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When did your mom start working on the railroad?
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Apr 3, 2018 04:18
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La Brea Carpet posted:When did your mom start working on the railroad? All the livelong day
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Apr 3, 2018 04:21
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The Bloop posted:All the livelong day
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Apr 3, 2018 04:53
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The Relentless posted:Her name is Dina, right? Now wait, I thought she was a Forty-Niner, which would make dumb. Clementine.
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Apr 3, 2018 05:10
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Besesoth posted:Now wait, I thought she was a Forty-Niner, which would make dumb. Clementine. She was actually a Sixty-Niner.
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Apr 3, 2018 05:16
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Jamesman posted:Do you pronounce "jpeg" like "jay-feh-guh" then? No I say jay-pee-gee because as others said I consider it an initialism. Have a jay pee gee:  Actually sad not funny. Bee sting
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Apr 3, 2018 06:24
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Is it bad that the first thing I thought when seeing that dog was Jiminy Glick?
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Apr 3, 2018 06:49
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Android Apocalypse posted:Is it bad that the first thing I thought when seeing that dog was Jiminy Glick? I... I bet he was just trying to get some of that sweet sweet honey.
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Apr 3, 2018 07:28
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Featured in the weird al computer rap: not being afraid of y2k, the wet fart of a computer error event from 19 years ago.
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Apr 3, 2018 07:40
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The Bloop posted:Like the guy that invented it! So it's pronounced 'skippy'. Good to know.
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Apr 3, 2018 07:57
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Jamesman posted:Do you pronounce "jpeg" like "jay-feh-guh" then? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEzhxP-pdos&hd=1
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Apr 3, 2018 08:18
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Olaf The Stout posted:Featured in the weird al computer rap: not being afraid of y2k, the wet fart of a computer error event from 19 years ago. Wasn't it a wet fart because most people managed to fix the bugs in time before the new millennium?
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Apr 3, 2018 08:33
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Parrotine posted:Wasn't it a wet fart because most people managed to fix the bugs in time before the new millennium? The biggest reason it was a wet fart was because there was no possibility at all of the bug causing the problems people thought it would. There were seriously people that believed that all of the nukes would launch at 12:01 on January 1st because reasons. There was kvetching over how much it costed to upgrade everything to be compliant but really not much went wrong. Not much really could go wrong except math errors or people getting jury duty notifications for 1900.
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Apr 3, 2018 08:36
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Parrotine posted:Wasn't it a wet fart because most people managed to fix the bugs in time before the new millennium? The absolute worst case scenario was a bunch of computers rolling over to 1/1/1900 and getting some nonessential math wrong.
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Apr 3, 2018 08:39
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I remember a relative of mine who worked at a nuclear power plant at the time talking about running endless simulations leading up yo Y2K, I assume to make sure all the interacting systems that operate it don't suddenly stop communicating with each other. So there were a couple of things that could have gone wrong without precautions I guess, but it wouldn't have been the end of times.
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Apr 3, 2018 09:08
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A lot of people spent a lot of time and money making sure it was a wet fart and it always seems a little mean to me that they don't get the credit for doing a good job. So many backend systems (transportation, power, banking) were from the time that punchcards seemed pretty like a pretty cool idea and one thing we have learned is that people will panic over tiny things, so imagine what would happen it transportation ground to a halt and you couldn't get money from the bank or watch TV. Still, I will admit that there was a certain amount of hype at the time: 
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spog posted:A lot of people spent a lot of time and money making sure it was a wet fart and it always seems a little mean to me that they don't get the credit for doing a good job. I miss weekly world news
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Apr 3, 2018 09:45
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"   The world will literally catch fire nanoseconds after the millenium rolls over!!!! " got good ratings but was so far away from the truth that anybody who knew anything about computers mostly just facepalmed over the idiocy.It's worth remembering that this was in the days before everybody had a computer that fit in their pockets. Internet-capable cell phones are a bafflingly huge change to the world.
