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by _3u10 978 days ago
I doubt anything in the electrical grid or that mattered actually cared about the two digit year being 00. Best case scenario some bills were going to be messed up / reissued.

SCADA controlled water pumps never cared what the date was, maybe it ran on the cycle for the wrong day and the backup kicked in, big whoop.

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Right, because you were there evaluating the risks? I don’t know either way, but you seem to be speculating.