Inspired by a Numberphile video, Simon talks about Unix time and how it’s calculated on 32 bit computers and why there will be a date when the time ends on such computers, as opposed to 64 bit computers that will survive that date.
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Inspired by a Numberphile video, Simon talks about Unix time and how it’s calculated on 32 bit computers and why there will be a date when the time ends on such computers, as opposed to 64 bit computers that will survive that date.