“the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it’s highly durable. It’s also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter.”

  • pot_belly_mole@slrpnk.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    10 hours ago

    IIRC the thing is, you first present the key to the structure in some simple form, and then the rest of the data can be more complex.

    • ominous ocelot@leminal.space
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 hours ago

      Like the question how one would tell a future generation to not go to a dangerous place? Like a nuclear waste dump. Slightly different topic, I know.

      Communicating with someone whose language and mindset doesn’t exist yet could be tricky. But math could be possible.:)