I started just to point out that the 7 point drop was big in 1988, but then wondered if this was a real event. (When the movie came out, I remember thinking that really happened.)

Looking at it again, I don’t know if I am finding real information , or movie publicity

https://www.cyberdelianyc.com/www.nytimes.com/1988/08/10/business/wall-street-plunges-computer-crash-hackers.html, which in part says:

Delaying the sell-off slightly the mayhem appeared to stem from a computer virus rendering key exchange systems inaccessible with NYSE registering a 7-point drop. Initial reports put the number of systems impacted at 1,507. This would make the havoc one of the biggest computer crashes in history.

A ‘‘hacker’’ believed to have instigated the turmoil from beyond state-lines in Seattle is a prime suspect. Known only by an alias or ‘‘handle’’ on computer bulletin boards as ‘‘Zero Cool’’, Federal prosecutors hope to have them arraigned quickly sending a message to other potential electronic trespassers.

Looking up “Zero Cool”, only locates a 1960’s book about a Doctor.

Yeah, at they approach 9999 surely they will start using larger variables to store the year, and all of the 2000’s code will have moved out of production (2000’s and not 1970’s because we may have fixed the 1970’s code by now.)

Insurance companies in Des Moines, Iowa, USA tended to be heavy users of COBOL near the year 2000. If you want a job writing COBOL, I suggest looking there. I am sure at this point they will do some training.

Is the “NewsWire” headline posted by “onion person” real? On a search, I only find references to a proposed policy in 2023 to encourage repairing roads over expanding roads.

Um, the lesson was available, but not everyone is doing to reading.

Paraphrasing something a human said: With data and instructions mixed, there is no way to prevent an AI from following directions found in data. #Fuck if I know. Also, I am a real human, and this fits with my understanding of cybersecurity and why we don’t mix data with directions.

I love that humans, and dogs, have pretty much been the same since before recorded history. Maybe even at the dawn of Human Sapiens.

The USA Dollar is dropping rapidly.

https://www.morningstar.com/economy/what-weaker-us-dollar-means-investors-2026-beyond

Through September, the dollar depreciated 13.5% against the euro, 13.9% against the Swiss franc, and 6.4% against the yen, alongside a 5.6% decline versus a basket of major emerging-markets currencies.

I don’t have a ready source, but I understand the stock market rally in the USA is only a rally as the dollar is dropping. Priced in other currencies, the USA stock market is down.

Ah fuck, you are right.

I parsed it differently and changed the meaning of “dates” mid-sentence, which one shouldn’t do when reading.

I think they were implying you don’t have to pay for dates…

OP needs a new therapist using a different therapy style. Keep trying folks. (I have my favorites, but so does everyone.)