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    8 months ago

    2038 is approaching super fast and nobody seems to care yet

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      8 months ago

      AfaIk that’s not entirely true, e.g. Debian is changing the system time from 32 bit integer to 64 bit. Thus I assume other distros do this as well. However, this does not help for industrial or IOT devices running deprecated Unix / Linux derivatives.

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        industrial or IOT devices running deprecated Unix / Linux derivatives

        This is my concern, all the embedded devices happily running in underground systems like pipes and cables. I assume there are at least a few which nobody even considered patching because they’ve “just worked” for decades!

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          Or like… PLANES! Some planes still update their firmware using floppy disks

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            They do at least get updates though, and they’re big enough that they don’t get forgotten!