sh15saJul 20, 2023
Capybara 

Everyone, I have an idea:

We should create a global holiday:

Backup Day. Everyone gets a day off to stay at home and make sure that all important files are backed up. At the end of the day you have a family dinner and share a scary data loss story to scare the kids

Edit: as some have pointed out, there already is a Backup Day! It is March 31st so I expect no less then a large celebration on @fosstodon next year. Happy Backup day everyone! 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Backup_Day

World Backup Day - Wikipedia

Jul 19, 2023 at 7:14pmWeb
Show threadJono FergusonJul 19, 2023
@sotneStatue I am going to need longer than a day
Show threadMatija ŠukljeJul 19, 2023
@sotneStatue I thought 29 February already WAS backup day 
Show threadMatija ŠukljeJul 19, 2023

@sotneStatue , ha, it seems it's 31 March now

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Backup_Day

... I could have sworn the joke was that it was only (cca.) every 4 years.

World Backup Day - Wikipedia

Show threadElias ProbstJul 19, 2023
@sotneStatue make the day before "Recovery Day", so you'll know the day after, what to add to your backup.
Show thread@lanJul 19, 2023

@sotneStatue

Copybara?

Show threadMaarten PelgrimJul 19, 2023
@sotneStatue global holiday: yay!!! Backup day: meh...
Show threadSteffani CameronJul 19, 2023
@sotneStatue yeah, I use OneDrive and iCloud for real time backups so I don’t have to think about these things.
Show threadF. Douglas WallJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue I'm worried that this will fall by the wayside as kids lean further into cloud storage, streaming and digital "ownership" of content.
Show threadBhante Subharo ☸Jul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue I wish to propose a stipulation: the entire backup procedure must take less then 40 minutes total, in order for you to even so much as mention the specific method to your family.
Backup procedures taking longer that are fine - you just aren't allowed to mention/explain them to the others, as they are too cumbersome for group consideration.
Show threadMike SmaleJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue That's just Sunday in my studio.
Show threadZANitebugJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue Quite frankly, it would need to make that at least a two day holiday, preferably a week...
Show threadFlatFootFox Moved to HachydermJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue The day before Thanksgiving is my unofficial, "Hassle everyone I know to buy a fire extinguisher or check the expiration date on the one they already own" day.
Show threadDave MayhoodJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue I have a Backup Day every hour, plus every time I press Save. I’m THAT scared.
Show threadTrash PandaJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue
Depending by how old they are the stories would change a lot, like if they're in the age when they start getting off you can say shit like "And so I lost 10 giga worth of my favorite NSFW content."
That might be based on a true story
Show threadJason, Human, Average Jul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue
We don't want to give the kids life altering, future therapy seeking level nightmares. Maybe just tales of close calls: "if not by luck and the USB drive I forgot about in the closet" type stories.
Show threadAveryJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue backup day is every day in this household, ever since i jerry-rigged together a "cloud storage" replacement that works by running backup and restore operations to a NAS!
Show threadaaronJul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue
*Holds up torch under chin*

"...but the Kolektiva admin hadn't encrypted!! WoooOoooooOOOOO!"

Show threaduRiJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue
At the end of the day you have a family dinner, and everyone gives a backup disk to a beloved (read: "trusted") family-member / friend.
Show threadjonny (good kind)Jul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue
corollary holiday where you get to plug in any flash drives you have found around or forgotten what was on them and the malware is not allowed to run
Show threadChristian TietzeJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue Hm but which day to pick
Show threadEerko Jul 20, 2023
@ctietze @sotneStatue Every last Friday of the month.
Show threadWMan22Jul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue fund it, fund the marketing for it, and remember

"If it doesn't exist in at least 3 completely separate places, it doesn't exist."

Show threadAngieJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue My backup day is the day after I file my tax return. Every year.
Show threadJetPixiJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue Annual “Reset my Mom’s iCloud Password” Day.
Show threadcoldclimateJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue 31st of March. I think it started as a marketing campaign
Show threadHeddersJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue … presumably followed immediately by “International Backblaze Has A Massive Outage Day”?
Show threadrysertioJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue we actually have a world backup day. https://www.worldbackupday.com/en/
World Backup Day

Be prepared against data loss and data theft. March 31st is the day to backup and better protect your data.

World Backup Day
Show threadericjames* (they/it)    Jul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue i got a scary story right here:

"the internet archive fucking dies. the end."

