Fuel suppliers Z Energy, Allied Petroleum and Gull said only staffed stations could process payments. Read more at straitstimes.com.
    • lowleveldata@programming.devEnglish
      44·
      9 个月前

      Don’t hate the player. Hate the organization that requires several levels of justification meetings and approvals for adding any 3rd party library.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    9 个月前

    All those Kiwis better make sure their gas tanks are full before Dec. 31st. Because if the software can’t handle February with 29 days, it probably ca t handle a year with 366 days either.

  • PapaStevesyEnglish
    242·
    9 个月前

    Why does the fuel pump need to know what date it is?

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      431·
      9 个月前

      So they can log how much is being used, track how old it is, etc.

      Why wouldn’t a company want to have the date alongside their inventory and sales.

      • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        182·
        9 个月前

        Cause the actual date doesn’t matter.

        You log epoch time, and convert as needed.

        Though the as-needed convert may be the issue.

      • PapaStevesyEnglish
        5·
        9 个月前

        Surely you can do all that without tying the functioning of the entire pumping system directly to the time stamp though, right?

      • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
        15·
        9 个月前

        I’m not sure I want a system which rolled their own date handling holding my credit card details. Wanna bet they rolled their own crypto too?

        • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          9 个月前

          Well, I think it’s not about what we want at all. It’s about what they can get away with while not affecting the CEO’s compensation.

          We’re just the livestock they harvest money from.

  • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    9 个月前

    Was this just cos they cross the date line first and thus the bug was fixed before anyone else had to deal with it. Plus laughs in australian