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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/112348062964008948">Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 00:27:06 JST</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" title="cstross@wandering.shop"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/35284-48-20230405092346.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Charlie Stross" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Charlie Stross</a></section><article><p>This is not a software glitch, it's the Y1C problem: old mainframes were so storage-constrained that they only allocated two decimal digits for passenger age, and adding another digit would mean rewriting software that in some cases has been in use and constantly patched since the late 1950s.<br><a href="https://press.coop/@BBCNews/112345996328670433" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://press.coop/@BBCNews/112345996328670433</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3007705#notice-5972542">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-04-29T00:27:06+09:00" title="Monday, 29-Apr-2024 00:27:06 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/112348062964008948" rel="external" title="Sent from wandering.shop via ActivityPub">wandering.shop</a></span></span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/112348062964008948">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com</div><h5><a href="https://press.coop/@BBCNews/112345996328670433">BBC News (UK) :press: (@BBCNews@press.coop)</a></h5><div> from <span>BBC News (UK) :press:</span></div></header><div>Attached: 1 imageAirline keeps mistaking 101-year-old woman for babyAn IT glitch leaves the cabin crew expecting to welcome a baby on board rather than a centenarian. #presshttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo?utm_source=press.coop</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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This is not a software glitch, it's the Y1C problem: old mainframes were so storage-constrained that they only allocated two decimal digits for passenger age, and adding another digit would mean rewriting software that in some cases has been in use and constantly patched since the late 1950s.
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  Attached: 1 image Airline keeps mistaking 101-year-old woman for baby An IT glitch leaves the cabin crew expecting to welcome a baby on board rather than a centenarian. #press https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo?utm_source=press.coop

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