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I know this isn't any kind of surprise, and yet, well...

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[-] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 18 points 9 months ago

Because of months of preparation. I know, I was doing it.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

And now that every time library has been updated, we're safe until our grandchildren reimplement those bugs in a language that has not yet been invented.

[-] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

I've already seen reimplementation of 2 digit dates here and there.

[-] JustCopyingOthers@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I went to uni in the mid 90s when Y2K prep was all the rage, went back to do another degree 20 years later. It was interesting to see the graffiti in the CS toilets. Two digits up to about 1996, four digits for a decade, then back to two.

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