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I have often wondered if baked clay tablets are the most cost-effective, durable medium we've invented, in dollars per bit-year. Yeah, you can do archival diam
by kabdib 4y ago
I have often wondered if baked clay tablets are the most cost-effective, durable medium we've invented, in dollars per bit-year.
Yeah, you can do archival diamond, or archival ink on archival paper. But will you be able to read it 1,000 years hence?
I doubt there's a market for a printer, except as a novelty device. I wonder what kind of bit density you can achieve, in clay?
- zmgsabst 4y agoWe have parchments with inks that are thousands of years old. That said, etched metal or ceramic would likely be better. A CNC with a dremel would would let you digitally generate your tablets at ~$200 + tablet materials. Cheap ceramic tiles are $0.50-$1 per sq ft.
- CSSer 4y agoIt seems like at a certain point it's the environment, not the material used, that is the most important factor.