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The world is not ready for the "Epochalypse", let's see what will collapse first, our civilization or our computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_pro
by Kukumber 4y ago
The world is not ready for the "Epochalypse", let's see what will collapse first, our civilization or our computers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
- thedg 4y agoTIL
- nl 4y agoThe world is mostly ready for the 2038 problem because we have mostly transitioned to 64bit machines where it isn't a problem.
- ozarker 4y agoThere’s a lot of 32bit machines still around. There’s going to be a lot of problems in a lot of unexpected places
- serf 4y agoY2K bug affected a lot of machines, yet the fear of the impact beforehand had a larger effect on society-at-large than any of the software consequences during the event.
- actionfromafar 4y agoIndeed, but so very few things were automated back then compared to now.
- throwaway-blaze 4y agoSure, but we got thru y2k pretty unscathed. You don't think we can patch all the critical things in the next 15 years?
- actionfromafar 4y agoTell that to all IoT things and PLCs out there. The *D* in IoT stands for Date.
- Kukumber 4y agohttps://github.com/search?q=%22%28int%29+System.currentTimeMillis%28%29%22&type=code https://github.com/search?q=%22%28int%29+System.currentTimeM...
- msikora 4y agoMaybe just in time to miraculously stop the malicious AI from taking over the world?