I was gonna comment this, decided not to, then decided the info should be part of this thread either for OP or future readers, so here goes:
Enterprise Linux distributions are unbeatable for their purpose. To your point, I've never in my entire career had even the smallest issue maintaining one, they're wonderful. They achieve this, though, by being a stable, truly versioned release that will never see anything beyond minor upgrades. The reason why nobody recommends server distros for gaming is because of hardware compatibility and library support, and you end up maintaining more of your own junk anyway. Got the latest gpu? Great, compile your drivers.
Enterprise Linux distros are awesome and the most painless Linux experience imaginable, as well as a great workstation experience too BUT they typically are among the worst options for gaming if you want a simple system.
I never claimed it to be fine, to be clear, but again from a purely objective standpoint it seems like a pretty small cost to pay to contribute to the erosion of power a fascist, racist, hateful, and truly dangerous borderline hegemon wields. Perhaps I'm limited in perspective, but at first glance I see 2 main outcomes assuming you're siding with the vandals:
-The Tesla owner disagrees with Elon and was able to claim insurance on the car they'd likely otherwise take a bath on if they tried to sell (especially in Germany) and presumably wanted to get rid of: win-win.
-The Tesla owner agrees with Elon and is an enemy of the vandal, which I'm sure they'd consider a win-win (damaging the market image of Tesla, harming an enemy)
To clarify once more, I am not saying I agree with or support the efforts of arsonists targeting regular people, but it seems like there's asymmetric cost on the side of Tesla assuming properly insured/financially positioned owners so what they're doing makes sense overall, and is likely effective. Let's be real, Teslas are positioned as luxury vehicles; these aren't people scraping buy that are being harmed.
If you have a car that valuable without comprehensive insurance, you were going to learn a hard lesson one way or the other imo. Something as simply as a bad rain storm can really expensive damage. Also, from an impartial perspective, used cars that attract crime seriously harm sales of other used and even new examples; Hyundai/Kia is an excellent example of this. Tesla has already lost virtually all of its reputation yes, but knowing it might be burned to the ground at any second will have even Elon supporters second guessing a purchase.
As I understand it, I agree with your concern that China probably shouldn't gain anymore strength in trade than they possess already, because they'll eventually pull the same garbage the U.S. does today, almost certainly. However, the poetic justice of defeating tariffs through public investment is a little bit of a consolation prize, as least ideologically.
I'm not firm in my stance so if you disagree or think I'm missing something, please feel free to discuss with earnest :)
Disturbingly effective is definitely the right phrase. It's actually inspired me to create a script on my desktop that moves folders to ~/Trash, then I have another script that /dev/random's the files and then /dev/zeros them before deletion. It eliminated risk of an accidental rm, AND make sure that once something is gone, it is GONE.
The server we were working at the time wasn't configured with frequent backups, just a full backup once a month as a stop gap until the project got some proper funding. Any sort of remote version control is totally the preventative factor here, but my goal is to help others that have yet to learn that lesson.
As others pointed out, version control is probably the best fix for this in addition to traditional backups. My goal in this post was to help others that have yet to learn responsibility save their ass and maybe learn their lesson in a less pleasant way.
100%. The organization wasn't there yet and seeing that I wanted to remain employed at the time I wasn't going to put up a fight against management 3 layers above me. Legacy business are a different beast when it comes to dumb stuff like that.
I was gonna comment this, decided not to, then decided the info should be part of this thread either for OP or future readers, so here goes:
Enterprise Linux distributions are unbeatable for their purpose. To your point, I've never in my entire career had even the smallest issue maintaining one, they're wonderful. They achieve this, though, by being a stable, truly versioned release that will never see anything beyond minor upgrades. The reason why nobody recommends server distros for gaming is because of hardware compatibility and library support, and you end up maintaining more of your own junk anyway. Got the latest gpu? Great, compile your drivers.
Enterprise Linux distros are awesome and the most painless Linux experience imaginable, as well as a great workstation experience too BUT they typically are among the worst options for gaming if you want a simple system.