SeanKilleen

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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Haha, nevermind, I'm an idiot. Just hadn't considered that the sheer amount of content would knock it off rather quickly (which makes sense, given that this is not nearly worth the focus that some other topics are.)
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
A question, because I'm unfamiliar with the way HN works in this regard. My article was #2 on the front page for a brief spell. Now I look, and it's nowhere to be found. Is this by design? I don't need it to be on the top pag
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
I appreciate this comment. And you have a great point that I could have waited longer to post this. I've never posted to HN before with any sort of results; my goal wasn't really to rush this out there. It just seemed like a conve
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Agree 100%. In the future I plan to do this with both my local and cloud personal backups. (I would always do this with any business-related backup; I don't know why I my standards be lower for my personal data.)
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
By "not being sure if it was Chrome", I mean that by any user's standards, I had closed and re-opened the application several times. The first issue (downloads not working) was on an otherwise-fine laptop that I checked to en
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
I understand this concept. I also would not describe me as "decrying" Backblaze at all, nor saying that restoring backups is fundamentally broken. It's broken for me _right now_, and I think the UX and approach could be bette
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
A fair point. Yes, I've tested and restored things before. However, those were normally smaller footprints and not the entirety of my data. Given the rest of the public's generally good experience with them that I could find (and
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Haha, I appreciate the defense. At the same time, I understand the economical aspect of the service, and there is a measure of "you get what you pay for." To be fair, I wouldn't call Backblaze hacks by any means, but I unders
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Yep, you weren't. Glad to know I wasn't the only one. Speeds varied for me, though the transfer did take much longer than the estimates. And that makes sense, given that I'm sure it's a ton of bandwidth to deal with all
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
A good point: "mission critical" is an overstatement and I should phrase that differently. "Critical" to me means personal value (i.e. family photos), and not necessarily in terms of timeliness (i.e. business related). A
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
I agree with your point to a certain extent -- I've spent many years in IT Support as well. With that said: * I went out of my way to avoid Pitchforks, merely calling attention to an issue and also ensuring I blamed myself enough * A 6
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Could you elaborate? Same reasons in that you had slow or broken restorations? Also curious: have you had to restore with CrashPlan, and if so, how has that process differed?
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
From what I gather, my situation may be the anomaly. Still concerning though. I'm still processing a 340 GB restore in the hopes that this one will go better. We'll see. Your success has me hopeful!
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Wired connection during both attempts (even on the laptop). But you're right and it does go without saying.
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
I agree, and I would add to that: "as long as you also have a local source." That was my failure here. Had I backed up to a local source, the slow restore times / issues would be marginal at best. So there are two lessons fro
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Precisely the point I'm making. It was hubris and laziness and I'm surprised that I let myself go that long. In a follow-up article I discuss an overview of what I'll be doing going forward: http://www.seankilleen.
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Correct. They appear to basically zip the data using 7-zip and then transfer it, but I'm not sure what sort of hashing/checking they do to make sure the file makes it to me successfully. Very possible that the next time I download
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
I wanted to post this here to bring attention to what happens when trusting a cloud backup provider with your data, as well as to spur Backblaze to hopefully pay more attention to this part of their business model. Again, while I say it in
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"It's the (Backblaze) restores that fail."(seankilleen.com)
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
I'm very interested in this mattress and we're in the market. However, I'm concerned about the 5-year warranty, as I thought it would be acceptable to expect a little more. Is that standard for foam beds, how do you differ fr
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Was going to suggest this as well. It seems like the right combination of remote work and newer technologies. Could be very useful.
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Thanks for submitting this. A true loss for the literary world. Below is one of his poems, "The Rain Stick", which I love and for some reason have always thought of in terms of how we create and invent things -- music we never wou
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Yet another article focused on the man instead of the issue. The U.S.'s obsession with celebrity gossip fodder makes it far too easy for news outlets to focus on the low-hanging fruit, the story that more closely aligns with an already
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
Waze actually has several features in place to make it safer: * Waze is designed only to be used by a passenger. Any field that requires typing, etc. warns you if you're moving and makes you acknowledge that you are a passenger to cont
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
I'll be trying to change the way the NSA manages my data. :)
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
This seems like it could just as easily be of the same issue like the "$17 muffin" outcry for guests at a government event (which turned out to be $17 for a full breakfast). Consider: 1) the amount a normal business spends on its employees
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
A little bit of an issue on that one. He reversed his position a little while later and said that it was just about that one word. In that same statement, he advocated the use of a drone to kill someone who robbed a liquor store of $50. I s
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by SeanKilleen 13y ago
My WebSense filter at work blocked this for "sex". Is there sex-related language, or is the work filter just set waaay to strictly?
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by SeanKilleen 14y ago
This is indeed an important point to make, and I'd never considered it -- thank you. While I think background checks should be mandatory on all gun purchases, I would agree that as a citizen, to support the second amendment, gun purchasers
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by SeanKilleen 14y ago
A comment response I posted on the blog. It could use some more fleshing out, links to support, etc. but I think I captured what I feel. Apologies for the verbosity. ---- I appreciate your viewpoint, but I think you have a simplified idea o

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