Like I’d imagine there’s gonna be a lot of rain over time if I want this time capsule to last like idk 10 years? 30 years?
Is there like a box so tough its indestructible?
Can animals dig it up if I bury it?
How deep do it bury it?
Is the earth’s magnetism gonna affect the hard drive? (Or is there a better medium?)
Like I want this to be like very low budget, I don’t have millions to build an actual timecapsule like some organizations have done. Is there some cheap box that’s waterproof to protect a hard drive from damage for like 30 years buried in the ground?
Toes@ani.social 2 days ago
Probably want to encode it on a WORM tape. (Suggestion used LTO drives on eBay)
Then store it in the centre of a sealed medium iron box filled with silica. (Take care not to damage the tape, without trapping moisture.)
I’d imagine it would work well if you can keep the hardware to use it functional.
chocrates@piefed.world 2 days ago
Hell, encode it into stone tablets. Those would last forever, but read time would be awful.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
“Bring me the tablet”
“No, not the ipad, the stone tablet that I buried underground”