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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 19:49:19 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Oh boy here we go again with 32 bit signed int time_t problem. This is a real problem. Unix is embedded in lots of stuff that doesn't update. We will have real issues with those systems

   • Dave (sudoaptgetlife@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 19:54:12 JST Dave

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     @nixCraft Yeah but that's a problem for 1901 me, I'll deal with it then..

   • André van Schoubroeck (grombeestje@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 20:06:28 JST André van Schoubroeck

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     @nixCraft Civilisation collapsing in the background, how romantic.

   • Freevolt (freevolt24@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 20:24:05 JST Freevolt

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     @nixCraft Just realizing that it can be more detrimental than Y2K because practically no important computer stored the year only by the two ending digits but most *nix computers instead do store years using UNIX time. Also realizing that it'll draw less media attention regardless because it requires one step more to understand it (and it's less dramatic than 2000).

   • NumbersCanBeFun (numberz@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 21:12:46 JST NumbersCanBeFun

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     @nixCraft call me when it starts setting making airplanes start falling from the sky and nuclear power plants start melting down 🤣

     You know I was super freaked out as a kid because everyone was so whipped up into a frenzy about Y2K. I’m not trying to downplay the seriousness of the issue but let’s try not to let our imagination run away with us this time around 😅

   • Weasel (weaselx86@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 02:18:51 JST Weasel

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     @nixCraft
     time_t has been long for over a billion seconds. How many systems do you think will be affected?

   • AlienHunter3010 (alienhunter3010@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 06:50:26 JST AlienHunter3010

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     @nixCraft also 'cause: everything has a beginning... has a PID