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A comment on Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?.

Re:Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time? by richardthered on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @10:38AM (#14604159)
The Long Now Foundation and their 10,000-year clock. http://longnow.org/clock/

It's a clock. A physical clock. Designed and built to run, accurately, for 10,000 years without human intervention.

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Re:Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time? by angus-prune on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @12:41PM (#14605384)
Its not without human intervention, it is with only bronze age (iirc) level maintenance.
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