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"This is really going to impact institutions that we take for granted," Internet Archive director of archiving and data services Jefferson Bailey told the Standard, "like our museums, our historical societies, our public libraries, our academic libraries — just a lot of people that keep information free and accessible and online."

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[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 1 points 13 minutes ago
[–] hedhoncho@lemm.ee 12 points 3 hours ago

Ugh some asshole who’s only going to live a century depriving an endless future of historical knowledge. Musk needs to be detained and imprisoned.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I wished we hadn't voted for him. Wait a minute...

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)

If you are USian, you did vote for him, either by voting, by not voting, or by not doing enough to prevent it. We on the outside of the US dystopia do get to suffer the consequences without having voted either way.

[–] power@lemm.ee 11 points 6 hours ago

they already faced cyber attacks now this? i mean, what can i say that hasn't already been said? keep on fighting for democracy!

[–] plantmoretrees@lemm.ee 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

He is literally a foreign terrorist. Deport his ass!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

ironically hes from a country thats currently being influenced by russia too.

[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 9 points 7 hours ago

They also have a merch store: https://store.archive.org/

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 35 points 12 hours ago

Modern book burnings create a lot less smoke and noise.

[–] witnessbolt@lemm.ee 13 points 11 hours ago

He's a loser. As are all his "dark enlightenment" apartheid neo-Nazi bootlickers :-)

[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 hours ago

Time to donate again :)

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 83 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Musk should really be removed from power.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 8 points 12 hours ago

no one voted him in power in the first place, doesnt that go directly against democracy too?

[–] Uppp@lemm.ee 16 points 14 hours ago

Musk should be removed entirely. He has gone completely authoritarian.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 23 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Vacation to El Salvador. Permanent.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

CECOT or gitmo.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't he an illegal? Oh he isn't and you say he has papers? Oops! Sorry, cannot get him back, we don't have that kind of power, shrug emoji!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

he got in on a J-visa, so did his brother, he did something long enough so that him or his brother could permanently stay in the country. he allegedly was going to grad school? but quickly abandoned it once he got his citizenship.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 75 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Isn't it weird how "doge" just goes after anything that actually benefits people?

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 1 points 19 minutes ago

They are just after things that doesn’t benefit them

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 26 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

To be replaced by something privately funded, if at all.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Libertarians must be creaming their jorts.

[–] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 79 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

They used to burn books. Now they just defund information storage services.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

sounds like the same thing.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 33 points 18 hours ago (11 children)

You know what is so ironic? I remember not that long ago (OK, like 20 years ago...) that once something was on the internet, it is there forever as long as file sharing and multiple hosts do it... but it has become abundantly clearly that, despite the fact that it can be REALLY hard to get shit off the internet, it doesn't make it impossible. We've already seen it happen. The truth is, there is so much stuff that people DON'T widely share, and even then, the interest in their sharing in a torrent style is limited (I once downloaded leaked emails regarding transphobic propagandists talking to one another and while I kept seeding for almost a year, I barely got anyone downloading), that it is actually possible to make large amounts of stuff just vanish.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think the real point of the adage, "once it's on the internet it's there forever" is more about the fact that you, personally, can't take it back. Someone might of screenshot, downloaded it, reuploaded it elsewhere. The real meaning being that, once it's on the internet, you no longer control it. Which I think still holds true, but it definitely was heavily implied that it would be there forever.

[–] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 15 hours ago

Pretty much this. Once you put it on the internet it's out of your control. It might disappear, it might not. Best just to assume it won't. Unless it's useful information, then it probably will.

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 67 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

$345,000?

That's like, 2 devs and an 8 CPU VM.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Holy shit, that's like not even a rounding error to the US Government. So obvious what he is doing.

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

That's 1/100th the price Trump paid to send innocent people to CECOT.

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