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An American using the inferior Fahrenheit system and a European using the superior Celsius system which is way easier
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[–] 9 points 6 months ago (13 children)

Come up with a metric time system then. Also, fix the damn calendar.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (6 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Ok, that's on me, I knew that existed. I meant adopt a metric time system.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    But why? Binary is a better basis for numbering, when I was demo coding in assembler on the Commodore 64, I learned a technique to vastly speed up trig calculations: divide the circle into 256 degrees, you can use simple 8 bit integer math to blast out sine values. I figure the same should go with time. It's not like we still use our fingers to count.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Also, fix the damn calendar

    13 months, 28 days per month = 364 days. New Year's Day can be its own holiday separate from the rest of the year, and every fourth year it can be 2 days long.

    Now we just need to get Big Calendar on board.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago*

    Also, fix the damn calendar.

    The calendar has been intentionally mangled to obscure the solstices, equinoxes, etc. for the sake of religion. The shitty and arbitrary nature is a feature, not a bug. It's emphasizes hegemonic control of our lives.

    A similar thing is happening with time where solar noon, sunrises, and sunsets are obscured for the sake of capitalist work clocks.

    The system doesn't want our lives based on the natural world around us. It wants control.

    They're never going to "fix" this because it already works as designed.

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