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Even if it's just an archived version, someone somewhere will find utility in IT or coding advice posted over a century ago.

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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Unlikely, even if there isn't an AI-related end of history. How often do you read anything over a hundred years old, outside of English class? Have you ever read a technical document over a hundred years old in your life?

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

A lot of people still read the Bible and other religious texts outside of English class.

People still read a lot of classics.

Tons of legal documents, laws that haven't changed, and other bureaucratic documentation is still referenced regularly.

Pretty sure there are architecture plans for things like the Hoover Dam that are still used for making maintenance decisions.

Historians sure look back at old documents, not to mention people who do genealogy and other family history stuff.

While the average person may not actively seek out old text because new content on the internet is the current hotness, there is still a ton of information that people who are working jobs or doing research need that is over a century old and that is the kind of information that is comparable to something like stack overflow. It will more likely be copied and retained through something like archive.org than the original website, but as long as there is a chance that someone might need it or someone has retaining it as a hobby, it will still be around.

[-] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago

Given some software is still dependent on stuff written like 20 years ago, it wouldn't surprise me if even a small part of some future program relies on century old code

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 11 months ago

We (in much of Europe at least) rely on train lines and sewers laid out over 100 years ago and we refer to plans made then, so I think there's a high chance there's software around in 100 years which still works so never gets replaced (or gets upgraded but is the same at the core, I bet windows still has task manager barely modified)

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

.... Maps?

Plat maps, land use maps, survey maps....etc can date to the early 1900's and late 1800's. Preserved & converted to digital form for country-side USGIS visualizations and mapping.

Or architectural blueprints, or sewer/water line diagrams/maps. Electrical & communication lines are approaching that age. Transportation infrastructure and diagrams.

We reference documents & technical knowledge that's 30-50 years old, sometimes 70-80 years old right now in our industry. Mathematics knowledge that's well over 100 years old.

There are countless examples of important things that are as old as the industry itself.

It's essentially guaranteed that we will be referencing technical documentation and design and knowledge that is over 100 years old once this industry is old enough.

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