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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by einpoklum on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:23PM (#22447362)
But - and sorry for the morbid question - what about when you grow older, and may not be able to take care of that? Or when you pass away?
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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by glouwbug on Saturday February 29, 2020 @10:36AM (#22451040)
Very little has survived on paper considering how many people have lived in the past.

It's just life. A lot of what may seem important with our backups really isn't. Whatever we have produced today will return to the earth, and will be reinvented by generations in the future.

It's their lives to live, not ours.

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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by chriscappuccio on Saturday February 29, 2020 @03:04PM (#22452689)
I love this comment
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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by WalterBright on Friday February 28, 2020 @11:44PM (#22448890)
A chunk I've made open source on Github. Other stuff all fits on one drive, and I'll just give it to a family member(s) who wants it.
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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by lm28469 on Saturday February 29, 2020 @08:34AM (#22450433)
You have to come to term with the fact that 99.99% of (your/all) medias are useless in the grand scheme of things.

Imagine having to take care of the backup of your ancestors data on 10 generations, that'd be ridiculous.

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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by WalterBright on Saturday February 29, 2020 @03:05PM (#22452700)
Well, sure. But I have ancestors who go back in the US before the American Revolution, but all I know about them is a name and a date or two. I'm curious about more.

You also don't really know what future people might find interesting. Archaeologists like to sift through ancient trash dumps :-)

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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by nitrogen on Saturday February 29, 2020 @12:46PM (#22451831)
Imagine having to take care of the backup of your ancestors data on 10 generations, that'd be ridiculous.

I had an idea about this but realized it would be far more useful for more sinister purposes and stopped.

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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by staticautomatic on Friday February 28, 2020 @07:52PM (#22447828)
Surely there's a startup for that.
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