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[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 248 points 2 years ago

Similar with Y2K


it was only a nothingburger because it was taken seriously, and funded well. But the narrative is sometimes, "yeah lol it was a dud."

[-] FractalsInfinite@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago

The question is, what will happen in 2038 when y2k happens again due to an integer overflow? People are already sounding the alarm but who knows if people will fix all of the systems before it hits.

[-] zik@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's already been addressed in Linux - not sure about other OSes. They doubled the size of time data so now you can keep using it until after the heat death of the universe. If you're around then.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 42 points 2 years ago

Finally it'd be the year of desktop linux with all the windows users die off

[-] Towerofpain11@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

This is the funniest comment I have ever read here. Thank you.

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