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Time to reference my favorite Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

Time to reference my favorite Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future From a logarithmic standpoint, around 1 billion years is when geologically interesting things happen to the earth as it's no longer to sustain life an have the oceans boil over as well.

senorjazz 7y ago
and there goes my productive afternoon, again. The same as it does everytime this gets posted. Fascinating
saagarjha 7y ago
> While the future can never be predicted with absolute certainty,[1] I love how Wikipedia likes to cite things like this.
- lmilcin 7y ago
  I think it needs to have another citation. What if the future can SOMETIMES be predicted with absolute certainty?
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  Typically: someone questions a claim, or requests a cite. Cite is added.
strainer 7y ago
We could have adjustable rings of reflective shielding orbiting the Sun and throughout the entire Solar System - well before then. Potentially even be capable of slowly moderating the Suns evolution. A billion years has unfathomable potential for technological development.
- hos234 7y ago
  We don't have to do all that. The earth can be moved - https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/5914/is-it-possible-to-move-a-planet-out-of-its-orbit-at-least-a-lighter-planet https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/5914/is-it-pos... https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/44910/how-can-i-move-a-planet https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/44910/how-...
  - strainer 7y ago
    Right but I think were only scraping the surface of whats possible over millions of years meddling.
gradschool 7y ago
My favorite datum from this page is that the days will be 1 hour longer in 180 million years. If the year lengths are constant, by linear interpolation some time around 63 million years from now the years will be exactly 360 days, just like the ancient Babylonian calendar. What a great time that will be to be alive and to be a programmer, with exactly 30 days every month.
- tzs 7y ago
  What makes you think that a 360 day year would be 12 months of 30 days each? We'll probably do something weird, like take all 5 out of February.
  - n0rbwah 7y ago
    Just imagine the nightmare for the poor programmers who will have to maintain backward compatibility for 63 million years of timekeeping.
    - gremlinsinc 7y ago
      This all assumes we survive the unix 2036 apocalypse. /s I mean it apparently is so bad they sent time travelers back in time to try and fix it. (Google: John Titor)
    - animal531 7y ago
      Also nevermind the nightmare of 9999-12-31.
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  The Moon will also change its orbit (it's what's slowing Earth's days), so the length of a month will change, becoming longer.
  - T-hawk 7y ago
    He meant a month as defined by 1/12 of the tropical year, not a month as defined by a lunar cycle. There's a wonderful Wiki-dive on these topics too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month#Synodic_month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month#Synodic_month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year

senorjazz 7y ago

and there goes my productive afternoon, again. The same as it does everytime this gets posted. Fascinating

saagarjha 7y ago

> While the future can never be predicted with absolute certainty,[1] I love how Wikipedia likes to cite things like this.

lmilcin 7y ago
I think it needs to have another citation. What if the future can SOMETIMES be predicted with absolute certainty?
dredmorbius 7y ago
Typically: someone questions a claim, or requests a cite. Cite is added.

strainer 7y ago

We could have adjustable rings of reflective shielding orbiting the Sun and throughout the entire Solar System - well before then. Potentially even be capable of slowly moderating the Suns evolution. A billion years has unfathomable potential for technological development.

hos234 7y ago
We don't have to do all that. The earth can be moved - https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/5914/is-it-possible-to-move-a-planet-out-of-its-orbit-at-least-a-lighter-planet https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/5914/is-it-pos... https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/44910/how-can-i-move-a-planet https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/44910/how-...
- strainer 7y ago
  Right but I think were only scraping the surface of whats possible over millions of years meddling.

gradschool 7y ago

My favorite datum from this page is that the days will be 1 hour longer in 180 million years. If the year lengths are constant, by linear interpolation some time around 63 million years from now the years will be exactly 360 days, just like the ancient Babylonian calendar. What a great time that will be to be alive and to be a programmer, with exactly 30 days every month.

tzs 7y ago
What makes you think that a 360 day year would be 12 months of 30 days each? We'll probably do something weird, like take all 5 out of February.
- n0rbwah 7y ago
  Just imagine the nightmare for the poor programmers who will have to maintain backward compatibility for 63 million years of timekeeping.
  - gremlinsinc 7y ago
    This all assumes we survive the unix 2036 apocalypse. /s I mean it apparently is so bad they sent time travelers back in time to try and fix it. (Google: John Titor)
  - animal531 7y ago
    Also nevermind the nightmare of 9999-12-31.
dredmorbius 7y ago
The Moon will also change its orbit (it's what's slowing Earth's days), so the length of a month will change, becoming longer.
- T-hawk 7y ago
  He meant a month as defined by 1/12 of the tropical year, not a month as defined by a lunar cycle. There's a wonderful Wiki-dive on these topics too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month#Synodic_month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month#Synodic_month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year