#Do you backup your computer?

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restive turtle
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OKay apparently nico doesn't like question marks

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or long messages lol

slim dust
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silly nikky

restive turtle
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it should be
"I should be backing it up?"

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and "I like to live life on the edge"

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@rugged tangle FYI^

tiny dagger
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i like to live life on th

long ledge
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🤪

tiny dagger
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THE EMOTE

restive turtle
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LMAO

tiny dagger
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🤪

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on th

restive turtle
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this question is totally not inspired

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totally not because I don't backup my server and it took me a few hours to restore all the bots and stuff cause I screwed up an update

long ledge
restive turtle
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it's ok they're all back now

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and I setup backups

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😭

tiny dagger
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fddjdjdj

long ledge
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sounds lovely <3

restive turtle
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I have a NAS at home, idk why I wasn't really using it lol

tiny dagger
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whats that

restive turtle
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I just had to setup rsync and port forwarding and some DDNS and write a backup script, set it as a cronjob

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Network Attached Storage

long ledge
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lil nas

restive turtle
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think like an external hard drive, but like it just plugs into my network

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and I can access it from like any computer

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like I'm in South Carolina rn, 11 hours from home, and I'm logged into it rn

tiny dagger
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thats so cool

green flax
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who said i have a computer

signal salmon
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I like to live life on th

mystic maple
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life on the edge more like it

kind summit
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i live on the :Edge:

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oh do other server emoji not work here

tiny dagger
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no

kind summit
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anyway i need a better backup system. but also my files are a fucking mess i need to spend a day sorting them out

kind summit
tiny dagger
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i knooow

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panna noticed it this morning

long ledge
kind summit
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devastating

tiny dagger
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true

long ledge
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stickers work

tiny dagger
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oimg

kind summit
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not on mobile run

long ledge
tiny dagger
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shdgsg

kind summit
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sorry we derailed this discussion

tiny dagger
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we alwayts do

long ledge
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its always just us 😭

tiny dagger
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😭Ø

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oop

long ledge
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jdhfvjsdhjsvihdf

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THE CROSSED O

tiny dagger
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SRTOP I HAVE ANORWGERIAN KEYBOARD

kind summit
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loser club

long ledge
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PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW ITS PART OF YOUR KEYBOARD WILL THINK YOU ARE A CLIKKIE

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EW A CLIKKIE

tiny dagger
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IM CRYIGN

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i am a clikkie.

kind summit
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omg there’s a clikkie keyboard??

long ledge
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a norwegian clikkie <3

tiny dagger
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and proud

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<3

long ledge
brittle seal
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my old ipad used to put top as tøp

tiny dagger
brittle seal
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from typing it so much

tiny dagger
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i accidentally type the ø so much

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embarassing

brittle seal
tiny dagger
kind summit
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omg green era ???

long ledge
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orange era

brittle seal
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clikkie

tiny dagger
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omg

junior matrix
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idek what that means

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how do u back up a computer

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slash what does that do

tiny dagger
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thats what im wondering lol

kind summit
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it is a copy of your files/important stuff so you have them if you ever lose data

elder bladeBOT
junior matrix
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ohhhhh

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yeah i don’t do that i don’t have anything important enough

tiny dagger
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i have nothing important to copy

junior matrix
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yup

kind summit
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it’s a good practice to have a physical backup on a hard drive and a cloud based backup

brittle seal
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i think i need to buy more icloud storage

junior matrix
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mm

long ledge
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how do i see whats on my icloud

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cause my phone just put everything there until it was full

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and now idk what to do run

kind summit
brittle seal
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one time my icloud storage was full on my phone and i didn’t buy more and i restarted it and my phone never turned back on run

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i had to erase everything rip

tiny dagger
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oh noooooo

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sad

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i have some important stuff saved on like

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usbs

kind summit
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sometimes i suddenly want a file i had years ago and i have to dig out a ten year old hard drive run

long ledge
# kind summit settings > your name > icloud

thank you wow now it says only 200MB is used of the 5GB wow how????????????? i get notifs every week that my icloud is full and i should do something about it 😭 WHAT CHANGED ALL OF A SUDDEN matt what did you do with my icloud NicoGun

brittle seal
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i never check the storage on my laptop tho i probably should

tiny dagger
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all i have saved is vacation photos and school things

kind summit
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i am a data hoarder run

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and then photoshop and illustrator files can get huuuuuuge

mystic maple
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what happened here in 2 seconds?

kind summit
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we dumb

mystic maple
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na you're fun

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it's always fun reading your chats

kind summit
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i’m sure it’s more of a burden but thank you lmao

ivory python
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I have most of my stuff backed up on a hard drive

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But I've been a bit lazy with the last few months

native hedge
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i never back up but when i lose things i wish i did but i never start

kind summit
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me constantly at 90GB left of 1TB not knowing what to delete in case i need it run run

long ledge
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what would you do if these were for example books and not virtual stuff

tiny dagger
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hm

kind summit
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keep them ngl

long ledge
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yeah but

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they take up space

tiny dagger
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make more space

kind summit
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except i guess ones i don’t need i would sell / donate

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idk i really need to sort through my shot

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doesn’t help when i have 100GB of a tv show run

long ledge
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that sounds illegal

kind summit
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it’s not my fault syfy never aired it here run

tiny dagger
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what tv show

long ledge
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syfy = soup yay fart yum

kind summit
tiny dagger
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o

thin vessel
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i do like to live life on th

tiny dagger
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🤪 i like to live life on th

long ledge
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🤪 i like to live life on th

kind summit
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🤪 i like to live life on th

snow cipher
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…you can back up your computer

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to what

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i have nothing on it

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but like

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hmm

restive turtle
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My code for instance

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Configs that aren't on GitHub and stuff

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Documents

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Music

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Programs

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Everything

snow cipher
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so like. a usb memory stick?

restive turtle
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Nah i go cloud or my NAS

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I'd lose flash drives lol

snow cipher
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yeah makes sense

restive turtle
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The amount of flash drives I've owned over the past few years

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That i don't know where they are

snow cipher
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i have no idea where mine is it’s got my work shit on it

pearl rapids
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backing up your computer is a basic computer skill and y'all should be doing it

tiny dagger
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i have my flash drives on my keys

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so i dont think i would lose it

pearl rapids
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just don't use your keys, ig stare

tiny dagger
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but like

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i dont have anything important to save

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its like

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i could still be fine without it

pearl rapids
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understandable

tiny dagger
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i have work and school stuff

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which is kinda important i guess

brittle seal
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i think i do back up my computer i think i just need to buy more storage

tired aurora
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i backup my logic files does that count @restive turtle

restive turtle
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Sure I'll count it

native hedge
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i don't have the facilities to back up my logic files

restive turtle
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you can't backup 22 GB???

native hedge
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no