@fne8w2ah to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agoLeap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square17arrow-up1190arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: world
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkLeap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.com@fne8w2ah to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square17file-textcross-posted to: world
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•7 months agoWhy does the fuel pump need to know what date it is?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish43•edit-27 months agoSo they can log how much is being used, track how old it is, etc. Why wouldn’t a company want to have the date alongside their inventory and sales.
minus-square@mipadaitulinkEnglish16•7 months agoCause the actual date doesn’t matter. You log epoch time, and convert as needed. Though the as-needed convert may be the issue.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoSurely you can do all that without tying the functioning of the entire pumping system directly to the time stamp though, right?
minus-square@NABDadlinkEnglish24•7 months agoAccording to the article, it’s the payment processing system.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•7 months agoI’m not sure I want a system which rolled their own date handling holding my credit card details. Wanna bet they rolled their own crypto too?
minus-square@NABDadlinkEnglish8•7 months agoWell, I think it’s not about what we want at all. It’s about what they can get away with while not affecting the CEO’s compensation. We’re just the livestock they harvest money from.
Why does the fuel pump need to know what date it is?
So they can log how much is being used, track how old it is, etc.
Why wouldn’t a company want to have the date alongside their inventory and sales.
Cause the actual date doesn’t matter.
You log epoch time, and convert as needed.
Though the as-needed convert may be the issue.
Surely you can do all that without tying the functioning of the entire pumping system directly to the time stamp though, right?
According to the article, it’s the payment processing system.
I’m not sure I want a system which rolled their own date handling holding my credit card details. Wanna bet they rolled their own crypto too?
Well, I think it’s not about what we want at all. It’s about what they can get away with while not affecting the CEO’s compensation.
We’re just the livestock they harvest money from.