It's Y2K in the 2K24.
Jul. 21st, 2024 04:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rogueslayer452++ I'm sure most are aware of the global Microsoft outage caused by CrowdStrike, the catastrophic cybersecurity that has affected businesses worldwide who relied on the software. All I could think of was that this is precisely what people thought the Y2K scare was going to be like. Well, it only took twenty-four years to get us there, which totally fits with the 90s/Y2K nostalgia recently. Joking aside though, this clusterfuck is undoubtedly going to have major consequences down the line. The fact that one update which had a bug effectively shut everything down on a global scale is bad. Some serious reconsidering and reevaluating needs to be done on that front. Furthermore, this is why I don't trust anything involving "The Cloud", because shit like this can happen.
++ The 2024 Emmy nominations have officially been listed. While I knew it was a long shot anyway, I'm still bummed that Game Changer and Hot Ones were snubbed. It was nice that they were eligible to be considered for a nomination regardless, as what Sam Reich gave a nice post about it, but I would've thought that at least Hot Ones would've made it since it has featured so many known actors/celebrities and has been highly praised for being impressive with their thorough research and excellent interviewing during such a unique challenge for the guest. Sadly, the Academy is very old-fashioned.
At the end of the day, while nominations/wins are great the proper recognition isn't from award show ceremonies and trophies but rather from fans who remain dedicated to what they love regardless.
++ In promotion for Deadpool & Wolverine, Xbox has released a Deadpool-themed controller, with the back being butt-shaped. Sadly, this is only available for a one-off sweepstakes and not sold outright, which is a shame because I would absolutely buy it if I could.
++ The 2024 Emmy nominations have officially been listed. While I knew it was a long shot anyway, I'm still bummed that Game Changer and Hot Ones were snubbed. It was nice that they were eligible to be considered for a nomination regardless, as what Sam Reich gave a nice post about it, but I would've thought that at least Hot Ones would've made it since it has featured so many known actors/celebrities and has been highly praised for being impressive with their thorough research and excellent interviewing during such a unique challenge for the guest. Sadly, the Academy is very old-fashioned.
At the end of the day, while nominations/wins are great the proper recognition isn't from award show ceremonies and trophies but rather from fans who remain dedicated to what they love regardless.
++ In promotion for Deadpool & Wolverine, Xbox has released a Deadpool-themed controller, with the back being butt-shaped. Sadly, this is only available for a one-off sweepstakes and not sold outright, which is a shame because I would absolutely buy it if I could.
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Date: 2024-07-27 12:44 pm (UTC)Yeah, that's what I'm hoping too, that they'll at least look at this and go, "Hm. We need some fail safes." The other thing is the "update" that went through was late in the afternoon on a Friday, so no one who works in the corporate sector even knew about it until Monday morning. Meanwhile, SO MANY PEOPLE work the weekend! This is one of the things that drives me bonkers at the library: if anything goes wrong in IT or Admin over the weekend, we just have to tell everyone, "Sorry, we can't fix it until Monday."