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> I actually have a hard time imagining a scenario where a fuzzy date is more helpful than the exact one. I use it for communicating short-term times in the fu
by Izkata 3y ago
> I actually have a hard time imagining a scenario where a fuzzy date is more helpful than the exact one.
I use it for communicating short-term times in the future when the recipients are across multiple time zones: "___ will finish running around 4-5 hours after this comment", "___ is fixed and will start its next run about 15 hours after this comment", etc
- makeitdouble 3y agoThanks, this is one I am 200% behind. Youtube does this well too, knowing that a feed will start in 5h or 2 days is more helpful than the exact date I'd have to calculate from today. I think that's the proximity and actionability that makes the difference.