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20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously (time.com)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was there as well, although at the time working with small systems, but globally it was a model of proactive efforts. Nothing major happened because, not despite efforts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the only real recognition for all that amazing work was the movie Office Space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thousands of lines of code and uh...