Jim Wiedman
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This is an example of an excellent article under a truly awful headline.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/i...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/i...
Inside the Y2K Crisis That Never Was, 25 Years Later (Gift Article)
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
January 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is an example of an excellent article under a truly awful headline.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/i...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/i...
Reposted by Jim Wiedman
In a broader sense, this is an excellent example why a failure to understand the history of a problem can directly lead to complacently falling victim to similar problems.
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.
December 31, 2024 at 9:35 PM
In a broader sense, this is an excellent example why a failure to understand the history of a problem can directly lead to complacently falling victim to similar problems.
Why haven’t major AI companies launched a service similar to an App Store, where we can subscribe to our favorite content creators like NY Times, HBR, JAMA, etc., for our GenAI queries? It’d enhance LLM results and support creators. What’s the hold-up?
December 16, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Why haven’t major AI companies launched a service similar to an App Store, where we can subscribe to our favorite content creators like NY Times, HBR, JAMA, etc., for our GenAI queries? It’d enhance LLM results and support creators. What’s the hold-up?