chillin Dec 27, 2022
Ed Bott
Our mistake was turning them back on.
Dec 27, 2022 at 1:45pmWeb
Show threadStuart Celarier ❌👑Dec 27, 2022
@edbott Wait, they had computers at the end of the first century?
Show threadEd BottDec 27, 2022
@VisualStuart The integrated circuits were etched with cuneiform styli, so they were a little slow.
Show threadJustin DearingDec 27, 2022
@edbott @VisualStuart mostly because of the bad copper delivery
Show threadMOVED TO [email protected]Dec 27, 2022
@zippy1981 @edbott @VisualStuart Deep cut!
Show threadEel-on-MolluskDec 28, 2022
@zippy1981 @edbott @VisualStuart this is all Ea-Nasir's fault, really.
Show threadWayne DixonDec 27, 2022
@edbott I would try to argue with this, but you’re right it ended up being a mistake to turn them back on.
Show threadchillin Dec 27, 2022
@edbott I remember. We were at a party and all waited for the city to go dark at midnight.
Show threadIrving's ZooDec 27, 2022
@edbott I really wanted Con-Ed to shut everything off at midnight for about 5-10 seconds, then turn it all back on and say "Just kidding."
Show threadAlexander K.Dec 27, 2022
@Irvings_Zoo @edbott It would have been this guy.
Show threadsukima Dec 27, 2022
@edbott Wait! what I supposed to do that?! Oh man that explains the past 20+ years. Crap!
Show threadpositron 🖖Dec 27, 2022
@edbott Ah yes, I still remember being a SysAdmin and avoiding champagne until I could remote in at 12:01 and make sure everything still worked.
Show threadPNW DebDec 27, 2022
@edbott I remember being terrified I would lose all my data.
Show threadNick KrichevskyDec 27, 2022
@edbott had these made up a couple years ago
Show threadeons Luna (Eonity)Dec 27, 2022
@ollien @edbott ah yes, the Year 2038 Problem.
Show threadLaukidhDec 27, 2022

@edbott @eonity @ollien for those unaware, it’s the 32 bit Unix Epoch rollover date

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia

Show threadWalkingSueDec 27, 2022
@ollien @edbott I have to say I don’t understand this. Can someone help enlighten me so I can be cool? Please pretty please?
Show threadTransitBikerDec 28, 2022
@walkingsue @ollien @edbott seconded.
Show threadDavid PDec 27, 2022
@ollien @edbott WHERE CAN I BUY ONE!?
Show threadSupervisor:~$ Dec 27, 2022
@ollien @edbott wait why?
Show threadFrancis 🏴‍☠️ GulottaDec 27, 2022
@ollien @edbott 🧑‍🍳
Show threadAdrian CockcroftDec 27, 2022
@ollien @edbott you can also join the End Of Unix Time event on Facebook, (if you use Facebook). I’m expecting a few of us to be called out of our elderly rest homes in 2038 to see if we remember how to do things with SunOS4 or whatever.
Show threadDavid Cantrell 🏏Dec 28, 2022
@adrianco @ollien @edbott there’s bound to be an old Sun IPC running DNS in the radioactive wasteland!
Show threadDaniel Howard 🌻Dec 27, 2022
@ollien @edbott My computers had no trouble in 1938.
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Dec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott @ed1conf Yep 1st of the 19th month 38. year - not ambiguous at all.
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Dec 28, 2022

@ollien @edbott
@ed1conf

ugh. What time zone? And none of that EDT EST PST PDT stuff. Offset from GMT or better yet, express it in Z. Date/time/zone rules are pain in the arse for software developers, best use one rule for them all : Zulu (btw cool Michael Caine film)

Show threaded(1) conferenceDec 28, 2022
@sirwumpus @ollien @edbott
A few minutes of 'shopping and here ya go:
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Dec 28, 2022

@ed1conf @ollien @edbott

If I could get a gaming laptop that functions that long, I might actually defy my own death just to keep playing. (Won't pay for the extra warranty though.)

