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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Jan 2017

    After all these years I still often have a brief moment of panic when I try to edit a file in the wrong directory and it seems to be gone.

    2:41 AM - 13 Jan 2017
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      1. The Booty Ghost‏ @HolyBootyGhost 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        the struggle is real

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      1. cyrii_MM コープ‏ @cyrii_MM 13 Jan 2017
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        :)

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      2. prajakt‏ @prajakt 13 Jan 2017
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        I only edit files in GIT or google docs these days :)

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      3. Dennis Doughty‏ @DennisDoughty 13 Jan 2017
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        Wow. So you can find things in google docs?

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      2. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 13 Jan 2017
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        I find that having good backups prevents such panic, since I know that my files are never really gone. Can I offer you Tarsnap?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Jan 2017
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        What would it get me over Dropbox?

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      1. Frank‏ @creed0r 13 Jan 2017
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        😑

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      1. Christian Renz‏ @crenz 13 Jan 2017
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        It's worse these days - now there's not just wrong directory, but also wrong VM, wrong container, wrong cloud :-)

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      1. Shreyas Jothish‏ @ShreyasJothish 13 Jan 2017
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        try what you may. This always happens... Especially when that document is critical.

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