I’m David. I live in Tacoma, Washington. I do square foot gardening, home automation with Home Assistant, and have too many cats.

You think you saw me behind some ferns? You just might have!

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Cake day: July 31st, 2023
  • David From SpacetoGames@lemmy.world•Retro Boy is a simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust that can be played on the webEnglish
    16•18 days ago

    You′re walking in the woods

    There’s no one around and your phone is dead

    Out of the corner of your eye, you spot them

    (Written in Rust)

    They’re following you, about 30 feet back

    They get down on all fours and break into a sprint

    They’re gaining on you

    “Written in Rust!”

    You’re looking for your car but you′re all turned around

    They’re almost upon you now

    And you can see there’s blood on their face

    My God, there′s blood everywhere!

    Running for your life (from writing in Rust!)

    They’re compiling a knife (it′s written in Rust!)

  • David From SpacetoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•What do people use for a shelf-stable backupEnglish
    3•2 months ago

    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!

  • David From SpacetoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•What do people use for a shelf-stable backupEnglish
    6•2 months ago

    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.