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Got my laptop stolen in a Medellin cafe and had to finish a client report from a $5 per hour internet place using a borrowed Chromebook.
Debate: is it smarter to always carry a backup drive with you or just rely on cloud storage that needs a good connection, and has anyone else had to work from a sketchy internet cafe to meet a deadline?
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harperc7917d ago
Honestly, that backup drive is just another thing to get lost or stolen. I had a tiny portable SSD fail on me right when I needed it, total brick. Cloud storage might need a connection, but you can usually find some kind of signal, even if it's slow. I mean, working from a bad internet cafe is rough, but at least your files exist somewhere you can't physically lose.
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terrymurray17d ago
What if the cloud service itself goes down?
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