cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23677247
Ensh*ttification
I still have a directory of installers for "useful programs". Some of them probably date back to the 90s and would need dosbox to run.
I have the same and only needed to dip into one time for my WiiManager app to check on my Wii library backup on a external HDD.
I’m sure my Mac can open my 2004 .sit file. Don’t question me. 🧐
I once watched a depression era family member of mine dismantle a Chinese take out container, flatten and wash the cardboard part of it and then put it in the paper recycling, and straighten out the wire handle to put into a little jar with other wires and bits of metal.
Same family member once showed me a stack of paper grocery bags she had taken into her place from her building’s paper recycling, upset that someone had thrown away perfectly good paper bags.
TIL I grew up during the great depression
I have a feeling calling the "The Great" enshitification will age up like that one "The Great" War.
"great" means large and significant. Nobody thought the war or enshittification was good
I guess you are missing some history here. "The Great" War is not the war you'd think about by hearing that name.
In fact, the name lasted about 15 years, never to be used again.
I'm not sure what war you think one would be thinking about -- I've only ever heard it used to refer to WW1.
Their initial point was that the name "The Great War" aged like milk because WWII was bigger, not that any people thought it was good
Ah, I see. Yeah, I had no idea that that's what they were getting at because if something bigger came along, we could just call it "The Greater" X, lol
Lol, totally fair
So relatable! Everything is going to shit.
Implying that it was worse and has gotten better, or will get better to the point where data hoarding is unnecessary. I guess it would be nice if things turned out that well.
Win–win, Pangloss
Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
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