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I always quip that if I were to achieve world domination, my first decree would be about harmonizing all these bullshit idiosyncrasies that we developers have t
by majewsky 8y ago
I always quip that if I were to achieve world domination, my first decree would be about harmonizing all these bullshit idiosyncrasies that we developers have to deal with. 24-hour format everywhere. Metric system everywhere. Celsius everywhere. And so on.
- jazoom 8y agoGo straight for Kelvin
- lioeters 8y agoHow would you unify timezones? That's a ball of idosyncrasies if I've ever seen one..
- majewsky 8y agoThat's a really good question. I omitted timezones from my list because I don't have a proposal at hand there. Same for "first day of the week": For me it's obviously Monday, but I think the Jews have a religiously-grounded opinion on it being Sunday. That's a hornet's nest I'd rather not stir up until I've actually achieved world dominion. :)
- szatkus 8y agoDon't forget about short and long scale.
- d_runs_far 8y agoNot sure if you're old enough to remember this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
- majewsky 8y agoI do! But no. Just no.