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by YaBa 913 days ago
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Images, videos and others, attach a text file with the format description, syntax and structure, who knows if in 200 years people still use jpg or mpeg or how to read/decode them.

I have some very old games with binary formats without any additional information, reversing them takes a lot of time, so, other than the physical medium, remember that what we take for granted today, might not be tomorrow.

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Indeed. We seem to assume semiconductors and computers are unlimited. It is just not practical to use your dog, a raven, or yourself as a Turing complete machine. You can't run Google on your Dog or yourself.

Hence, keeping "unused" electronics around might be wise, given the so called "unpredictable future" and supply chain interruptions.

Arguably, old and slow tech is still better than having nothing, as you do not have to do these boring computations by hand.