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 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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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] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

You left that in your other pajamas, Professor Farnsworth.