Y2K was not the world-ending catastrophe that the media, governments, and tech gurus had predicted. But it still led to some weird, expensive, and sometimes hilarious glitches.

was anyone else disappointed that planes were not literally falling out of the sky on Y2K?

anyway, here are some real world examples of actual problems that did occur

I did like the Leonard Nimoy video with experts attempting to rate how bad things were going to be :)

and of course the Y2K survival kit commercial was unintentionally hilarious with the shattered glass and sirens going off in the background

did anyone here have to deal with issues caused by Y2K, or spend time preparing systems beforehand?

  • @funchords
    6•1 year ago

    I worked at Intel Corp and there were many assessments and mitigations made, including some fixes. It was certainly a non-zero effort!

    • @lackthoughtOPM
      3•1 year ago

      I was only a teenager at the time, but even then I thought that surely smart people had been looking at this issue and coming up with solutions before Y2K was going to happen

      I never understood the media hysteria, but now that I’m older I see the general media is clueless when it comes to tech so that’s probably why the ‘panic’ (and of course they can always find some ‘expert’ to claim that doomsday is coming!)

      • @vacuumflower
        2•1 year ago

        but now that I’m older I see the general media is clueless

        Only it seems they are becoming more clueless every year. Probably because they believe that the opposite should be true because of poking touchscreens with their fingers so much every day.