EPISODE · Aug 25, 2026 · 29 MIN
The Y2K Bug: The Apocalypse That Never Came
from English On Topic: ESL on the Go!
A programmer spent New Year's Eve 1999 in a mobile home with a generator and a year of dehydrated food — and he understood the code better than anyone at your party. The real story of the Y2K bug, the fix nobody saw, and why "nothing happened" is the proof, not the punchline. Plus: past modals for near-misses, and how to hedge a number honestly.
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