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by etaioinshrdlu 2170 days ago
It looks like the code is actually stored in plain text, and that this is basically microfilm?
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rezendi 2170 days ago
Archive Program director here. It is basically microfilm (albeit very long-lived) but the data is mostly stored in a pixellated form, not unlike QR codes, although every reel also contains human-readable instructions (and code) re how to unpack its data.
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rob-olmos 2170 days ago
I don't think so. Project Silica talks about storing the data in droplet-looking voxels rather than etching language symbols. Cool video of the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CzHsibqpIs
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etaioinshrdlu 2170 days ago
But, from the article, it doesn't look like they used Project Silica here, they used piqlFilm.
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rejschaap 2167 days ago
Yeah, Project Silica is another project within the GitHub Archive Program. You can see the microfilm in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzI9FNjXQ0o&feature=youtu.be...

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