The WAN Show My Favorite Website Is Gone Forever - WAN Show August 22, 2025
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Aug 23, 2025 Dive into the nostalgia of a beloved tech site that has vanished and the emotional impact of losing valuable resources. Explore the challenges of preserving digital archives, the quirks of AI content generation, and the ethics of actors selling their likenesses for advertisements. Reflect on the evolution of gaming media, from printed magazines to subscription services, while also discussing the excitement around gaming technology and the complexities of consumer rights. This lively conversation merges humor with insights into the future of tech.
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Historic Tech Archive Disappears
- Linus discovered AnandTech's article links now redirect to the forum, revealing the archive gone dark under new ownership.
- He grieved the loss as a permanent deletion of valuable computer-hardware history and context.
The Internet Forgets Valuable History
- Linus argues the internet's promise of permanent memory is failing as valuable archives disappear or are taken down by new owners.
- Losing these archives erases primary sources used by creators and weakens historical understanding of hardware evolution.
Communicate Method Changes Clearly
- Maintain clear changelogs when altering benchmarks or adding metrics so historical comparisons remain meaningful.
- Communicate severity of methodological changes to users and mark data with version flags.