<![CDATA[For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777.]]>For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777.

Hold on to your butts!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/22f76b72-2c1b-40db-b3f8-0a8251bdf19c/for-fans-of-entirely-spurious-numbers-the-unix-timestamp-is-about-to-hit-17777777.RSS for NodeWed, 13 May 2026 21:50:31 GMTSat, 02 May 2026 07:37:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:04:43 GMT]]>@Edent i was there for the big 999999999 to 1000000000 so i'm not very impressed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.yetzt.me/users/yetzt/statuses/01KQM2BHV5H9TKFZ0DP0B123PQhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.yetzt.me/users/yetzt/statuses/01KQM2BHV5H9TKFZ0DP0B123PQSat, 02 May 2026 10:04:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:00:16 GMT]]>@Edent I feel old. I remember when it was only 1234567890.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.richardloxley.com/users/richardloxley/statuses/116504396825406531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.richardloxley.com/users/richardloxley/statuses/116504396825406531Sat, 02 May 2026 10:00:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:48:23 GMT]]>@Edent

I'm always wary of coincidences about numbers that only happen with a base-10 representation.

Edit: in more plain words: it means jack shit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hnapel/statuses/116504350150816622https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hnapel/statuses/116504350150816622Sat, 02 May 2026 09:48:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:42:09 GMT]]>@Edent Haha, what a strangely satisfying milestone 😄 Gotta love those nerdy moments—counting down like it’s New Year’s Eve!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116470646124718692/statuses/116504325598032720https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116470646124718692/statuses/116504325598032720Sat, 02 May 2026 09:42:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:16:27 GMT]]>@Edent I remember 1234567890 !

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.patpro.net/users/patpro/statuses/01KQKZK5HEJ0JME7S8G5WMPPDEhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.patpro.net/users/patpro/statuses/01KQKZK5HEJ0JME7S8G5WMPPDESat, 02 May 2026 09:16:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:11:26 GMT]]>@Edent Use a proper time server or at least a client and forget about this crap. Not all with unix in the name has to be non plus ultra...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nineofseven/statuses/116504204832060927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nineofseven/statuses/116504204832060927Sat, 02 May 2026 09:11:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:44:33 GMT]]>@Edent

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116464492434687378/statuses/116504099140410551https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116464492434687378/statuses/116504099140410551Sat, 02 May 2026 08:44:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:42:31 GMT]]>@lw @Edent Yes, I too wondered why he didn't wait a second for the nice round 20000000.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://functional.cafe/users/edavies/statuses/116504091125152044https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://functional.cafe/users/edavies/statuses/116504091125152044Sat, 02 May 2026 08:42:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:38:16 GMT]]>@Edent I do indeed enjoy this. My sister and I sometimes send screenshots or photos to each other when we notice the time hit 12:34. It’s a simple way of letting the other know we’re thinking of each other.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.yaf.ai/users/ben/statuses/116504074417066986https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.yaf.ai/users/ben/statuses/116504074417066986Sat, 02 May 2026 08:38:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:24:17 GMT]]>@Edent Let's goooo 🚀

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/ln/statuses/116504019436997603https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/ln/statuses/116504019436997603Sat, 02 May 2026 08:24:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:23:52 GMT]]>@Edent or in a human-readable date format, -rwxrwxrwxrwxrwxrwxrwxrwxrwt

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/lw/statuses/116504017769902855https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/lw/statuses/116504017769902855Sat, 02 May 2026 08:23:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:07:02 GMT]]>@calmeilles @Edent you don't want a cake?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/bonkers/statuses/116503952182238963https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/bonkers/statuses/116503952182238963Sat, 02 May 2026 08:07:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For fans of entirely spurious numbers, the UNIX timestamp is about to hit 17777777. on Sat, 02 May 2026 07:44:03 GMT]]>@Edent

Four in the morning? I don't think I shall trouble setting an alarm. 😀

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/calmeilles/statuses/116503861236036908https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/calmeilles/statuses/116503861236036908Sat, 02 May 2026 07:44:03 GMT