Comment on Ask HN: Where to put a static page that would last foreverparentComments−kylebenzle1yYou can use your phone+ an app to scan it, just because you can't figure that out doesn't mean people in 100 years are going to be morons.−philistine1yAre you 100% convinced that QR codes will be common enough in a 100 years for common people to figure it out?I’m not.−IshKebab1yYes I am 100% convinced (barring apocalypse etc.)Would you know what to do with a record? That's 150 year old technology. If not you know how to look up the information hopefully?−toast01yOTOH, would you know what to do with a wax cylinder (or even what it is?) or how about an 8-track cartridge or a reel-to-reel tape?And, if you knew what to do with these things, would you be able to actually do it?
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You can use your phone+ an app to scan it, just because you can't figure that out doesn't mean people in 100 years are going to be morons.
Are you 100% convinced that QR codes will be common enough in a 100 years for common people to figure it out?
I’m not.
Yes I am 100% convinced (barring apocalypse etc.)
Would you know what to do with a record? That's 150 year old technology. If not you know how to look up the information hopefully?
OTOH, would you know what to do with a wax cylinder (or even what it is?) or how about an 8-track cartridge or a reel-to-reel tape?
And, if you knew what to do with these things, would you be able to actually do it?