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The Y2K problem was a nothingburger because legions of people worked to make it one. Still, critical systems failed - for example the system managing the emerge
by Xylakant 5y ago
The Y2K problem was a nothingburger because legions of people worked to make it one. Still, critical systems failed - for example the system managing the emergency call lines for the Firefighters in Berlin https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Computer-GAU-Das-Silvesterchaos-bei-der-Berliner-Feuerwehr-25744.html https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Computer-GAU-Das-Sil...
- pjscott 5y agoThat's the thing about seeing a problem coming and working to fix it before it happens: an adequate reaction looks the same as an overreaction from the outside, and the "lol overreaction" narrative is way more viral.
- niccl 5y agoAnd it's little known that New Zealand/Aotearoa would have run out of accessible petrol on about Jan 3 if things hadn't been fixed A lot of the y2k thing was badly framed and over-hyped by Large Consulting Companies, but it was a real problem
- LorenPechtel 5y agoAnd there were lots of little gotchas from Y2K that actually did manifest when they concerned dates in the future. Nothing spectacular, just wrong answers. "Expired" stuff being thrown away, improper cost projections etc.