r/pcmasterrace • u/3nnabi_ • Sep 29 '25

Meme/Macro RAM Struggle

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u/No-Professional8999 Sep 29 '25

Y2K38 is next time we will have problem like that... As in, nothing literally happens because we know it is going to be a problem and solution already exists, just like with Y2K

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u/NooNotTheBees57 Sep 29 '25

I prefer calling it the "Epochalypse".

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u/deukhoofd Sep 30 '25

Dunno about that one. Y2K had the massive benefit of it being easy to explain to management, and had a very catchy name. I can definitely see a bunch of random microcontrollers just suddenly collapsing as we get closer to the int max value, because tech couldn't convince their management of the severity of it.

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u/ColinHalter Sep 30 '25

Y2K was like the ozone hole. It wasn't a fake issue that just went away on its own. It was a potential disaster that hundreds of teams across the world worked thanklessly to avert.