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When your digital life vanishes

75 points by benbreen 6mo ago

serious_angel 5mo ago
These folder artworks, at the header, are freaking awesome! If no AI was in use for its creation process, I do so wholeheartedly hope, then every single folder features ideas/message in quite genius attitudes, I believe, and the whole work deserves a physical frame!
- sanjit 5mo ago
  Illustration by Carolina Moscoso (https://carolina-moscoso.com/ https://carolina-moscoso.com/) The illustrator credits are easier to see in print, easy to miss in this story.
  - serious_angel 5mo ago
    I see! Such a huge... huge.. relief... oh dear gracious sakes... Art... love still exists! Thank you, dear sanjit, Carolina Moscoso, and Julian Lucas at NewYorker for the ineffably magnificent art... miracles you do...
- eru 5mo ago
  > If no AI was in use for its creation process, I do so wholeheartedly hope, then every single folder features ideas/message in quite genius attitudes, I believe, and the whole work deserves a physical frame! And if AI was used, that would decrease your enjoyment? You might be better off never looking too deeply into how the sausage is made.
  - LocalH 5mo ago
    > You might be better off never looking too deeply into how the sausage is made. Saying this on "Hacker News" seems a bit misguided lol
    - eru 5mo ago
      Well, I'm not going to tell serious_angel on which website to idle away their time.
edoceo 5mo ago
On the subject...of anyone has good recommendations on getting phone data off the device as soon as possible to my own system would be cool. I'm on immich; photos are my most important. Haven't found something to offload the on device files - like saved attachments from texts.
- ozruxo 5mo ago
  For my self and my android, SMB protocol and app Cx File Explorer.
  - gblargg 5mo ago
    I've used SimpleSSHD on Android across many versions. Lets me mount phone over Wi-Fi using sshfs, so it acts like a normal local filesystem.
- Sarky 5mo ago
  Syncthing is the only app i need for syncing files to home computer. No clouds, just your phone and computer (or computers).
  - neumann 5mo ago
    +1 I have multiple syncthings between phone and home nas: - Photos (immich on server/mobile). I use master on phone, so immich don't delete on phone, and then rotate my folders out of syncthing directory and then clean my on device camera photo every few months - Notes: (Obsidian on server/mobile). flawless - SyncFolder: random folder to move between the two.
  - slyall 5mo ago
    I'm using it too. Unfortunately their Android support is a little rough these days. Their official client stopped being developed and while there are options it isn't straightforward
    - KetoManx64 5mo ago
AnonC 5mo ago
Non-paywalled: https://archive.is/I4bSm https://archive.is/I4bSm
solstice 5mo ago
About the "locked" Thoughts.doc file: Shouldn't this be trivially crackable nowadays?

75 points by benbreen 6mo ago

These folder artworks, at the header, are freaking awesome! If no AI was in use for its creation process, I do so wholeheartedly hope, then every single folder features ideas/message in quite genius attitudes, I believe, and the whole work deserves a physical frame!

sanjit 5mo ago
Illustration by Carolina Moscoso (https://carolina-moscoso.com/ https://carolina-moscoso.com/) The illustrator credits are easier to see in print, easy to miss in this story.
- serious_angel 5mo ago
  I see! Such a huge... huge.. relief... oh dear gracious sakes... Art... love still exists! Thank you, dear sanjit, Carolina Moscoso, and Julian Lucas at NewYorker for the ineffably magnificent art... miracles you do...
eru 5mo ago
> If no AI was in use for its creation process, I do so wholeheartedly hope, then every single folder features ideas/message in quite genius attitudes, I believe, and the whole work deserves a physical frame! And if AI was used, that would decrease your enjoyment? You might be better off never looking too deeply into how the sausage is made.
- LocalH 5mo ago
  > You might be better off never looking too deeply into how the sausage is made. Saying this on "Hacker News" seems a bit misguided lol
  - eru 5mo ago
    Well, I'm not going to tell serious_angel on which website to idle away their time.

edoceo 5mo ago

On the subject...of anyone has good recommendations on getting phone data off the device as soon as possible to my own system would be cool. I'm on immich; photos are my most important. Haven't found something to offload the on device files - like saved attachments from texts.

ozruxo 5mo ago
For my self and my android, SMB protocol and app Cx File Explorer.
- gblargg 5mo ago
  I've used SimpleSSHD on Android across many versions. Lets me mount phone over Wi-Fi using sshfs, so it acts like a normal local filesystem.
Sarky 5mo ago
Syncthing is the only app i need for syncing files to home computer. No clouds, just your phone and computer (or computers).
- neumann 5mo ago
  +1 I have multiple syncthings between phone and home nas: - Photos (immich on server/mobile). I use master on phone, so immich don't delete on phone, and then rotate my folders out of syncthing directory and then clean my on device camera photo every few months - Notes: (Obsidian on server/mobile). flawless - SyncFolder: random folder to move between the two.
- slyall 5mo ago
  I'm using it too. Unfortunately their Android support is a little rough these days. Their official client stopped being developed and while there are options it isn't straightforward
  - KetoManx64 5mo ago

AnonC 5mo ago

Non-paywalled: https://archive.is/I4bSm https://archive.is/I4bSm

solstice 5mo ago

About the "locked" Thoughts.doc file: Shouldn't this be trivially crackable nowadays?