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Re:Download the Entire Wikimedia Database by capableweb on Saturday March 06, 2021 @04:46PM (#26370815)
I'm not familiar with r/datahoarder, but if the name bears any significance, it seems they are mostly centered on hoarding data, which means just digital I guess? If so, I much rather would want to promote efforts like Internet Archive that back up all kind of things, not just digital data.
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Re:Download the Entire Wikimedia Database by KMnO4 on Saturday March 06, 2021 @05:04PM (#26370944)
What does the Internet Archive back up that isn’t represented by 1s and 0s?
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Re:Download the Entire Wikimedia Database by cguess on Saturday March 06, 2021 @05:09PM (#26370985)
A ton of 35mm and 16mm film reels, vinyl, and even wax recording, physical books and a lot more. They make digital copies of them, but they also archive the physical versions as well. Here's a selection of the movies: https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms?tab=about
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Re:Download the Entire Wikimedia Database by LeoPanthera on Saturday March 06, 2021 @05:28PM (#26371101)
The Physical Archive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive#Physical_medi...
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Re:Download the Entire Wikimedia Database by CompuHacker on Sunday March 07, 2021 @01:02PM (#26378054)
Promote both, rest easier.
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