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This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years (www.theregister.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."

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[–] 23 points 11 months ago (5 children)

See, now this is the tech I would understand pouring billions into. Give every nation on earth a durable copy of the last 100 years of medicine, physics, biology. That's what a reasonable ruling class ought to do.

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    At least give them to the nations which aren't currently trying to ignore and undo the last 100 years of medicine, physics, and biology. (Sorry, United States.)

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