[HN Gopher] The Internet Archive just backed up an entire Caribb...
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       The Internet Archive just backed up an entire Caribbean island
        
       Author : ulrischa
       Score  : 78 points
       Date   : 2024-04-09 08:59 UTC (14 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.wired.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.wired.com)
        
       | consumer451 wrote:
       | http://web.archive.org/web/20240409091314/https://www.wired....
        
         | fsckboy wrote:
         | and the Internet Archive just backed up an entire paywalled
         | Wired article, though I guess it falls under Aruban history
         | too!
        
         | 28304283409234 wrote:
         | And the actual archive in question:
         | http://web.archive.org/web/20240408125347/https://coleccion....
         | 
         | Wait. Is it recursive? :-P
        
           | b8 wrote:
           | That link finally loads to https://web.archive.org/web/202404
           | 08125346/https://coleccion... .
        
       | robblbobbl wrote:
       | Long live the archive!
        
       | consumer451 wrote:
       | Bookmarklet code to view the archive of the current webpage:
       | javascript:(function(){if(location.href.indexOf('http')!=0){input
       | =prompt('URL:','http://');if(input!=null){location.href='http://w
       | eb.archive.org/web/*/'+input}}else{location.href='http://web.arch
       | ive.org/web/*/'+location.href;}})();
       | 
       | source: https://gist.github.com/n-st/0dd03b2323e7f9acd98e
        
       | notmysql_ wrote:
       | funny that you need to use internet archive to view the article
       | in question
        
       | blakesterz wrote:
       | Barbados is working on something similar "Reclaiming Our Atlantic
       | Destiny (ROAD) Project" ... "it includes a massive digitization
       | project, the creation of a memorial to enslaved people by Adjaye
       | Associates, and the planning for a new heritage district to
       | incorporate a museum and archives, performing arts venues, and
       | associated amenities". Not working with the Internet Archive, at
       | least as far as I know.
       | 
       | https://www.maxwellanderson.com/artscoping/2021/12/11/episod...
        
       | parasti wrote:
       | What an absurd headline. If the island somehow disappeared, they
       | would soon find out that the "entire island" was not in fact
       | backed up.
        
         | pinko wrote:
         | Your observation is so obvious that it should make you wonder
         | whether you're making an insightful and helpful criticism -- or
         | just failing to comprehend that not all sentences are literal,
         | and rhetorical flourishes are a thing. For god's sake, prose is
         | not code.
        
           | goosejuice wrote:
           | Or making a joke... furthering your last point.
        
           | parasti wrote:
           | I'm definitely not trying to be helpful. Just openly annoyed
           | by yet another clickbait headline in a sea of clickbait
           | headlines that somehow survived HN scrutiny.
        
         | tivert wrote:
         | > What an absurd headline. If the island somehow disappeared,
         | they would soon find out that the "entire island" was not in
         | fact backed up.
         | 
         | I totally agree, it's the kind of grandiose exaggeration I've
         | come to expect from SV culture. In reality, they scanned 40,000
         | documents and 60,000 images.
        
       | WalterBright wrote:
       | As our ability to store data has increased, our generation of
       | data has vastly increased to exceeded that.
        
       | lxgr wrote:
       | Hopefully it was a non-destructive scan!?
        
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