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  1. Re:Loadbalancing... by sj26 · · Score: 1 · on How Facebook Keeps Messenger From Crashing On New Year's Eve (ieee.org)
    https://infiniteundo.com/post/...

    56. There are only 24 time zones

  2. Re:Whoopsie by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 1 · on Some Apple Watch Series 4 Models Are Frequently Crashing and Rebooting Due to a Daylight Saving Time Bug (macrumors.com)

    What makes time extra difficult is that so many people assume that time is easy.
    Exactly!

    And because people mistakenly assume it is easy, even very very smart people whom you would probably say are reasonably careful will get it wrong surprisingly often.
    Yeah, somewhere is a web site with all the "misconceptions about time", they also have some other topics, like the misconceptions of "Names of Humans".

    Ah, found them:
    https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010...
    https://infiniteundo.com/post/...

  3. Time, Names, Murphy's Computer Laws by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 3, Informative · on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves?

    These should be required reading for programmers AND designers. I'm looking at you Mr. shitty designer/programmer that only lets me put 13 characters in for my (first) name.

    * Falsehoods about Names

    * Falsehoods about Time

    * Falsehoods about Computers, aka, Murphy's Computers Laws

    * 97 Things Every Programmer should know

  4. Re:Programming by Troed · · Score: 2, Informative · on Sonos Alarms Are Waking Users a Day Early (engadget.com)

    Most 1st or 2nd year calendar CS assignments would fail in the real world though. It is that hard.

    http://infiniteundo.com/post/2...
    http://infiniteundo.com/post/2...

  5. Re:Programming by Troed · · Score: 2, Informative · on Sonos Alarms Are Waking Users a Day Early (engadget.com)

    Most 1st or 2nd year calendar CS assignments would fail in the real world though. It is that hard.

    http://infiniteundo.com/post/2...
    http://infiniteundo.com/post/2...

  6. Re:Leap days are programming tests by Trogre · · Score: 2 · on Leap Days May Be Going Away In the Not Too Distant Future

    I'll just leave this here.

  7. Re:Not-so-accurate source by Sockatume · · Score: 3, Informative · on BBC Clock Inaccurate - 100 Days To Fix?

    Further reading on dodgy assumptions about how computers handle time.

  8. Re:Not-so-accurate source by Sockatume · · Score: 3, Informative · on BBC Clock Inaccurate - 100 Days To Fix?

    Further reading on dodgy assumptions about how computers handle time.

  9. Re:stop worrying about time by AvitarX · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Ask Slashdot: How Many Time Standards Are There?

    This is what happens when you don't.

    http://infiniteundo.com/post/25509354022/more-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time-wisdom