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survirtual on Nov 4, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United St...

Just use this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5D_optical_data_storage

5d is a bit dramatic but it is a femtosecond laser writing of quartz crystal that should, in theory, be stable for billions of years and can hold hundreds of terabytes.

Seems to be just what is needed.

jl6 on Nov 4, 2022 [–]

Sadly it appears to be early-stage R&D vaporware.

xerox13ster on Nov 4, 2022 | | [–]

It was early stage R&D vaproware in 2013 when I read about it the first time.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/data-saved-quartz...

survirtual on Nov 4, 2022 | | | [–]

That’s a shame. I saw it earlier on Reddit and read the wikipedia article, seemed promising.

literalAardvark on Nov 4, 2022 | | [–]

Microsoft's "Project Silica" is in early production.

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