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If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you...

I personally wouldn’t recommend obsidian (mentioned at the end of the article), but still, I think the article is worth reading.

  • ___@lemm.eeEnglish
    73·
    8 months ago

    Take it further. Convert all of your data into forward or simple formats. Don’t encode your images as gif, keep them raw. Store word docs as markdown. Don’t use proprietary formats (duh).

    Linux will be around for a long time, which is convenient. Everything is a file, that counts, right?

    Also be thankful for VMs and the push towards distroless containers.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      8 months ago

      Don’t encode your images as gif, keep them raw.

      This is fucking insane. There are plenty of open standards for image files.

      • ___@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        It was an example. Lossless formats exist.