Tell HN: Hacker News datetimes are falsely precise
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I just noticed that the datetime for comments and submissions is weirdly precise. Apparently all comments happen exactly on the second, to the microsecond!
e.g. here is one from a few minutes ago: 2026-09-10T14:50:13.000000Z
This is a clear example of false precision:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_precision
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