2050 Holy mola. Spain's high child mortality rate for coronavirus was likely a software error caused by storing ages as two-digits. 100+ year olds were marked as toddlers. (twitter.com) posted 30 days ago by SophiesBoyfriend 30 days ago by SophiesBoyfriend +2050 / -0 80 comments share 80 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (80) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 4 ▼ – chicago_prisoner 4 points 30 days ago +4 / -0 Wait a minute. That means they stored it as a STRING (or text) data type instead of a SHORT. A short can go up to 255. What kind of idiots were programming this? permalink save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – JerrySmith74 2 points 29 days ago +2 / -0 Short is 16bits, 0-65535 or +-32767 if signed Byte is 8bits, 0-255 or +-128 if signed Either way there is absolutely no excuse. permalink parent save report block reply
Wait a minute. That means they stored it as a STRING (or text) data type instead of a SHORT. A short can go up to 255. What kind of idiots were programming this?
Short is 16bits, 0-65535 or +-32767 if signed Byte is 8bits, 0-255 or +-128 if signed
Either way there is absolutely no excuse.