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cyralyesterday at 7:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Now I'm imagining some kind of timezone-like temperature unit that varies around the world, and a "100 things programmers should know about ___" post about all the intricacies and special cases.


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wimlyesterday at 11:28 PM

Ooh, and it could shift seasonally so that summer temperatures and winter temperatures can both be in the convenient range. And every locality could shift a different amount and at different times of year according to their local climate.

Next, we can look into reforming those pesky mass and volume units…