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“Didn’t live up to the hype”
No, the problem was solved by thousands of programmers working countless hours to avoid disaster. The hype is that they fixed it!
No, the problem was solved by thousands of programmers working countless hours to avoid disaster. The hype is that they fixed it!
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
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December 29, 2024 at 3:44 AM
“Didn’t live up to the hype”
No, the problem was solved by thousands of programmers working countless hours to avoid disaster. The hype is that they fixed it!
No, the problem was solved by thousands of programmers working countless hours to avoid disaster. The hype is that they fixed it!
Reposted by Josh Toye
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
@mikeduncan.bsky.social Thanks for making one of the coolest pieces of fiction I’ve read in awhile. I finished episode 6 yesterday and am hooked.
December 4, 2024 at 4:45 PM
@mikeduncan.bsky.social Thanks for making one of the coolest pieces of fiction I’ve read in awhile. I finished episode 6 yesterday and am hooked.
Wicked was perfect except for the CGI baby Jaguar
December 2, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Wicked was perfect except for the CGI baby Jaguar
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm grateful every year for a day to focus on gratitude. Today, I am most thankful for my family, the ability to feel sadness and happiness in the same day, and lexapro.
November 28, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm grateful every year for a day to focus on gratitude. Today, I am most thankful for my family, the ability to feel sadness and happiness in the same day, and lexapro.
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Canada will have to pay 25% export tariffs to America because Melania swooned at Justin Trudeau 7 years ago.
November 26, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Canada will have to pay 25% export tariffs to America because Melania swooned at Justin Trudeau 7 years ago.
I wish knowing what is moral was easy. I wish even more that acting in accordance with my own sense of morality was easy.
Even so, there’s something I find beautiful about the need to struggle for moral good.
Even so, there’s something I find beautiful about the need to struggle for moral good.
November 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I wish knowing what is moral was easy. I wish even more that acting in accordance with my own sense of morality was easy.
Even so, there’s something I find beautiful about the need to struggle for moral good.
Even so, there’s something I find beautiful about the need to struggle for moral good.
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Threads is an echo chamber on the left, Twitter on the Right, I hope this stays a sane normal place where some disagreement can be politely explored. Too much to ask??
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Threads is an echo chamber on the left, Twitter on the Right, I hope this stays a sane normal place where some disagreement can be politely explored. Too much to ask??
November 23, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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I’m trying to strike a healthy balance between being informed and being oblivious.
November 23, 2024 at 11:53 AM
I’m trying to strike a healthy balance between being informed and being oblivious.
Who knew corporate management could suck out your soul with a straw and a laugh?
Everybody. But, now I’ve experienced it first hand.
Everybody. But, now I’ve experienced it first hand.
November 22, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Who knew corporate management could suck out your soul with a straw and a laugh?
Everybody. But, now I’ve experienced it first hand.
Everybody. But, now I’ve experienced it first hand.
Photographing flowers has been quite a boon in these trying times.
November 21, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Photographing flowers has been quite a boon in these trying times.
One of my biggest failures this year was being entrenched in an echo chamber. I’m excited to be part of this new social media conversation, but I want to avoid repeating that mistake. It’s difficult to remain curious and have deeply held beliefs.
November 20, 2024 at 11:43 PM
One of my biggest failures this year was being entrenched in an echo chamber. I’m excited to be part of this new social media conversation, but I want to avoid repeating that mistake. It’s difficult to remain curious and have deeply held beliefs.