• Tar_Alcaran
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    9 months ago

    Tungsten carbide in high-silica glass will probably outlast humanity by a significant margin.

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      9 months ago

      Until someone discovers your cache of tungsten carbide and sells it for scrap to be turned into ball bearings and drill bits.

      The cap stones of the pyramids were taken for building construction. The rare velum paper with ancient Greek mathematics was bleached and used for daily prayers.

      Perhaps the copper complaint survived because it was on worthless dry clay.

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      9 months ago

      Depending on who you listen to, piss in the snow might outlast us after the next election.

      If you live somewhere it still actually snows anyway.