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Because it's come up recently, a reminder that the Y2K bug wasn't overhyped. It was a huge problem and an huge number of people worked fast and hard and fixed it. Like the ozone hole.

It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.

"I'll just learn more" has always been my response to feeling uneasy about counter-intuitive outcomes of specific events, issues, systemic problems. Eg. engineering ("how can it be cheaper to do X than Y"), or law ("how can I do opensource if $work says they own everything in my head 24/7"), but..

In a projector household blessed w/blank walls, I broke a LCD flex connector on the 5yo noname 720p thing, measuring burnt polarizer for replacement..

got a used 1080p classroom projector (Epson EB-992F) and it's amazing even on Eco mode!

Screw the AV forum FUD, these are fantastic for TV+movies

I was studying the Pentium processor's die and I noticed strange connections that I didn't understand. These turned out to be "antenna diodes", special diodes that protect the chip from damage during manufacturing. Let's take a look... 1/6