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Summary of the article > It’s gone because it was kept entirely on his blog Take backups.
Having said that, I did continue scrolling and the article goes on to say
> More generally, relying on the internet as an archive is dangerous.
And it is, at least, another point toward helping me feel vindicated for being that person who always says "and you have off site backups for when your house burns down, right?"
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Does blogger make that easy / possible?
Yes there's Google Takeout, but in this case I'd more back up the originals rather than whatever comes out of Google's optimizations
Never be a sharecropper, always have backups.
Summary of the article > It’s gone because it was kept entirely on his blog Take backups.
At least the article opens with the conclusion, saves scrolling. Having said that, I did continue scrolling and the article goes on to say > More generally, relying on the internet as an archive is dangerous. And it is, at least, another point toward helping me feel vindicated for being that person who always says "and you have off site backups for when your house burns down, right?"
3 copies
2 different forms of media
1 offsite
Summary of the article > It’s gone because it was kept entirely on his blog Take backups.
They closed his email-account too, though? It has never occurred to me to backup my entire Gmail archive. Should probably look into that now...
Uh, aren't Google News Archive and Google Groups still alive and well?
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They closed his email-account too, though? It has never occurred to me to backup my entire Gmail archive. Should probably look into that now...
Admittedly email has also been in my blind spot too.. Not a bad plan that.
Never be a sharecropper, always have backups.
What is the meaning of 'sharecropper' in this context? I'm aware of sharecropping in the agricultural sense[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping
i.e. rather than using Blogger, host your own blog.
This is, of course, beyond many people, which is why they use sites that handle the hosting for them. But in that situation you should be _really_ aware that they may decide to take away "your" land at any point, and thus you should keep backups.
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They closed his email-account too, though? It has never occurred to me to backup my entire Gmail archive. Should probably look into that now...
Admittedly email has also been in my blind spot too.. Not a bad plan that.
Easily installable via homebrew.