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Yes exactly, I like this proposal! "The essential idea is that our clocks should be set using sunrise as a benchmark instead of noon." Are you pursuing it, and
by dahart 6y ago
Yes exactly, I like this proposal! "The essential idea is that our clocks should be set using sunrise as a benchmark instead of noon." Are you pursuing it, and did you get any valuable feedback?
- fanf2 6y agoWell, it was originally intended as satire (hence the reference to Jonathan Swift in the subject line) - even though its logic makes some kind of sense, it is completely impractical :-) I do have a bit of sketchy software that compares various times (local apparent solar time, local mean solar time, standard/daylight time, smoothed sunrise-based time, times of sunrise/noon/sunset) but I have never found a good enough reference for the astronomical calculations to be happy with it.
- dahart 6y agoOh jeez, hahaha whoosh, the joke went totally over my head - is that whole publication satire? Do you think it's becoming more likely to be practical over time? I'd guess it's still impractical, but the percent of the world's online-connected clocks has definitely skyrocketed in the last 10 years with the proliferation of smart phones...
- fanf2 6y agoRISKS is mostly sensible though it has a sense of humour especially around the 1st April :-) RISKS is one of the oldest mailing lists, since 1985, worth subscribing if you have an interest in computer systems security.