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> However, future generations would need at least some level of technology - a camera and some compute capabilities. It does kind of make you wonder - what is
by rebuilder 5y ago
> However, future generations would need at least some level of technology - a camera and some compute capabilities.
It does kind of make you wonder - what is the data that is worth backing up in a really futureproof manner? If we keep our tech level, we’re probably not going to need to relearn how to make semiconductors. If we do not, we probably have bigger concerns than what a user with the nick rebuilder said on a nerdy forum in the year 2021.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> what is the data that is worth backing up in a really futureproof manner? A futureproof encoding would have to be something like images at a scale visible to the naked eye engraved in a substance that cannot be corroded or destroyed. Stainless steel is probably fine for the material, but you run into limits on the amount of space (and steel) you're willing to devote to the project. And most information just can't be represented pictorially anyway, so the theoretical possibility of futureproof storage isn't even there.
- exporectomy 5y agoI wonder if progressively shrinking the scale from human-visible to as small as we like would be a better way. After people see the obvious data, it would be clear that there's always more just out of sight and create the incentive to develop the technology to access it. Stainless steel still corrodes, and even 316 can't even be used for many marine applications because of the salt water corroding it. Maybe fancier alloys are OK but for 1000s of years, it might pay to use something more history-tested.