Hacker News with Generative AI: Archives

Everything About X (reddit.com)
This page is an archive of all of the previous Everything About X threads, run by /u/inherentlyawesome and /u/AngelTC.

Reddit, Archives, Community

9 points by rnjailamba 27 days ago | 1 comments

Trump's Truth: A Public Archive of Donald Trump's Communications on Truth Social (trumpstruth.org)
Trump's Truth is a public archive of Donald Trump's communications on TRUTH Social. We believe this is an essential part of the historical record, and that it must be preserved for its educational, journalistic and research value.

Politics, Social Media, Archives, History

7 points by stefankuehnel 29 days ago | 0 comments

Stamp fanatic professor stole 3k items from Scotland's national archive (theguardian.com)
Scotland’s national archive has traced the mysterious disappearance of more than 3,000 historical documents over a period of 30 years to a history professor with an all-consuming interest in stamps.

Scotland, History, Archives, Theft, Crime

7 points by bookofjoe 30 days ago | 0 comments

Nonprofit Software Heritage maintains largest public collection of source code (softwareheritage.org)

Software, Nonprofits, Open Source, Data, Archives

6 points by ohjeez 34 days ago | 0 comments

50 years ago - Altair 8800 The most powerful minicomputer project ever presented (archive.org)
Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books.

History, Technology, Computing, Archives, Restoration

6 points by canucker2016 50 days ago | 3 comments

Unseen photos of U2 and The Smiths released as Maxwell Hall Archive is unveiled (salford.ac.uk)
Unseen photos and other nostalgic memorabilia from some of Salford’s most famous concerts have been revealed in a new digital archive for an iconic Greater Manchester music venue.

Music, Photography, History, Archives

35 points by gnabgib 51 days ago | 8 comments

Online discussions on forests preserved in the Finnish Web Archive (kansalliskirjasto.fi)
For a long time, public discussion on forests has been marked by the issue of defining limits for the economic exploitation of Finnish forests. The National Library of Finland has preserved forest-focused discussions on the internet spanning several years.

Environmentalism, Finland, Archives, Public Discourse, Forestry

26 points by gnabgib 62 days ago | 2 comments

Twitch's new storage limits will purge swaths of Internet gaming history (arstechnica.com)
Amazon-owned platform says "costly" historical archives don't drive "engagement."

Twitch, Gaming, Streaming, Internet History, Archives

58 points by 01-_- 63 days ago | 45 comments

Ada Gems (2014) (adacore.com)
The Ada Gem of the Week is enjoying it's well earned retirement. But we hope you'll enjoy looking through the archives.

Programming, Ada, Software, Archives

59 points by Tomte 77 days ago | 9 comments

Announcing the data.gov archive (law.harvard.edu)
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. It will be updated daily as new datasets are added to data.gov.

Data, Government, Archives, Open Data, Source Cooperative

382 points by govideo 78 days ago | 132 comments

The Video Game History Foundation library opens in early access (gamehistory.org)
Today, the Video Game History Foundation launches early access to its digital archive of video game history research materials, available now at library.gamehistory.org.

Video Games, History, Libraries, Archives

362 points by pabs3 81 days ago | 72 comments

The Video Game History Foundation Library Opens in Early Access (gamehistory.org)
Today, the Video Game History Foundation launches early access to its digital archive of video game history research materials, available now at library.gamehistory.org.

Video Games, History, Libraries, Archives

16 points by bpierre 82 days ago | 0 comments

Old Games Magazines (theguardian.com)
As the Video Game History Foundation opens a new digitised archive, what can titles like Crash, Mega, Edge and GamesMaster tell us about the early days of gaming?

Video Games, History, Gaming Culture, Archives

103 points by ritchie_13 88 days ago | 38 comments

Can you read this cursive handwriting? The National Archives wants your help (smithsonianmag.com)
The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 years. But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school.

