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The Internet Archive just backed up an entire Caribbean island

86 points by ulrischa 3y ago

consumer451 3y ago
http://web.archive.org/web/20240409091314/https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-backed-up-aruba-caribbean-island/ http://web.archive.org/web/20240409091314/https://www.wired....
- fsckboy 3y ago
  and the Internet Archive just backed up an entire paywalled Wired article, though I guess it falls under Aruban history too!
- 28304283409234 3y ago
  And the actual archive in question: http://web.archive.org/web/20240408125347/https://coleccion.aw/ http://web.archive.org/web/20240408125347/https://coleccion.... Wait. Is it recursive? :-P
  - b8 3y ago
    That link finally loads to https://web.archive.org/web/20240408125346/https://coleccion.aw/pages/pa/home/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240408125346/https://coleccion... .
robblbobbl 3y ago
Long live the archive!
consumer451 3y ago
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://web.archive.org/web/*/'+input}}else{location.href='http://web.archive.org/web/*/'+location.href;}})(); source: https://gist.github.com/n-st/0dd03b2323e7f9acd98e https://gist.github.com/n-st/0dd03b2323e7f9acd98e
notmysql_ 3y ago
funny that you need to use internet archive to view the article in question
blakesterz 3y ago
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/episode-86-notes-on-the-road-project-in-barbados https://www.maxwellanderson.com/artscoping/2021/12/11/episod...
parasti 3y ago
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 3y ago
  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 3y ago
    Or making a joke... furthering your last point.
  - parasti 3y ago
    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.
- etblg 3y ago
  [flagged]
- tivert 3y ago
  > 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 3y ago
As our ability to store data has increased, our generation of data has vastly increased to exceeded that.
- jtriangle 3y ago
  But but, storage is cheap
- thefz 3y ago
  Software is a gas
lxgr 3y ago
Hopefully it was a non-destructive scan!?

86 points by ulrischa 3y ago

http://web.archive.org/web/20240409091314/https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-backed-up-aruba-caribbean-island/ http://web.archive.org/web/20240409091314/https://www.wired....

fsckboy 3y ago
and the Internet Archive just backed up an entire paywalled Wired article, though I guess it falls under Aruban history too!
28304283409234 3y ago
And the actual archive in question: http://web.archive.org/web/20240408125347/https://coleccion.aw/ http://web.archive.org/web/20240408125347/https://coleccion.... Wait. Is it recursive? :-P
- b8 3y ago
  That link finally loads to https://web.archive.org/web/20240408125346/https://coleccion.aw/pages/pa/home/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240408125346/https://coleccion... .

robblbobbl 3y ago

Long live the archive!

consumer451 3y ago

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://web.archive.org/web/*/'+input}}else{location.href='http://web.archive.org/web/*/'+location.href;}})(); source: https://gist.github.com/n-st/0dd03b2323e7f9acd98e https://gist.github.com/n-st/0dd03b2323e7f9acd98e

notmysql_ 3y ago

funny that you need to use internet archive to view the article in question

blakesterz 3y ago

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/episode-86-notes-on-the-road-project-in-barbados https://www.maxwellanderson.com/artscoping/2021/12/11/episod...

parasti 3y ago

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 3y ago
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 3y ago
  Or making a joke... furthering your last point.
- parasti 3y ago
  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.
etblg 3y ago
[flagged]
tivert 3y ago
> 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 3y ago

As our ability to store data has increased, our generation of data has vastly increased to exceeded that.

jtriangle 3y ago
But but, storage is cheap
thefz 3y ago
Software is a gas

lxgr 3y ago

Hopefully it was a non-destructive scan!?