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by kps 18 days ago
The revolutionary French tried decimal timekeeping, but no amount of guillotines could make it stick.

Planetarily, we only need to slow the Earth's rotation by 1.46%, so that the year becomes 360 days (1 day = 1° of revolution) and I can sleep an extra 21 minutes.

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Or you can just ignore the Earth's rotation completely and sleep whenever you want:

https://xkcd.com/320/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/320:_28-Hour_Day

If it wasn’t for having to work 9-5, I would seriously do this. It’s what I tend to do naturally when I when several days off.