Mike Ritland

what matters, what doesn't, and it's almost like a thinking prompt for people. It's like, nobody does it, start doing it. This was also, I think it was formed shortly after the Y2K bug, which was hilarious because computers started, a lot of the systems at the time were kind of birthed in the 70s, and they had two digits for the year, right? Like the last two. So, you know, 78, 79, you know.

Eventually, what happens when you get to 99 and it rolls over to 00? Is that 1900? Is that 2000? I don't know. Neither did the computers, right? But people were only thinking, you know, a couple decades. That's enough. Somebody's going to rewrite my software. No, we're still using that software today. So that's where the Y2K bug came from.

Eventually, what happens when you get to 99 and it rolls over to 00? Is that 1900? Is that 2000? I don't know. Neither did the computers, right? But people were only thinking, you know, a couple decades. That's enough. Somebody's going to rewrite my software. No, we're still using that software today. So that's where the Y2K bug came from.

Eventually, what happens when you get to 99 and it rolls over to 00? Is that 1900? Is that 2000? I don't know. Neither did the computers, right? But people were only thinking, you know, a couple decades. That's enough. Somebody's going to rewrite my software. No, we're still using that software today. So that's where the Y2K bug came from.

And it's like, cool, you needed to at least think, you know, that was in your scale. So you can have four digits of space for your ears. That was the entire Y2K bug. But I believe that was kind of around the same time that... Okay, 1,000 years. What about 10,000? It's probably where that came from.

And it's like, cool, you needed to at least think, you know, that was in your scale. So you can have four digits of space for your ears. That was the entire Y2K bug. But I believe that was kind of around the same time that... Okay, 1,000 years. What about 10,000? It's probably where that came from.

And it's like, cool, you needed to at least think, you know, that was in your scale. So you can have four digits of space for your ears. That was the entire Y2K bug. But I believe that was kind of around the same time that... Okay, 1,000 years. What about 10,000? It's probably where that came from.

The mountain, I think, is to keep it safe. They have to, like, keeping time for that period of time, like, you can't use any other timekeeping system. Like, you know, atomic clocks and stuff like that aren't accurate over that time span. So you have to account for like orbit variation, shift in the poles of the Earth and all of these other things.

The mountain, I think, is to keep it safe. They have to, like, keeping time for that period of time, like, you can't use any other timekeeping system. Like, you know, atomic clocks and stuff like that aren't accurate over that time span. So you have to account for like orbit variation, shift in the poles of the Earth and all of these other things.

The mountain, I think, is to keep it safe. They have to, like, keeping time for that period of time, like, you can't use any other timekeeping system. Like, you know, atomic clocks and stuff like that aren't accurate over that time span. So you have to account for like orbit variation, shift in the poles of the Earth and all of these other things.

Like they have a whole CAM system that readjusts the calibration of where that clock will be in X years over that span. It's absolutely crazy to like engineer with that in mind. It's like nobody thinks about like orbit variance over time of the Earth or the poles shifting. for the clocks they use. Like, it's just not a factor. But, what if you had to? I think it's really cool. Interesting. Yeah.

Like they have a whole CAM system that readjusts the calibration of where that clock will be in X years over that span. It's absolutely crazy to like engineer with that in mind. It's like nobody thinks about like orbit variance over time of the Earth or the poles shifting. for the clocks they use. Like, it's just not a factor. But, what if you had to? I think it's really cool. Interesting. Yeah.

Like they have a whole CAM system that readjusts the calibration of where that clock will be in X years over that span. It's absolutely crazy to like engineer with that in mind. It's like nobody thinks about like orbit variance over time of the Earth or the poles shifting. for the clocks they use. Like, it's just not a factor. But, what if you had to? I think it's really cool. Interesting. Yeah.

So, yeah, my buddy got a job just doing system for them and web development. And it's like, hey, if you want, like, a few weeks on my couch, go for it. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to take you up on that. I'm going to use that to just move out there. I had no plan. I'm just like, I brought three students. No plan. No plan. I'm just like, I'm just going to do it and figure it out. Um,

So, yeah, my buddy got a job just doing system for them and web development. And it's like, hey, if you want, like, a few weeks on my couch, go for it. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to take you up on that. I'm going to use that to just move out there. I had no plan. I'm just like, I brought three students. No plan. No plan. I'm just like, I'm just going to do it and figure it out. Um,

So, yeah, my buddy got a job just doing system for them and web development. And it's like, hey, if you want, like, a few weeks on my couch, go for it. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to take you up on that. I'm going to use that to just move out there. I had no plan. I'm just like, I brought three students. No plan. No plan. I'm just like, I'm just going to do it and figure it out. Um,

which I guess is a very red team approach too. It's like you can't plan anything. You're just going to move and figure out what's in your bag of tricks as you go and work around the problems. But yeah, I'm like, I'm going to bring three suitcases. I prioritized one of them was like my gaming system. Like a whole suitcase was dedicated to just a computer.

which I guess is a very red team approach too. It's like you can't plan anything. You're just going to move and figure out what's in your bag of tricks as you go and work around the problems. But yeah, I'm like, I'm going to bring three suitcases. I prioritized one of them was like my gaming system. Like a whole suitcase was dedicated to just a computer.

which I guess is a very red team approach too. It's like you can't plan anything. You're just going to move and figure out what's in your bag of tricks as you go and work around the problems. But yeah, I'm like, I'm going to bring three suitcases. I prioritized one of them was like my gaming system. Like a whole suitcase was dedicated to just a computer.

Like, I don't know what I was thinking, but yeah, that was 30% of my luggage when I moved out, stayed out as cash for a bit. Got some random odd jobs doing like audio QA testing and stuff like that just to make it. And eventually got into the game industry doing sysadmin, IT, help desk stuff. And it just kind of grew from there.