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I used to be a data hoarder but I learned to let it go. I save the important stuff, just like the Buddhist monks do. How much of the internet is really worth sa
by okareaman 5y ago
I used to be a data hoarder but I learned to let it go. I save the important stuff, just like the Buddhist monks do. How much of the internet is really worth saving? What will Geocities mean to anyone 50 years from now? The internet is a dynamic process evolving in real time.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man
Heraclitus
- datameta 5y agoI am a fan of that quote and I now personally eschew clutter. However I'm referring to the examples in the article such as the supreme court justice referencing links that no longer existed. Paraphrasing the article, >75% of links from the 90s are defunct. Sure Geocities may not have value to many, but an astonishing number of links in court rulings and law documents are leading to dead ends. I can see how this could lead to shaky ground upon which it would be more difficult to defend certain internet freedoms.
- okareaman 5y agoGoogle's recent invention of text links should help this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_text#:~:text=%22Now%20is%20the%20time%20for,21%20(1918) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_text#:~:text=%22Now%20i.... # signifies an anchor :~:text= signifies a text link %22Now%20is%20the%20time%20for,21%20(1918). says show me the text between "Now is the time for" and "21 (1918)."