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lpghatguy
on Dec 29, 2021
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Glibc is still not Y2038 compliant by default
2^64 seconds is 584.9 billion years. I think it's pretty safe to kick the can nearly 600 billion years down the road.
masklinn
on Dec 29, 2021
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It's signed so only 2^63-1s, or 292 billion years.
'bout the same as tomorrow really, better do nothing, for in the end all is dust.
jandrese
on Dec 29, 2021
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In retrospect we should have made it unsigned, but set the epoch at the Big Bang.
drran
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2^63 is just 292 billion years. Beware.
mlyle
on Dec 29, 2021
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~1/4th to 1/40th the length of time where star formation will still be possible. Woefully insufficient.
mjevans
on Dec 29, 2021
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Ruler of great size, less useful when measured aspects are a pile of disconnected threads rather than a canvas that is mostly shared and mostly distorted the same way.
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