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minus-squares@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoKeep it simple and just measure in terms of seconds since the Big Bang. The current time is 435,884,579,968,052,736 seconds, easy peasy
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agotechnically that is 64 bit unix time.
minus-squareElectricVocalist@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoThe big bang was definitely not in 1970
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThey had to pick a period where 32 bits would last long enough. If they had started with 64 bits, they could have used a start of time much further back.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe big bang was definitely not last Thursday
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoMost of that time is irrelevant to me. Let’s just start it in 1970. And I need more precision, so can we do milliseconds instead of seconds?
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThis would go great with my idea of everyone having a GUID instead of a name.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe where you’re sitting. But my frame of reference has had slightly different time dilation than yours.
Keep it simple and just measure in terms of seconds since the Big Bang. The current time is 435,884,579,968,052,736 seconds, easy peasy
Nah just use Unix time
technically that is 64 bit unix time.
The big bang was definitely not in 1970
They had to pick a period where 32 bits would last long enough. If they had started with 64 bits, they could have used a start of time much further back.
The big bang was definitely not last Thursday
Most of that time is irrelevant to me. Let’s just start it in 1970. And I need more precision, so can we do milliseconds instead of seconds?
This would go great with my idea of everyone having a GUID instead of a name.
Maybe where you’re sitting. But my frame of reference has had slightly different time dilation than yours.