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[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"So they told me that, according to the most advanced theories and techniques in every field, based on extensive theoretical research and experimentation, through analysis and comparison of multiple proposals, they did find a way to preserve information for about one hundred million years. And they emphasized that this was the only method known to be practicable: carving words into stone"

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

What is glass except just a bunch of really tiny Stones melted together?