I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted.
That's a Mistborn reference isn't it? That sentence seems familiar
It is
"What's a few words changed here and there among friends?" - Ruin, probably.
I am afraid, however, that all I have known - that my story - will be forgotten. I am afraid for the world that is to come. Afraid that Alendi will fail. Afraid of a doom brought by the Deepness.
Metals oxidize. You need a ceramic encased in a carefully constructed glass.
I knew this was going to be top comment.
Can steel really be trusted if it can be rusted?
Here's the relevant xkcd.
I thought you would have linked 1683: Digital Data
The last one is actually a real example, right?
It's a real reference.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nāṣir
"Inscribed on it is a complaint to Ea-nāṣir about a copper delivery of the incorrect grade and issues with another delivery"
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir has the translation.
What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt?
!reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world
There's even a community just for memes about it!
Bamboozled again by Ea-Nasir
The intent was to give people a sense of pride and accomplishment for making anything useful out of sub-standard copper.
Future archaeologists will wonder at how 'literally' became defined as its own antonym, and why there were no other adverbs for a decade.
It's hyperbole
This, literally
Funnily enough, digital signals/data can actually be preserved perfectly and indefinitely because of its property perfect regeneration. Most efficient way to do it is to replicate it before it decays below regeneration. That one star review can outlast any stone tablet if it keeps on being copied.
(And source)
It started as a joke but nowadays more and more old memes and screenshots can only be found in conditions like the last panel.
Reminded me of this: https://youtu.be/QEzhxP-pdos
It's a reference to good ol' Ea-nāṣir
Most things last very long if stored properly. People tend to not do that, though. Probably why low-maintenance, high-permanence formats tend to keep the best.
We could store words on paper indefinitely if we keep copying it to fresh paper every so offen.
Obviously thats not practical or guaranteed for all of future history.
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.
you have not an eternity machine no
That would be a good thing for historians so they'll be able to know for a fact that we had nothing interesting to say.
Goddammit Ea-nāṣir is at it again, selling cheap copper
Now that you mention it, are there laser etching, or engraving tools that may be available outside of industrial applications should one want to record their silly thoughts in a more permanent form?
They're not cheap, but you can definitely get a very capable laser set up nowadays that you could etch a non corrosive material with. Some are pretty cool and even are able to etch curved surfaces rather easily on the user end.
Tbh it wouldn't necessarily have to be lasers (not that I'll say no to lasers), but it followed from the OP so thought I'd ask. Do they use lasers for some tombstones...? 🤨
Nice reference
Fr title game on point. OP is a scholar and a gentleman.
... what? bro put a one word title, am I missing something?
Full circle
Fast forward 400 years and a new religion gets started when someone unearths the metal blog tablets.
I imagine that, given enough time, fundamentalist religious assholes will figure out a way to destroy everything, including themselves.
Huh? What does this have to do with the price of tea in China?
I'm going to 3d print the internet with PCV boards and promptly throw it away.
"Nothing is written in stone!"
"What about the Rosetta Stone?"
This is what the IPFS is for.
