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New Zealand fuel stations, nationwide outages, leap year glitch in software
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- BobbyTables2 3y ago[flagged]
- KiwiJohnno 3y agoFor further context on this story which is not really given as this is a local news outlet a lot (maybe 50%+ ?) of all fuel stations in NZ are completely unmanned. You authenticate your card or phone at a terminal, select the pump and then that pump is unlocked and you fill up. There are no attendants to assist you or accept payment.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoIf it were London, they would be card skimmed and gas siphoned blind. I guess the isolated and smaller population of NZ leads to inherently fewer problems and perhaps more trust.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoInterestingly most places do not accept PayWave / Contactless which would be more skim-proof and more theft-proof secure when paying by phone. Also magnetic strip use basically non-existent. Pretty sure local banks would block it immediately.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoThe evening of January 18, 2038 will be a breath-holding event for most.
- bilekas 3y agoThis could really use some technical info on how exactly a leap year caused such a mess? I haven't heard of it before but I haven't been looking I guess...
- landgenoot 3y agoSomeone did not use the datetime library and implemented something by themselves.
- hyperborean 3y agoIf this is already causing glitches, imagine what would happen in year 2100.