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Who are we?

We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.

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[–] unexpected@forum.guncadindex.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Government people get jobs by schmoozing and making deals, not by merit or skill.

Pournelle's Law always seems relevant.

[–] Corridor8031@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sounds like you are suggesting that in private companys jobs are distributed by merit and skills lol

[–] unexpected@forum.guncadindex.com 1 points 19 hours ago

No.

But it does give more options to work around or not support those entities since they don't have as much direct authority.

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

Ooh, ooh! I'm in that law! I'm in the (to paraphrase) "competent and devoted to the goal but unempowered" group!