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Article from 13 1/2 years ago, still readable because the website's still around and hasn't deleted all of its archives.
"A 350 year old copy of Shakespeare is about as readable as a new one. But a 35 year old floppy? Preserving data is essential to digital civilization, but how? " "SIRF: Self-contained Information Retention Format. SIRF is the digital equivalent of a physical container that archivists already know how to manage. SIRF containers hold preservation objects, a catalog and an object that labels the SIRF container. "

2013 article and discussion on password-reset approaches and their drawbacks.
"(1) New password is sent to the email address on file (2) New password can be set after answering a couple of "Secret Questions" (3) New password is set after "authenticating" out-of-band (via phone or fax)"

"It is, she says, like living with a split screen: on the left side is the present, on the right is a constantly rolling reel of memories, each one sparked by the appearance of present-day stimuli. With so many memories always at the ready, Price says, it can be maddening: virtually anything she sees or hears can be a potential trigger."

The 2019 article in The New Yorker mixes up some of the terminology (IndieWeb is more specific than the way they use it here), but otherwise it’s a decent intro to decentralized social media and what makes it different from Facebook/Twitter/etc.

"In its very bones, Babylon 5 was a unique experience. It was a bold attempt to experiment with the conventional format of TV, with a serialized storyline and continuity, unlike earlier shows like Star Trek or Quantum Leap or any number of other “story of the week” style science fiction programs. Here in our current era, post-prestige TV, that kind of storytelling is common, but in the 1990s, when Babylon 5 first entered pre-production, it was nearly unheard of."

"...most of what we make or design is actually aimed at a public that is there for something else. The design is important, but the design is not the point. Call it "public design"…
Public design is for individuals who have to fill out our tax form, interact with our website or check into our hotel room despite the way it's designed, not because of it."

An overview of all the stuff X would draw itself based on client instructions, rather than the client drawing it and sending it over, which is more common now and is the way Wayland works.

"They were the original gentlemen’s clubs. "