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May 3, 2025, 12:12 AMI posted this image in 2022.
Today, I'm here to tell you that the arrival is even earlier than expected.
![[same image as in replied-to post] A rough plot/graph showing my usage of the internet archive exceeding the actual web sometime around 2030](https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/440/989/949/001/904/original/e21b80d782a018dd.png)
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Devine Lu Linveganeauoire@merveilles.townMay 3, 2025, 12:55 AM@cancel I feel that.
May 3, 2025, 2:14 AM
ratfactorratfactor@mastodon.artMay 3, 2025, 3:49 AM@cancel Yeah, I'm about 6 months in using websites' own search features directly (Wikipedia for example) instead of letting a search engine get me there from "outside".
And using archive.org constantly now.
May 3, 2025, 12:44 PM@cancel@merveilles.town particle anti particle annihilation
beka valentinebeka_valentine@kolektiva.socialJun 26, 2026, 10:00 PM
whimsywhimsy@app.wafrn.netJun 26, 2026, 10:33 PMWe're definitely near the crossing threshold.
I now consider the Web Archives extension an essential browser add-on.
#Wayback-Machine #as-a-solution-to #Enshittification
J.P. Stewartjpsays@mastodon.socialJun 26, 2026, 10:57 PM@cancel Yeah. I have an iOS shortcut to open any link there. Very useful.
Rue MohrRueNahcMohr@infosec.exchangeJun 26, 2026, 11:00 PM@cancel The past was way more valuable than the present/future. I "owe more" to @bitsavers and the waybackmachine than I ever ever ever will to the wikipedia
bitsaversbitsavers@oldbytes.spaceJun 26, 2026, 11:18 PM@RueNahcMohr @cancel
interesting paradox.bitsavers deliberately concentrates on primary sources that have "no commercial value"
at least that USED to be true before the days of LLM wood chippers