I think versioning is the better option.

are you writing about losing the backUp drive?

No, losing your main version. Imagine you have a computer with syncthing and a server where it syncs to. If you chose no deletions, then it will sync all files to the server but all the stuff you deleted (draft documents, random files, photos from that time your kid held the camera button on your phone down and took 3000 photos in 30 seconds) will be deleted from your computer but still there on your server.

When you computer gets struck by lightning and everything is destroyed but the server is fine, now you have to re-sort out all your files because all the stuff you deleted is still on the server version.

Your suggestion of enabling the option to keep previous versions is probably cleaner. Personally I prefer to keep previous versions and deduplicate to save space.

Yes, if you go with something like syncthing, have it also sync to a server where you run borg backup so you get the incremental backup.

Yip you can do that but then it’s messy! And what if you overwrite a file by accident?

And if you do lose your hard drive then you have a weird state to restore from.

I’d much prefer the ability to restore to a point in time that comes with something like borg.

Remember sync isn’t a good backup. You’re thinking of loss of drives but if this is important data you need to also consider mistakes.

If you accidentally delete files you shouldn’t, you don’t want this deletion to sync to all your copies so it’s gone for good and the backup doesn’t help.

Personally I use borgmatic to keep incremental, deduplicated backups. Then I can go back to previous states.

If you install nextcloud all in one, it comes with a backup solution (also borg based). Then devices don’t need a copy of every file. But you’ll want your server to have a backup drive for this.

I then sync my borg backup to a backblaze b2 bucket for offsite, encrypted backup using rclone. That then meets the 3 2 1 backup plan.

I notice you mention Jellyfin. I don’t back up my Jellyfin media, the cloud storage for that could get very expensive and I could get it again if I needed it.

Can confirm, my banking app works fine.

Yeah if I’ve read it and not responded, you’re not getting a response. I forgot as soon as I looked away.

It’s not an on/off switch. Everything we can do will lessen the impact even if it can’t be stopped.

But as others mention, real impact comes from governments and international cooperation, not individual actions. Hence why voting is so important.

NZ Post has done this too.

There is so much to like!

I think my favourite is when you go through the files in a team then click “Copy link”. It thinks, thinks, thinks, then when it’s done it has a big green tick but doesn’t actually copy the link until you click a second copy link button.

But I do quite like how when you find the file you want and switch to a chat then it loses your place. And as far as I can tell, there’s no way to bookmark a folder, which is great.

Long story short I love how it tries to do everything instead of being good at one thing!

This was me. New job every year, eventually stretching to every two years. Bonus is getting a pay rise each time.

stay focused

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Imagine fucking up so badly you have an xkcd made about you.

I can absolutely imagine sitting around with mates and deciding to order a delivered candy bar just to see if they would do it.

I love that he’s like “I co founded Netscape and Mozilla, now I run a dance club and pizzeria”.

Dude’s living the dream.

I think PieFed has only recently got an API for apps to connect to, hence the surge.

Holy crap, I hadn’t considered that we have the technology to create articles on the fly based on search terms.

That could be a serious weapon of war - you get your site to the top through SEO, then show each user personalised propoganda. You show googlebot the genuine page but adjust the page based on what you know about the user.

Kagi does seem to cut out a lot of blogspam. I think Google is incentivised to send people to these sites with adwords ads on them.

Haha in NZ you get a message from all sorts, king, prime minister, minister for seniors, local MP, amd for many places, the mayor of where you live.

The list is here on the page about applying under “Who the messages are from”. You do have to apply (normally a family member will apply on their behalf), the king doesn’t magically know where you live 100 years after you were born.

Temu Voldemort Peter Dutton

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I am not either - anymore 😆. I have been running Nextcloud for years, but this was the push I needed to bring everyone on my OneDrive plan onto Nextcloud instead.

I seem to recall enjoying Riven, but I suspect I never actually finished it and just gave up at some point.

Riven came out nearly 30 years ago so I think I can be forgiven for not remembering too well 👴