Months ago in /gap/, Synthbot wondered if CAR files were deterministic, and after testing today, it looks like they are, which is a good thing. I tested this - https://cf-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmNph7CxmCjBNto3zBNUTuNz7tWv9M25U36WwrsaXs8E71 - with a 32-bit and 64-bit version of kubo, and 3 commands resulted in this info (SHA1):
>7f00ba2969744082333f83bfadbdd0b2dce77627 QmNph7CxmCjBNto3zBNUTuNz7tWv9M25U36WwrsaXs8E71.car

>>9816
image->crapsite:
>u https://derpibooru.org/images/3323253 >d 2024-03-16T13:42:06Z >s https://www.canterlot.com/gallery/image/8372-blinded-by-the-twilight/ >i >t rainbow dash, safe, solo, pony, mare, sun, tree, nature, silhouette, mountain, water

>>9863
>Check /history or whatever, maybe it's logged
I looked for an older version of Applejack-related XML file 2e0d599431ecf7353d14348bd7611c_files.xml in /history/ and didn't see it. History of IA history log thing - changes:
1. Could view all of the history, incl. Finished tasks and each /log/ entry, even if you didn't upload the item, e.g., at https://catalogd.archive.org/history/MyLittlePonyFull
2. Only the uploader of the item could see the full history and logs https://catalogd.archive.org/history/similac-tc
3. As of now (or year 2023/2024), only the uploader can see finished tasks at https://catalogd.archive.org/history/2e0d599431ecf7353d14348bd7611c for example, but he cannot see any logs. E.g., log record https://catalogd.archive.org/log/3484501616 says this in bold text: "You do not have sufficient privileges to access this page."

Therefore, that file has disappeared. Or, it would have, if I didn't save it to an IPFS CID - that folder is offline in an HDD of mine. Offline folder ipfs://bafybeiftu4yyan5ke6rp3dvcvfnyedgl4zrbx24ofdh5p66sos4jbvkr74 contains that file. Archive.org has made more and more bad changes to their /details/ thing (UGC) over the years. With each bad update to IA, my opinion of that website becomes more negative. Gatekeeping, memory-holing, censorship, etc. - not great because that stuff affects lots of users and means that the information is not in such a good position. Perhaps archive.org becoming worse draws attention away from it and towards P2P, which is as good of an archive as individual(s) make it.

pfp which references "Game of Thrones" (or ASOIAF) from