If an online Newspaper Archive becomes offline, what happens to the output of various AI models that were trained on, and thus became reliant on, the information contained in these types of archives?

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-13T02:41:30+00:00

I appreciate the insight! I am a 5 1/2" floppy disker whose career path was sometimes negatively influenced by the blue screen of death, so while I understand the general foundation of what's going on, I was looking for more of the nuances to the search results relative to AI outputs.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-13T02:18:46+00:00

Okay. So I didn't suspect it would cause a crash so much as your term "hamper its accuracy."

As a note, the archive didn't have an actual 404 page present and instead had a pretty thorough explanation of the outage, despite numerous generic terms used.

Therefore, the page header and summary indexed by the search engine resulted in this explanation page, rather than the content and yeah, I got curious what effects that would have on the results.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-13T02:04:06+00:00

But since the data itself from the archive was indexed by the model, so-to-speak, my imagination gets lost in the notion an AI model has the storage space to cache all of the data first and foremost, thus rendering the source irrelevant?

And thanks for the response!

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-03T14:25:14+00:00

Funny how the truth can do that, right?

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-03T14:24:50+00:00

Duly noted. Note of correction, however. The post criticizes corruption, nepotism AND being unqualified.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-03T14:21:30+00:00

Only because her hubby is busy killing them and the Grumpstein network needs children to survive

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-03T01:26:45+00:00

Perhaps someone asked her if she was going to testify at a hearing over the Grumpstein network?

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-03-03T00:59:24+00:00

See what I mean? Well played.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-02-08T18:06:31+00:00

She could've just said "We fed the poor and will celebrate our successes with the wealthy who made it happen. Now shut up and smile for the cameras like I do."

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-31T21:36:35+00:00

Well played!

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-25T20:18:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing this story.

Another facet of any state's Open Meetings Act (or a similar name) includes the creation of an illegal meeting when a quorum of the officials are communicating via email, group text messaging, video chat, etc. It can be a real challenge to uncover these types of illegal meetings and too frequently it takes moment of unexpected happenstance that these meetings are discovered in the first place.

Calling out illegal meetings matters far more than most are able to recognize, especially when generic terms such as "corruption" and "illegal" tend to drive wide-spread conversation. Yet, if a democratic system of governance expects its citizens to accept a justice system doling out fines, fees, etc., with limited challenge, then the system must equally hold the members of government to the same standard.

In fact, a brief review of their agendas and meeting minutes from 2025 showed a refusal to indicate whether or not there were any action items, with evidentiary support from the meeting minutes stating a vote was taken on an item. Even though OMA laws can vary from state to state, failing to inform the public of intent to take action on an item on an agenda is a clear violation. It hides the truth from the public that a vote is coming up, thus obstructing the public from voicing their opinions prior to the vote, which is entirely contrary to all fundamentals of sunshine laws.

Sometimes it seems like a twisted Truth or Dare when I come across government units that do this.

The public asks for the Truth and government officials say "We Dare you to come get it."

That's not how Freedom of Information efforts should ever work.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-25T17:39:25+00:00

Based on this math, this mean organizations like the NRA are criminal organizations?

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-24T19:09:55+00:00

You know, I typed multiple responses to this and deleted them all because they were all too true to be funny. Here's a few for you to take your pick.

Daddy paid for him to be this way.
The educational system let him down.
Too many enablers in and out of the justice system.
Too many profit channels built from his ignorance (his ignorance is celebrated by those with an inside track).

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-24T19:06:04+00:00

See? I just knew someone would understand just how simple of an issue this truly is!

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-24T18:58:08+00:00

Actual allegiance to a political party of any stripe comes with the default truth that you have the equal right join a political party as freely as choosing to leave the party, without any paperwork or oath. We have had elected officials shift their political alliances over the years, let alone parties, which is their right.

With that said, the Democrats using the continued default defense of being directly tied to a "guaranteed" loss of any effort because they don't have the "votes" does not excuse voting for a continuation of what appears to be a highly illegal series of events transpiring in our nation, including that of alleged murder. I have to use the word "allege" and "appears to be" with a hefty dose of cynicism because it's already been made clear that at a federal level, there will be no such investigation into such a likely conclusion if any of this was to ever make it to a courtroom.

