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The most interesting part of the story: But we know almost nothing about their daily lives, in part because most of their writing was recorded on perishable ob
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
The most interesting part of the story:
But we know almost nothing about their daily lives, in part because most of their writing was recorded on perishable objects like cloth or wax tablets.
Fast Forward 2800 years. What of our Dropbox files, helium filled hard drives, USB thumb drives, DVD-R discs, LTO tapes, etc will survive? Nothing. Because who will be copying all those bits every 5 years into the next latest trend in storage? Nobody.
So all of the insights recorded in the ancient Hacker News community forum will be lost to antiquity. :)
Edit: if perchance this post survives for 2800 years: Hi!