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Re:How to build something that lasts 10k years by justinclift on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @05:11AM (#20162960)
Count time via its genome, such that further generations increase the count?
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Re:How to build something that lasts 10k years by aetherspawn on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @05:31AM (#20163026)
That’s a good idea but you’d need a visible characteristic.

Because future humans may lose the ability to see the count in the genome .. or just forget it exists and never notice it.

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