Asklemmy

Eh, if you have the money, it's probably fine.

My current weird things:

• Switched from my normal time zone to UTC on all my clocks.
• Chose to study Esperanto instead of a more practical language because of its past of hopefulness
• Plan on switching to a 13-month calendar in the future (is going to require modifying the opensource calendar I use to allow the change)
• Switched to barefoot shoes not for health but the diminished cost in materials.
• changed my keyboard to a dactyl manuform for the hell of it.
• changed my keyboard scheme to Dvorak now.
• changed my videogame control scheme from wasd to dcxf to accommodate the keyboard (in Dvorak that's exku).

We're all alittle eccentric. Some of us more than others.

I don't think this is crazy at all. It sounds like art. And we have lots of art that is meant to endure for centuries, like oil paintings.

According to a US Army study, Iron and Tungsten could create galvanic action, causing both materials to degrade if in contact.

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA358781.pdf

So at first glance, it seems like this combo wouldn't last as long as it could with just Tungsten.

Size?

I mean, if you have the money and inclination, sounds like a nerdy but pretty cool project!

Ceramics…. There is an Isaac Asimov story where the only evidence they can find that humans used to live on Earth is the presence of what appear to be toilets and sinks. All else is dust.

well if you get a tungsten cube your mortality will be cured so you will be around in a million years

Put the same text in 6 different languages (maybe: English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Arabic, and Bengali to get as many scripts as possible?) on each side of the cube. Be the Rosetta Stone of the future. Be sure to get a native speaker to look over each text before you comission it.

That should be enough work to discourage you. :)

For wanting to leave a legacy that will last, and a message for anyone or anything that finds it? No, that's not insane, that's understandable, I think.

What will determine the insanity quotient is the message you want to inscribe.

Why not just use actual cuneiform?

The cuneiform bit definitely seems like you're trying to troll across the ages. Why else would you do that?

Yes, you’re crazy. Stainless steel won’t last a million years. Not even close. You should go with titanium instead. That would also create a massive density difference between the two pieces in case someone lifts them up separately. Feeling the weight difference of the two pieces is very confusing for most people.

I think that is awesome

You could also try to get a tungsten replica of your genital. It's probably more expensive though.

IMO, the real question is how to preserve it in deep time. Where is accessible enough but also protected? The best place would probably be a location that is heavily contaminated by toxic or nuclear waste. Those will likely remain time capsules in the near term, but remain as focal points in deep time. Find a spot that is likely to survive continental drift, the next super continent, and countless ice ages. I dare you. Do it! Make the ultimate geo cache.

Nah I think about doing this shit all the time, I get overly technical with details trying to make it last as long as possible, tungsten is a great idea.