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...and if he does, why does he then consider the year 99999 to be out of reach? As I understand it the idea is to promote "long term thinking" but I really don'
by dcminter 1y ago
...and if he does, why does he then consider the year 99999 to be out of reach? As I understand it the idea is to promote "long term thinking" but I really don't see how this affectation is actually supposed to achieve anything beyond mildly irritating/confusing the reader.
At least the Long Now Foundation stuff comes with that context built-in.
https://longnow.org/ https://longnow.org/
- ndiddy 1y agoGood point, I will start the Longer Now foundation and start adding two zeroes to the front of all my years.
- hypercube33 1y agoThis whole line of conversation and use of the leading zero reminds me of The Church of MOO from the old internet.
- dcminter 1y agoHuh, I know about Bob Dobson et al, but MOO-ism somehow escaped my notice back in the day. http://textfiles.com/occult/MOOISM/ http://textfiles.com/occult/MOOISM/ I have some retro-reading to do.