Topic: I don't get how the . system works on minichan.

Anonymous A started this discussion 12 years ago #33,465

Say for a topic that is 1.8 years old. How many months is that? Is that 1 year and 8 months? Or 1 year and 12 divided by 8? We're not all mathematics here.

Meta joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 14 minutes later[^] [v] #463,077

It means what it says: 1.8 years is (1.8*12) months old. So 1.8 years is approximately 1 year, 9 months and 18 days.

jam (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,078

@previous (Meta)
So you have to have a Harvard education to find out when threads over a year were made?

Meta replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,079

@previous (jam)
Are you saying you can't multiply 1.8x12 using a calculator?

jam (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 9 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,081

@previous (Meta)
So after 1.9 years does it go to 2 years? What if you want to know the week it was posted?

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Meta replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,082

@previous (jam)
All computers, phones, and tablets have calculator apps.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 13 seconds later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,083

We should clearly switch from the Julian system to the superior Metric calendar

jam (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 34 seconds later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,085

@463,082 (Meta)

Yes, quite.

Meta replied with this 12 years ago, 40 seconds later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,086

@463,081 (jam)
And yes, it measures in tenths of a year (that is, .1 of a year is 1.2 months). So after a while 1.9 years turns into 2 years.

jam (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 12 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #463,087

@previous (Meta)
Why not just go from 1.9 to 1.11 then 1.12 years, it would make sense. Or even better, twelfths. 1 and 1/12 months. Dating may even work. I am going to petition for a complete overhaul of the years system!

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squeegee !first/o5zA joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 37 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #463,089

wow, OP, i hope you never discover that microwaves view
99 seconds as 1 minute, 39 seconds,
but 100 seconds is viewed as 1 minute,
and 101 seconds is actually 1 minute, 40 seconds.

blew my mind

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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #463,111

@previous (squeegee !first/o5zA)
Fuck, I'm devastated to the core by this :(

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 8 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #463,135

@463,089 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
Not on all microwaves.

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