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Re:Hexadecimal clock counting down to 2038 problem by dralley on Sunday September 17, 2023 @10:14PM (#37551441)
This is what happens when tech companies start looking down on anyone over the age of 30.
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Re:Hexadecimal clock counting down to 2038 problem by oh_sigh on Monday September 18, 2023 @12:00AM (#37552081)
Do people under 30 care about an extra 2 bytes in a date object?
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Re:Hexadecimal clock counting down to 2038 problem by numlock86 on Monday September 18, 2023 @12:31AM (#37552257)
Probably, as a lot of people from the current TikTok generation might lack the attention span to read more than two digits, or rather four digits till the end. Embedding some random game's gameplay and audio into your financial export to keep them engaged would increase the size by a couple of magnitudes, too.
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Re:Hexadecimal clock counting down to 2038 problem by Phrenzy on Monday September 18, 2023 @10:28AM (#37556585)
"There are 5 differences between these two spreadsheets. Can you find them all?"
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