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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It wasn't really a hoax. It was a legitimate problem. Lots of software could have broke. It didn't because developers were diligent. There was a long leadtime to New Year's with lots of people working overtime.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I understand that it was a legitimate issue for some industries, but at the social level people were saying that all of the world's nuclear weapons would launch simultaneously and we would enter a post-nuclear apocalypse. At some point a legitimate issue was inflated into a doomsday hoax.

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