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Cake day: June 28th, 2020

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    1 year ago

    That’s why I said “implement” and not just “write”. The process of wiring in that existing function has non-negligible cost, as does keeping it updated/patched.

    Sure, it should be pretty small - but it’s non-zero. Is it worth it? That’s a product decision.


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    1 year ago

    The limited resource is not Compute Power, but Engineer time. Sure, you could ask someone to implement wrappers everywhere in the system so that the display is human-readable - or you could put one label somewhere clarifying the date format to readers.



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    1 year ago

    The version I heard was that it was styled as a tribute to Poseidon (who was God of both horses, and the sea) that the Greeks gave, in hopes of a safe voyage home. The Trojans wouldn’t want to piss off a God by disrespecting an offering to him.