happy 1_700_000_000 everyone!
happy 1_700_000_000 everyone!
a rare Unix timestamp occurred yesterday.
next one (1_800_000_000) will be in 2027.
edit: seems like Lemmy doesn't like video links in pictures field. so pasted it below.
Cutting it a bit close there.
45 0 Replyyes lol. became anxious fearing I'd miss it and hence made typos :')
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Nothing existed prior to January 1, 1970.
It is known.
37 0 ReplyIt is known.
6 0 ReplyEnd of universe, 2038.
4 0 ReplyFrom the atomic age into the information age. That date is a good marker.
3 0 Reply*Disinformation Age
The Information Age appeared for a brief moment and went straight into the Disinformation Age
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I imagine all timestamps are rare. I.e only one exists of each until there is a rollover.
18 0 ReplyHad to explain Unix time to my friends when I sent them a picture of 1696969420
15 0 Reply🥳🥳🥳
8 0 ReplyI've been using Linux since 1996 and remember when time_t was less than a billion. I guess I've found a new way to date myself. Slightly interestingly I thought, 1 billion was a couple of days before 9/11 which some have said defines the modern era or epoch.
6 0 ReplyHooray we did it!
6 0 ReplyFun fact: If your shell is Bash or supports the same feature(s),
date
technically isn't needed;printf '%(%s)T\n'
works the same.Yes, that is a
date
/strftime
-style percent escape inside a specific parentheticalprintf
percent escape.5 0 ReplyWhat shell is this that it outputs the duration after exiting the loop? Looks nifty.
4 0 Replyit's starship. you should check it out if you don't have a handcrafted prompt.
edit: shell is bash. just with a custom prompt in .bashrc.
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