Data hoarding is more important than ever
Data hoarding is more important than ever
The destruction of public data and media is reaching critical levels. You can help stop it by downloading literally everything.
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Lots of people hoard data. The problem is keeping it in a working state. Think about how many people have old towers or laptops in their garage or basement never to look at those downloads or vacation photos again.
I'm a huge fan of the golden era of anime fansubs. I know a lot of people still have the files, but they're probably squirreled away on an offline hdd or a bunch of dvds, not being shared. It's quite sad and frustrating. It's completely lost culture in many instances.
i have like 10 tb of documented changes from just the us govnt websites. I log every. single. change. to a selection of both local and federal .gov sites. Ive got a pi, whos only job is to find and log this. I figure this kinda documentation could be historically significant if sombody tries to alter the past.
idk why I do this, I just like the info. I wanna build a website to display these changes.
ik the internet archives exist....but what if somthing happens?
I agree. I recommend most people don't go overboard, but they can still do their part.
Save the things you like and are relevant to you. Movies, shows, games, music, books, etc. You don't have to be an archivist. Storing data should be something that reflects you, personally, and it should genuinely be more enjoyable as a result.
It should feel good to preserve and be responsible for another copy of the information you like.
3tb of porn and growing.
momma always said, "do what you like you thick sumbitch, yer gon do it anyway."
she was right. I did it anyway.
Be glad you don't have VR. Those porn vids get big.
Music is a no brainer for me since it's something that is infinitely re-enjoyable (if that's a word) and it doesn't have to take up much space, without reasonable compromises to quality.
I bought a digital audio player last year so that I could be offline and disconnected when I go out but still enjoy music. One of my favourite purchases the last few years.
Instructions unclear, setup personal Project Gutenberg mirror.
(Started months ago, actually. Their main archive server isn't very fast.)
On an unrelated note: the site has the least invasive adblock banner I've ever seen. Made me wish to immediately turn it off.
They don't have to participate, but it's a good article to raise awareness for your non tech oriented friends and family.
This is a massive problem, but at the very least it's happening in an era of very cheap data storage.
I don’t know who here likes Horizon games, but I like how many parallels the writers put in the game that reflect the state of the world.
**a bit of a game spoiler**
Like the whole premise of the story is exactly what this article mentioned: a multi billionaire CEO with a god complex completely wiped out the entire human database to erase any information of how he destroyed the world to protect his ego and image. Also why the new world is basically just bronze age level tribes.
my coolest data hoard (im not insane, I only have like 3tb, mostly of games) was the doom 1993 files.
me at 2am tinkering with my computer had an emotional connection to another computer nerd back in 1995 at like 11:30 at night who was packaging doom files that through dozens of exchanges made it's hands to mine.
Wonder who it was and how they're doing now..
Picked up a 24tb external drive. My video collection and stuff is going onto it, so that I can nuke my PC's drives and start fresh. The odds of Microsoft being a Trump Regime collaborator are high, so I want to be ready to hop out of the frypan when the time comes.
Aside from that, I have been ripping and converting my discs again. AV1 offers nice space savings. Patlabor, OG Dragonball, documentaries, all will be updated.
Good thing I'm stocking up on used HDD's.
How long do HDDs last though? I've got some from 2015 to 2018 manufacture date. Seems dated and old.
The oldest one I have is from 2007. Still works fine. As for how long they last it heavily depends on your luck. I've seen HDD's from the mid-nineties that still work, not in person just to clarify. I don't have any irreplacable data stored on them. It's also important to use a filesystem that can detect corruption like btrfs, becachefs, or zfs.
