Arthur Besse to

Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Someday aliens are going to land, and everything is going to go just fine right up until we try to explain our calendar to them

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Someday aliens are going to land, and everything is going to go just fine right up until we try to explain our calendar to them

Arthur Besse to

Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

foone (@Foone)

Someday aliens are going to land their saucers in a field somewhere in New Jersey and everything is going to go just fine right up until we try to explain our calendar to them

also being discussed on MeFi and HN

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5•2 years ago
Our timesystem has it’s oddities for sure but at least it’s pretty much the same all around the globe. There are no silly imperial units of time etc.

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