History, Cursive Writing, Archives, Citizen Science

257 points by lemonberry 98 days ago | 251 comments

GOG Joins European Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects (gamingonlinux.com)
GOG made a press announcement today to note they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP).

Gaming, Preservation, Archives, Museums, Europe

246 points by LorenDB 101 days ago | 38 comments

Dtack Grounded archive (1981-1985) (easy68k.com)

Retro Computing, History, Programming, Archives

40 points by basementcat 109 days ago | 20 comments

Art Forms in Nature / Ernst Haeckel 100 Plates 300 Dpi Scans (archive.org)
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Art, Nature, History, Books, Archives

4 points by MaysonL 117 days ago | 0 comments

Minutes of a Meeting Held at Gear Ratio on Tuesday 13 June 78 [pdf] (forgottenweapons.com)

History, Meetings, Firearms, Archives, Documents

35 points by akehrer 125 days ago | 8 comments

Classic Computer Magazines (archive.org)

Computing, History, Magazines, Archives

30 points by walterbell 129 days ago | 10 comments

Charles de Gaulle manuscripts discovered in a safe (smithsonianmag.com)
A Forgotten Collection of Charles de Gaulle’s Personal Letters, Speeches and Manuscripts Has Been Discovered in a Safe

History, France, Archives

119 points by Thevet 131 days ago | 115 comments

Issues of '50s Magazine Galaxy Science Fiction (archive.org)

Science Fiction, Magazines, Archives

11 points by coloneltcb 146 days ago | 4 comments

Steve Jobs Archive (stevejobsarchive.com)
The Steve Jobs Archive is the authoritative home for Steve’s story and a resource for new generations eager to make their own mark.

Steve Jobs, Biography, Technology, History, Archives

20 points by tzury 159 days ago | 0 comments

Tinfoil.com – Dedicated to the preservation of early recorded sounds (tinfoil.com)
— Dedicated to the preservation of early recorded sounds —

History, Audio, Digital Preservation, Archives

79 points by cenazoic 165 days ago | 24 comments

Getting lost and found in the Bob Dylan archives (bookforum.com)
YOU OPEN BOX 34, take the typescript from its folder. You can see right away that the song is pretty much finished. He’s got the first four verses locked in, save one lingering question about Ma. Should she be forty but say she’s twenty-four, or eighty claiming sixty-four? Or what if she’s twenty but wants you to think she’s sixty-four? Is that better? Nah.

Music, Bob Dylan, Archives, Songwriting

34 points by bookofjoe 173 days ago | 2 comments

Archive of wiki.bash-hackers.org (github.com/flokoe)
The popular wiki.bash-hackers.org (original IP address: 83.243.40.67) site had its DNS expire in April 2023.

Web Development, Software, Archives, DNS

5 points by sipofwater 174 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Ratarmount 1.0.0 – Rapid access to large archives via a FUSE filesystem (github.com/mxmlnkn)
Ratarmount collects all file positions inside a TAR so that it can easily jump to and read from any file without extracting it.

Software, Filesystems, Archives, Open Source

76 points by mxmlnkn 176 days ago | 6 comments

Kliktopia Archive (kliktopia.org)
Trying to find an old Klik game or have old Klik games to be preserved? You've come to the right place!

Gaming, Archives, Preservation

4 points by RGamma 177 days ago | 1 comments

More Basic Computer Games (archive.org)
Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books.

Computer Games, Digital Preservation, Archives

3 points by warrenm 179 days ago | 1 comments

Popular Science Magazine Archives, May 1872-March 2009 (books.google.com)
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world.

Science, Magazines, Archives, History

144 points by bookofjoe 202 days ago | 56 comments

Radio Shack Catalog Archive (1939-2011) (radioshackcatalogs.com)
In the virtual corridors of RadioShackCatalogs.com, a digital archive unfolds like a time capsule, preserving the history of RadioShack from its inception in 1921.

History, Technology, Retail, Archives

229 points by rmason 206 days ago | 105 comments