• @Sanctus
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    441 month ago

    I’m sorry, bud. But our expiration date is 2039.

        • @psud
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          01 month ago

          Do you have any 32 bit computers anymore? Any running important stuff that needs good dates?

          • @[email protected]
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            61 month ago

            Lots of embedded systems and infrastructure. But yeah, nothing important like your porn watching device.

            • @psud
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              01 month ago

              And as long as they get updated, it’ll be fine. Probably cheaper than Y2K. Note that medical and industrial control stuff generally doesn’t care about the date

          • @[email protected]
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            030 days ago

            It’s not about having accurate dates, it’s about how unix time is used in programming. For some systems that reference unix time for essential calculations, that value rolling over and overflowing would cause catastrophic problems

            • @psud
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              130 days ago

              Sure but that means a workaround for machines affected, but not needing correct dates could be to set their clocks to midnight Jan 1 1970 and have another 65 years to sort it out

              Anyway, the biggest problem will be embedded systems, including many household and business smart devices. Several I have are definitely 32 bit machines and might use 32 bit time precise to the second. Some I don’t know. I have no idea what processor my TV uses

      • @Zangoose
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        131 month ago

        The year after epoch overflows?

        • @psud
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          11 month ago

          On 32 bit computers