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http://archive.is/II8xf http://archive.is/II8xf

• misiti3780 8y ago
  off topic, but does anyone know how the technology behind archive.is works and how they make money (assuming they do). it seem pretty impressive to me that it always gets the article right.
  • cheeko1234 8y ago
    The site is a commercial enterprise, and as such can go kaputt at any given point, especially if it does not find a lucrative business model. Although it's not a strong indication of long-term issues; in October 2016 the site "made transparent" the server costs, and started to accept donations. A weekly crowdfunded target of $800[4] is set to maintain the site. Prior to this, the site actively refused donations. A donation link took the user to an animal shelter donation page. Stated in January 2017, through donations the site only receives "more than $1.50 every day, enough for a bowl of phở". Src: https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php/Archive.is https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php/Archive.is
    • true_religion 8y ago
      I thought archive.is was part of the internet archive project which is a public library of California.
      • sp332 8y ago
        Nope, archive.org is a whole different organization. Also note that the "Wayback Machine" is only one project at the Internet Archive. They also have 78 RPM records, video games, tons of books, CD's, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Internet_Archive%27s_collections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Internet_Archive%27s_... You can donate at https://archive.org/donate https://archive.org/donate Edit: Archive Team is also a separate group.
    • dragonwriter 8y ago
      > The site is a commercial enterprise, and as such can go kaputt at any given point, especially if it does not find a lucrative business model. To be fair, public and nonprofit enterprises can also go kaput at any given point, especially if they don't secure sustainable funding.