Note the date line on the article: Published on Sunday, January 15, 01989 • 35 years, 7 months ago Specifically, the five-digit year! Also the explicit

Note the date line on the article: Published on Sunday, January 15, 01989 • 35 years, 7 months ago Specifically, the five-digit year! Also the explicit listing of the age of the article. Most sites have a “human readable” or “friendly” date such as “published yesterday” but only for recent dates. Some sites, such as news sites, add a warning if the article is more than say five years old. Here, it’s as if they’re proud of the age. Since this was published by the Long Now Foundation it seems likely these were done deliberately.