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A comment on Clocks Change Tomorrow [1918] [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Clocks Change Tomorrow [1918] [pdf] by speakeron on Sunday November 01, 2015 @08:57AM (#10486403)
Yes, that's a cool way to do it and somewhat natural if you're a server person; but perhaps mentally challenging for a lot of people.

Remember Swatch Internet Time[1]?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time

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Re:Clocks Change Tomorrow [1918] [pdf] by nebulus on Sunday November 01, 2015 @01:05PM (#10487350)
I wish this would catch on again. Swatch Internet Time was a pre-Twitter invention, and the live global connection to one another was weaker than it is now. I'd love to see it supported as a timestamp in forum software, Twitter clients, etc.
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