Storing the date as offset in seconds from 1970 in 64bit should last to about the end of the universe, after that it’s not my problem.

See Calculating Heavenly Chips

The first HC “Costs” 1³=1 trillion cookies. The second one costs 2³=8 trillion. The third costs 3³=27 trillion, etc.

All these sites ate the onion for the gag name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_payment_certificate

Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War – from 1946 until 1973.

Type: Series 591

Denomination: One Dollar

Number of Notes Printed: 10,080,000

First Issued: May 26, 1961

Redeemed: January 6, 1964

Value In Very Low Grades: $5

Value In Perfect Condition: $200

Because of this the reaction will not work outside of carefully controlled laboratory conditions, ruling out apocalyptic scenarios where the process runs away and destroys all available DNA by building versions of itself with it.

This isn’t something that’s taking over the world just yet

So there’s always that kind of uncertainty; you think you can build safeguards in, but they’re not necessarily a guarantee that it will be safe

Very reassuring, nothing to worry about