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2 votes
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How would you theoretically go about mitigating the potential near-complete loss of archived audio and video media from 1990 to 2020?
This article from last year provides an alarming look into the woes that media preservation (specifically audio and video) is facing this century due to a content explosion that shows no signs of...
This article from last year provides an alarming look into the woes that media preservation (specifically audio and video) is facing this century due to a content explosion that shows no signs of slowing down. It’s not a new problem, as journalist Bill Holland showed nearly 20 years ago (warning, it’s a long read).
To summarize: In the past, many predecessors to existing media studios did a bad job of archiving their collections of recorded material. In some cases they actively destroyed or threw out parts of their catalogs to make way for new material. This wiped out portions of the available media to be preserved, especially the older stuff. Now that most studios have improved their archival practices though, their remaining catalogs are facing a new foe: Moore’s Law.
The problem with LTO (tapes) is obsolescence. Since the beginning, the technology has been on a Moore’s Law–like march that has resulted in a doubling in tape storage densities every 18 to 24 months. As each new generation of LTO comes to market, an older generation of LTO becomes obsolete… Already there have been seven generations of LTO in the 18 years of the product’s existence… Given the short period of backward compatibility — just two generations — an LTO-5 cartridge, which can still be read on an LTO-7 drive, won’t be readable on an LTO-8 drive. So even if that tape is still free from defects in 30 or 50 years, all those gigabytes or terabytes of data will be worthless if you don’t also have a drive upon which to play it.
If the worst case scenario were to happen, this is apparently what it would look like according to “a top technician at Technicolor”:
“There’s going to be a large dead period,” he told me, “from the late ’90s through 2020, where most media will be lost.”
But not everyone is that worried, the article also includes this counterpoint,
“Most of the archivists I spoke with remain — officially at least — optimistic that a good, sound, post-LTO solution will eventually emerge.”
/u/boredop and I have been discussing the implications of this in the thread they posted a few days ago about a John Coltrane release, and in the course of that discussion they provided that second link to Bill Holland’s multi-part investigation (thanks!).
So my question is this: What direct or indirect measures would you theoretically take to prevent or mitigate the loss of the vast majority of recorded media from 1990 to 2020? Should any measures be taken to preserve these cultural artifacts?
By direct measures I mean innovations to physical archiving or storage methods. By indirect measures I mean public awareness, strategies for choosing what to save, workarounds, etc.
23 votes -
How To Get Your Kids To Do Chores (Without Resenting It)
15 votes -
Discussion, bad faith, our goals, and Tildes
Hey all, There's been a huge amount of response to this post about Hyponotoad's banning that I think merits a lot more consideration than as just a bunch of fractured comment threads. Some...
Hey all,
There's been a huge amount of response to this post about Hyponotoad's banning that I think merits a lot more consideration than as just a bunch of fractured comment threads.
Some questions that come to mind:
~ What does it mean to have "quality discussion",?
~ How do you distinguish between quality discussion and not quality discussion?
~ What does it mean to act in "bad faith"?
~ How, as a community, do we best achieve tildes' stated goals?
23 votes -
Cyberpunk 2077 | Official E3 2018 trailer
43 votes -
In case you didn't know - you can click on post text to expand it in the group view! I didn't notice for ages.
9 votes -
Inside Palmer Luckey's bid to build a US border wall
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What's something you're passionate about?
hello! what's a topic, thing, item, person, action that you really enjoy/interested in? This will be like my 4th post today in ~talk, sorry.
14 votes -
Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the public domain
17 votes -
Halo: Infinite announced at E3
13 votes -
The Elder Scrolls 6 | Reveal
9 votes -
Perl 6 weekly - 2018.24 Discussion Redirect
2 votes -
Kingdom Hearts III | E3 2018 Frozen trailer
4 votes -
Should we, in rich countries, open our borders to migrants, refugees and other immigrants?
Loads of people want to get to rich countries for various reasons: no war less crime better economic prospects no persecution no famine The list is almost endless. Should we, in countries not...
Loads of people want to get to rich countries for various reasons:
- no war
- less crime
- better economic prospects
- no persecution
- no famine
The list is almost endless.
Should we, in countries not affected by such problems, accept these folks that want to get away for whatever reason?
22 votes -
Daily Tildes discussion - should inviter/invitee info be public?
Tsirist suggested this earlier today, and I think it's a pretty good topic, so let's just do it today. Currently, on each user's page you can see who they were invited by. However, that's the full...
Tsirist suggested this earlier today, and I think it's a pretty good topic, so let's just do it today.
