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As a sidenote, I love that you reference 1973 as 01973. I suggest considering labeling even as 11973, based on some reasonable humanist-based information.[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs

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As a sidenote, I hate it, can someone explain where does it come from?

https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-an... - kragen has posted this before in relation to the five digit years.

If the people from 10.000 wanted me to write useless digits for 8 thousand years, I'd leave them a bad planet just out of spite xD

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