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		throw-qqqqq 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poor man's bitemporal data system in SQLite and Cl... > as a momento FWIW I think you’re thinking of “memento” `an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.`

tmzt 12 days ago [–]

Oddly it works as a neologism as well. "moment" conveying that it was short-lived or fleeting.

A memory or artifact of a short period of time.

throw-qqqqq 11 days ago | [–]

> Oddly it works as a neologism as well

TIL, thank you :)

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