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by GJim 765 days ago
> It is not just about programmers, it is just that the Earth is not considered an accurate enough clock anymore.

Computers (and those who programme them) are there to serve humans (with a biology regulated by the Earth), not the other way around!

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Human society screwed with biology in a big way since the industrial revolution. A few seconds, even minutes don't matter when business hours can disrupt sleep patterns of a significant part of the population by hours.

Terrestrial time don't serve society very well, as it is not very precise, it doesn't serve biology well either, as it is based on some arbitrary meridian instead of your actual location. Biology-compatible times would be in relation to sunrise and sunset, as it is sometimes done.