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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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[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Awesome. So Microsoft, does this mean I'll finally get access to the other 3TB of OneDrive storage that I pay for on my family plan? Or do I still have to create random accounts that would simulate other family members in order to use it?

[–] nl_the_shadow@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, if you don't mind storing stuff and then never reading them again.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair, I have a lot of stuff I am storing that I have no realistic reason to ever need or want to read again as it is.

[–] jvisick@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Never read again? These can’t be modified, but they can be read. After all, it’d be pretty useless to store data on a medium than can never be read.

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This plan it built under the assumption that more people will be using one drive. The value of scrapped data isn't just quantity, but number of people.