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I am irrationally excited about this. I suspect it's because now I'll be able to quickly glance at timestamps, say in the logs or in data records, and estimate

by rdtsc 9y ago

I am irrationally excited about this. I suspect it's because now I'll be able to quickly glance at timestamps, say in the logs or in data records, and estimate the time better without having to use a script to translate it.

corndoge 9y ago
are you being serious edit: to elaborate, how does this help at all, you can memorize the current offset to as many decimals as you find convenient and do this already, a zero pad is nice but the # zeroes that make it easy to read for people who aren't Ramanujan will last for maybe a week
NickSharp 9y ago
When I watch the constant progress of Unix time and milestones like this, I really feel the passage of time in way I don't otherwise. Sometimes it freaks me out.
- rdtsc 9y ago
  Ah interesting. I agree. Wonder if it is because typical 12 or 24 hour clock resets so we sort of get to "try again" during a new day. A continuously increasing value that never resets just has a more ominous feel to it.
  - adrianN 9y ago
    It could be worse, it could be counting down.
    - TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
      I thought of drawing a life-to-page calendar on my lounge room wall. Decided against it as it would make it obvious how many days I've wasted and how few I have left. Maybe that's all the more reason to do it.
      - adrianN 9y ago
        Try printing this http://abstrusegoose.com/51 http://abstrusegoose.com/51
    - deleted 9y ago
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oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
Just added current timestamp to my mac os menubar. Not sure why I haven't thought of this before; beyond tonight's celebration, it's going to be very useful for checking against logs and cache-busting urls.
- oliv__ 9y ago
  How'd you do this? I would enjoy that
  - oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
    I use an app called bitbar which is very basic but allows you to display the output of a program in the menubar. I'm sure there are similar apps if it doesn't exactly suit you, but give it a try!

by rdtsc 9y ago

corndoge 9y ago

are you being serious edit: to elaborate, how does this help at all, you can memorize the current offset to as many decimals as you find convenient and do this already, a zero pad is nice but the # zeroes that make it easy to read for people who aren't Ramanujan will last for maybe a week

NickSharp 9y ago

When I watch the constant progress of Unix time and milestones like this, I really feel the passage of time in way I don't otherwise. Sometimes it freaks me out.

rdtsc 9y ago
Ah interesting. I agree. Wonder if it is because typical 12 or 24 hour clock resets so we sort of get to "try again" during a new day. A continuously increasing value that never resets just has a more ominous feel to it.
- adrianN 9y ago
  It could be worse, it could be counting down.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
    I thought of drawing a life-to-page calendar on my lounge room wall. Decided against it as it would make it obvious how many days I've wasted and how few I have left. Maybe that's all the more reason to do it.
    - adrianN 9y ago
      Try printing this http://abstrusegoose.com/51 http://abstrusegoose.com/51
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]

oneeyedpigeon 9y ago

Just added current timestamp to my mac os menubar. Not sure why I haven't thought of this before; beyond tonight's celebration, it's going to be very useful for checking against logs and cache-busting urls.

oliv__ 9y ago
How'd you do this? I would enjoy that
- oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
  I use an app called bitbar which is very basic but allows you to display the output of a program in the menubar. I'm sure there are similar apps if it doesn't exactly suit you, but give it a try!