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This is very off topic but why is something submitted May 2020 to preprint listed as https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08848 https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08848 The 2005
by lifeisstillgood 6y ago
This is very off topic but why is something submitted May 2020 to preprint listed as https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08848 https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08848
The 2005. confused me - is it some coincidence of random
number generation or something else I missed?
- jeeceebees 6y agoIt's YYMM.ID I believe Last year may was 1905.xxxxxx
- solveit 6y agoYep. This and the last year will be the only two confusing years for a century.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoaha. Why are they trying to save 2 bytes worth of space? Is it legacy ?