Comment on Steam's Last StandparentComments−eszed2yhttps://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-an..."It’s an idiosyncrasy to which we are dedicated."−vel0city2yIn this day and age where we have lots of extra bits to store values, why go with only five digits? We're just kicking the can down the road. I propose we move to at least 12 digit years starting today: May 31, 000000002024−kragen2y00000000let's 0000000000do 000000000it
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https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-an...
"It’s an idiosyncrasy to which we are dedicated."
In this day and age where we have lots of extra bits to store values, why go with only five digits? We're just kicking the can down the road. I propose we move to at least 12 digit years starting today: May 31, 000000002024
00000000let's 0000000000do 000000000it