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hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island

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The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island

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hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity.
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    deleted by creator

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      I would if I could!

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    Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I’ll save your data

    in my database cabana, come on pretty mama

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    Great we can 3D print it when sea levels rise and it disappears! (I didn’t read the article…)

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    Always an impressive operation they have one peering point in San Francisco and their data centers historically consist of a church and shipping containers.

    https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/16/head_like_a_memory_hole/

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    How big is the data of an entire nation’s history?

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    We can remember it for you wholesale.

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      The country of Aruba wakes up with false memories of a life on Mars…

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