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[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does GenZ even remember Y2K?

(Hint: it was a nothingburger for the most part)

[–] starneld@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve read that it turned out to be a nothing burger primarily because there was a concerted effort to address the problem. That said, yeah, nothing melted down so functionally there was no issue.

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there was a ton of awareness leading up and code was brought up to spec. I'm not saying nothing was done and we skirted through. Luckily there were only a couple of blips that didn't really wreck anything