Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

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    3 years ago

    “Bob, why the hell did you format this as ‘Jim sux dicks’?! You know that’s permanent, right?”

    10K years later

    Alien captain: Anything to report?

    Alien: We need to find a being named “Jim”, sir…

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      3 years ago

      Why so negative? It could just as well be humans that find such a thing 10K years later

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        3 years ago

        Unlikely at the rate we’re going. I’d give us 100 years, at most.