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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by AmericanChopper on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:52PM (#33978024)
During my first week in my first programming job I remember overhearing a senior engineer saying “don’t worry, there’s not another leap year for 2 years”. I was still working there on February 29, he wasn’t. It was a stressful day. My condolences go out to the engineers who will be working on January 1st 100000.
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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by Y_Y on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:36PM (#33978408)
Surely by then we'll have had a powerful enough pope to rename the months at least once.
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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by legulere on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:30PM (#33979295)
My hope is that some programmer dictator will instate a form of the discordian calender:

- All 5 seasons are the same length - The days of the year always fall on the same week day, as the week is 5 days long - the year always starts with the first day of the week. - the leap day is not assigned a day

Things I would change though: - start the year at winter solstice. - put the leap day at the end of the year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordian_calendar

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by UnpossibleJim on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:22AM (#33984682)
Finally, we can get rid of Wednesday... Wendsday? Woesnday?.... that day in the middle of the week that no one can spell =P
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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by AmericanChopper on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:08PM (#33992125)
February need to be reconsidered as well imo.
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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by legulere on Thursday December 15, 2022 @01:21AM (#33995975)
In German Wednesday got that treatment in the middle age and was replaced by what would be midweek in English.
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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by skissane on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @10:26PM (#33979666)
You can rename the months any time you feel like. The problem is getting other people to go along with your renaming.

Once upon a time, enough people cared what the Pope had to say, he could actually succeed in changing the calendar for everybody. But, it would be a rather interesting future history for the Catholic Church to regain power to the point that became true once again.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by smeej on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:36PM (#33978911)
Not sure renaming the months is gonna help with the numbering of the years...
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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by andirk on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:24PM (#33978803)
SEPTember = 7

OCTOber = 8

NOVember = 9

DECember = 10

Fixed it!

And do we need the name "JASON" (July to November) first letters? Seems unnecessary.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by 0cf8612b2e1e on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:17PM (#33979197)
Easier to make the year begin in March.
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