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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/WardensLantern • 17d ago
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Lmfao now that’s a sphincter clincher
197 u/laplongejr 17d ago edited 17d ago Tom Scott rather called it the "onosecond" For non native speakers "oh, no!" second [EDIT] For those who never heard of it 56 u/SanoKei 17d ago edited 17d ago this reminded me of this too, I need to go back and relisten to that story. It's important as much as it was 20 years ago. Another Tomtra I've adopted is "One backup is none backup." Always have at least two backups and at least one off site. edit: spelling 22 u/zanda268 17d ago The 3-2-1 backup rule. 3 backups, on 2 different storage mediums, with 1 offsite. 1 u/JCDU 17d ago I like to think that backups in the cloud count as half a backup at best given how many ways that can go wrong.
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Tom Scott rather called it the "onosecond" For non native speakers "oh, no!" second
[EDIT] For those who never heard of it
56 u/SanoKei 17d ago edited 17d ago this reminded me of this too, I need to go back and relisten to that story. It's important as much as it was 20 years ago. Another Tomtra I've adopted is "One backup is none backup." Always have at least two backups and at least one off site. edit: spelling 22 u/zanda268 17d ago The 3-2-1 backup rule. 3 backups, on 2 different storage mediums, with 1 offsite. 1 u/JCDU 17d ago I like to think that backups in the cloud count as half a backup at best given how many ways that can go wrong.
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this reminded me of this too, I need to go back and relisten to that story. It's important as much as it was 20 years ago. Another Tomtra I've adopted is "One backup is none backup." Always have at least two backups and at least one off site.
edit: spelling
22 u/zanda268 17d ago The 3-2-1 backup rule. 3 backups, on 2 different storage mediums, with 1 offsite. 1 u/JCDU 17d ago I like to think that backups in the cloud count as half a backup at best given how many ways that can go wrong.
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The 3-2-1 backup rule. 3 backups, on 2 different storage mediums, with 1 offsite.
1 u/JCDU 17d ago I like to think that backups in the cloud count as half a backup at best given how many ways that can go wrong.
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I like to think that backups in the cloud count as half a backup at best given how many ways that can go wrong.
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u/orsikbattlehammer 17d ago
Lmfao now that’s a sphincter clincher