Digital Copies don’t last long at all.
Even if they did - you would still need a method of extracting the in information.
Physical Copies already have a method of extraction - Eyeballs.
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OmegaMouse@pawb.social 2 months agoDo you reckon the physical copies would last longer than digital?
Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yeah, some infos that had to be stored really long times, like the location of buried radioactive waste, are written on paper. Because with current tech, we can make really good paper that doesn’t tear easily or rot for hundreds of years and really good ink that doesn’t fade, but we can’t make digital drives that can last nearly as long. Even regular paper and ink, if in the right conditions, may last longer than an SSD or HDD…
source 1 (Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal)
source 2 (Nordik Nuclear Safety Research Project)