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Comment by patrick451

12 hours ago

These kinds of ideas just sound to me like "Suppose you had to use broken technology X. How do you make work?"

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Dylan16807  9 hours ago

I don't think you're wrong, but that's because there are no alternative technologies. The only alternative is leaving much more of the archive inaccessible for a much longer period, possibly forever.

  • miltonlost  6 hours ago

    > The only alternative is leaving much more of the archive inaccessible for a much longer period, possibly forever.

    No, the alternative is volunteers transcribing. Like this project.

    Not every problem needs a computer.

    • Dylan16807  4 hours ago

      Volunteers transcribing leaves much more of the archive inaccessible for a much longer period.