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What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap

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801 points tnorthcutt | 1 comments | 03 Apr 14 16:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.286s | source
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rsync ◴[03 Apr 14 16:58 UTC] No.7524164[source]▶
As someone who knows a little something about this business, and who has been excited and enthusiastic about tarsnap from day one, I hope Colin pays no attention to what you have written and continues to provide his service (note, I didn't say "run his business") just as he has.

I want to live in a world where tarsnap is sold for picodollars.

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phillmv ◴[03 Apr 14 17:01 UTC] No.7524205[source]▶
Well, I hope he changes the "auto deleted if you don't check your email for 14 days" and just charges my credit card accordingly. Operating on pre-payment is kind of nutty.
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jsilence ◴[03 Apr 14 19:06 UTC] No.7525227[source]▶
"Operating on pre-payment is kind of nutty."

Not if you reconsider "backup for the truly paranoid" and ponder about who actually IS the paranoid and what he is paranoid about. Could it be him being paranoid about not wanting to run after his customers money for a service that already has been provided?

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1. ericd ◴[03 Apr 14 21:08 UTC] No.7526696[source]▶
He could just not stress about running after his customers and chalk it up to breakage. Probably not a good use of his time to be chasing after them for a couple of dollars.