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Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years (unlocked.microsoft.com)

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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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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps the archives are incomplete.

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me taking out a piece of hermetically sealed perfectly persevered data storage glass 10000 years in the future:

Scratches it immediately

Edit:

Also me, storing several TB's of porn on ultra durable glass plates:

The future will thank me

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

10,000 years? But I want to forget about Windows 11 now.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Wow, so Microsoft can now make memory efficient Windows? A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!

[–] TorJansson@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Coding errors can live on in infamy!

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

MS: it can last for 10000 years!

Me: have you tested that

MS: well no b-

Me: your company is not even 50 years old

MS: but we ran the simulations

Me: ...

I really hate this like 'in my imaginary world, where everything is perfect and not as much as an atom of dirt comes into contact with the product, and therefore nobody uses the product while it is sealed in a vacuum chamber, then hypothetically it will still be good in a billion years. MTBF = infinity. ship it.'

[–] Terminarchs@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 year ago

I get where you're coming from, but I also think it's fair to say archaeologists have at least some insight into what happens to glass over long periods of time. Hopefully Microsoft has consulted with them.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bruh, it’s quartz glass. Tf you think is going to happen to it?

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[–] madis@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it durable just because it's thick, or can we use this tech in mobile screens too?

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[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Several TB you say. So one install is MS OS.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Ridulian crystal v1

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What'll happen after 10,001 years?

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[–] Hubi@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope this will end up being available to regular consumers one day and not just as an expensive enterprise solution.

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[–] uis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Didn't intel make same thing few years ago?

[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah so that's what those traslucid bricks were in star trek!

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