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Amongst my friends who are non-tech people it is a common belief that Y2K was a big scam, and that it all just went away when the calendar turned. I have to poi
by vincent-manis 1y ago
Amongst my friends who are non-tech people it is a common belief that Y2K was a big scam, and that it all just went away when the calendar turned. I have to point out over and over again that it all “went away” because organizations spent billions of dollars modernizing their software (which was motivated by, but not limited to, addressing Y2K, we'll never know what the total cost of that was).
I expect the same, but worse, in 2038.
- tim333 1y agoA lot of the gizmos mentioned like android phones and routers get replaced far more often than the 13 years remaining. I'm trying to think what I've got that might pack up. Possibly the 2010 merc which does download the time, although I'd hope they thought about that in 2010.