Don’t worry, if the bridge breaks there are two backup bridges conveniently located close by!

Alligators steal hats all the time?

Holy shit guys, it’s not the wild and out of control global consumption that’s the problem, it’s those mean ole conservationists forcing production to poorer nations. Limitless growth at all costs, right? Certainly can’t discuss producing less so we can protect more biodiversity worldwide - even in less wealthy places.

No, they don’t, I pulled it out of my butt. I rewrote my original draft and that slipped in. NVME wouldn’t make sense unless you were powering them up every few months for updates.

If you buy your LTO drive new, then yes they rip you a new one, for sure! Buy it used…but it still will cost you a few hundred. Like I said, if money is not a concern. If losing the encryption key is a concern, then USB is still your best bet. Make two, keep them simple and unencrypted, stick em in two different safes, update them regularly. And print the documentation with pictures!

The other thing is if I get hit by a bus and no one can work out how to decrypt a backup or whatever.

Documentation, documentation, documentation. No matter what system you have, make sure your loved ones have a detailed, image-heavy, easy to follow guide on how restorations work - at the file level, at the VM level, at whatever level you are using.

That being said, DVDs actually have quite a short shelf life, all things considered. I’d be more inclined to use a pair of archival strength USB NVME drive, updated and tested routinely(quarterly, yearly, whatever makes sense). Or even an LTO tape, if you want to purchase the drive and some tapes.

You can put your backups in something like VeraCrypt. Set an insanely long password, encoded in a QR code, printed on paper. Store it in the same secured location you store your USB drives (or elsewhere, if you have a security posture).

You may also consider, if money is not a concern, a cloud VPS or other online file storage, similarly encrypted. This can provide an easy URL to access for the less tech-savvy, along with secured credentials for recovery efforts. Depending on what your successors might need to access, this could be a very straightforward way to log into a website and download what they need in an emergency.

Receiving signal up in low earth orbit! Congrats!

Sounds like you should get a basic low power linux box going!

They be grace, they be elegance, hey those cats a’ sitting two a’ pence!

Well mySQL certainly is not, I judge this to be a correct statement!

Just put Dot as GM, she can keep the brothers in line.

OH MY GOD SHE’S ADORABLE

I would tell you to fight me, but I guess I need to add an GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 argument to my KDE Konflict Picker first…

Tom Goa’uld

…coho on the blowho’?

…I got nothing…

It is…I would like a Fediverse video platform, but this one ain’t very cash money.

A reminder that Loops has a TOS that effectively grants them an unlimited license to use your likeness for whatever purpose they desire. Including AI generation. https://loops.video/legal/terms-of-service#7

There are a couple ‘Other - Please Specify’ fields I definitely filled out with ‘Do not do AI’.

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I get the joke, but with no prior context it’s kind of a jerk move to assume the player already opened it if they asked for a perception OR an investigation. A Mimic would normally just ambush you OR attack when the player opens them. If it was opened it’s probably already attacking, and if it was closed then performing a perception shouldn’t cause initiative until rolled (if the mimic noticed you noticing it, for instance).

I’ll…I’ll crawl back into my dingy nerd tavern now…