TIL that Linux users are a bunch of lucky crabs.

Covid and the remote work change likely contributed. Not having to commute every day has saved a lot of miles on people’s cars.

It depends on the exact nature of the failure. Controller errors are usually a complete failure. Media failure (magnetic spots on the disk or failed cells in ssd) are often sporadic and only impact data stored in those spots.

Regardless, drives rarely give you any warning. Look at any warning as a gift and get everything off and replace it ASAP.

Pause? Not Canceled?

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Diverse routes.

If all of your connections go through a single conduit/path, you have a single point of failure, just waiting to take out everything.

Or maybe you don’t install a data mining spy device in the office?

911 dispatchers are trained and certified to provide concise and accurate medically reviewed instructions over the phone so that you are not just standing there waiting for the ambulance.