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by cpeterso 1905 days ago
Preparation for the Y10K problem. Five-digit years is something the Long Now Foundation started using to encourage people to think longer term:

https://longnow.org/about/
2 comments
thelean12 1905 days ago
Holy hell, talk about premature. That's 100 lifetimes away.

Is it still April 1st?

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kragen 1905 days ago
> That's 100 lifetimes away.

Such a pessimist!

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ethbr0 1905 days ago
Fine, 0100 lifetimes away.
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stjohnswarts 1905 days ago
lol that's ridiculous. We'll either have wiped ourselves out by then or be so far beyond problems like Y2K that it's a ridiculous thing to worry about
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kragen 1905 days ago
More fun than worrying about global pandemics or nuclear meltdowns!
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