Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

This is a terrifying reminder of the shortness of our lives. I remember reading a blog by Tim Urban, where he showed that you could put all the weeks in your life on a single piece of A4 paper, and it didn’t feel nice.


https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html


Rare win for not being able to connect to my home printer.


Funny fact: clocks used to feature "Una ex his" (for "Una ex his erit tibi ultima") in order to maximize this "terrifying reminder" effect


> Una ex his erit tibi ultima

For those who don't speak fluent Latin, that means "one of those will be your last". Ominous reminder indeed.


Well, I saw it in the opposite way. Author has done a lot of things between his age and mine. So many new things for me to discover.


Her




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: