Comment on In about 2 hours it’s 1400000000 unix timeComments−chrisBob12yWhy does anyone care about a decimal milestone? I thought the excitement would be when you flip a big bit.−derekp712yIt's because I got 10 fingers on my hands. So that kind of makes it interesting, I guess.−ProfpatschOP12yUnix time is representing seconds, and seconds are a human measurement which use decimal notation.−robobro12ySeconds are base 60 actually, just like minutes−chrisBob12yI thought about that too, but then we would just be encouraging people to watch as the year wraps around at midnight on 1 January. That milestone is usually overshadowed by other things.
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Why does anyone care about a decimal milestone? I thought the excitement would be when you flip a big bit.
It's because I got 10 fingers on my hands. So that kind of makes it interesting, I guess.
Unix time is representing seconds, and seconds are a human measurement which use decimal notation.
Seconds are base 60 actually, just like minutes
I thought about that too, but then we would just be encouraging people to watch as the year wraps around at midnight on 1 January. That milestone is usually overshadowed by other things.