Show threadBenJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue Ah, let me tell you about the great blackout of 2011, or 'why there are no photos of you as a baby'.....
Show threadTheSurrealSealJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue
That sounds like a very good idea.
The day I lost over 1000 photos, even though I had backed them up the previous day (the moral: have more than 1 backup)
Show threadJfswiftJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue agree with this and yea, everyone has a story like that ^^
Show threadPierre B.Jul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue @dajb really great idea!
Show threadEisterKapelmJul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue I'd suggest Digital Ownership Day, because nowadays everything is in the cloud (or automatically backed up in the cloud), so kids don't know what data loss is.

Rather, it would be terrifying if they learn that "buying digital content" means "having a temporary license to digital content." Only a handful of exceptions lets you actually buy and own digital content.

Show threadsauaJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue That's a great idea! And those of us who think that they've already got all of that figured out instead test their backups and THEN make sure everything is really backed up.
Show threadNon-Euclidean DreamerJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue Oh yes, I lost my entire line fractal project. Accidentally deleted it and then realized my backup hard drive was broken...
Show threadJurgen ON5MFJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue as they used to say, there are only 2 types of computer users, those that had a harddisk crash and those that will have it.
My very first harddisk failed back in 1990.
It was the very first day we took our very first computer (a HP260 mini) in production at my family business.
I have been taking backups daily on 3 different media every office day since then.
Show threadChris HannahJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue I have an alternative. It's called "Start Fresh Day", every year we all get together, delete all of our data and start again. 😜
Show threadManonJul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue Could we have a Backup Day followed by a Recovery Day 40 days after?

The time in between could be this special time of the year when people rethink their data usage in quiet. No internet access after sunset. People meeting with family and friends or in special groups to cleanse their IT infrastructure.
This phase culminates in Recovery Day when everything is restored nice and fresh.

Show threadbkimJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue And people trade presents like physical photo albums and handwritten letters like the old days
Show threadDzsoJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue I can see @jadolg doing this with his family.
Show threadPoul-Henning KampJul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue

For the last couple of decades I have proposed something similar: Cold Start Day.

At 9:00 /everything/ is turned off, powerplants, water supply, sewage pumps, *everything*.

At 11:00 We start it all again from cold.

Just to make sure we can.

Show threadCassandrichJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue @fosstodon Based on typical behavior I figured Backup Day must have been on February 29...
Show threadPermanentJul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue September is also #SaveYourPhotosMonth for anyone interested in preserving your physical and digital photo collections.

https://thephotomanagers.com/save-your-photos-month/

Save Your Photos Month 2023 - Brought to You by The Photo Managers

Save Your Photos Month is a public service outreach campaign developed by The Photo Managers to teach you how to preserve life's irreplaceable photos, videos, and documents, in case of an unforeseen accident or disaster. 

Save Your Photos Month 2022 - Brought to You by The Photo Managers
Show threadtj usiyanJul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue

https://www.worldbackupday.com/en
should be revived!

World Backup Day

Be prepared against data loss and data theft. March 31st is the day to backup and better protect your data.

World Backup Day
Show threadlorddimwit is now @[email protected]Jul 20, 2023

@sotneStatue @fosstodon

And if we lose March 31st, April 1st is Backup Backup Day.

Show threadJacobRPG 🫘Jul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue @fosstodon the joke is that March 31st isn't a real day
Show threadfaxmodemJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue I totally agree, but we'd also need a restore day
Show threadbenjohnJul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue @fosstodon omg. You’ve made me realise I have forgotten my scary data losses.
Show threadGrace Jul 20, 2023
@sotneStatue tech literacy is so important in aging communities (like my mother lol). this would be great.
Show thread@Hovedorganet has movedJul 21, 2023
@sotneStatue cron is your friend. On my computers every day is backup day. I don’t need the scary stories. I have experienced them.
Show threadZivan KrisherJul 21, 2023
@sotneStatue @exmaahal How about on the date when the library of Alexandria burnt
Show threadKennethJul 23, 2023

@sotneStatue

Safe deposit boxes are germain.

@T

Show threadChina.Gamer.Guy 神州电玩游士Jul 23, 2023

@sotneStatue
I'm in.
Except, the very first one will have be Backup Week.

I'm not saying it's been a while.
But it's been a while.

Show threadXPhaze Jul 24, 2023
@sotneStatue @fosstodon I’d say an extra day is required for people to actually organize their important files aswell
Show threadMikeMar 19, 2025
@sotneStatue @fosstodon Followed by the more thrilling Restore Day