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futurebird , 4 days ago to random

Not a coincidence public archives are disappearing at the same time unpolluted training data for LLMs & other content generation systems have become valuable. (even as we are told they have no value, so no one should get paid)

This is very ugly and we need to have a real conversation about preserving human history, expanding and archiving the body of human knowledge, attribution, and royalties.

Our leadership is too craven and not educated enough in these matters to do it.

textfiles , 1 month ago to random

PAPRIKA, one of the greatest anime films, one of the greatest films in general, is available free on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCU7U5y6Yh0

textfiles , 2 months ago to random

One James Garrie asked if it was possible for Internet Archive to emulate the Radio Shack MC-10, one of the least powered of all the TRS-80s. Eventually, we got it working, and then after THAT, Gerrie figured out the commands to start the tape machine and run. So now, enjoy dozens of MC-10 programs in your browser:

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mc10

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textfiles , 4 months ago to random

Hey, people. Foone Turing (the "I go way too deep into computer investigations of vintage tech" person) has indicated they're officially laid off, and running out of money while trying to find a new job. If you have a job, hit them up. Otherwise, please throw some dollars:

https://ko-fi.com/fooneturing