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skywal_l 16 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years o...

Reminds me of Deepness in the Sky (Vernor Vinge) where a guy maintains a ship by doing software archeology. He is the only guy who knows what the Unix epoch is.

needusername 8 days ago [–]

Doesn‘t he hack the ship and confuse the Unix epoch with the moon landing?

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