Timeline Skepticism

Comments sarcastically doubt or mock promised timelines for tech projects or milestones, predicting delays to future years like 2025, 2030, or beyond.

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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Keywords

economist.com 2030 2025 2019 year til 2024 targets 2022 2021 2020

Sample Comments

glouwbug • Feb 24, 2020 • View on HN

It'll be 2027 before we know it

EGreg • Jan 3, 2025 • View on HN

wait til 2027, you’ll see the result :-P

gjvc • Jun 21, 2023 • View on HN

unlikely to be 2023, now, is it?

bdangubic • Dec 31, 2025 • View on HN

so we should expect to see it by 2065?

pishpash • Dec 26, 2017 • View on HN

Wasn't it supposed to be by 2025?

misiti3780 • Jul 26, 2022 • View on HN

sure they arn't .... let's revisit in 2025

thesuitonym • Dec 18, 2023 • View on HN

"Soon" in this case means 2025 or later.

u801e • Oct 7, 2022 • View on HN

Hopefully sometime before 2038.

BurningFrog • Jan 31, 2020 • View on HN

I guess we'll see by 2040 :)

jazzyjackson • Jun 24, 2022 • View on HN

Well you've got til 2040 to get around to it before next time :)