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Noticed that too, but it has a '9' in it. Best guess is, he's not about to let the Y10K problem catch him napping.
by greenbit 2y ago
Noticed that too, but it has a '9' in it.
Best guess is, he's not about to let the Y10K problem catch him napping.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoIt's kind of silly, but I do like the philosophy behind it: 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...
- cryptonector 2y agoSee The Long Now Foundation.
- dmd 2y agoWhy not two zeros? Or three, or more?
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoIf the people around you are planning for 1y and you're suggesting they plan for 7976y, I think that's probably radical enough. To suggest they plan for 97975y or 997975y seems a bit obnoxious. At that point you're either just being contentious for the sake of it, or you're pretentiously implying that you have godlike predictive power.
- kragen 2y agoI wholeheartedly support your decision to use three or more zeros on your years in the future.