Can someone explain this whole Unix/timestamp thing? How is Unix

>>61369430
Simple. Unix, under the hood, uses a timestamp which counts the seconds since some arbitrary day in the 1980s (presumably when the first Unix server turned on). Everyone got excited because it ticked over to fifteen bajillion seconds.

>>61369430
Unix time is used for 4chan meme image names

>>61370079
Oh, really? I thought it was sequential.

>>61370125
I did too until recently

>>61370125
It's the reason why we have that bug that can sometimes replace your image with another poster's image. This can lead to hilarious results.

>>61370483
>>61369798
Thanks, I get it now.

Thank you /g/!