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0 pointsnine_k8mo ago0 comments

(BTW why do you write years with a leafing zero? Do you expect these post to still matter past year 9999?)

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...and if he does, why does he then consider the year 99999 to be out of reach? As I understand it the idea is to promote "long term thinking" but I really don't see how this affectation is actually supposed to achieve anything beyond mildly irritating/confusing the reader.

At least the Long Now Foundation stuff comes with that context built-in.

https://longnow.org/

ndiddy8mo ago

Good point, I will start the Longer Now foundation and start adding two zeroes to the front of all my years.

hypercube338mo ago

This whole line of conversation and use of the leading zero reminds me of The Church of MOO from the old internet.

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