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True Pi Day
Math Programming Linux Backend
12 days ago 200.0K views 0 shares
True Pi Day
Someone just discovered that if you treat the digits of Pi (3.14159265359...) as a Unix timestamp, you get July 13, 2965. So apparently we've all been celebrating Pi Day wrong on March 14th. The real Pi Day won't happen for another 940 years, which is honestly the most programmer thing ever – finding a completely impractical but technically correct alternative to an established convention. Fun fact: Unix timestamps count seconds since January 1, 1970 (the Unix epoch), so this timestamp converter is basically saying "Pi seconds after computers decided time officially began." Because nothing says 'mathematical constant' like arbitrarily mapping it to a date system invented for operating systems. Mark your calendars for 2965, folks. Finally, a holiday we can procrastinate on.

The Unix Epoch Awakens
Debugging Programming Linux Testing Backend
3 months ago 183.9K views 0 shares
The Unix Epoch Awakens
That timestamp isn't just any date—it's the sacred Unix epoch, the moment when computer time began. January 1, 1970, at precisely midnight UTC. The digital equivalent of "In the beginning..." for computers. Spot this timestamp in your logs and you know something's deeply wrong. Either your system thinks it's partying like it's 1970, or your timestamp logic has completely given up on life. No developer sees this without getting that cold shiver down their spine—the unmistakable feeling that a weekend of debugging awaits.

The System32 Conspiracy
Windows Microsoft Programming
9 months ago 225.5K views 0 shares
The System32 Conspiracy
Ah, the classic tale of the tech-illiterate conspiracy theorist who thinks they've uncovered the grand Microsoft deception. System32 is literally just the core Windows directory containing critical system files—delete it and congratulations, you've bricked your computer! The December 31, 1969 date is actually Unix epoch time (January 1, 1970 UTC) minus a timezone offset—basically the computer equivalent of "the beginning of time." It's what systems show when a file has no valid timestamp. But sure, go ahead and "save yourself 700kb" by deleting essential system files. I'm sure your computer will run so much faster in its new state as an expensive paperweight.