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[jedidia]

Timezones this, timezones that. By now I wish the earth was flat!

honestly I only realised this is a rhyme after writing it!

 

[Quick_Nick]

Timezones this, timezones that. By now I wish the earth was flat!

honestly I only realised this is a rhyme after writing it!

They're awful, aren't they?

[ame="https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY"]The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile - YouTube[/ame]

And then there's Daylight Saving Time. Which my state does not participate in. Except the Navajo reservation which does. EXCEPT the Hopi within the Navajo reservation who do not.

 

[Andy44]

Timezones this, timezones that. By now I wish the earth was flat!

honestly I only realised this is a rhyme after writing it!

You're a poet and didn't know it.

 

[Artlav]

They're awful, aren't they?

Why? They are a necessity of living on a round planet.

DST, on the other hand, is evil.

 

[Hielor]

Why? They are a necessity of living on a round planet.

DST, on the other hand, is evil.

Why not just use the exact local time for your present location? A continuous stream, rather than partitioned sections... for most of the people in the world, they'd be able to go 10-15 miles east or west before the time would be off by even a minute.

Just about everyone these days has a cell phone, use the GPS in that to determine the exact local time and any other non-GPS timekeeping devices could be set from that.

 

[Frilock]

Why not just use the exact local time for your present location? A continuous stream, rather than partitioned sections... for most of the people in the world, they'd be able to go 10-15 miles east or west before the time would be off by even a minute.

Just about everyone these days has a cell phone, use the GPS in that to determine the exact local time and any other non-GPS timekeeping devices could be set from that.

Oh hey, a new excuse for me to be late to a drop off.

"Well I got loaded at 8:15 AM, but at the destination it was already 8:20".

 

[jedidia]

Just about everyone these days has a cell phone, use the GPS in that to determine the exact local time and any other non-GPS timekeeping devices could be set from that.

You would never have anything even close to bug-free code again.

 

[Linguofreak]

Why not just use the exact local time for your present location? A continuous stream, rather than partitioned sections... for most of the people in the world, they'd be able to go 10-15 miles east or west before the time would be off by even a minute.

Just about everyone these days has a cell phone, use the GPS in that to determine the exact local time and any other non-GPS timekeeping devices could be set from that.

Better yet, just have everybody use UTC.

 

[Andy44]

:rant: Rant:

It really steams me when I hear somebody say "radiation was released into the sea/atmosphere", as if they're talking about some kind of fluid. Radiation is either a wavelength of light, like gamma waves, or it's emitted particles, such as neutrons or alpha particles. Radioactive material, i.e., substances which are radioactive, are what can get released into the environment.

It would be like saying, "I released light into the sea by shining my headlights at the waves." So what? As soon as you turned off your lights the light goes away! :beathead:

/rant complete. Now back to the show...

 

[MaverickSawyer]

That's clickbait headlines working their magic. Nothing spreads fear faster than deliberately misworded headlines... :dry:

 

[Thunder Chicken]

That's clickbait headlines working their magic. Nothing spreads fear faster than deliberately misworded headlines... :dry:

It's easy to get the scientifically-illiterate herd to stampede with a little FUD. Very controllably, actually.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Is there a plugin to export from Blender 2.79 to Orbiter?

 

[Andy44]

I have a theory that the Internet's development is being controlled by forces who wanted to create a medium that allows Weird Al Yankovic to thrive for many decades...

 

[Evil_Onyx]

Cool thing of the day for me, seeing an orange moon rise whilst driving this evening, I'll see if my dash cam got a good still.

Edit.

After reviewing footage, its not that good quality.

 

[Andy44]

I just saw Blade Runner 2049. Immensely satisfied with it.

 

[n122vu]

The word dongle really bugs me.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

:rofl:

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Note to all prospective aircraft mechanics: When the teacher has the whole class do dye penetrant inspections at the same time with the aerosol-type dye... don't breathe that stuff. I'm still coughing several hours later.

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Oh, and don't wear a light colored shirt, either... my white shirt is now speckled with red.

I don't mind that, of course: it's already grease and oil stained from the engine I've been working on. But others may not be so willing to deal with that.

 

[jedidia]

Wife to Son: Do you want to play for a bit more, or do you want to go to bed?
Son: Yes.
My Brain: ClassCast exception: Expected String, got Boolean.

 

[kuddel]

The question however still allows for both! She asked OR not XOR