@[email protected] to [email protected] • 11 months agoI think that guy was eating the gluelemmy.mlimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1619arrow-down128
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink41•11 months agoWe 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?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•11 months agoThere 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,
minus-square@wtfeweguyslinkEnglish1•11 months agoDid you say sequels??? I’ve read A Fire Upon the Deep and a Deepness in the Sky. There are others???
minus-square@wtfeweguyslinkEnglish1•11 months agoI’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).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 months agoOn the gripping hand, the Brownies could make way better clocks than we could.
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?
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,
That is a great book. Did you read the sequels?
Did you say sequels??? I’ve read A Fire Upon the Deep and a Deepness in the Sky. There are others???
Children of the Sky too.
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).
On the gripping hand, the Brownies could make way better clocks than we could.