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It finally happened. Psy's K-pop song "Gangnam Style" just broke YouTube's view counter. YouTube had to acknowledge that a 32-bit integer wasn't enough, and to mark the occasion, at least for right now if you hover your mouse pointer over the view count, YT set up a little effect to cause the number to start wildly overflowing.

Interesting to see a large company such as YT talking so openly to their worldwide userbase in computer science terms. I guess it really shows how the world is changing.

Well I can't see why that's suprising... What would they say? "It broke because stuff?"...

Great Accomplishment

vitinho444 wrote:Well I can't see why that's suprising... What would they say? "It broke because stuff?"...

Great Accomplishment

They could have easily said "The system wasn't designed to display such a large number, but we fixed it".

My surprise is in the actual use of CS terms to the general public. I didn't know enough people even knew the difference between a 32 and 64-bit integer lol.

Oh that right

Well I guess it will happen to us making mysql browser game databases when using ID with INT size (11 digits) and ending up having a huge game full of users

Imagine how the internet will be in 2050... It will be so huge, and I bet darknet will blend in or the surface-net blend out.

The most insane thing here is how something so stupid could get so many hits. Oh the world has gone off the deep end.

hallsofvallhalla wrote:The most insane thing here is how something so stupid could get so many hits. Oh the world has gone off the deep end.

Well imagine a funny cat video, why would you hate it crossing the 1billion edge? It's a funny cat video... people seem to like it...

My daughter watches cat videos. I do not. I am an adult that does adult things like kick cats. Not watch them fall off of a table.





This is intended as a joke. I do not kick cats......I just punch them

hallsofvallhalla wrote:My daughter watches cat videos. I do not. I am an adult that does adult things like kick cats. Not watch them fall off of a table.





This is intended as a joke. I do not kick cats......I just punch them

Ohhhhh How can you punch such cute animal? I get it if you want to punch a freaking mosquito because those assholes don't deserve to live... but a cat ?... It's like a punching a more-asshole version of a dog

Off topic but I always wondered how it is legal to catch a fish by a sharp hook and drag it around yet you cannot do it to a dog or cat. Who says it is different? Who makes that decision?

I guess it's a matter of society morals. In China you eat dog and cat normally and in western society that's not accepted...