K1rkl4nd

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How can I scan old newspapers at home? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] K1rkl4nd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I've scanned thousands of video game manuals- I have the pane of glass out of an 8"x10" picture frame for flattening pages. Works wonders.

Where is the “offsite” that you keep a second copy? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] K1rkl4nd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

You can almost imagine the look of shock and awe when my retired parents had the nerdy neighbor kid over to look at their computer (was having internet issues) and he stumbled upon 30,000 movie rips, probably 8,000 TV series, complete rom/iso sets from Atari 2600 to PS2...

Do you collect anything physical? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] K1rkl4nd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Video game manuals. And I'm making them digital so they aren't lost to time. What's out there now is such low quality- but at the time (1995-2010) was "good enough" because "it's something".

20 years of game hacking knowledge about to disappear. Site admin taking down backups, including Internet Archive in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] K1rkl4nd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

People who want to be forgotten deserve to be forgotten, usually. But data is data. Once it's "out there", the only thing you control is your response to it.