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We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
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Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#12Because no one knows the second they were born? I actually know the minute (0:21 EDT) but I suspect even that is unusual to know.
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#13Because no one knows the second they were born? I actually know the minute (0:21 EDT) but I suspect even that is unusual to know.
Also, how long should we celebrate it for? 1 second?
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#14If your site's copy asks that question, one of the first things I should see after submitting my birthday is, indeed, my age after 1,000,000 seconds. Seeing a list of everything I could be besides 1,000,000 seconds old confused the heck out of me. :) That said, pretty cute. I like it. You could make a cute viral Facebook app out of something like this (though maybe with less nerdy milestones).
Your 1,000,000 seconds should be in there (unless you have past it already, in which case it is hidden behind the link at the top). Would you prefer different copy? Maybe I just emphasized that too much putting it as the title on HN.
Well, not that many people are on HN before their 1,000,000th second. (1000000 seconds = 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds)
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#15I made something similar a while ago ( http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/mathematical-anniversaries/ ). I never did work out why these things aren't more popular. Might I suggest adding ical?
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#16I'm 39. My birth year is not even selectable in the drop-down. I had to go to 1974, then scroll back 2 years. Not exactly a positive experience.
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your 1,000,000 seconds should be in there (unless you have past it already, in which case it is hidden behind the link at the top). Would you prefer different copy? Maybe I just emphasized that too much putting it as the title on HN.
Well, not that many people are on HN before their 1,000,000th second. (1000000 seconds = 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds)
great point. I'll edit it to 3 more orders of magnitude.
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#18If your site's copy asks that question, one of the first things I should see after submitting my birthday is, indeed, my age after 1,000,000 seconds. Seeing a list of everything I could be besides 1,000,000 seconds old confused the heck out of me. :) That said, pretty cute. I like it. You could make a cute viral Facebook app out of something like this (though maybe with less nerdy milestones).
Your 1,000,000 seconds should be in there (unless you have past it already, in which case it is hidden behind the link at the top). Would you prefer different copy? Maybe I just emphasized that too much putting it as the title on HN.
"unless you have past it already"
This happens within the first fortnight of your life. Of course you've past it already.
~11-day old babies don't generally read sites like this.
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#19It seems to be bitten by a 2038 bug. I asked for a reminder for my 100th birthday and got an error.
Re: We celebrate our birthdays every year, but why not our 1,000,000,000 seconds?
#20I'm 39. My birth year is not even selectable in the drop-down. I had to go to 1974, then scroll back 2 years. Not exactly a positive experience.
Yeah, this date widget has issues. Have you seen a better one anywhere else? You can always just fall back to the text box, but that is less good.