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

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

[–] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe if we build it for ourselves. Looks beautifully simple. The encoding is probably a little trick but we can get there.

Just need a laser that can make marks in glass at different depth.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't sound impossible, CD burners for home consumers would once have been thought of as an outlandish idea