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		Dylan16807 on Sept 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hexadecimal clock counting down to 2038 problem > Picosecond resolution would bring those errors down to the millimeter and micrometer ranges. Femtosecond resolution would bring the errors down to nanometers. And nobody can measure the signal that precisely.

matheusmoreira on Sept 18, 2023 [–]

I'm not knowledgeable enough about signals to know whether it's impossible or not. Maybe it's not possible now but one day it will be.

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