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MobileTechGuy ( MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

I think that guy was eating the glue

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I think that guy was eating the glue

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MobileTechGuy ( MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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  • hawkwind ( hawkwind@lemmy.management ) 
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    3 years ago

    We should just use second notation for everything.

    I’ll be there in 5 min? I’ll be there in 2 or 3 hundo!

    See you tommorow? See you in in 86K!

    Next week? About half a Megasec!

    Doesn’t Megasecond sound better than Fortnite?

    • Vithar ( Vithar@lemmy.ml ) 
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      There is a fun fun sci-fi book called “Deepness in the Sky” by Vernor Vinge. The Humans use epoch time with si prefixed Seconds for time,

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        That is a great book. Did you read the sequels?

        • wtfeweguys ( wtfeweguys@lemmy.whynotdrs.org ) 
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          Did you say sequels??? I’ve read A Fire Upon the Deep and a Deepness in the Sky. There are others???

          • electrorocket ( electrorocket@lemmy.ml ) 
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            Children of the Sky too.

            • wtfeweguys ( wtfeweguys@lemmy.whynotdrs.org ) 
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              I’ll have to check that out. I’ve enjoyed some of Vinge’s other work as well. The Peace War, Marooned in Realtime, and Rainbow’s End were all pretty great reads as I recall (been awhile).

      • quindraco ( quindraco@lemm.ee ) 
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        On the gripping hand, the Brownies could make way better clocks than we could.

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