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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by IRP on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:05PM (#32977333)
I would expect a alien calendar to be as complicated as ours. The calendar we use is the result of a long and rich history. Their would likely be as complicated, especially if there are part of a tree sun's system.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by rsynnott on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:29PM (#32977564)
We largely dumped the long and rich and annoying history for most things _other_ than time, though, with metrication. It's arguably surprising that time survived that.
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