTP server. This stuff is only complicated if you make it complicated.
- nibnib 10y agoFor a counter argument, I like to read many blogs that are more or less defunct, but have valuable material. The author has moved on (or passed on) but the material is still sitting on Google servers instead of disappearing when a hosting contract lapses. perhaps using free services and making backups is the best option.
- ableal 10y agoTim Bray, many moons ago: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePlace https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePl...