What Data would you preserve? - Only Dank Memes and Cat photos

[Duiker]

There is another thread about digital longterm storage, and this isn't for that. This is about what information you would wish to store long term, not how you would store it.

Will your decades long archive just be media you like to consume? Do you store reference material? Also, what do you feel should be in everyone's archive.

 

[Troonos]

On my backup drive, I've kept every personal file I ever had, going back to like 1994. I still have lists of "yo mama" jokes from elementary school, full logs of every AIM conversation I ever had, and even photos from high school. I'll just take that SDD with me when the world ends.

 

[Grim_Autismo]

I've been storing all kinds of data for a while. Some of it is personal and private, and some of it is reference material that interests me and might be of interest to others.

Some of its music is unavailable anywhere now, which is pretty awesome. The proliferation of streaming services has siloed what kind of content is available rather than making more content available. Which is surprising to me.

Here are some of the things I store:

• 3D (Models, programs, etc., 3D printing stuff.)
• AI (models, books about it, etc. I do believe in the future many models today will not be available so I like to collect things as I go)
• Audio (Music, music making software, samples, audio books, speeches, etc.)
• Books (of all kinds): Books to read for pleasure, reference books, hobby books, cookbooks, you name it. I have a massive store of ebooks that can be manually loaded to readers.
• Games (yes.)
• Music (Lots of it.)
• Photos
• Programs
• Roms (separate from games, because some are roms for hardware imaging and the like)
• Videos (some movies, but all kinds)

If there are things that you enjoy regularly, don't count on it being online forever. Many gems are lost to me now, but I have some things I was able to save because I would download them for offline listening from Bandcamp.

 

[Town Drunk]

Things people wouldn't miss until they needed it. Imagine some 480p video from 12 years ago of some guy showing how to replace the brake pads on a 1998 Nissan. When YT eventually gets replaced, this treasure trove of info will disappear.

Everything you want to know is available on the internet, will no longer be true.

 

[Vecr]

On my backup drive, I've kept every personal file I ever had, going back to like 1994. I still have lists of "yo mama" jokes from elementary school, full logs of every AIM conversation I ever had, and even photos from high school. I'll just take that SDD with me when the world ends.

Personally I'd have 3 copies of my data in my possession, one copy on my computer, and two backup drives. Preferably you'd rotate the two backup drives between an off-site location, but you might be unable.

 

[Troonos]

Personally I'd have 3 copies of my data in my possession, one copy on my computer, and two backup drives. Preferably you'd rotate the two backup drives between an off-site location, but you might be unable.

I have one copy on an HDD and one on an SSD. I just have to transfer it to both every 3 months when I update the backup.

 

[Dawdler]

Survival books on useful herbs and other stuff you find in nature. Plenty of youtube vids and documentaries that are simply wiped from face of earth.
I had 100's of bookmarks from years ago. When I went to check them, most of them expired.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

There's a collection around on the torrents called "THE ARK" which is a good starting point.

Actually useful data like "where there is no doctor.pdf" like here https://kiwifarms.net/threads/first-aid-thread.195059/post-18747035 are tiny.

storage space is cheap, I need to figure out a way to get my browser to yt-dlp every fucking thing I ever watch on youtube

 

[Feral Postie]

I have a simple rule when it comes to archiving things that I've developed thanks to the cunts at Youtube.

If I know (or even suspect) I'll want to watch, view, listen, or read something a second time I download it because there's a good chance it won't exist when I go back to it.

I also seek out things I know I'll need in the future like the service manuals for things I own.