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This USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 years
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Than an etched metal plate?
Yes.
USB drives don’t mix well with water
Why do you say that? I've put several through a washing machine and gone swimming with mine. Electronic usually are fine with water. Batteries are not.
Just let it dry out before passing a charge through it, and it works fine. Not so easy with paper.
I had suggested a metal plate, not paper.
To be fair to them, you did start by saying a book would be better.
To be fair to you, that was roughly 10% of your comment. Clearly they did not read the rest.