• gregorum@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    An actual book stores more data than that and for longer. At that point, why not just etch the data onto a metal plate or something? 8K is only a few pages of text at 12pt. It could easily fit onto two sides of a small-ish metal plate, etched in 8pt or so, and it would last, potentially, for millennia.

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      I think the idea is to improve upon this tech so the capacity would become larger.

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        It’s FRAM, which has been around for ages. The problem is its prohibitive cost— hence the 8k.

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        What’s the practical benefit of that? If the point is long-term storage, rewriting isn’t a priority (or possibly even a need). And this isn’t designed for capacity.

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          It’s so I can exchange fart jokes with my great great great great grandson via a magic USB port a la The Notebook, assuming that’s how it works, idk, never actually seen the movie.