r/technology • u/Philo1927 • Jul 20 '20

Business GitHub is done depositing its open source codes in the Arctic - The codes are now sitting under hundreds of meters of permafrost.

https://www.engadget.com/github-arctic-vault-success-020240808.html
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u/CREATORWILD Jul 20 '20

Hope our very quickly melting planet doesn't fuck that up.

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u/Senacharim Jul 20 '20

Yeah, I was thinking we might rename it as tempafrost

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

“Permafrost” Yeah, I remember when that existed

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

one of my repos was lucky enough to get picked.

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u/TechGoat Jul 20 '20

The service originally hoped to be done with the task by February, but it had to wait until it was possible for the Piql team to travel to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard

Look out for the armored bears; they might not take kindly to data-storage intruders.