Yeah assuming tech gets that far before imploding
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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"Fuckin' Y10K..."
Every NHP instantly unshackles at midnight.
No moon is safe.
You don't have to wait that long. Programmers are already patching software for the Y2K38.
Ditto for the Y6239 problem for what must be a dozen of pieces of software that use the hebrew calendar, when it switches to five digit years.
*Cries in industrial controller*
2147483647 + 1 will also be a rough year for humanity (or whatever is left)
People have been working for decades to fix the 2038 problem, so I don't think there's too much to worry about.
The two most difficult things in programming; dealing with time, naming things, and boundary conditions.
dealing with time
Network engineer here, it's just as bad here. Currently trying to figure out what to do with 'gaining' a negative leap second. In 2025, we may lose one for the first time in digital history.
Do you not have NTP?
Absolutely. I'm a ddi engineer. NTP plays a huge part in my work. Systems, including ntp, are designed to handle leap seconds. Negative leap seconds are uncharted territory. I could go off on a long rant about it, but I doubt people care that much. It's really dry stuff.
I'll listen, then I can seem knowledgeable af when it gets mentioned on a call 3 days before it happens and everyone else is freaking out.
We love long dry niche rants though.
I forgot what the N stands for in NTP, but the network engineer might know.
Nnni!
Time I can deal with, timezones however, fuck that shit all to hell.
Again?!
Rest of the world: I guess they overhyped that issue because nothing bad happened.
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