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Bard spotting on Bluesky 29 December 2024 :marseyrandom:

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NPR (@npr.org):

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.

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Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out


Zoyx (@zoyx.bsky.social):

It wasn't a joke. The reason nothing happened is because everyone took it seriously, and fixed their code.


The Shadow 🇺🇦 (@the-shadow-5.bsky.social):

Fixed code AND upgraded equipment.


Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Goddess, I wish. There was a lot of code revision & auditing in my company but zero budget for equipment upgrades. In February 2000 the corporation got sold, which explained why they wouldn't upgrade our ancient hardware

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