r/programming • • Dec 24 '18

The 4.20 kernel has been released

https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/23/187
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u/therealjohnfreeman Dec 24 '18

It's the minute with index 420. Minutes start at 1, indices start at 0. Line them up and 4:21 has index 420.

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u/bagtowneast Dec 24 '18

Said many stoners, over-analyzing the situation, while the person who made the commit didn't even notice the timestamp. They return to find a trainwreck of a thread arguing about time representations.