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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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[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Didn’t someone make a holographic cube some ten or so years ago with the same promises.

I never get excited by this stuff. If I see it in Best Buy, then I’ll believe it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, also writing 10 GB of data to rolls of sticky tape in the late 90s. It can be done, but it's not practical.