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> my grand-grand-grand-father was a farrier in one of the Napoleons' army I am hopeful that the author did not mean for this idea to apply retroactively. > Th
by jrflowers 3y ago
> my grand-grand-grand-father was a farrier in one of the Napoleons' army
I am hopeful that the author did not mean for this idea to apply retroactively.
> There is also no guarantee that archive.org will survive a couple decades. But a notebook in the attic definitely will.
Houses burn down all the time. Pointing out that everybody has access to a theoretically fireproof house is a bit funny for a thought that began with an admonishment about hygiene and food safety.
- JadoJodo 3y ago> Houses burn down all the time. Pointing out that everybody has access to a theoretically fireproof house is a bit funny for a thought that began with an admonishment about hygiene and food safety. While I do get your follow-up criticism, I took the notebook comment to mean that if I stop paying my “notebook bill”, or a massive solar flare strikes my house, the notebook in my attic doesn’t vanish from existence.