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The universe started in 1970. Anyone claiming to be over 38 is lying about their age.

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[Cueball sits at a computer, staring at the screen and rubbing his chin in thought. A friend stands behind him.]
Cueball: Weird — My code’s crashing when given pre-1970 dates.
Friend [pointing at Cueball and his computer]: Epoch fail!

  • Arghblarg
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    11 months ago

    Can confirm. I can’t give details, but … yeah. Had to file a card just last month about a uint32_t UTC time value being used in a device-to-cloud message where it will definitely need to be upgraded to a uint64_t before good ol’ 2038 comes …