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ASCII by Jason Scott (ascii.textfiles.com)
xipho 2 minutes ago [-]
He's streaming live "right now". https://www.twitch.tv/textfiles
embedding-shape 1 hours ago [-]
> Just a little over ten years ago [...] a collection of 13,000 manuals now lives on the Internet Archive

That's a crazy amount of time, with a nice amount of manuals now publicly available, about ~3.5 manuals PER DAY, for a decade! Few people are as dedicated as Jason Scott when it comes to making sure information stays free and available, thank you a lot for what you, Archive Team and Internet Archive is doing for all of us!

zozbot234 49 minutes ago [-]
> a collection of 13,000 manuals now lives on the Internet Archive

Why are we even doing this? This is just humanity giving free extra training to its future robot overlords. /s

qingcharles 24 minutes ago [-]
Hopefully they'll be able to write better manuals.
bityard 28 minutes ago [-]
Jason Scott is one of the good guys.
ethagnawl 19 minutes ago [-]
Indeed.

His podcast, _Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It_, is an entertaining, informative and (often) touching listen, too.

crtasm 2 hours ago [-]
Latest post: Manuals Plus: The Wrap-Up — May 10, 2026
EarlKing 14 minutes ago [-]
We'll have to take your word on that since it looks like it's being hugged to death. I can't even get an archive of it to take the pressure off.
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