+// Since the monotonic clock will provide us with the timer since the computer
+// 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
+// update), therefore we need to start from a more recent reference (when the
+// program starts). Of course this isn't much of an issue if scalar is a
+// double-precious number.
+
+static time_t setReference()