Show threaded(1) conferenceDec 28, 2022
@sirwumpus
My oldest still-functioning hardware is a 2001-era laptop (running OpenBSD 7.2), so I don't think I have anything sufficiently vintage to have experienced both time-hiccups.
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Dec 28, 2022
@ed1conf I think any CP/M system would have the same issue since it used the same epoch as I recall. Any system from that era probably does- OS/2, AmigaOS, AtariST (TOS/GEM), FreeDOS, etc. In the name of compatible file transfers, archives, databases, etc. Not sure if simply enlarging timestamps from 32 to 64 bit will suffice backwards support.
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Dec 28, 2022

@ed1conf @ollien @edbott

Can I get one for Radio Shack / Tandy and the TRS-80? I know some collectors ;-)

Show threadembixDec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott There is a reason Detroit: Become Human is set in 2038.
Show threaddr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧Dec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott but my uptime!
Show threadThe DoctorDec 28, 2022
@ollien @[email protected] I would love to trade for a couple of these stickers.
Show threadDebbyDec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott
I'm not sure if this is a coincidence 😂 but for comparison, the sticker version from the 90's https://defcon.social/@jaylee/109585884809769620
Show threadMatthew FlintDec 28, 2022
@ollien
I love your use of a 2-digit year there, given how problematic they were for Y2K!
Show thread🦊.rawr => lambda yip: yap(yip)Dec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott Oh dang that's better than the version I sell on redbubble. I was lazy and used Courier
Show threadJamesTDGDec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott this would be a funny sticker to have on ALL of my electronics
Show threadRyan BarrettDec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott Windows will have the last laugh 🙈
Show threadbarstewardDec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott Nice, but a shame you didn’t use ISO 8601 date format.
Show threadleyrerDec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott mind to share the file for it? ;)
Show threadBenjamin Sonntag-King 🐙Dec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott
Using an american-style date (whose order is... something)
is making this ironically both funny and sad :)
Show threadrumiDec 28, 2022
@ollien @edbott i dont think i will need to do it
Show threadShoq 🌿Dec 27, 2022
@edbott I guess it's probably too late. Another missed opportunity for humanity. Dangit!
Show threadWalkingSueDec 27, 2022
@edbott I ❤️ technology. I LOVE the internet. I ❤️ reading Wikipedia bios of actors while streaming films. But I have to agree with you. We have no more patience. My memory is shot. And why on earth am I on wiki while watching a movie in the first place? People pick what to read and believe in info that are not fact-checked. Maybe should have left the computers on but shut down the internet? I’ll be very sad but in 1999 I only used it for eBay and yahoo mail anyway.
Show threadJosh Dec 27, 2022
@edbott they warned us!
Show threadPensive™️Dec 27, 2022
@edbott
Hey, that fear got me a better IT job that I kept got 20 years.
Show threadDustDevilDec 27, 2022
@edbott I envy the Zoomers that weren’t alive for the Y2K hysteria
Show threadStefan SchollDec 27, 2022
@DustDevil @edbott They don't believe that there even was a problem and won't prepare for 2038.
Show threadD3xbotDec 27, 2022

@edbott I’ve got one of these for my Linux box. Computers sure are fun but I do think, sometimes, that we weren’t ready for personal computers…

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Show threadRocky 💜💙Dec 27, 2022

@edbott

We pretty much thought our computers would explode (that is what they were trying to makes us believe) and here we are all these years later... who knew what our society would become 😂 🤷

Show threadFreakinboxDec 27, 2022

@edbott Without the internet covid would have been allowed to rip in 2020 and millions more would have died.

This is like hating the coffee shops that brought about revolutions in the past

or saying us making books was a bad idea.

Or trying to blame TV when it was the individual who decided to watch reality tv instead of discovery channel.. so now discovery channel is reality tv so it can pay the bills.

Show threadEd BottDec 27, 2022

@freakinbox You realize you're arguing over a goddamn joke, right?

Jeez. I respectfully ask that you get a grip.

Show threadFreakinboxDec 27, 2022

@edbott This isn't an argument. it's me stating you are pushing ignorance using factual information. There was nothing for you to argue with me here. Just information for you to accept.

The thing here is that your response supports exactly why I did it.

Respectfully I would ask that you not spread nonsense and call it "jokes" :)

I'm sorry facts offended you so much

Show threadEd BottDec 27, 2022

@freakinbox I'm not "pushing ignorance." I'm making a fucking joke.

Go away.

Show threadGodzilla_KOM🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈Dec 27, 2022
@edbott Y2K.
Show threadDralagar GeorgeDec 27, 2022

@edbott this is yet another mistake, when guys here struggle to pay off their bills, the only way to stabilize is to a have a night shift freelance on your PC.

Let the mistakes continue until there's no more reason to make a mistake .

Show threadAdrian MoralesDec 27, 2022
@edbott Computers, and technology in general, aren't a bad thing. It's how they're used that's bad, same with any man-made tool.
Show threadEd BottDec 27, 2022
@adrianmorales You realize I was making a joke, right?
Show threadAdrian MoralesDec 27, 2022
@edbott Were you? I see. Good to know.