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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by michaelt on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @08:54AM (#41994289)
> Timezones are 19th century thinking. We can do better.

That's why I only use Swatch™ Internet Beats [1] for timekeeping.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a @583.32 meeting to get to.

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

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by ta1243 on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @09:35AM (#41994584)
Meetings tend to start at most at quarter-hour intervales, or about 1/100th of a day.

If everyone used swatch times meetings would tend to start at intervals of 20, or maybe tens. Your meeting would start at @580 and last until @600 rather than 1300 to 1330 or whatever.

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