I recently came across an ad for a physical product that hangs on the wall. It features backlit buttons for each day of the year, allowing users to track daily habits by pressing the corresponding button and having it light up.
While this concept may provide a sense of satisfaction for some, I personally find a cloud-based spreadsheet much more practical. In fact, I quickly put together a similar system using Google Sheets.
Feel free to explore the idea and download a copy for yourself!
One day a few weeks ago, we were driving the Seward Highway and had to stop for a rock slide. I decided to take a picture and later I drew it in my sketchbook.
Just a quick sketch here. This winter, I watched this squirrel run back and forth across our fence in the back yard, getting peanuts from the neighbors’ yard to take back to her nest. She’s a hard worker!
Copy paste friendly:
from datetime import datetime
def extract_unix_timestamp(post_id):
# BigInt needed as we need to treat post_id as 64 bit decimal.
# Python uses arbitrary-precision integers, so no need for explicit BigInt.
as_binary = bin(int(post_id))[2:]
first_41_chars = as_binary[:41]
timestamp = int(first_41_chars, 2) / 1000
# Convert Unix timestamp to a readable format
readable_timestamp = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
return timestamp, readable_timestamp
# Example usage:
post_id = 7089460991175901184
timestamp, readable_timestamp = extract_unix_timestamp(post_id)
print(f"Unix Timestamp: {timestamp}")
print(f"Readable Timestamp: {readable_timestamp}")
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