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		bxparks on Oct 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Metric Time Actually the minute is 256 seconds (2^8). The next chunk of time is 65536 (2^16). Then comes 16777216 (2^24). The whole clock rolls over at 4294967296 (2^32).

bloopernova on Oct 12, 2023 [–]

Thank you for the correction, I was going by FF not 100, whoops, sorry about that.

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