β² 1538 βΌ Probably a good idea to go see how much storage will be necessary... (slrpnk.net) submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 225 comments fedilink hide all child comments Does lemmy have any communities dedicated to archiving/hoarding data?
[β] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) I thought the point of backing stuff up was to have things in case just downloading it again isn't a viable option? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] utopiah@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) It can be but not to me. To me the point is to test what's actually feasible and usable. It can be Wikipedia on my HDD but it could also be SO on a microSD or a RPi ... or it could be something totally different on another piece of hardware with another piece of storage. It will depend on the context. So again, sure, having the data itself feels nice but in practice I never really needed it. If tomorrow my HDD would die I would shrug. If tomorrow Kiwix library wouldn't work anymore, I'd be disappointed but I could rely on .zim file elsewhere, e.g. on torrent trackers. IMHO the point isn't files, the point is usable knowledge. Edit : to be clear this isn't philosophy, you can see exactly what I mean and even HOW I do it (and even when) with the edits of my public wiki or my git repositories. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] utopiah@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) It can be but not to me. To me the point is to test what's actually feasible and usable. It can be Wikipedia on my HDD but it could also be SO on a microSD or a RPi ... or it could be something totally different on another piece of hardware with another piece of storage. It will depend on the context. So again, sure, having the data itself feels nice but in practice I never really needed it. If tomorrow my HDD would die I would shrug. If tomorrow Kiwix library wouldn't work anymore, I'd be disappointed but I could rely on .zim file elsewhere, e.g. on torrent trackers. IMHO the point isn't files, the point is usable knowledge. Edit : to be clear this isn't philosophy, you can see exactly what I mean and even HOW I do it (and even when) with the edits of my public wiki or my git repositories. permalink fedilink source parent