Currently, on each user's page you can see who they were invited by. However, that's the full extent of what's shown about invites right now. The opposite relation isn't easily public (that is, there's no way to see a list of all users that were invited by someone), and you can't even currently see a list of which users you've invited yourself.
Some people think that these invite relationships should be more public, and some people think it should be even less than it already currently is. For example, some people want to be able to invite others without those people knowing their username, which is currently impossible.
I think that at least tracking the "invite tree" is important overall during the invite-only phase, but it doesn't necessarily need to be public information to serve this purpose. What do you think? Should we show more information about invites? Less? Leave it exactly how it is?
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So who's using Rust, Go, Dart, D, or other less used or esoteric languages?
And what are you doing with them, I want ti know and I think others do to.
20 votes -
Devil May Cry 5 reveal | Microsoft Xbox E3 2018 press conference
6 votes -
New measures to protect doctors after Bawa-Garba case
2 votes -
When the punishment feels like the crime: Brock Turner's twisted legacy—and a Stanford professor's relentless pursuit of justice.
3 votes -
The efficiency myth
17 votes -
Homosexual marriage legal or illegal?
Tell me all your opinions on homosexual marriage, do you want this law implemented or forgotten?
12 votes -
Moonlighter | Official launch trailer
12 votes -
Jump Force Reveal Trailer - E3 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTlIqVlYFTQ
4 votes -
Transferring main drive from C: to D: or E:
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, so please let me know if I should post this to a different group instead. I have 3 drives on my current PC, but the C: drive is almost full (it...
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, so please let me know if I should post this to a different group instead.
I have 3 drives on my current PC, but the C: drive is almost full (it keeps bouncing around between 2-1 GB left) and it seems to be slowing some programs down. Most noticeably Audacity stores temporary files in C: while I am working on large files and it often changes wait times on an edit to upwards of 30 seconds (meaning literally nothing happens for 15-45 seconds and then the change takes place, even if it's only a simple few second deletion).
Is there a way to set my D: or E: drive as the default drive of the computer so I can clear out some space on my C: drive and use the extra space I have on those drives? Thanks for any help or information you can give me.
8 votes -
At a cafe in Tokyo, Moogi chose me to be his vessel for world domination
8 votes -
Sir Elton John calls for social media boycott against homophobic hate speech
6 votes -
It's almost the end of the week, how's your week been going so far?
I posted on Monday about what your week had in store, how about now? Whats new? Get anything good done?
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Spain now has the most female cabinet in Europe
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I like not having a downvote aka disagree button
Actually I didn't at first. But getting involved in more contentious discussions I've come to realize the downvote was merely used as a weapon for groupthink. It was used to facilitate...
Actually I didn't at first. But getting involved in more contentious discussions I've come to realize the downvote was merely used as a weapon for groupthink. It was used to facilitate echochambers by killing off dissenting voices so that they don't even show up. Taking Reddit for example, it happens across subreddits of all political ideologies - left and right - and even subs like /r/Android for criticizing things like the Pixel haha.
But I am guilty of this too, don't get me wrong. When I see a comment I dislike I itch to whack that downvote button and sometimes even do. Here, though, not having it forces me and others to actually engage the commentor they disagree with and get a good conversation out of it. I think this is so important if we want to be a site that facilitates good discussion and not easy to follow groupthink. Because I've noticed a large difference in even my own actions by how I am forced to respond to things without it.
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Westworld - S02E07 "Les Écorchés" - Post-episode discussion thread
These threads worked pretty well over at /r/westworld, so hopefully they will work here too. Use this thread to post your questions, theories or comments about S02E07 of Westworld.
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Obvious classic appropriation humor :)
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What responsibilities does Apple have regarding removing apps according to the desires of governments? Specifically, China.
As we've seen, Apple has shown it's willingness to agree with the Chinese government's wishes several times. First by not allowing users of it's Chinese app store to download VPNs, then taking...
As we've seen, Apple has shown it's willingness to agree with the Chinese government's wishes several times. First by not allowing users of it's Chinese app store to download VPNs, then taking Skype off the Mainland China app store, as well as handing over control of Chinese iCloud operations to a Chinese firm, and also by removing apps with call kit in them from the Chinese app store.
Now, we should also note that Apple makes quite a bit of money from China. According to Apple's latest earnings call [PDF] for Q1 2018, they made $17.956 billion from China. So, this strategy seems to be working.
Discussion Questions
In what ways are Apple accommodating the Chinese government a necessity?
In this case, or others, when should Apple take into consideration the desires of their customers over their investors?
What problems can be had from accommodating China, but not being so accommodating to other governments?
What can other companies learn from Apple's dealing with the Chinese government?
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As per the username: Anyone want to talk about D&D? If you play - what's going on in your game?
