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Cake day: September 1st, 2021

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  • I’ve found the look of the UI to be an acquired taste, and maybe easier to swallow if you’re used to using open source stuff. But I’d agree that the way it works is, in places, almost unforgivably unfriendly.

    But it’s the “almost” that keeps me using it, because there’s nothing else that works across the platforms I care about, even if the application is so, so difficult to recommend or “deploy” to users.



  • Ignoring the whole debate about whether to include system files in your backup, rdiff-backup sounds a lot like what you want. It stores your latest backup as plain files on-disk just like rsync, checks the box for incremental backups (older versions of files are stored as diffs, which you can easily browse with rdiff-backup-fs) and isn’t much different to use than rsync. That said, people will point out that you can make rsync do pretty much the same stuff using hard linking.









  • I recently made an effort to switch myself from stomach to side sleep… and discovered this exact technique through trial and error, and for the same reasons!

    I do a few modifications, though. In my case it’s specifically two thin soft pillows that give me the height I need. Also, I prefer them rotated vertically so I have a more generous chest surface on the lower tier. And if I go to sleep on my side (which is most of the time now) I don’t need the tiers so I’ll “roll up” the lower portion of the pillows to temporarily eliminate the lower tier. If I move enough at night the pillows unroll themselves right into my stomach sleep configuration. Or maybe I manually lift myself to let them unroll, not really sure but this has been working for me.