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Leeloo

@fatsam @toadofsky
That reads like the problem was someone messed up Y2k testing, rather than an actual Y2k bug.

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Professor Emeritus Blake Y Rat

@leeloo @fatsam @toadofsky Other than the journalist's weird use of the word "antiquated" to describe analog indicators, it doesn't at any point demonstrate that the analog indicators are inferior to the computerized. (And why would they be? Nuclear reactors existed, safely, before computers were available for them, like in 1950s submarines)

I get the urge to push back on "Y2K was no problem!" but there's some over-correction going on here. This is just as wrong, but in the other direction.

cholling

@leeloo @fatsam @toadofsky True, but if the problem could be caused by an improperly set clock, it's not a stretch to think it could have been caused by a date overflow, too.

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