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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by quotemstr on Monday October 14, 2024 @03:34PM (#41841033)
Epochal "century" boundaries don't always line up with year % 100. One could argue that the 20th century didn't properly begin until some idiot shot an archduke. It likewise seems like the 20th century likewise overshot Y2K by a decade or two. Now things are accelerating in a different, new, and exciting direction.
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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by crazygringo on Monday October 14, 2024 @03:41PM (#41841087)
It's the same thing with decades. People often say the "sixties" didn't really start till 1963. And when you think of the start of 1980's culture, a lot of people are really only talking about 1983-1984.

Like, 1960 itself clearly belonged to the 1950's, the same way 1980 still belonged to the 1970's -- culturally, that is.

Obviously, the question of what year a decade "really" started in, allows for endless argument. :)

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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by dmd on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:03PM (#41841334)
The 90s ended on 9/11.
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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by chx on Monday October 14, 2024 @05:00PM (#41841942)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long_nineteenth_c... (I am linking like this because this version I read myself.)
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