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  • 32 bit computers can handle 64 bit timestamps, it’s just a matter of defining time_t to be 32 or 64 bits at compile time. The compiler will deal with all the mess of splitting the 64 bit value up to calculate on the smaller registers in 32 bit architectures, just like any other variable defined as int_64.

    Linux kernels have had support for 64 bit time on 32 bit systems since version 5.something, so generally speaking there’ll still be retro 32 bit hardware running past 2038 just fine.







  • Having said that , there is about a thousand watts per square metre of insolation coming in from the Sun on the exterior of the craft, just like there is here on the ground on Earth.

    I guess the Apollo designers figured it was easier to insulate and heat the cabin than absorb heat and then try and cool it.