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timezones are a pain in the ass for computers


You mean for computer programmers but that's no excuse: our machines are there to make life easier for users, not the other way around.

I still think Spain made a mistake when they changed their alphabet in the 1990s to make life easier for computer programmers. This is really no different.


making things easier for programmers can make most things cheaper for everyone else




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