Comments on: The importance of backups, from the other side. http://trilema.com/2015/the-importance-of-backups-from-the-other-side/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Tue, 19 May 2026 16:59:49 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2015/the-importance-of-backups-from-the-other-side/#comment-115274 Mircea Popescu Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:33:00 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=63117#comment-115274 That's actually very apt! Yes, exactly : backups. Like washing, not like tattoos. That's actually very apt!

Yes, exactly : backups. Like washing, not like tattoos.

]]> By: pletzalcoatl http://trilema.com/2015/the-importance-of-backups-from-the-other-side/#comment-115271 pletzalcoatl Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:21:19 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=63117#comment-115271 IMO it bears pedanticizing that backups aren't make-and-forget, either. Folks above prolly could've done themselves a world of good by testing backups now and then. What should be a lifelong ongoing process, like self-hygiene, is so often treated as though it were a tattoo. Forgetting deodorant once upon a time is one thing; waking up and finding your "tattoo" gone is quite another. IMO it bears pedanticizing that backups aren't make-and-forget, either. Folks above prolly could've done themselves a world of good by testing backups now and then.

What should be a lifelong ongoing process, like self-hygiene, is so often treated as though it were a tattoo. Forgetting deodorant once upon a time is one thing; waking up and finding your "tattoo" gone is quite another.

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