• Nalivai@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    There was a cool browser extension back in the days that changed the word “cloud” to “someone else’s computer” in the articles on the internet. It changes perspective and eliminates a lot of headache this way.

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      2 months ago

      This reframing can be super useful in getting corporate types to understand that storing stuff in the cloud isn’t a magic solution, and that it comes with its own problems (especially in terms of data governance stuff).

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        2 months ago

        Especially on the weather articles. Heavy someone else’s computers with the good chance of rain.