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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by Bilal_io on Monday August 22, 2022 @05:10PM (#32557320)
Should we also turn off computers in hospitals and in other important facilities? And then how can we qualify what's important?

Maybe you and I have the privilege to turn off computers for almost a week without a negative effect, but not the majority of the world, everything uses a computer to operate and coordinate.

Think about food production, aviation, shipping, sailing... And much more at both small and big scales.

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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by vlunkr on Monday August 22, 2022 @05:18PM (#32557402)
You're going to take issue with that instead of Druid part?
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by teddyh on Monday August 22, 2022 @05:23PM (#32557452)
I hereby announce my campaign for the role of Time Druid.
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by flir on Monday August 22, 2022 @05:42PM (#32557678)
Your symbols of office shall be a blinking 12:00 and the date 01-01-1970.

Wait. In fact, if you weren't born on 01-01-1970, you can't be Time Druid. Sorry.

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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by alexfoo on Monday August 22, 2022 @06:30PM (#32558107)
Do you mean 01-01-1970 or 01-01-1970?
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by paulryanrogers on Monday August 22, 2022 @07:47PM (#32558796)
ISO 8601 dammnit
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by IncRnd on Monday August 22, 2022 @08:34PM (#32559154)
Don't worry. The Druid will handle that.
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by Bilal_io on Monday August 22, 2022 @09:32PM (#32559521)
I don't mess with druids.
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by DiggyJohnson on Monday August 22, 2022 @07:15PM (#32558536)
How did you make it that far through the comment before choosing this issue to take seriously?
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by ravi-delia on Monday August 22, 2022 @05:27PM (#32557496)
And why do only people born within them get special hats? Maybe you and I have the privilege of going about hatless, but not the majority of the world.
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by lenova on Monday August 22, 2022 @06:21PM (#32558034)
First they came for the Special Hats, but I did not speak out -- because I was hatless...
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by mindcrime on Monday August 22, 2022 @07:18PM (#32558554)
Grandpa, tell me a story about the Time Hat Wars

Well sonnie-boy, listen up... it all started on 01-01-1970...

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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by fragmede on Monday August 22, 2022 @08:00PM (#32558886)
Clearly ISO 8601 didn't win in the time hat wars.
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time by bee_rider on Monday August 22, 2022 @06:48PM (#32558284)
Ah details, the Time Druids will sort that out probably.
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