Post AiUS78v9HkdMevNeAS by stefan_hessbrueggen@fedihum.org
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(DIR) Post #AiUS787WGGw2B0A0oK by cstross@wandering.shop
2024-06-01T11:29:38Z
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Punched card/clay tablets, fired as pottery. Very durable, machine readable with 19th century techy (Holerith tabulator), useless as roofing tiles (because perforated/leaky) so unlikely to be stolen and repurposed.But really, no digital tech will survive a civilizational collapse by much more than one average human lifespan. In general only religions and larger buildings and the odd royal family go the distance. Human cultural artefacts are terribly transient.https://mas.to/@natureworks/112540561109017890
(DIR) Post #AiUS78v9HkdMevNeAS by stefan_hessbrueggen@fedihum.org
2024-06-01T11:34:37Z
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@cstross I organised a workshop on this recently: https://www.lestudium-ias.com/events/ephemeral-media-knowledge-perspectives-intellectual-history-and-digital-humanities Worth reading: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl7655
(DIR) Post #AiUSg2cAitGVEj931k by th@social.v.st
2024-06-01T17:05:34Z
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@cstross DOTS was an interesting digital, non-magnetic archival tape format. The data are recorded with a "sputtered metal phase-change alloy" that is visible by eye in low density, so the tape leader includes pictographic instructions for building reader hardware. It's supposed to resist almost everything (except acids) for centuries, although it didn't survive Kodak's demise.
(DIR) Post #AiUSg5ReCTd40xFBXU by th@social.v.st
2024-06-01T17:12:30Z
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@cstross the Voyager Golden record also has pictographic instructions for decoding printed on the B-side, although NASA also helpfully included a stylus for the aliens who attempt to decode the audio. Hopefully their phonograph doesn't have auto-gain control.