Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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YouTube, Wikipedia, and Archive.org are the modern day library of Alexandria (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Had this thought the other day and tbh it's horrifying to think about the implications of one, or God forbid all, of them going down.
Stackoverflow too but that only applies to nerds haha

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

With scraping, you can fully download YouTube, too.

You just need an additional 10 EB of storage space, Millions of different IP addresses, a law firm to deffend against Alphabet, lots of time and energy, ...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I think i have an old thumb drive with 10 exabytes free on it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

You left that in your other pajamas, Professor Farnsworth.