GitHub, the world's largest open-source software site, just had mounds of data stored in the permafrost chamber of an old coal mine deep in an Arctic mountain for 1,000 years

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By Katie CanalesJul 18, 2020, 10:20 am606 ptsHot
GitHub just stored a full archive of all current public repository data in a frozen Norwegian mountain. Dubbed the GitHub Arctic Code Vault, the project was designed "to preserve open-source software for future generations" for the next 1,000 years. Similar to how you'd back up a disk drive, GitHub is archiving…

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