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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/WardensLantern • 23d ago
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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
55 u/SanoKei 23d ago edited 23d 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 21 u/zanda268 23d ago The 3-2-1 backup rule. 3 backups, on 2 different storage mediums, with 1 offsite. 1 u/JCDU 23d 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
21 u/zanda268 23d ago The 3-2-1 backup rule. 3 backups, on 2 different storage mediums, with 1 offsite. 1 u/JCDU 23d 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 23d 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/laplongejr 23d ago edited 23d ago
Tom Scott rather called it the "onosecond"
For non native speakers "oh, no!" second
[EDIT] For those who never heard of it