Liam
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SMART warnings informed me I needed to remove the last original part from my silicon Ship of Theseus: the 1TB Samsung hard disk from which it first booted. Surely enough space for all my needs, I must have thought. Hah.
Discovered it was manufactured almost exactly 14 years ago.
Discovered it was manufactured almost exactly 14 years ago.
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
SMART warnings informed me I needed to remove the last original part from my silicon Ship of Theseus: the 1TB Samsung hard disk from which it first booted. Surely enough space for all my needs, I must have thought. Hah.
Discovered it was manufactured almost exactly 14 years ago.
Discovered it was manufactured almost exactly 14 years ago.
Old school broadcasters and publications cared (for the most part) about preserving their own history.
My assumption is that the vast majority of platform-hosted media will simply be dumped and lost over time because big tech sees digital preservation as an unjustifiable cost.
My assumption is that the vast majority of platform-hosted media will simply be dumped and lost over time because big tech sees digital preservation as an unjustifiable cost.
February 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Old school broadcasters and publications cared (for the most part) about preserving their own history.
My assumption is that the vast majority of platform-hosted media will simply be dumped and lost over time because big tech sees digital preservation as an unjustifiable cost.
My assumption is that the vast majority of platform-hosted media will simply be dumped and lost over time because big tech sees digital preservation as an unjustifiable cost.
The business models of platforms like Twitch are based around monetising the audiences attracted by the content-producers.
Changes like this highlight the indifference of platforms to preserving cultural history, and the real fragility of all the digital records housed on these platforms.
Changes like this highlight the indifference of platforms to preserving cultural history, and the real fragility of all the digital records housed on these platforms.
Twitch’s new storage limits will purge huge swaths of Internet gaming history
Amazon-owned platform says “costly” historical archives don’t drive “engagement.”…
arstechnica.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The business models of platforms like Twitch are based around monetising the audiences attracted by the content-producers.
Changes like this highlight the indifference of platforms to preserving cultural history, and the real fragility of all the digital records housed on these platforms.
Changes like this highlight the indifference of platforms to preserving cultural history, and the real fragility of all the digital records housed on these platforms.
“His murderous intent was simply too clear and obvious to be newsworthy” is quite the take. Better go interview some non-representative counter-intuitive voice for a real scoop.
February 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“His murderous intent was simply too clear and obvious to be newsworthy” is quite the take. Better go interview some non-representative counter-intuitive voice for a real scoop.