[gosxmwtf] Factoring time

while true ; do factor `date +%s` ; sleep 1 ; done

Art highlighting the seemingly random structure of consecutive numbers.

This one counts the seconds in the epoch of Julian days, assuming an offset of 2440587.5 days.

while true ; do factor $(expr $(date +%s) + 210866760000) ; sleep 1 ; done

This polls the system clock 20 times a second to avoid skipping a beat.

p=0 ; while true ; do sleep 0.05 ; t=$(date +%s) ; if [ $t -gt $p ] ; then factor $t ; p=$t ; fi ; done