Comment by JohnMakin

> I thought a person of your background (who no doubt has it all figured out) would surmise that I was talking about backing up to an external disk and not to another disk on the same laptop. And would grant another person some good faith and be able to generalize without spelling it all out for them: if the point is to back things up then maybe I can infer that other means of backup are also in the cards, like sneakernet or your own server or multiple locations. Huh

Your snark not withstanding, I actually did understand that an external disk resides outside of the laptop, and find your claim still fantastic and lacking evidence.

As for the rest of your post, you'll forgive my misunderstanding of whatever deeply nuanced point you're making here regarding backing up to a remote because of this at the end of your original post:

> local is enough.

Anyway, seems like you need to take a break. Someone of my background has better things to do than engage in a flame war with someone clearly looking for a fight over a throwaway post.