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Dylan16807yesterday at 5:55 AM1 replyview on HN

On the one hand, some sloppy GPS units fail on a 20 year schedule. On the other hand, a bunch of things using NTP are going to fail in about ten years. (2036 rather than 2038 because reasons)


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ssl-3yesterday at 6:09 AM

Yeah, good point.

If I ever get the chance, I'll try to remember to tell the 1995 version of me to watch out for that pesky overflow bug that they might experience with NTP -- two score and 1 year in their future.