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margalabargala a day ago

> The Long Now foundation built a clock to last 10,000 years

The Long Now Foundation is attempting to build a clock to last 10,000 years.

Construction began close to a decade ago, and there is no estimated completion date. Construction of the clock may well last 10,000 years.

Rebelgecko a day ago | parent | next [-]

I think at one point the Van Horn TX clock was considered a "prototype" or another one that would be built incorporating lessons learned, although I don't know if that's still the plan.

Coincidentally the clock will ring with a cycle of chimes that repeats every 10,000 years

tbrownaw a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> The Long Now Foundation is attempting to build a clock to last 10,000 years.

The pyramids are only half that old, and they've accumulated a fair bit of damage despite being solid stone.