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[–] agent_flounder 7 points 10 months ago

Sure. But I thought it was assumed that we were talking about writing that would survive without any additional interaction for extended periods.

If nobody is there to refresh the digital data, tablets, and papyrus, two of these will last millennia, one won't even make two centuries.