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Reminds me of Tom Scott's video on timezones [1], where he shows how what time zone a user is in can depend on things like ethnicity: apparently, when the West
by satiric 3y ago
Reminds me of Tom Scott's video on timezones [1], where he shows how what time zone a user is in can depend on things like ethnicity: apparently, when the West Bank goes on and off Daylight Savings depends on whether you're among Israelis or not (I might have the details wrong here, please correct me if so. I couldn't find much definitive information about this).
Luckily the problem OP linked to seems easier to solve.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY
- ThisIsMyAltAcct 3y agoAlso reminds me of how Google Maps shows different borders depending on which country you’re viewing from
- resolutebat 3y agoThis is often due to legal requirements: in both India and China (and many other countries), it's literally illegal to display a map of the country that does not show the "right" borders.
- deely3 3y agoAnd russia. And Ukraine.