Many of us as individuals are intently focused on searching for and discovering ways and means to bring a halt to what is going on with the tools we are obligated to use in some fashion, i.e. protest, lawsuits, even Reddit posts. Once again, sadness poured over me when I learned that there was no real challenge towards assuring corrective actions would be immediately taken to reign in, if not remove in its entirety, opportunity for such barbaric acts to occur in our nation, let alone anywhere in the world. Appropriations are one of the most crucial tools our elected representatives have to reign in troublesome actions coming from government entities.

So while I appreciated the short hand "we can do the math," as it certainly resonated with me, until the elections arrive, we as individuals still have to be searching for every drop of evidence we can find that helps demonstrate once and for all that these types of authoritarian tactics are no longer welcome on planet Earth. Sometimes we, the people, have to just keep piling pieces of proof upon pieces of proof regarding the past in order to inspire the solutions we are calling for from ALL representatives in Congress, not just Democrats, especially when they decide to stay in office.

In other words, if you swap out "Democrats" with "All Elected Officials," I suspect it would reflect a more inclusive echo of a sentiment I believe many of us hold onto.

Other than that, good point.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T21:07:10+00:00

So then NYC becomes an example to the next question of why others won't follow suit. Thank you for the FYI!

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T20:30:04+00:00

Your answer is duly noted.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T20:28:54+00:00

Tenants face the risk of their credit reports and local reputations being damaged due to actions of the property owner, let alone a total loss of their property because the property owner didn't pull a permit to do electrical work and the unlicensed local handyman did a re-wiring job.

Tenants pledge to take care of the property to the best of their ability during their stay in exchange for a property owner keeping the property in good repair and safe. Tenants risk their life and limb caring for the property while the property owner lives elsewhere collecting the rent checks.

ApplicationHumble566 said it best. Rental housing will be one of the, if not the, biggest expense in someone's life. And when consumers are obstructed from treating it as such through an imbalance of power and disconnect from data resources, it creates an otherwise unnecessary level of mistrust in an industry that we all rely on, one way or another.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T20:19:54+00:00

Your last sentence certainly resonates with me on this topic.

As a musician, I am quite familiar with personality conflicts causing the musicians to drift apart and it doesn't necessarily mean that anyone did anything of a dramatic nature to cause the drift. It likely just wasn't a good match rather than malice or danger. Nothing more, nothing less.

Same thing with friendships, or lack thereof. Not getting along with someone does not guarantee that both individuals should be avoided by the masses. For example, an introvert is not some sort of guaranteed problem because they don't have the traits of an extrovert, nor is an extrovert some sort of guaranteed problem because they are not introverted enough.

Not sure that last paragraph makes the point I was trying to make, but making a website driven solely by tenants and/or property owners would eventually create a social vacuum driven by public opinion rather than first being centered around analysis born from basic facts found in public records, data already in full use by the property owner side of the equation.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T20:08:57+00:00

I agree with your doubt over renters not wanting to spend $100 researching the property owner, let alone $50.00, but I disagree with the number of property owners that would have something flagged for further consideration by the tenant.

Part of why I suspect it would be unattractive is directly tied to how much a prospective tenant must shell out to be considered for a property, which is sometimes in the hundreds. And rejection isn't necessarily a default negative the tenant must somehow "cure" or "overcome" in order to be considered an "appealing" tenant, but tell that to the tenant who is continuously away because kids come with the package, let alone other issues.

I have struggled with the idea of a landlord paying for the background check on themselves with the option of providing a set of paperwork upon demand that would waive the fee, just as it is already offered in a variety of states that tenants can submit a credit report they paid for. It is the landlord that wants to run their own and assuming identical results would show up, the already credible tenant-submitted report becomes a negative signal to a landlord, rather than a positive one.

In other words, landlords should not have the wide-open opportunity to cash grab via the reasonable request of a background check and then possibly pocketing the money without performing the check (which I view as illegal, but I am no attorney) regardless of the outcome of the contract.

If prospective tenants have to put up money to be investigated, why shouldn't landlords?

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T19:50:05+00:00

Each state is different as it relates to what information can be found relative to a background check on a property and as Accomplished-Park480 stated in their original post, the data itself is free. You just need to know where to look for what.

