@pinsk @mattblaze there's so much news what happened hours ago is often a mystery
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No, Trump does not have the legal authority or the practical ability to “nationalize” US elections, for all the same reasons he also didn’t when he issued an executive order a few months ago abolishing mail in voting. -
I wish we had spent the last 26 years teaching people that the reason the 2000 bug didn't destroy a significant amount of our infrastructure is because *we caught it* and *spent thousands of hours fixing it* BEFORE the year 2000@JeffGrigg @johnzajac yes, i got the details backwards. thanks
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I wish we had spent the last 26 years teaching people that the reason the 2000 bug didn't destroy a significant amount of our infrastructure is because *we caught it* and *spent thousands of hours fixing it* BEFORE the year 2000@johnzajac the most recent Y2K failure i saw was only a few years ago, when a liquor store sign told me i couldn't buy alcohol unless i was born after this day in 1900.
i've been telling non-tech people about fixing a lot of Y2K38 stuff lately, including the "this is why Y2K wasn't a problem - we fixed it" part. there were so many basic issues including "system won't boot" that would have awful to deal with. also, IMO, Y2K38 is a harder problem... i plan to skip Y2106 issues.