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Open Source Genetic Database(OpenSNP) shuts down after 14 years to protect user data from misuse by authoritarian governments. (tzovar.as)
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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I imagine we will be saying goodbye to many such things soon, in the extreme maybe yhe entire idea of a global internet and many open projects like Wikipedia, I can't see how they can coexist with our world now without being shut down or subverted into evil, might as well go out on their own terms.

I do hope a copy exists somewhere, perhaps waiting for a brighter day. Maybe that's naive, but maybe truth and knowledge will become a desirable thing again one day.

[–] Ninjazzon@infosec.pub 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The evil Wikipedia already exists, it's called Metapedia

[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For anyone who doesn’t know (as I didn’t), metapedia is pretty clear Nazi apologist crap, just to save you checking/ending up on a watchlist.

[–] Dashmezzo@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

But is it a good list or a bad list these days. I’m confused. /s

[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

Yikes. Thanks

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Eh it's not really the same thing, there's plenty of these sorts of things like rationalwiki and prolewiki and whatnot. I meant the Wikipedia itself

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can download Wikipedia.

Anyone can actually.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't have the storage capacity required personally

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The compressed text only dump is about 25gb.

It only grows to many terabytes if you include all revisions and media files

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn, TIL. Downloading now.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 19 hours ago

Then feed it into an AI or something.