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		KboPAacDA3 on June 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to build something that lasts 10k years It may be designed for 10,000 years, but it will fail at year 3000 because the gears will get clogged from the blood of human sacrifices.

jandrese on June 12, 2019 [–]

I think "designed to last for 10,000 years" and "moving parts" are largely mutually exclusive.

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