• insomniac@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    My dad is a tech in the telecommunications industry. We basically didn’t see him for all of 1999. The fact that nothing happened is because of people working their assess off.

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      1 year ago

      My dad had to stay in his office with a satellite phone over new years in case shit hit the fan.

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        1 year ago

        Well my dad does too and he worked his ass off to prevent it. Baby boomers are just stupid as shit, there’s not really much you can do.

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        Maybe a documentary from some folks who worked on that stuff? I imagine a short documentary exists on YouTube, or at least an interview on a podcast from someone who did it.

        If he won’t believe it then, not sure what else you can do. Some people are just stuck in their old ways and beliefs despite any evidence you provide.

        Even more difficult in a situation like this because it wasn’t widely publicized until years after. I didn’t even know this stuff until a few years ago, but I work with computers so I believe it partly because of what I know about computer architecture.

        Maybe he’ll believe it if he understands how 2038 affects Linux OS and can see it in real time then?