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Y2K was not a disaster precisely because there was panic and concern, and programmers spent much effort fixing it, and it was fixed due to prioritization of res
by GnarfGnarf 5y ago
Y2K was not a disaster precisely because there was panic and concern, and programmers spent much effort fixing it, and it was fixed due to prioritization of resources & effort.
"it's going to the same with Y2038" is like saying we can fold our umbrella in a rainstorm because we haven't gotten wet yet.
- mbg721 5y agoWhen Y2k happened, it also seemed a little ridiculous to laypeople because they thought, "Surely we don't depend on computers that much," and there was still an institutional memory of doing important business on paper. Nobody is under that illusion now.