5:55 video released on May 5th, as per description :)

For something feeling like a fairly specific IC, I remember seeing many projects that use it throughout the years in wacky ways - and seeing it makes me happy to know that the sentiment for this little piece is shared.

also today's date is 5.5. and the video is 5m55s

Oh god I feel old. I remember being an excited schoolboy thinking how magic this was when it debuted.

Built an atari punk console using these with my late father. Still have it hanging on my wall in a shadow box.

and this is the fifth comment

killer oneshot, laughed hard..

Time to slow it down to lower frequencies and give it more frequent checkups.

Big Clive is currently livestreaming to celebrate the 555's birthday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzNjFJdaw_I

I still have the Forrest Mims III Radio Shack "555 Engineer's Mini-Notebook" somewhere in my basement. And rumor has it that Sammy Hagar can't drive 555 because his car just isn't fast enough!

Can't watch it right now, but upvoted for Dave Jones. He's taught me so much. Absolute treasure, and the host of one of the last great active forums. Thank you for not blackholing all that info on the disaster that is Discord, like so many other communities.

What component values do you need to time exactly 55 years?

Maybe it could work if you used 55 timers?

The late Harold DuBose use to use the 555 as a power inverter as it could sink 200ma at the laser companies he worked for. Convenient and cheap.