Post AavF49F4ZOFEvmNpXE by bernardo_olafson@mastodon.gamedev.place
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(DIR) Post #AatYznhOKoZ3iyuiMy by internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
2023-10-18T12:53:37Z
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We hear this oftenâ"Why would the Internet Archive preserve & digitize an out-of-print textbook from the 1930s?" Because you never know when the information within is going to solve a decades-long puzzle, like this fascinating story about American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman: https://gwern.net/maze
(DIR) Post #Aata4J7VYMGmHvqHzc by spacemagick@mastodon.social
2023-10-18T13:00:18Z
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@internetarchive Psychology = A cargo cult.LOL#science
(DIR) Post #Aatb1MBfnDu4t0woG8 by sonjdol@ohai.social
2023-10-18T13:05:15Z
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@internetarchive please archive everything you are able to archive đ
(DIR) Post #AateMV8Y0tUOaRG9wW by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-10-18T13:54:51Z
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@internetarchive Packrat librarians have saved civilization before...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_Palimpsesthttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201204-lost-islamic-library-mathsThe enemies of knowledge have always been wannabe despots and religious zealots. Julius Caesar and Theophilus have their modern counterparts. The key advantage of the Internet Archive is decentralization. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/
(DIR) Post #Aati3kVL3JpsYyEYE4 by Beachhart@mastodon.social
2023-10-18T14:35:21Z
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@internetarchive I can't seem to find the reference now, but I do remember hearing that notes produced for the 1800s novel flat land contained math that ended up being useful for making two-dimensional spaces that appear three-dimensional in video games in the 1980s. It takes pennies to hold on to these things, and while it's rare that they get used when they do the payout is much much larger
(DIR) Post #Aatj916OrzDrRTe1w0 by Nazani@universeodon.com
2023-10-18T14:49:12Z
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@internetarchive As a doll hobbyist, I always wondered why a huge % of 19th century dolls representing children were dressed in white. Your archive has a book from 1857 that stated it was for health reasons! I guess some of those early dyes might be toxic.
(DIR) Post #Aatk3jACEpPAJQShzk by bartgo@fosstodon.org
2023-10-18T14:50:05Z
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@internetarchive -- my opinion is that governments or organizations benefiting from the archives (like universities or libraries) should be the main contributors; individuals do donate but I am sure it's not systematic
(DIR) Post #AatlmJt1AFcEu0FoHI by JakeHarrison@mastodon.social
2023-10-18T15:18:26Z
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@internetarchive Good point. Maybe it could lead to an ancient artifact just like in those movies.
(DIR) Post #AatmfuAtwjTRNN7kZs by aztrek027k@techhub.social
2023-10-18T15:25:14Z
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@internetarchive Exactly.
(DIR) Post #AatnTGj4tF0hVUeFgO by aztrek027k@techhub.social
2023-10-18T15:27:54Z
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@internetarchive All accumulated thought and knowledge of the human race should be available to absolutely everyone, at all times.
(DIR) Post #AatoLUpiejxqtfc1nU by jrdepriest@infosec.exchange
2023-10-18T15:32:03Z
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@internetarchive Why wouldn't you digitize out-of-print textbooks from the 1930s if you could?That's history.Every time we lose the last copy of a physical book or photo, we lose a piece of what led us to this moment.If we do not know where we came from we cannot grasp how far we've come.
(DIR) Post #Aau5hSl0km743ATE80 by petes_bread_eqn_xls@mastodo.neoliber.al
2023-10-18T19:00:44Z
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@internetarchive âHis papers are difficult to access (by appointment only to those âconducting research for which it is necessaryâ), not digitized, and youâre not allowed to reproduce them without permission from the Caltech (âCalifornia Institute of Technologyâ) archives and his heirs.âHow infuriating!
(DIR) Post #Aau6uRm9oWNsizlHrE by xs4me2@mastodon.social
2023-10-18T19:14:47Z
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@internetarchive Indeed. Or just because.
(DIR) Post #AavF49F4ZOFEvmNpXE by bernardo_olafson@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-10-19T08:20:11Z
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@internetarchive that page is a rabbit hole...