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Somehow landed on the NetBSD manpage of sleep(1) and they seem to have a rather unique take on what is considered a bug.

Bugs:
This sleep command cannot  handle requests for durations much longer than about 250 billion years. Any such attempt will result in an error, and  immediate termination. It is	suggested that when there is a need for sleeps exceeding this period, the sleep	command be executed in a loop, with each individual sleep invocation limited  to 200 billion years approximately.

@ayke Wow the NetBSD folks must have some kinda seriously industrial grade hardware to be able to run so long :p
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@argv_minus_one @Ea5iyl @ayke arguably the assumed intent should be that the computer should sleep precisely until it crumbles to dust

@ayke i think such a computer would need to use a red dwarf as a power source. That's the only source of energy i can think of that would last that long (our sun won't get anywhere close)

@azonenberg @ayke If we find a reliable energy source, I am happy to donate my Sun Ultra 5 for an extended test, or would that already qualify as an art installation?