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		smeej on Nov 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why did consumer 3D printing take so long ... Wait, I can guess at why (somebody's probably still going to be alive in 8k more years), but is that really the reason? In case somebody's gonna care enough to read this comment on HN that long from now? And not realize that of course we didn't bother adding leading zeros? Why not 0001970s in that case? (I'm sincerely hoping I'm missing something here and am going to look really silly asking this question.)

kragen on Nov 7, 2024 [–]

Go wild, man. I fully support your right to talk about the 0001970s.

kojeovo on Nov 7, 2024 | [–]

I'd put my money on it flipping back to 0 after 9999

Izkata on Nov 8, 2024 | | [–]

From past evidence, I think it's more likely to start a new calendar at 0 somewhere around 4000-5000.

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