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Should we list hours, minutes, seconds? or year, month, day? Should we drive on the right side of the road or left? Should we use imperial or metric system? The
by andrewfromx 4y ago
Should we list hours, minutes, seconds? or year, month, day? Should we drive on the right side of the road or left? Should we use imperial or metric system? These are all good questions but I think the answer is "it depends." Just like timezones. You can't get rid of timezones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26416337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26416337
https://qntm.org/abolish https://qntm.org/abolish
- Kwpolska 4y ago> Should we list hours, minutes, seconds? > Should we use imperial or metric system? Those two seem very clear-cut. I haven’t ever seen time in any other format (HH:MM does not count as a different format), and there is zero benefit to the imperial system, other than Americans being used to it. > Should we drive on the right side of the road or left? I don’t think there’s much benefit in picking one over the other that isn’t related to economic factors (such as being able to import cars from neighbouring countries, but also the cost of redesigning all roads).
- lfciv 4y agoWe could make things easier by keeping timezones consistent – the fact that they move is what makes things hard.