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[–] [email protected] 257 points 8 months ago (59 children)

Similar with Y2K

it was only a nothingburger because it was taken seriously, and funded well. But the narrative is sometimes, "yeah lol it was a dud."

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago (20 children)

The question is, what will happen in 2038 when y2k happens again due to an integer overflow? People are already sounding the alarm but who knows if people will fix all of the systems before it hits.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (11 children)

2038 is approaching super fast and nobody seems to care yet

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

That's not true, lots of people are panicking about how fast they're getting older

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