The first release of the Basic programming language was on this date in 1964.
#Synchrotron control room, Yerevan
Physics Institute, Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia
In 1956, the Soviet physicist Artem Alikhanian began the development of the Armenian accelerator, known as #Arus. His aim was to construct the most powerful electron synchrotron in the world, capable of accelerating particles to nearly the speed of light around a closed loop.
East Asian languages count in ten-thousands, not thousands. So why do we still group digits by three? A proposal: 1,234,567,890 → 12_3456_7890.
Interdepartmental Training and Technology Centre for High-Voltage Pulse Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Kharkiv, Ukraine
The high-voltage hall has remained almost unchanged for a century. A Soviet-era mural depicts a hand grasping a lightning bolt.
Happy time_t 1777777777 to all who celebrate.
# date +'%F %r %Z = %s' 2026-05-02 08:09:37 PM PDT = 1777777777
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1,234,567,890を日本語で読むと「十二億三千四百五十六万七千八百九十」。なのにカンマは千の位。万進法の表記を提案します：12_3456_7890。
Happy #Unix time 1777777777! 🥳
1,234,567,890用中文读是「十二亿三千四百五十六万七千八百九十」，但逗号却打在千位上。我们提议用万进制表记：12_3456_7890。
1,234,567,890用中文讀是「十二億三千四百五十六萬七千八百九十」，但逗號卻打在千位上。我們提議用萬進制表記：12_3456_7890。
1,234,567,890—韓國語로는 「十二億 三千四百五十六萬 七千八百九十」인데, 쉼標는 왜 千 單位에 있을까요? 萬進法 表記를 提案합니다: 12_3456_7890.