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It's not just time zones and leap seconds. SI seconds on Earth are slower because of relativity, so there are time standards for space stuff (TCB, TGC) that use faster SI seconds than UTC/Unix time. T2 - T1 = [God doesn't know and the Devil isn't telling.]

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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Let's just nake it 128-Bit so it's not our problem anymore.
Hell, let's make it 256-Bit because it sounds like AES256

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

64 bits is already enough not to overflow for 292 billion years. That’s 21 times longer than the estimated age of the universe.

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