Re:Long Term Backup
by californical on Monday February 27, 2023 @02:42AM
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According to the linked article, Their whole purpose was/is to “think 10,000 years in the future instead of quarterly”, so they only need 5 digits for that goal.
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Re:Long Term Backup
by WinnieRallycar on Monday February 27, 2023 @02:52AM
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This was the first I'd heard of Long Now, but upon reading the article, I had assumed the leading 0 was representative of the infinite continuum of 0's in-front. But all the repetitive 0's had been slimmed down to one, like :: in IPv6