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> 2024 - 942 = 1982 My math is rusty to be sure, but I'm pretty sure 2024 - 942 = 1082. In this case, I suppose the data entry error is that someone somewhere
by vsnf 3y ago
> 2024 - 942 = 1982
My math is rusty to be sure, but I'm pretty sure 2024 - 942 = 1082. In this case, I suppose the data entry error is that someone somewhere accidentally entered a birth year as 1082, instead of 1982, corrupting the 9 for a 0 because they can look similar when sloppily written and also because they are adjacent on a keyboard.
- rad_gruchalski 3y agoThe original problem being that it should have been 2024 - 42.
- dotancohen 3y agoYes, that is exactly the mistake that GP is elucidating.
- edvards 3y agoGP?
- whilenot-dev 3y agoGP = Grandparent / reference to the poster of the comment 2 levels above
- vsnf 3y agoYes, but it was unclear to me until I worked through it because op didn’t make it as obvious as it could have been. I figured if I was confused others might be too, so I typed it out explicitly.
- levidos 3y agoI did kept thinking too. Thanks for pointing it out.
- samus 3y agoMaybe 2024 - 1942?
- cyanydeez 3y agoor a bizarre Y2K problem
- radicalbyte 3y agoYeah you're right - I re-structured my post before hitting on "reply" and mangled what was originally something like this: 2024 - 942 = 1082 instead of 1982. (I also removed a detailed description of how these errors are usually caused by a mistype by those who do not use a keyboard with a number pad and by poor handwriting making 0 and 9 look similar.. but I cut that out as otherwise we're be here all day reading my rambling thoughts).