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When Epoch Time Meets Political Commentary
Programming Debugging Databases
5 days ago 56.5K views 0 shares
When Epoch Time Meets Political Commentary
This is a masterclass in legacy systems biting back! The tweet explains how Social Security runs on COBOL (a programming language from the 1950s) where dates are stored using the ISO 8601 standard with an epoch starting 150 years ago (1875). So when a date is unknown, it defaults to zero, which COBOL interprets as 1875. The humor comes from Donald Trump Jr. misinterpreting Elon Musk's comment about this technical quirk as evidence of "150-year-old people collecting Social Security" – when it's actually just a database returning default epoch values! It's the perfect intersection of ancient programming languages, government systems that never get updated, and non-technical people drawing wild conclusions. Mainframe programmers are cackling while pouring another cup of coffee right now.

Unix Time Stamp Memes Be Like
Linux Devops Bash Programming Backend
29 days ago 77.7K views 0 shares
Unix Time Stamp Memes Be Like
This meme hits the sweet spot of programmer inside jokes. The Unix timestamp 1720619723 converts to July 10, 2024, 4:15:23 PM GMT. Only true backend nerds would get the joke without converting it first! It's like the frog is saying "Hey fellow programmers, check the current time" but in the most unnecessarily complex way possible. Classic programmer flex - using epoch time instead of just saying the date like a normal human being. The chubby frog's deadpan expression perfectly captures how programmers drop these technical references and expect everyone to understand.