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> when both hard drive and backup drive failed within the same hour That is basically the horror scenario of backup'ing, since you don't usually protect agains
by tomsmeding 7y ago
> when both hard drive and backup drive failed within the same hour
That is basically the horror scenario of backup'ing, since you don't usually protect against that kind of failure: the probability of it happening just seems too low. It's similar to having a limit to your attack model when securing your data/accounts/... against attacks: you can try to protect against a governmentally funded cyber attack on you personally, but you probably won't succeed and it's very surely not worth the trouble if you're not a very influential or otherwise important person.
In this case, the usual retort would of course be "why didn't you have a backup in 'the cloud'?" I have for part of my stuff, but not for all. I feel you.
- lloeki 7y agoTurns out this guys was right: https://www.jwz.org/doc/backups.html https://www.jwz.org/doc/backups.html
- serf 7y agoNSFW: FYI if you click that link and the referrer is hacker news it redirects you to a nice picture of a testicle in a cup, first thing in the morning. (it redirects to : https://imgur.com/32R3qLv https://imgur.com/32R3qLv ) The link is fine, just don't click it from here -- well, unless cup-testicles are your bag. Pun intended.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoThat is the best use of a referrer I think I have ever seen. Off to boil an egg now.
- lloeki 7y agoI knew about that and tried beforehand to see if I needed to put a warning, but it doesn't trigger anymore for me so I thought this article was exempt, or he removed it. Maybe it's Safari that properly strips the referer.
- loup-vaillant 7y agoFirefox on Linux: no trigger either. Clicking was safe for me.
- Izkata 7y agoFirefox on Linux: I get the redirect every time.