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Sigh. It wasn’t a nonevent BUT we took it seriously. It was a nonevent BECAUSE we took it seriously. Same dangerous attitude I’ve seen about ozone layer deterioration: if a major campaign of concerted action averted the problem, it must have been a fake problem. Not the correct lesson to draw!
Yes, the Y2K software problem turned out to be a nonevent. But 25 years ago, The New York Times took it seriously, publishing over 100 stories.
Our tech reporter who wrote a front-page article on Jan. 1, 2000, reflects on the crisis that never was.
Our tech reporter who wrote a front-page article on Jan. 1, 2000, reflects on the crisis that never was.
Inside the Y2K Crisis That Never Was, 25 Years Later
Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning reflects on a crisis that never was.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Sigh. It wasn’t a nonevent BUT we took it seriously. It was a nonevent BECAUSE we took it seriously. Same dangerous attitude I’ve seen about ozone layer deterioration: if a major campaign of concerted action averted the problem, it must have been a fake problem. Not the correct lesson to draw!
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Can we get 500 reposts on this? Please join me in signing the petition to urge President Biden to pardon our friend Reality Winner. If there is a way to hit the goal of 15,000 signatures it would be by way of Bluesky. Please consider signing and asking others to: reality-is.us/pardon-reali...
December 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Can we get 500 reposts on this? Please join me in signing the petition to urge President Biden to pardon our friend Reality Winner. If there is a way to hit the goal of 15,000 signatures it would be by way of Bluesky. Please consider signing and asking others to: reality-is.us/pardon-reali...
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Christianity is to Jesus Christ like the Tesla Corporation is to Nikola Tesla.
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Christianity is to Jesus Christ like the Tesla Corporation is to Nikola Tesla.
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The Republicans and their billionaire backers are planning to gut this country like a fish and sell it off for parts and they hope that they can do it without pushback or before the pushback grows to the point that it outstrips their ability to stop it.
They’re planning a heist in plain sight.
“This is an enormous heist. They’re just backing the truck up to the government in front of all of us. A massive bailout to the crypto world,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the GOP crypto bill.
December 8, 2024 at 12:35 AM
The Republicans and their billionaire backers are planning to gut this country like a fish and sell it off for parts and they hope that they can do it without pushback or before the pushback grows to the point that it outstrips their ability to stop it.
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"There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist." ~ Fernando Pessoa
November 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM
"There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist." ~ Fernando Pessoa
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characteristically stoic. full line
the door is open. be not more timid than little children, but as they say, when the thing does not please them, "I will play no longer," so do you, when things seem to you of such a kind, say "I will no longer play," and be gone: but if you stay, do not complain.
the door is open. be not more timid than little children, but as they say, when the thing does not please them, "I will play no longer," so do you, when things seem to you of such a kind, say "I will no longer play," and be gone: but if you stay, do not complain.
May 9, 2023 at 2:27 AM
characteristically stoic. full line
the door is open. be not more timid than little children, but as they say, when the thing does not please them, "I will play no longer," so do you, when things seem to you of such a kind, say "I will no longer play," and be gone: but if you stay, do not complain.
the door is open. be not more timid than little children, but as they say, when the thing does not please them, "I will play no longer," so do you, when things seem to you of such a kind, say "I will no longer play," and be gone: but if you stay, do not complain.
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my mom named her kid (me) “蓝天” which means bluesky in chinese, so i called myself “jay” to become a bird instead, and then some birdapp company named their project “bluesky” and i ended up running it.
Tell us a true story from your life that sounds made up.
May 1, 2023 at 7:39 AM
my mom named her kid (me) “蓝天” which means bluesky in chinese, so i called myself “jay” to become a bird instead, and then some birdapp company named their project “bluesky” and i ended up running it.
That dril bluecheck story over on the bird site is pretty funny
April 23, 2023 at 3:33 AM
That dril bluecheck story over on the bird site is pretty funny
Interesting: Texted post from here to my wife and it sent her an invite.
April 23, 2023 at 2:08 AM
Interesting: Texted post from here to my wife and it sent her an invite.
I know of 3 great grandmothers. One was a suffragist, ardent prohibitionist and writer who published in Harper’s Weekly. Another had a son who was a drunk and lost the family farm and so she ended up a live in maid for a local Doctor (a female doctor which was notable at the time).
so, of 4 possible great grandmothers i only know about 2
one was a cruel southern woman who threw flapper parties, and sang and danced and flirted with men and played jazz piano, and was supposed to be famous in hollywood but then the great depression hit
the other was a witch in the mountains
one was a cruel southern woman who threw flapper parties, and sang and danced and flirted with men and played jazz piano, and was supposed to be famous in hollywood but then the great depression hit
the other was a witch in the mountains
forget telling me about your dad, tell me about your great-grandmothers
April 20, 2023 at 12:44 AM
I know of 3 great grandmothers. One was a suffragist, ardent prohibitionist and writer who published in Harper’s Weekly. Another had a son who was a drunk and lost the family farm and so she ended up a live in maid for a local Doctor (a female doctor which was notable at the time).
Who’s using Chat GPT? I have questions
April 18, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Who’s using Chat GPT? I have questions
Feed the vultures
Getting roasted on here is called a “sky burial”
April 17, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Feed the vultures
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i have not had the urge to scream “shut up” at the void charlie kelly style since i got here. that’s my metric
April 12, 2023 at 2:49 PM
i have not had the urge to scream “shut up” at the void charlie kelly style since i got here. that’s my metric
If you see this drop a pic of you as a kid (that’s me on the right 😊)
April 13, 2023 at 11:29 PM
If you see this drop a pic of you as a kid (that’s me on the right 😊)
Oh I know exactly how I got here, the question is “what now?!”
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
so ask yourself
April 13, 2023 at 6:26 PM
Oh I know exactly how I got here, the question is “what now?!”