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RedneckNerd23 t1_iy2depn wrote

Reply to comment by not_falling_down in Somewhere, during the countdown to Y2K, someone's power went out and they probably thought the world was ending. by YourAverageTylerFan

People recognizing a future problem and working hard to fix it before it's too late. Holy fuck what happened

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Muroid t1_iy2f19r wrote

They fixed the problem before it appeared so everyone else decided it was a big nothingburger and vowed never to let anyone get them worked up like that over nothing again.

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NAND_110_101_011_001 t1_iy2jmgn wrote

If you mean what happened to the world's ability to prevent future problems? It's probably about the same. There's a huge monetary incentive for businesses to maintain the functionality of their critical information systems. There's a monetary disincentive to reduce your own pollution or for society to reduce its consumption for example.

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