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by Minor49er
916 days ago
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> I've been thinking of the best way to make a website that won't die when I die It's said that most people look at a painting in a gallery for fewer than 30 seconds. I'd be willing to guess that people are going to look at an old HTML document even less than that (not to mention web scrapers which will be the most likely to uncover an old page) There is no guarantee that the web services, companies, technologies, or even the Internet itself will stick around forever. Everything dies. The point, however, isn't to try to leave a permanent mark somewhere that says "I was here". Instead, one should nurture a sense of stewardship for newer generations to help instill them with good values that they will carry forwards in turn |
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So I guess the lesson is, if you want something to stick around, go for good old fashioned paper. It doesn’t need electricity, it doesn’t need servers, software, maintainers, infrastructure or any of that. And if taken care of, it might last a thousand years give or take.