athanasiosDec 16
Nanoraptor
The original iPod was released closer to the launch of Voyager 1, the original run of Star Wars, and sales of the Apple 1 than to today.
Dec 15 at 8:57amWeb
Show threaddominicDec 15
@NanoRaptor I was suspicious of "the original run of Star Wars" but it turns out it very nearly works out for "the original Star Wars", without looking up the exact dates.
Show threadNanoraptorDec 15
@barometz it does for the original Star Wars - not quite release, but ep iv was still in cinemas on its first run! Another three months and it’ll be closer to ep iv’s release too.
Show threadjello ツDec 15
@NanoRaptor Why do you keep doing this!?
Show threadNanoraptorDec 15
@andersgeek to remind me how long I’ve lived and how much more there is to do.
Show threadNanoraptorDec 15
@andersgeek actually it’s cos I have an obsessive numbers brain and it just won’t fucking stop.
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveDec 15
@NanoRaptor @andersgeek Also, people's reactions when they are forced to reckon with time that has past are fucking hilarious 😆
Show threadSkjeggtrollDec 15

@NanoRaptor

And the Late Ordovician mass extinction was closer to the launch of the Commodore Vic 20 than today! (Not a _lot_ closer, granted, but...)

Show threadNigel Wadsworth 🇦🇺Dec 15
@NanoRaptor gah…
Show threadeuroplus Dec 15
@nygl @NanoRaptor when I was one day less than half my age it was closer to the day I was born than it is to today
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Dec 15

@NanoRaptor

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik

Show threadAusgelaugter AffeDec 15
@NanoRaptor @stralau no no no, you are making this up 🫣
Show threadApicultor 🐝Dec 15
@NanoRaptor STOP THAT RIGHT NOW
Show threadDarryl RammDec 15

@NanoRaptor

The calendar is strong with this one.

Show threadApril Dec 15
@NanoRaptor Hey, me too.
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Dec 15
@NanoRaptor you’ve been keeping a spreadsheet haven’t you
Show threadNanoraptorDec 15
@whophd I am a modern numbers nerd. I pick some curious times I go huh... that's going to be a halfwya point on this date, and set a phone reminder.
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Dec 16

@NanoRaptor this may dovetail somewhat with my interest in setting future dates in which to ask questions, in public

Yep, most of those dates can be after you're definitely dead

I tried this while Twitter was The One True Town Square™ but the TwitTimer API finally refused my renewal fee this year (surprisingly) … and they only went to 2038 anyway

(hmm, I may be able to get YouTube to schedule-publish in much the same way 🤔)

Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Dec 16

@NanoRaptor So what would YOU ask the year 2100 AD?

I've got a spreadsheet dating back to 2010, so some of the questions may be humbling … but that's the point

Predicting the future is simultaneously:
- "a mug's game"
- really worthwhile to correct your thinking
- only failing half the time because it was averted DUE TO DOING THIS THING

I reviewed the 1990 Beyond 2000 episode on 2020 (🤯) and it was edifying, to put it mildly (and I gave them a 'pass' if it held true for 2019)

Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Dec 16

@NanoRaptor But now I want to build a billboard that just pops these up from random people … they have to be entered at least 12 years in advance, but that would work great

One a day. Better than "today's Wordle"!

Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Dec 16

@NanoRaptor I've got it. I'll start a Mastodon instance where people can submit via DM. First in best dressed, for any future date. It'll rate-limit both globally and per-user at random intervals, to prevent DOS.

It'll be called — TALK TO THE FUTURE

If anyone wants to sponsor a billboard to show the daily outputs, they can