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Re:To preserve their work journalists take archiving into th... by Bluestein on Sunday August 04, 2024 @11:12AM (#41154057)
> so almost all of the information that is online right now will just disappear in the next 80 years.

> And we essentially only have one single entity that tries to retain that information.

Will future ages find ours a dark age, a gap in their records, a void ...

... up until the point - if ever - where a sufficiently advanced solution for permanence is found and comes online?

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Re:To preserve their work journalists take archiving into th... by Intralexical on Sunday August 04, 2024 @10:23PM (#41157660)
> ... up until the point - if ever - where a sufficiently advanced solution for permanence is found and comes online?

Like the laser printer?

The cost of permanent, physical preservation is pennies. People just don't do it for most things. And it doesn't guarantee accessibility, which has hosting costs.

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Re:To preserve their work journalists take archiving into th... by Bluestein on Monday August 05, 2024 @01:24PM (#41163354)
> Like the laser printer?

Sure. Whatever works.-

But I meant one that is systematically and systemically and widely used.-

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Re:To preserve their work journalists take archiving into th... by JohnFen on Monday August 05, 2024 @12:51PM (#41163042)
> Will future ages find ours a dark age, a gap in their records, a void

I think this is a very likely future, yes.

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Re:To preserve their work journalists take archiving into th... by Bluestein on Monday August 05, 2024 @01:21PM (#41163329)
Grim, indeed.-
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