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dspillettyesterday at 12:21 PM3 repliesview on HN

If the alarm works. And it actioned not just snoozed too much or just dismissed entirely.

Defence in depth is a good idea: proper alarms, and a secondary measure in case they don't have the intended effect.


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pixl97yesterday at 12:34 PM

Alarms are great, but when something goes wrong SSDs can fill up amazingly fast!

n4r9yesterday at 1:19 PM

Surely there are pitfalls either way. A ballast file can be deleted too readily, or someone could forget to re-add it.

jamiemallersyesterday at 2:05 PM

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