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This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2025
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This is the type of thing that would be used for storage of essential human data rather than for general data backups I think
so porn collections?
Yep
I would argue, and I'm sure many historians and librarians and archivists would agree, that "general data backups" are essential human data. Storing the data allows for later analysis, which may provide important insights. Even things that seem trivial and unimportant today can provide very important insights later.
That's a fair point