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		namibj 46 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This World of Ours (2014) [pdf] They want to feel like they matter in over 10k years from now, where a 4-digit year would start to wrap.

zahlman 46 days ago [–]

In fact that will be not even 8k years from now.

sigwinch 46 days ago | [–]

I’ll be very embarrassed when I’m still writing 9999 on my checks.

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