Magnetic tape only lasts 30 years, and that's pushing it. It is an option (if you host data on AWS, they offer a magnetic tape storage option) but in the end, a lot of that data will be lost in our lifetimes.

This is an incredibly smart move on China's part. But what about Saudi Arabia? What do they stand to get out of making this deal? Is it a bet on China's future?

Store the change on the Blu-ray player's storage. Or, in this alternate world they simply design them with this in mind from the beginning.

You just made me imagine a world where you buy a blu-ray and it downloads an update to the movie, changing the ending. A vile thought.

I think the real challenge of media preservation is the fact that every high-capacity storage medium decays far too quickly. Indeed even if capitalism didn't require the nonsense like region blocking, there would still be no incentive to not only keep the same formats, but also continually make perfect copies of original masters. To that end it becomes the peoples' duty to get the highest quality available and use technology like torrenting to constantly keep a version in circulation.

But even then, it's quite likely that the media will be lost to time eventually. Unless we start drilling the compressed binary into stone.

threatens China with war constantly

Get upset when China invests heavily in manufacturing of steel, silicon, and chemicals

I mean, what did think was going to happen?

This is why I'll never do an adventurism, my opsec is nowhere near this good

I think I'm going to deny that Trump got shot. Like, if anyone brings it up to me, I'm just going to say it's an internet hoax. Same I do with the cicada broods.

Adm. Samuel Paparo

You ever read a name and instantly know that in 20 years you'll be hearing about how his terrible ideas got a bunch of people killed?

You edited in an insult, including a self-own. That's pretty weak and funny, so I'm just gonna hit you with the

And call it a night

Just admit it hurt your feelings, cum skin

Houthi and the blowback