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Programmers are not the only people who deal with timezone problems daily, and as the world becomes more connected, more and more people will have to deal with
by bluefirebrand 3y ago
Programmers are not the only people who deal with timezone problems daily, and as the world becomes more connected, more and more people will have to deal with them
If Timezones are difficult for programmers to model into our systems, then they are likely difficult for everyone to model in their brains
Simplifying the model benefits everyone, not just programmers
- soneil 3y agoDoes it really simplify the model? It rephrases my google query if I want to call a colleague in the Philippines. That's it. It does not make it better, easier, harder. It rephrases the question, it does not abolish the question.
- bluefirebrand 3y agoIt replaces two questions "what time is my colleague available" and "what time is that in my timezone" With just the first one