Jamie StevenNov 22, 2024
nixCraft 🐧

7 things all kids need to hear

1 I love you

2 I'm proud of you

3 I'm sorry

4 I forgive you

5 I'm listening

6 RAID is not backup. Make offsite backups. Verify backup. Find out restore time. Otherwise, you got what we call Schrödinger backup

7 You've got what it takes

Nov 22, 2024 at 2:44amWeb
Show threadAlex KagnoNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft all of those need qualifiers for WHY those things are the way they are. Except the one about RAID. Should be self evident to even a child.
Show threadTito SwinefluNov 22, 2024

@nixCraft

6.5 incremental backups are your friend, as long as you train on restoring them often.
6.6 don't be afraid to ask questions
6.7 what did you get on your shirt? Is that dirt or soup, and how?

Show threadNot a Spring OnionNov 22, 2024

@tito_swineflu @nixCraft

6.8 ZFS replication is also not backup
6.9 I will be proud of you, no matter what you become

Show threadderptronNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft Is schrodener's cat still a cat if there's no cat? Does it being non-existent change it's live/dead quantum state or is that the same?
Show threadBrendan HaywardNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft absolute BASED and gnu-pilled
Show threadMx VerdaNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft kinda related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blMczZdIssQ
Surviving Trump: A guide for Trans and LGBTQ youth. #lgbtqia

YouTube
Show threadMx VerdaNov 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjdrUksw8b0

(*what*)

Folgers Coffee Christmas Incest Commercial 2009

YouTube
Show threadTaz the pikaNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft 2 could be replaced with "I see you," and 6 with "Your data is important."
Show threadbitsavers.orgNov 22, 2024

@nixCraft

It's empathy, all the way down.
Value that, in yourself and in others.

and... remember that #6 one too.

Show threadgigantosNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft @aka_pugs there is a new trend that may deserve a spot? Object store is also not backup. So many has all their data in s3 and nowhere else.
Show threadStephen CollinsNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft @stufromoz per item 6, that backup should be whatever you can wrap your head around. Something like Time Machine is just as good as something richer and more featured if that’s what you can deal with. It’s analogous to the idea that the best camera is the one you have on you.
Show threadsebulonNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft And remember, snapshots are not backups!
Show threadGezThePezNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft is raid redundant array of inexpensive disks or redundant array of independent disks
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Nov 22, 2024
@nixCraft 8/ Indent with tabs or spaces, never both.
Show threadDrScripttNov 22, 2024
@sirwumpus @nixCraft 8-A vimgolf dictates fewer keys is better, thus a single tab wins. 😁
Show threadLinker3000Nov 22, 2024

@nixCraft My fave for pretty much everyone is:

"Know when to stop"

Show threadCellyBlueNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft #7 yep
Show threadNizami 🇺🇦Nov 22, 2024
@nixCraft
I worked at a company where we asked for a restore of data. After several days we were informed that the tape in question was lost somewhere in the flatlands of Illinois.
Show threadCatgirl NouveauNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft Thank you for reminding me to talk to my kid about RAID and proper backup procedure!
Show threadecharlieNov 22, 2024
@nixCraft my high school tech ed classes had a poster they made: "Thou Shalt Save. Thou Shalt Backup".
Show threadRasmus LindegaardNov 22, 2024

@nixCraft i feel like too many parents skip 6.

Especially among those who remember all the others.