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[–] JellyfishGalaxy@lemmy.ca 100 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

I mean, it didn't happen due to all the hard work put in to fix the issue.

https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/

Kind of like how people are like, what ever happened to the hole in the ozone layer? The chemicals causing it were banned. I don't think the concerns about what could have happened should be ignored, as what if no one put in the work, like they had? You know, kind of like climate change?

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] JellyfishGalaxy@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

I had no idea there was a term for this. That's quite handy, thank you.

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