a rare Unix timestamp occurred yesterday.
next one (1_800_000_000) will be in 2027.
edit: seems like Lemmy doesn't like video links in pictures field. so pasted it below.
Cutting it a bit close there.
yes lol. became anxious fearing I'd miss it and hence made typos :')
Nothing existed prior to January 1, 1970.
It is known.
It is known.
End of universe, 2038.
From the atomic age into the information age. That date is a good marker.
*Disinformation Age
The Information Age appeared for a brief moment and went straight into the Disinformation Age
I imagine all timestamps are rare. I.e only one exists of each until there is a rollover.
Had to explain Unix time to my friends when I sent them a picture of 1696969420
🥳🥳🥳
I've been using Linux since 1996 and remember when time_t was less than a billion. I guess I've found a new way to date myself. Slightly interestingly I thought, 1 billion was a couple of days before 9/11 which some have said defines the modern era or epoch.
Hooray we did it!
Fun fact: If your shell is Bash or supports the same feature(s), date technically isn't needed; printf '%(%s)T\n' works the same.
Yes, that is a date/strftime-style percent escape inside a specific parenthetical printf percent escape.
What shell is this that it outputs the duration after exiting the loop? Looks nifty.
it's starship. you should check it out if you don't have a handcrafted prompt.
edit: shell is bash. just with a custom prompt in .bashrc.
Hint: :q!
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