Archive.today is a time capsule for web pages! - Similar to the Internet Archive save feature, this service enables you to take a snapshot of any url at a particular point in time. That's useful because sites go offline, but they also change. Looks to use something called the Momento protocol. I wish there were more services like this, and that the technology was more pervasive and robust. It doesn't feel like there is an accepted standard. How do I create a url backup on my own hardware for instance? archive.today #
2023/06/12 #
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Kong Yiji: The memes that lay bare China's youth disillusionment - I think what this article describes isn't particular to China. When you zoom out, there are many many people worldwide that spend literally multiple decades of their lives in isolation. The unwritten promise from society has been that it will lead to a better life. But that promise is being broken in a big way. Folks that didn't choose that route find themselves with money, and now with AI, it turns out they didn't need to study anyway. The discontent from the skinny educated is bound to become something that will need to be reparationed. www.bbc.com #
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Tools for thought: the first 300,000 years - A super high level summary of some of the big technological innovations that humans have made which have resulted in our modern world. It's funny to me because I've been preparing something similar in my spare time recently. I was focusing on science whereas this focusses on actual inventions. Two sides of the same coin in a way. Anyhow worth reading if you are at all interested in history and culture and perhaps the future. subconscious.substack.com #