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by bawolff 1954 days ago
Storage hasnt really been the bottleneck for a long time. A terabyte stores a lot of pictures.
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I am talking about efficient use of available space. A terabyte may store a lot of pictures, but if we can achieve the data density of DNA, we may be able to process (store, transmit, transform...) far more amount of data far more quickly. Then text vs multimedia will become irrelevant.