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Source: https://xkcd.com/1683/
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36672698
Source: https://xkcd.com/1683/
Only downside is that only data that people care about right now is being saved. But what seems useless now might become valuable in the future. It’s hard to grasp how much data has been forgotten on some old computers, or some CDs, or websites that have gone dark.
It’s hard to imagine how much data is lost on old notepads, journals, even personal voice recordings.