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minus-squarenintendiator@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up134arrow-down1·10 months ago In fact, files end up corrupted, Backup often and check the backups. data is improperly transferred Backup often. hard drives fail Backup often. formats change Use an open format. For extra sure, make sure it doesn’t carry DRM. work simply vanishes. Uuuuh don’t be corrupt? Like, really, it’s not like one’s asking too much.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down2·10 months agoSome executive somewhere: In fact, files end up corrupted, Backup often and check the backups. That costs $ data is improperly transferred Backup often. That costs $ hard drives fail Backup often. That costs $ formats change Use an open format. For extra sure, make sure it doesn’t carry DRM. That costs $ (Probably, I’d ask IT but we laid them off as a cost reduction so meh ) work simply vanishes. Uuuuh don’t be corrupt? That costs $
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·10 months agoThey can just use Hollywood Accounting, no problem!
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·10 months ago work simply vanishes. Uuuuh don’t be corrupt? Some of that could also be incompetence.
minus-squareilega_dh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoWhat was it again? “Don’t attribute to malice when it can be attributed to stupidity” something something?
minus-squarenintendiator@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoA friend has a corollary for that: “Don’t attribute to stupidity when it can be attributed to capitalism”.
Backup often and check the backups.
Backup often.
Backup often.
Use an open format. For extra sure, make sure it doesn’t carry DRM.
Uuuuh don’t be corrupt?
Like, really, it’s not like one’s asking too much.
Some executive somewhere:
That costs $
That costs $
That costs $
That costs $ (Probably, I’d ask IT but we laid them off as a cost reduction so meh )
That costs $
They can just use Hollywood Accounting, no problem!
Some of that could also be incompetence.
What was it again? “Don’t attribute to malice when it can be attributed to stupidity” something something?
Hanlon’s Razor
A friend has a corollary for that: “Don’t attribute to stupidity when it can be attributed to capitalism”.