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from the above post:

  > April 1, 1999
  >
  > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Forward to the past?

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pests04/02/2025

This was explained in the post. 1999 was when Intel released the Pentium 3 with SSE instructions, which caused the first major issue that had to overcome.