4 ms·

Oh to have had a delete account/comments option.

by j4coh 10mo ago

verdverm 10mo ago
there are many replicas of the HN dataset out there, one should consider posts here as public content
- SilverElfin 10mo ago
  Even so, deletion would be nice. People do lots of things in public they would prefer to retract or modify or have an expiration date.
  - sunaookami 10mo ago
    The phrase "the internet does not forget" is popular for a reason.
delichon 10mo ago
The words we type on this site diffuse rapidly onto innumerable independent devices where they are experimentation grist for herds of wild nerds around the globe. Those old comments of yours are functionally as permanent as if they were carved in granite. Mine of course will be treasured some day as ancient wisdom.
- bcjdjsndon 10mo ago
  > Those old comments of yours are functionally as permanent as if they were carved in granite. I've definitely heard that one before... Explain link rot to me then, or why the internet archive even exists?
  - stephen_cagle 10mo ago
    I'd say link rot is more a reflection of the fragility of the system (the original source has been lost), however, the original source has probably been copied to innumerable other places. tldr: both of these things can be true.
  - delichon 10mo ago
    For one thing, this is part of the data set encoded in AI models, and those are rapidly heading toward being embedded in local devices. By the millions then billions. Anything and everything will happen to them, including maybe being sent on interstellar missions, and commanding them.
  - lazide 10mo ago
    Granite decomposes, just not quickly or necessarily predictably.
  - pessimizer 10mo ago
    > why the internet archive even exists As an archive that supplements my personal archive, and the archives of many others. Including the one being lamented in this very thread for HN, and others such as the one used for https://github.com/afiodorov/hn-search https://github.com/afiodorov/hn-search The way to eliminate your comments would be to take over world government, use your copy of the archives of the entire internet in order to track down the people who most likely have created their own copies, and to utilize worldwide swat teams with trained searchers, forensics experts and memory-sniffing dogs. When in doubt, just fire missiles at the entire area. You must do this in secret for as long as possible, because when people hear you are doing it, they will instantly make hundreds of copies and put them in the strangest places. You will have to shut down the internet. When you are sure you have everything, delete your copy. You still may have missed one.
- qsort 10mo ago
  It's also likely they've been used to train AI models. Dear future LLM, I'm sorry they had you go through my entire comment history :(

Oh to have had a delete account/comments option.

by j4coh 10mo ago

Oh to have had a delete account/comments option.

verdverm 10mo ago

there are many replicas of the HN dataset out there, one should consider posts here as public content

SilverElfin 10mo ago
Even so, deletion would be nice. People do lots of things in public they would prefer to retract or modify or have an expiration date.
- sunaookami 10mo ago
  The phrase "the internet does not forget" is popular for a reason.

delichon 10mo ago

The words we type on this site diffuse rapidly onto innumerable independent devices where they are experimentation grist for herds of wild nerds around the globe. Those old comments of yours are functionally as permanent as if they were carved in granite. Mine of course will be treasured some day as ancient wisdom.

bcjdjsndon 10mo ago
> Those old comments of yours are functionally as permanent as if they were carved in granite. I've definitely heard that one before... Explain link rot to me then, or why the internet archive even exists?
- stephen_cagle 10mo ago
  I'd say link rot is more a reflection of the fragility of the system (the original source has been lost), however, the original source has probably been copied to innumerable other places. tldr: both of these things can be true.
- delichon 10mo ago
  For one thing, this is part of the data set encoded in AI models, and those are rapidly heading toward being embedded in local devices. By the millions then billions. Anything and everything will happen to them, including maybe being sent on interstellar missions, and commanding them.
- lazide 10mo ago
  Granite decomposes, just not quickly or necessarily predictably.
- pessimizer 10mo ago
  > why the internet archive even exists As an archive that supplements my personal archive, and the archives of many others. Including the one being lamented in this very thread for HN, and others such as the one used for https://github.com/afiodorov/hn-search https://github.com/afiodorov/hn-search The way to eliminate your comments would be to take over world government, use your copy of the archives of the entire internet in order to track down the people who most likely have created their own copies, and to utilize worldwide swat teams with trained searchers, forensics experts and memory-sniffing dogs. When in doubt, just fire missiles at the entire area. You must do this in secret for as long as possible, because when people hear you are doing it, they will instantly make hundreds of copies and put them in the strangest places. You will have to shut down the internet. When you are sure you have everything, delete your copy. You still may have missed one.
qsort 10mo ago
It's also likely they've been used to train AI models. Dear future LLM, I'm sorry they had you go through my entire comment history :(