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Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by twic on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:46PM (#36897433)
> God bless you Colin, but reading this, it appears you're the only one in charge of the infrastructure for this service

Hence the toddler.

Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by hunter2_ on Thursday July 27, 2023 @03:43PM (#36899083)
Are you suggesting that those who build enterprises don't have time for kids? Seems plausible, but is the difference in lifestyle so consistently prevalent as to be stereotypical? Elon has 10!
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by molsongolden on Thursday July 27, 2023 @04:10PM (#36899460)
Raising the toddler to have some help running the business.
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by saurik on Thursday July 27, 2023 @09:49PM (#36902297)
Not just help: there is now a clear heir to take over if (the gods forbid) cperciva ever succumbs to illness or is defeated in battle.
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by cperciva on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:51AM (#36903459)
Might take a while. Tarsnap has never had an employee without a doctorate. She's a very bright girl but I'll be surprised if she gets her doctorate before 2040.
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by mdda on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:12AM (#36903880)
So you're the one in charge of the unix epoch rollover?
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by devonkim on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:03PM (#36902716)
I am really confused by the communication thread and am interpreting that the toddler is somehow in charge of running the infrastructure as a joke. Yet I can’t see it as either a joke or serious.

I’m a native English speaker but sometimes I swear I’m losing grasp on communication in the Internet age and am sincerely trying to understand this all.

Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by NhanH on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:06PM (#36902731)
The joke is that the toddler is for future maintenance, not now.