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Yeah this is as pointless as every "life hack" on YouTube. Haven't you been able to Time Machine backup to any HFS-formatted sparse bundle since forever? Locate

Yeah this is as pointless as every "life hack" on YouTube. Haven't you been able to Time Machine backup to any HFS-formatted sparse bundle since forever? Located on literally ANY samba server - Windows, Linux, or ye olde NAS. I have personally done this for years. I don't get the novelty here unless you're into the "I built a submarine with parts I got off eBay" angle.

tverbeure 3y ago
I write these blog posts for primarily for myself, and hopefully because somebody might find them useful. I claim no novelty, there are no ads, no traffic tracking, there is no intention whatsoever to make money from it. But if my posts irritate some jerk on the Internet who has nothing better to do than spread negativity, then that’s definitely a nice unintended benefit. Do you need a hug?
- rodgerd 3y ago
  > But if my posts irritate some jerk on the Internet who has nothing better to do than spread negativity, then that’s definitely a nice unintended benefit. Amen.
  - housemusicfan 3y ago
    > Amen. Inability to process criticism is how this industry gave us things like the Juicero.
    - tverbeure 3y ago
      When you see small time Sunday blogger pushing back against toxic negativity, your immediate reaction is “this is what got us Juicero”? Amazing. Ironically, the one thing Juicero got right is cutting their losses early and calling it a day.
- housemusicfan 3y ago
  No malice intended, but I genuinely felt as if you had wasted your own time. Sorry if I don't subscribe to the usual HN tug-fest. If you learned something - good for you but I've been down this exact road many times before. Oftentimes I have to mentor younger engineers that there is often a much simpler solution if you can see the forest for the trees.
  - rfrey 3y ago
    So many asses out there excusing their self indulgent rude behaviour as "telling it like it is".
    - lostlogin 3y ago
      Season five (I think) of Silicon Valley covers ‘radical candor’ it’s very painful and is a bit like this.
Forgeties79 3y ago
We see projects like this almost daily on HN. Sometimes people just like to tinker and share, so yeah, the “I built a submarine with parts I got off eBay” type work can be fun and even useful. You never know who you might help! If that irritates you, this might not be the site for you.

tverbeure 3y ago

I write these blog posts for primarily for myself, and hopefully because somebody might find them useful. I claim no novelty, there are no ads, no traffic tracking, there is no intention whatsoever to make money from it. But if my posts irritate some jerk on the Internet who has nothing better to do than spread negativity, then that’s definitely a nice unintended benefit. Do you need a hug?

rodgerd 3y ago
> But if my posts irritate some jerk on the Internet who has nothing better to do than spread negativity, then that’s definitely a nice unintended benefit. Amen.
- housemusicfan 3y ago
  > Amen. Inability to process criticism is how this industry gave us things like the Juicero.
  - tverbeure 3y ago
    When you see small time Sunday blogger pushing back against toxic negativity, your immediate reaction is “this is what got us Juicero”? Amazing. Ironically, the one thing Juicero got right is cutting their losses early and calling it a day.
housemusicfan 3y ago
No malice intended, but I genuinely felt as if you had wasted your own time. Sorry if I don't subscribe to the usual HN tug-fest. If you learned something - good for you but I've been down this exact road many times before. Oftentimes I have to mentor younger engineers that there is often a much simpler solution if you can see the forest for the trees.
- rfrey 3y ago
  So many asses out there excusing their self indulgent rude behaviour as "telling it like it is".
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    Season five (I think) of Silicon Valley covers ‘radical candor’ it’s very painful and is a bit like this.

Forgeties79 3y ago

We see projects like this almost daily on HN. Sometimes people just like to tinker and share, so yeah, the “I built a submarine with parts I got off eBay” type work can be fun and even useful. You never know who you might help! If that irritates you, this might not be the site for you.