ASCII by Jason Scott

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45 points | by bookofjoe 1 hour ago

3 comments

  • embedding-shape 1 hour 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 41 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 16 minutes ago
        Hopefully they'll be able to write better manuals.
  • bityard 20 minutes ago
    Jason Scott is one of the good guys.
    • ethagnawl 11 minutes ago
      Indeed.

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

  • crtasm 1 hour ago
    Latest post: Manuals Plus: The Wrap-Up — May 10, 2026
    • EarlKing 6 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.