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Re:Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years by unlinked_dll on Sunday February 09, 2020 @10:37PM (#22286251)
Well if we bite the bullet and use a 512 bit unsigned int we can represent time zero as the Big Bang and we should be good until the heat death of the universe, based on my napkin math. But I'm no physicist or kernel contributor so unsure of the implications.
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Re:Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years by mekster on Monday February 10, 2020 @07:36AM (#22288541)
No way. Do we know exactly when big bang was or that a second has always been a second since then?

We don't want time implementations based on some definition of big bang version 1.1.3 and all other versions as physicians change the definition of time since big bang.

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Re:Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years by apodysophilia on Monday February 10, 2020 @12:34PM (#22291231)
If the big rip theory is correct, then 64 bits will suffice.
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Re:Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years by war1025 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @10:53PM (#22286309)
What happens when we revise the moment of the Big Bang? Maybe need signed 1024 bit just in case.
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Re:Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years by unlinked_dll on Sunday February 09, 2020 @10:54PM (#22286315)
Might as well just make it signed at that point. We'll never need more than kilibit to represent time.
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