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There is a video by Computerphile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY) which in an entertaining way explain
by bbody 10y ago
There is a video by Computerphile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY) which in an entertaining way explains time zone problems.
- douche 10y agoThat is one of my all-time favorite youtube videos... This one, and a similar one on unicode[1], are my goto exhibits when I need to illustrate to a non-technical family member how much background complexity is involved in software [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MijmeoH9LT4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MijmeoH9LT4
- pmiller2 10y agoI would think the time zone example would go over better than Unicode, because it's less esoteric. Almost everybody deals with time zones at some point; not everybody deals with Unicode.
- Piskvorrr 10y agoSurely they do. They're just not aware of it ;) (Yes, yes, amounts to the same thing. Except when it breaks.)