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I appreciate the back and forth your comment sparked, very educational, but unrelated to that I would like to know why you precede years with a 0?

• eszed 2y ago
  https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-and-10k-compliance-at-home/ https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-an... "It’s an idiosyncrasy to which we are dedicated."
  • vel0city 2y ago
    In this day and age where we have lots of extra bits to store values, why go with only five digits? We're just kicking the can down the road. I propose we move to at least 12 digit years starting today: May 31, 000000002024
    • kragen 2y ago
      00000000let's 0000000000do 000000000it
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