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A lot of the most essential computer infrastructure also runs on the oldest software/hardware/firmware because it is so drat expensive and risky to upgrade it. Things like banks and insurance, and I imagine transport infrastructure, that sort of thing -- anything with a significant risk/fallout factor becomes incredibly expensive to upgrade, and so upgrades are often not done - and then they just get more expensive as time goes on and you have less Delphi and COBOL developers running around. Forgetting to upgrade your late 90s personal computer to be Y2K compliant was not going to cause planes to fall out of the sky and the atmosphere to ignite. But even though Facebook didn't exist back then, we still used computers for a lot of crucial stuff, and a lot of work was put into making sure that the Y2K bug didn't result in serious heartache, monetary loss, or loss of life. It's like saying why did we bother with WW2 if Hitler was just going to shotgun lobotomise himself in '45.
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Apr 3, 2018 10:59
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Gail wild AF
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:The absolute worst case scenario was a bunch of computers rolling over to 1/1/1900 and getting some nonessential math wrong.
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Apr 3, 2018 11:43
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Zipperelli. posted:Gail wild AF Don't doxx your aunt, young man.
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Apr 3, 2018 11:49
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Paladinus posted:Don't doxx your aunt, young man. Check out her Twitter. I loving wish she was my aunt. She seems loving unreal. https://twitter.com/GailWalden6
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Apr 3, 2018 12:05
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Zipperelli. posted:Check out her Twitter. I loving wish she was my aunt. She seems loving unreal. https://twitter.com/GailWalden6 Hello, new follow. All of these are amazing in their own special way. https://twitter.com/GailWalden6/status/957092898276769792
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Apr 3, 2018 12:35
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I’m pretty sure it’s a fake gimmick account, guys. https://twitter.com/GailWalden6/status/932412536133160961?s=20 It’s a whole genre, check out Martha: https://twitter.com/MarthaGordon123/status/974060666184241152?s=20 https://twitter.com/MarthaGordon123/status/910650050145128448?s=20
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Apr 3, 2018 12:59
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Numbers at the end, smh. Even dril has Russian bot doppelgangers
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God drat it, don't ruin Gail for me 
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Apr 3, 2018 13:19
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twoday posted:I’m pretty sure it’s a fake gimmick account, guys. Data Graham posted:Numbers at the end, smh. Even dril has Russian bot doppelgangers Goodbye, new follow. 
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Apr 3, 2018 13:28
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Look, there is no reason to be discouraged, wine mom Twitter is real and we are all looking for it together and I do honestly believe that we can find it one day, and even if we don’t isn’t it more about the journey than the destination?
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twoday posted:Look, there is no reason to be discouraged, wine mom Twitter is real and we are all looking for it together and I do honestly believe that we can find it one day, and even if we don’t isn’t it more about the journey than the destination? just post "Hillary lost" and you will find wine mom twitter
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Apr 3, 2018 14:02
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I keep hearing promises of horny MILFs in my area but no action to make it a reality. Make sure you're registered to vote.
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Apr 3, 2018 14:06
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Hjalmar posted:I keep hearing promises of horny MILFs in my area but no action to make it a reality. Make sure you're registered to vote. Not empty quoting.
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Apr 3, 2018 14:08
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Apr 3, 2018 15:22
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ToxicSlurpee posted:The biggest reason it was a wet fart was because there was no possibility at all of the bug causing the problems people thought it would. There were seriously people that believed that all of the nukes would launch at 12:01 on January 1st because reasons. There was kvetching over how much it costed to upgrade everything to be compliant but really not much went wrong. Not much really could go wrong except math errors or people getting jury duty notifications for 1900. Or, you know, some unnecessary abortions due to medical diagnostic errors, other false negatives in medical diagnostics, failure of nuclear power plant monitoring hardware. Little things like that.
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Apr 3, 2018 15:24
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Apr 3, 2018 15:28
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M'am, this diagnostic says your baby is 100 years old. We've got to get that little mummy out of you before the pharaohs curse takes effect.
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Apr 3, 2018 15:28
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twoday posted:I’m pretty sure it’s a fake gimmick account, guys. Well du- Zipperelli. posted:God drat it, don't ruin Gail for me Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Goodbye, new follow. What, did you people think dril was an actual person too?
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Proteus Jones posted:
This is one of my favorite turns in food advertising because they obviously can't say "natural" or "organic", so they try to get in on the fad by just saying "real" and hoping nobody notices.
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