Hacker News with Generative AI: Y2K

Y2K – why I know it was a real problem (2015) (wordpress.com)
It’s confession time. I was a Y2K test manager for IBM. As far as some people are concerned that means I was party to a huge scam that allowed IT companies to make billions out of spooking poor deluded politicians and the public at large.
Y2K, Technology, History, Software Development
50 points by petesergeant 11 days ago | 28 comments
'Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were freaking out' (npr.org)
In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small software glitch: Many older computer programs had coded dates using only two numbers for the year. At midnight on Dec. 31, a misinterpretation of "00" in the year 2000 might cause widespread errors leading to mass panic.
History, Software, Technology, Y2K
8 points by MilnerRoute 20 days ago | 3 comments
The global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on (theguardian.com)
Planes were going to drop out of the sky, nuclear reactors would explode. But then … nothing. What really happened with Y2K? People still disagree …
Y2K, Technology, History, Social Impact, Panic
10 points by sandebert 21 days ago | 7 comments
Y2K (y2k.movie)
Y2K, Movies, Technology
154 points by ChrisArchitect 44 days ago | 82 comments
My fake job in Y2K preparedness (nplusonemag.com)
Y2K, Technology, History, Culture
151 points by bookofjoe 140 days ago | 96 comments