Customers Lose Power as Electrical Failure Hits Manhattan’s Upper West Side (nytimes.com) 21 points by TaylorSwift 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] anonu 7y ago ↗ 42 years to the day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977Good time to check your flashlight batteries and your go-pack. [–] zaroth 7y ago ↗ I’m trying to come up with a plausible bit width and increment rate which would result in a 42-year rollover interval... [–] avs733 7y ago ↗ I believe it's one towel unit [–] nexuist 7y ago ↗ I remember reading about this in elementary school (in the 2000s). Glad I got to live to see it again, I guess...?
[–] zaroth 7y ago ↗ I’m trying to come up with a plausible bit width and increment rate which would result in a 42-year rollover interval... [–] avs733 7y ago ↗ I believe it's one towel unit
[–] nexuist 7y ago ↗ I remember reading about this in elementary school (in the 2000s). Glad I got to live to see it again, I guess...?
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[ 4.3 ms ] story [ 67.9 ms ] threadGood time to check your flashlight batteries and your go-pack.