This why I tell anyone, always save stuff that’s online right away when you see it. Never trust that you can go back and find it. Create and build your own archive.https://twitter.com/abuaardvark/status/1129334870952615938 …
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Replying to @azelin
I tell students to immediately PDF anything they’re interested in online. In mid-2011 the first story I ever found about a foreign fighter in Syria was about a Lebanese guy who came to topple Assad to remove his influence in Beirut. Totally secular. Bookmarked but it disappeared.
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Replying to @drdavidmalet @azelin
Please stop using PDF for this. Today, it's possible to save complete webpages in their native format (cf. https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile …) and get a perfect archive that you'll be able to read for years in any decent browser. This is much less risky than PDF in terms of accuracy.
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I know you likely didn't make it yourself, but thanks to those who did and thanks to you for pointing to it. Ran out of char
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Thank you! Actually, I wrote 99.99% of SingleFile myself ;)
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Well thanks again then! I'm trying it now. I may have questions. Is there a user forum?
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Well, there is none today. However, you can contact me by email (see the bottom of https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile …) or here. You can also post issues or suggestions here:https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile/issues …
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