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YouTube, Wikipedia, and Archive.org are the modern day library of Alexandria (sh.itjust.works)
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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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[–] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can’t rely on YouTube videos staying up over time.

Better download what you want might want to look up again

[–] Wade@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can't count on the library of Alexandria staying up over time either

[–] ellen_musk_0x@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I think we also overestimate the valve if what would have been at Alexandria.

Considering everything would have been hand copied/transcribed back then, and his expensive that would have been, the selection bias would be massive.

I doubt it could compare to Wikipedia.