I notice quite a few people on here play RPGs, whether it's D&D or another system. I have an hour to spare until my game starts, so I thought we could chat a bit about the hobby. GMs, players -...
I notice quite a few people on here play RPGs, whether it's D&D or another system. I have an hour to spare until my game starts, so I thought we could chat a bit about the hobby.
GMs, players - what's going on in your game right now?
If you're just browsing ~games and have never played - ask questions!
-LTADnD
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What’s the craziest team building / off-site that you’ve ever had the misfortune to be part of?
I’ll go first. Back in the late 1990s I worked at a startup out of Seattle. The founders had a previous exit and had a winery in Sonoma. They flew us all down there and things started out fun. We...
I’ll go first. Back in the late 1990s I worked at a startup out of Seattle. The founders had a previous exit and had a winery in Sonoma. They flew us all down there and things started out fun. We had a scavenger hunt in San Francisco, we all picked grapes at their winery, and saw how the wine was made. The third day got weird. We were all supposed slaughter a goat and eat it. No one wanted to kill the poor thing, so a farm hand did it, and we all ate the terrible meat.
On the final evening we were all sat down in a barn with lots of candles. We did some semi-normal stuff like write down everything we have been avoiding in our lives, then we burned the lists.
Next, the person running the thing thought it would be a good idea to reenact the biblical thing where Jesus washes poor peoples’ feet. But she got it backwards, and some of the VPs were supposed to wash the CEO’s feet.
A couple of us vocally freaked out, then the whole thing fell apart and we all went home early.
I know my story may be extreme, but does anyone else have any misguided or just strange team building events like this in their work history?
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Crackdown 3 | E3 2018 gameplay trailer
4 votes -
The GNU community (GUIX/Guile)
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Digital IDs needed to end 'mob rule' online, says security minister Ben Wallace
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KINGDOM HEARTS III will be releasing on Xbox One and Playstation 4 on January 29, 2019!
@kingdomhearts: KINGDOM HEARTS III will be releasing on Xbox One and Playstation 4 on January 29, 2019! #KingdomHearts #KH3 https://t.co/vpcpxbkreX
14 votes -
How's your day been so far?
It would be nice to get to know you guys more, so pray do tell, what have you been up today?
5 votes -
Here's where our space program will succeed – or fail
5 votes -
'Very poor': GP booking service HealthEngine sanitises patient reviews
3 votes -
How suicide quietly morphed into a public health crisis
19 votes -
Fallout 76 Full Presentation | Microsoft E3 2018 Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toS9OiU-y0k
8 votes -
How to have a civil conversation
Tildes is still in the process of being built and there's been much discussion on what kinds of content and posts we'd like to see here. Users have also been outspoken about the content and posts...
Tildes is still in the process of being built and there's been much discussion on what kinds of content and posts we'd like to see here. Users have also been outspoken about the content and posts that they think should be discouraged. With this in mind, I thought it might be interesting for us to have a conversation about how to engage in a civil conversation with someone with whom you disagree, and what kinds of behaviors make a discussion worthwhile.
Here are a few links to get us started.
- A Better Way to Argue by Jay Heinrichs
- One Civil Conversation Please from schoolofthought.org
- The Danger of a Single Story a TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation a TED Talk by Celeste Headlee
So what do you think? How should we communicate with each other in order to really make Tildes a great place to engage with one another? Do you have any conversation tricks or rules that have been successful in your own lives? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
24 votes -
I drew the Magic Kingdom parking lot (Walt Disney World) as a cute anime girl in Microsoft Paint.
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Bias towards older comments
Older comments have an unfair advantage on Tildes if you sort by votes: they have had more time to collect votes. What's interesting is that Reddit is less affected by this problem: since the...
Older comments have an unfair advantage on Tildes if you sort by votes: they have had more time to collect votes.
What's interesting is that Reddit is less affected by this problem: since the default sort is "best", which sorts by expected (in a statistical sense) upvote/downvote ratio, newer comments with a good ratio can quickly move to the top.
I don't see a straightforward way to extend this to Tildes, since we don't have downvotes. Any ideas? Of course you can sort by newest first, but then you lose the benefit of votes entirely.
Maybe we could compute the expected final number of votes, based on age, current score, and a model of how comments gather votes as they age? Is there a way to download tildes data somewhere? I could try to investigate.
17 votes -
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice デビュートレーラー(2018 E3)
9 votes -
Forza Horizon 4 | Reveal trailer
2 votes -
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | Story trailer - E3 2018
3 votes -
Dying Light 2 - E3 2018 Gameplay World Premiere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98oJYDRblLI
3 votes