A look-back algorithmthread
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:21 (six years ago)
What happened to the Y2K scaremongers?
Y2K: What could have been
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:22 (six years ago)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/23/style/y2k-bug-millennials.html
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:23 (six years ago)
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30338692/y2k-panic/
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:25 (six years ago)
there was a Y2k bulletin board on ILX's original home:
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=TimeBomb+2000+%28Y2000%29
― 💠(crüt), Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:26 (six years ago)
wow. thanks, crüt
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:32 (six years ago)
Yep, and I remember poking around on there on the first few days afterward.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 January 2020 04:01 (six years ago)
some earmarks of future alt-righters on that board for sure
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 2 January 2020 04:18 (six years ago)