Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass (arstechnica.com)

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Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.

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[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

R.I.P. Win2K, the best, most efficient OS that M$ ever produced - it was all downhill from there, AFAIC. They totally dishonored you with that cartoony UI they slapped onto the next release, & it just got increasingly more bloated BS from there.

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