3 ms·
Youtube's view counter for Gagnam Style had a similar issue a few years ago. That time, it was a funny problem to have; with stock price reporting, not so much
by tedchs 5y ago
Youtube's view counter for Gagnam Style had a similar issue a few years ago. That time, it was a funny problem to have; with stock price reporting, not so much.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/gangnam-style-overflows-int_max-forces-youtube-to-go-64-bit/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/gangn...
- _trampeltier 5y agoYTs counter had was even signed. So the first dirty fix was very easy, because there was an unused bit. This is different, because all bits are used in the stock price, so no easy dirty fix.