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Why not abolish timezones AND switch to metric? Now that we live our lives on the information superhighway, surely it's inevitable that Swatch Internet Time wil

by twic 7y ago

Why not abolish timezones AND switch to metric? Now that we live our lives on the information superhighway, surely it's inevitable that Swatch Internet Time will eventually become the standard: https://www.swatch.com/en_gb/internet-time/ https://www.swatch.com/en_gb/internet-time/

evanb 7y ago
So, you want to abolish timezones? https://qntm.org/abolish https://qntm.org/abolish
- twic 7y ago
  Pfft. A hotchpotch of theoretical arguments which is entirely dispelled by the simple fact that Swatch have actually done it.
  - Rotten194 7y ago
    Yeah, but barely anyone uses it. That doesn't really disprove the usability issues.