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Also regrading the environmental issues mentioned, we do have an alternative to wood based paper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_paperArchive Box looks great but I find that Paperless really triggers my autismo something fierce.
I just feel my skin crawl at this. It's fundamentally wrong. I understand the software and what it offers and the advantages of it but the thing is push comes to shove paper is still a superior medium for long term storage.
Don't believe me? Go on, try and store a computer file for 30 years and open it. And I mean actually store it, not just "host" it on the "cloud" (a.k.a. someone else's computer). You can't. Diskettes can rot in a few months if badly stored and demagnetize after a while. Similar deal with CDs. SSDs have a limited number of writes for every sector before they kaput. HDDs start doing the click of death. And what about all the forgotten "storage" of the old like Zip drives and Cassettes and such? Good luck finding a way to even get them to connect.
I've had notebooks that used it and they have a smooth sandstone like feel but write and are just as pliable as traditional paper. If we go to space we would probably continue to have paper this way.