@fatsam I managed the y2k lab for a major healthcare...

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@fatsam I managed the y2k lab for a major healthcare company, and we fixed *so many* showstopper bugs.
OS bugs, storage bugs, network bugs, and something like 2m lines of code fixes (and tons of the general tidying while fixing showstoppers).
Plus so much infrastructure spending had to be done that it basically powered the 2000s tech economy.
We had to replace millions in hardware and infrastructure that otherwise would have be left alone.

Like 3 June at 12:40 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.games

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Longplay Games :pc_color: 🎮

@fatsam To expand that to the current issues, it will likewise require enormous efforts to stave off the giant piles of imminent disasters, and if we succeed by some combination of Herculean effort and luck, it'll be minimized just like the CFC impact on the ozone layer.

That's the price our culture pays for success, we are an anti intellectual society.

3 June at 12:44 | Open on mstdn.games

Jeff Shaffer CBET, ret

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I was working in a hospital and spent months making sure that the date change wouldn’t adversely affect patient care, had to intervene on multiple devices so that care was not compromised. Even though we thoroughly tested and remediated every device in our inventory, at midnight on 12/31/1999 I still was on duty at the hospital “just in case” and had to miss the celebrations. Was pleased that our work was successful, but it was both a tense and boring night!
@fatsam

3 June at 18:53 | Open on sfba.social

Longplay Games :pc_color: 🎮

@CivilityFan @fatsam Hah! Same, we had a huge party on the actual millenium though. The company even rented a boat.

I have very little respect for people who refuse to acknowledge the effort put forth to prevent disasters.

3 June at 20:46 | Open on mstdn.games