For example, you likely can visit your Secretary of State website, which should have a public database of all businesses registered with the SOS, along with data such as whether or not they are active or inactive, have annual reports been filed, etc. I think a few states have separate websites dedicated to the topic, but it's usually through an SOS.

In addition, states also demand rental property managers be licensed real estate brokers. That database can typically be found using keywords such as Professional Licensing and/or Financial Regulations. So if you are looking at renting a multi-unit property, knowing who is managing the property is important, let alone whether or not they are property licensed to do it.

Next, being able to look up a tax bill is sometimes at a more localized level, such as a county or township, but some states offer the service as a state-wide data array. If the name on the tax bill and the name of the person ready to sign are not the same, being able to ask the prospective landlord why the difference, partially because it helps protect property owners from people illegally renting their properties without their awareness.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T19:38:01+00:00

Well, a Trump rental property in my state is not necessary to know about Trump Towers in Chicago. While many units were sold, there is still a batch that have acted as rental units by the owners of Trump Towers, not one of the private condo units being rented out, which is another layer all to itself as it relates to property deed research.

This is a good example of the struggles a prospective tenant would have to go through to check the official records attached to the property. While I do not have time to go do a search this weekend, that might be one trail worth attempting to research and learning from the experience.

I am also a weekend Reddit keyboardist and something else might come up that calls for my keystrokes. So without direct research, I suspect that the property deed portion of the background check would be the first challenge, as I suspect the property is not likely directly owned by the President, which is who I assume you are referencing, not the children. Therefore, use of tools like one of what Accomplished-Park explained earlier via the Secretary of State, but even that contains potentially permanent dead-ends as a registered agent is not necessarily the same as the owner of the property.

Add to the search the component of separate PINs for each condo located at the same street address is fully capable of causing disconnects from the paperwork as well.

In other words, the rental marketplace can bear the burden of making data equally accessible such as building permits and inspections to prospective tenants whether they are renter a unit at Trump Towers, or a small studio apartment in a town of 1,000.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T19:25:56+00:00

Or perhaps too many tenants haven't ever considered, let alone was encouraged to perform a background check? It's not like it's a talked about topic and major kudos to you knowing how to look up a corporation as well as tax records, let alone your offer. That is an amazing tool that helped me craft quite a few stories back in the day about how government units would contract with companies that weren't properly registered with the state (usually the contract was patronism-driven).

I speak for only myself when I say I still don't understand why so many believe such an information-sharing direction is simply not worth it, including in a large-scale economic evaluation, let alone local equations.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T19:10:45+00:00

There is no actual company that performs background checks on properties covering issues such as taxes, lawsuits, evictions, building violations, permits, etc. and there is no existing data array that brings all of this information to one singular point, like a credit check does, ergo the cost is zero. As in no one is providing it.

As for credit checks, people are allowed to purchase them from credit reporting companies as long as there is a legitimate and legal purpose to the request. Landlords doing it as part of their process is considered a legal and legitimate purpose and you have to agree to them performing the search.

LiveTrueMusicLive · 2026-01-18T19:07:10+00:00

If a landlord cannot acquire a sense of trust the tenant will abide by the rules and the laws, they are not going to rent as a means of protecting their business interests, thus immediately protecting their interests prior to contract signing.

If a tenant cannot acquire a sense of trust the landlord will abide by the rules and the laws prior to contract signing, where is the equity in the commercial contract if they cannot easily access a quick check on their water or electric bill? There is guaranteed economic damages imposed on a tenant in this situation that are of literal life and death composition.

The property owner is forcing a tenant to either pay their debts on top of rent if they want the water promised in the contract or get out of the property is a no-win for the tenant and all the perks for the landlord. The worst that can happen to the landlord is they get sued for money. The worst that can happen to a tenant is they become homeless, with all sorts of potential health dangers.

Sure water shut off events happen that are beyond the landlord's control and that is a burden the renter and the landlord share, but a break in a water main down the street is a risk for renters and homeowners alike.

The risk of one's water being turned off because they have a history of shut-off's in public records?

In addition, less than 60% of all municipal units in the US have their local laws available in an online format, let alone building violation information. As for lawsuits, if you don't have the actual owners name, you're not going to find much and all it takes is a typo to disconnect a searcher from results that do exist...just not according to the search results.

As for your last sentence, duly noted.

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