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> As a programmer, I’ve always been annoyed by the concept of administrative time zones. That's because you committed one of the capital sins for a programmer:
by pif 1y ago
> As a programmer, I’ve always been annoyed by the concept of administrative time zones.
That's because you committed one of the capital sins for a programmer: you tried working with time. The old mantra "use a library" still rules.
> I decided time zones should be abolished, and everyone should use one coordinated time. Why care if the sun rises at 8 or 21?
You seriously need to go out more often.
- gherkinnn 1y ago> You seriously need to go out more often. Pretty much that. Most mammals I can think of live by what the sun, one way or another.
- SillyUsername 1y agoYour thinking is incorrect. Most mammals are nocturnal Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4183310/#:~:text=Globally%2C%20the%20majority%20of%20mammal,of%20the%20group%20(33). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4183310/#:~:text=Gl...
- School-Cotton 1y agoNocturnal animals are still living according to where the sun is, just as much as we are.
- mckn1ght 1y agoNocturnal would be “the other way”. It’s still based on where the sun is: below the horizon.
- OJFord 1y agoHow do you be nocturnal without living by what the sun's doing?
- mckn1ght 1y agoGood time to bring up my idea where time is expressed as offsets from sunrise, noon or sunset for a given lat/long coordinate.
- zzo38computer 1y agoYou should live by the sun, regardless of what the clock says. The clock is useful for measuring time, and UTC, TAI, etc can be useful for that, but if you want to wake up, etc, you can do by the sun light. For local time, you can use the solar time, which can be used with a sundial.