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Re:38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer access... by detourdog on Saturday May 18, 2024 @07:13AM (#40398016)
The day Apple bought NeXT somewhere on the internet I read a very funny post that started.

Bow down to Unix children of Macintosh...

The whole post kept the same biblical style while describing why the Mac was conquered buy NexT.

A really great post that every once in a while I try to find on the internet.

Hard to say what is lost when it is unknown.

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Re:38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer access... by onion2k on Saturday May 18, 2024 @07:31AM (#40398102)
Hard to say what is lost when it is unknown.

Is it possible to lose something you never knew?

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Re:38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer access... by Wololooo on Saturday May 18, 2024 @07:52AM (#40398221)
Yes.

But usually you realise after the fact learning that it was when you could have interacted with it.

Those things exist then through legends and the collective that still remembers, though that collective is very prone to just misremember.

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Re:38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer access... by detourdog on Saturday May 18, 2024 @08:35AM (#40398506)
That is a good question and I'm struck in the English language between lost and gone.

If it's just lost I might still find it. I believe the post I'm looking for is lost. I don't know if it's gone. If it's gone I will never find it.

Could be it if it's lost there must be knowledge of it?

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Re:38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer access... by ajmurmann on Saturday May 18, 2024 @02:27PM (#40400958)
"we've lost our unborn child"

"Have you checked all the drawers?"

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