// started, the number of seconds since that time could easily become so large
// that it cannot be accurately stored in a float (even with as little two days
// uptime), therefore we need to start from a more recent reference (when the
// started, the number of seconds since that time could easily become so large
// that it cannot be accurately stored in a float (even with as little two days
// uptime), therefore we need to start from a more recent reference (when the