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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[โ€“] bitfucker@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

...timestamp is signed? Why?

Edit: Oh damn, I never noticed that the timestamp is indeed signed. For anyone curious, it is mostly historical as early C didn't really have a concept of unsigned

[โ€“] SteveTech@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

It also allows users to store dates back to ~1902.