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		bombcar on March 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On clock faces, 4 is Expressed as IIII, not IV Days that aren't part of a month are such a elegant way to solve the problem. Even now 29 Feb shouldn't exist, it should just be "leap day" and have no numerical significance. Screw the computers, they can learn to adapt.

andirk on March 17, 2024 [–]

The Y29K Bug. That would fix the current "Don't Get Paid for A Day" trick that Leap Years do to salaried people.

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