Hackers' Pub

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洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hongminhee@hollo.social

3/12/2026, 8:28:43 AM

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Just read this 2015 piece by @qntm.orgThings Of Interest on why abolishing time zones is a terrible idea, and it's brilliant. Not because it argues against them, but because it just follows the logic through. By the end you've watched the proposal quietly collapse under its own weight.

https://qntm.org/abolish

So You Want To Abolish Time Zones @ Things Of Interest

Laudable! Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative. Before abolishing time zones I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there? Google tells me it is currently...

qntm.org

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