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0 pointsThorham10mo ago0 comments

That seems a bit small seeing how doubles can represent 53 bit integers accurately.

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    >>> 2**53/(1000*3600*24*365)+1970
    287586.41472415626

There's a lot of milliseconds.

dgfl10mo ago

Well, 2^53 milliseconds is indeed 285 414 years.

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0 pointsThorham10mo ago0 comments

That seems a bit small seeing how doubles can represent 53 bit integers accurately.

    >>> 2**53/(1000*3600*24*365)+1970
    287586.41472415626

There's a lot of milliseconds.

dgfl10mo ago

Well, 2^53 milliseconds is indeed 285 414 years.

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