Dropbox is a PC builder’s best friend
He previously worked as an advocate for the National Park System.In 2018 I bet my reputation and self-worth on a huge crowdfunded game design project. It could have been a failure for many reasons, but the one I became most worried about was losing all of the work that was stored locally on my home-built PC — a scenario that would have left a lot of people very upset and placed me in deep trouble. I wasn’t irresponsible, I had local backups, but at some point I found myself in custody of so many important files that it scared me.
- ▪He previously worked as an advocate for the National Park System.In 2018 I bet my reputation and self-worth on a huge crowdfunded game design project.
- ▪It could have been a failure for many reasons, but the one I became most worried about was losing all of the work that was stored locally on my home-built PC — a scenario that would have left a lot of people very upset and placed me in deep
- ▪I wasn’t irresponsible, I had local backups, but at some point I found myself in custody of so many important files that it scared me.
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