ilex@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago*****'s API change talk feels similar to the Y2K scare.message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-square*****'s API change talk feels similar to the Y2K scare.ilex@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYeah good explanation. I was too young to had any further knowledge about this issue way back and only saw it manifesting when I had to adjust my windows 95 clock :)
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNext doom and gloom scenario is 2038, when poorly maintained *nix systems will think it’s Jan 1st, 1970. I’ll be pushing 68. Hopefully retired or dead by then. … I’ll probably still be working, though…
minus-squarevisor841@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoEh, it only being an issue for 32-bit systems will hopefully help. But of course somebody will still be running that in 15 years.
Yeah good explanation. I was too young to had any further knowledge about this issue way back and only saw it manifesting when I had to adjust my windows 95 clock :)
Next doom and gloom scenario is 2038, when poorly maintained *nix systems will think it’s Jan 1st, 1970.
I’ll be pushing 68. Hopefully retired or dead by then.
… I’ll probably still be working, though…
Eh, it only being an issue for 32-bit systems will hopefully help. But of course somebody will still be running that in 15 years.