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> 01215 Why are you prefixing the years with a zero, is that a thing? Are you preparing for those who might read this in a few millenia after us?
by Shacklz 5y ago
> 01215
Why are you prefixing the years with a zero, is that a thing? Are you preparing for those who might read this in a few millenia after us?
- Jensson 5y agoIt is octal, write '01215' in a browser javascript console and you get '653'. (Not sure if that is what he meant, but if he did that for ease of parsing it will just make it harder)
- lordnacho 5y agoMakes it easier to cater for events in the span of 30-40k. I'm the grim darkness of the future, there will in fact be long lived institutions.
- catlikesshrimp 5y agoYou are the grim darkness of the future?
- lordnacho 5y agoHaha thanks auto-correct!