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The takeaway is that we, humans, tend to reference things in non-universal frames of reference. Be it "morning" for time or "office" for location. Timezones can
by friendzis 4y ago
The takeaway is that we, humans, tend to reference things in non-universal frames of reference. Be it "morning" for time or "office" for location. Timezones can be seen as an emergent property of long-distance communication. Whatever the algorithm you choose the underlying problem with "inertial" frames of reference remains.
- x3n0ph3n3 4y agoIt's actually an emergent property of trains needing to be predictable and run on time. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time