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But why do you prefix years with 0?
by cmarschner 4y ago
But why do you prefix years with 0?
- thenewwazoo 4y agoIt’s an affectation relating to The Long Now. https://longnow.org/ https://longnow.org/ It’s, as I understand it, to draw attention to the briefness of our lives and contextualize the decisions we make that have effects long beyond “now”. Personally, I think it’s kind of weird to base it upon the supposed birth year of a religious figure who may not have even lived, but standards are useful, I suppose.
- kragen 4y agoYeah, if I say it's 03188 YOLD even less people will understand me. On the other hand they might think 02022 is octal...
- tomcam 4y agoI’ve been doing it for 000005 years now