Even if it’s backed up, will those backups be retained for 4 years? 8 years? By the time someone is in power will they even be able to restore this content? Probably not.
We’re left with things like Wikipedia and archive.org snapshots - second hand resources that can easily go away.
Tbf, and I know the world has all but forgotten about them even though they were mentioned in reference elsewhere in this thread, but books are in fact real, and they can’t rid the world of this information without kicking in doors to confiscate Bea Arthur’s biography from every shelf in America.
Also, sidenote, the Golden Girls fucking rules. One of the best shows ever made.
The pentagon has said they aren’t preserving anything other than a screen cap at best. Your either getting a screen cap low res, no links, or nothing. I’m guessing a lot of it is nothing.
Just for people who don’t realize, they are deleting all this information, and preserving none of it other than a screen cap. This is gone for good.
Even if it’s backed up, will those backups be retained for 4 years? 8 years? By the time someone is in power will they even be able to restore this content? Probably not.
We’re left with things like Wikipedia and archive.org snapshots - second hand resources that can easily go away.
The brain drain is real and fucking terrifying.
Tbf, and I know the world has all but forgotten about them even though they were mentioned in reference elsewhere in this thread, but books are in fact real, and they can’t rid the world of this information without kicking in doors to confiscate Bea Arthur’s biography from every shelf in America.
Also, sidenote, the Golden Girls fucking rules. One of the best shows ever made.
The pentagon has said they aren’t preserving anything other than a screen cap at best. Your either getting a screen cap low res, no links, or nothing. I’m guessing a lot of it is nothing.
It’s effectively digital book burning.