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The revolutionary French tried decimal timekeeping, but no amount of guillotines could make it stick. Planetarily, we only need to slow the Earth's rotation by
by kps 3mo ago
The revolutionary French tried decimal timekeeping, but no amount of guillotines could make it stick.
Planetarily, we only need to slow the Earth's rotation by 1.46%, so that the year becomes 360 days (1 day = 1° of revolution) and I can sleep an extra 21 minutes.
- vova_hn2 3mo agoOr you can just ignore the Earth's rotation completely and sleep whenever you want: https://xkcd.com/320/ https://xkcd.com/320/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/320:_28-Hour_Day https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/320:_28-Hour_Day
- al_borland 3mo agoIf it wasn’t for having to work 9-5, I would seriously do this. It’s what I tend to do naturally when I when several days off.