digdilem

You're welcome.

Yes, you can create a list of files that takes little space, in linux that's just "tree" to produce a list of directories and files (I don't know about Windows, sorry)

But only you can answer what you need to back up. If you judge the effort to re-download this data is more than the effort of backing it up (especially if you're on a slow link), then backing it up makes more sense. Everyone has their own appetite for risk and their own shape of what they can spend in both time and money in sorting this. The important thing is that you're thinking about it before you need it, that's good!

A pet subject of mine.

Firstly - sit down and consider what you need to backup.

• Tier 1 - unique data. Stuff you created that doesn't exist elsewhere.
• Tier 2 - Stuff that would take a few days to repeat. Local configs, etc.
• Tier 3 - Stuff you can just download again. (Steam library, media etc)

Don't backup Tier 3. I'm betting the size of data you need to back up shrinks a lot.

Secondly - automate it. If there's anything manual, then you'll eventually stop doing it. Automate, automate, automate - and throw in some manual or automated checks of the backups to verify they're actually usable.

Thirdly - airgap it if you can, and if there's much Tier 1 data. Offline disks. This gives you some protection against ransomware. Consider the risks and how to protect yourself. Obviously media failure, accidental deletion and ransomware, but also consider theft and fire. Do you really want your backups in the same location? Do they need encryption?

I wrote quite a long blog on the subject if you're interested in more.

His interfering with European politics is despised over here - promoting far-right groups in Germany, France and the UK deliberately to destabilise our countries. The man is genuinely dangerous to all democracies, not just the US.

Kind of - a personal website that I post articles on for various things. I like to share what I've learned, but it never gets much interest and less now. It's something I've been doing in various forms for over two decades.

"Good" or "trust my life with"? The two can be mutually exclusive. If I was in the wrong, would a good person defend me?

I've met a few people with genuinely good morals in my life. They do exist and are almost incorruptible. Most people are flexible in that we can make justifications for almost anything.

You're right, but sometimes you need someone to hold the other end of the rope when you lower yourself over a cliff.

They are literally undermining human rights, including the rights of LGBTQ people.

There's a new country to add to this list from this year.

I would absolutely eat this if it was the same price, or even slightly more expensive, than equivalent beef.

"Surely you can't be serious."

A real passion project.

Good on you!

he people making these decisions have no idea what life is like for a poor person.

It's worse than that, they actively despise anyone who isn't at least a millionaire.

They've been very blatant about that, and it reflects every single action they've taken since getting office.