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Environment & Energy

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6. meh. prolly will, but the dotcom 'bust' had a cause.

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 04:44 PM

16 hrs ago

a ton of money was spent defusing the y2k bomb. after that passed, a lot of ppl lost their jobs.

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meh. prolly will, but the dotcom 'bust' had a cause. mopinko 16 hrs ago #6

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