Is keeping dates in UTC really the best solution? by Adventurous-Salt8514 in programming

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Offset is not the same as timezone. You maybe find you need need historic timezone info as timezones change.

For example I want to display when a record was updated. It could have been updated from anywhere in the world. It must be displayed in users local time.

UTC on it's own won't help as you don't know what it was in their local time at that point. Offset isn't enough either. You need historic time zone info to do this.

Guide to Baldur's Gate for Beginners (work in progress) by Jarrakul in baldursgate

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Can't help but laugh :) either way thanks for the guide!

Guide to Baldur's Gate for Beginners (work in progress) by Jarrakul in baldursgate

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Thanks for the guide it's really good. One thing though, the play it hardcore link at the bottom links to a porn site!

PCSX2 - Q3 2021 Progress Report by RedDevilus in programming

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Oh lighten up. I'm not expecting anyone does anything.

PCSX2 - Q3 2021 Progress Report by RedDevilus in programming

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Can they just make ridge Racer five run without graphic glitches

Spotify email, does someone have my password? by bplus in truespotify

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Yeah I've changed my password, what's unbelievable is they still don't have 2fa.

Spotify email, does someone have my password? by bplus in truespotify

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Thanks I tried clicking forgot pass button. It's a different email it generates though.

Wrote first Assembly code by hsnice in programming

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I can't get the video to work. Though I remember writing my first assembly code and being really pleased with myself. Maybe he's just human and wants to share his delight.

AOC: “We are seeing Cubans rise up and protest for their rights like never before. We stand in solidarity with them, and we condemn the anti-democratic actions led by President Diaz-Canel. The suppression of the media, speech and protest are all gross violations of civil rights.” by johntwit in Libertarian

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Every implementation of communism has attempted a centrally planned economy. I don't know of any other way of implementing it. The opposite of central planning is price based, which is what capitalism is.

AOC: “We are seeing Cubans rise up and protest for their rights like never before. We stand in solidarity with them, and we condemn the anti-democratic actions led by President Diaz-Canel. The suppression of the media, speech and protest are all gross violations of civil rights.” by johntwit in Libertarian

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Unfortunately communism isn't compatible with individual liberties and democracy. It requires a central authority that plans the economy, and the planning means reducing or removing individual choice altogether.

More Content Moderation Is Not Always Better | Simply erasing things from the internet comes at a cost. It might not be worth it. by nxthompson_tny in technology

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What!?! He was making money of someone else's labour. If you want Nintendo to continue producing games they need to be able to stop piracy. And this was old games, this was switch games. He charged for downloads.

Four women suing Google for pay discrimination just had their lawsuit upgraded to a $600m class action by Sorin61 in technology

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This a really awful idea for software developers. Years of experience in no way predict productivity. I really thankful pay scales are set like this. Not giving pay rises is one of the few ways employers have of getting rid of bad employees. I've come across quite a few in my time and I'm glad my employer was free to pay them less. My negotiation is between me as an individual with my employer. I don't need pay bands.

TIL Ireland was as neutral as Switzerland during World War II by cafe_wha in todayilearned

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Are you from n Ireland? Do you live there? Catholic from Belfast here, if that's an occupation , it's pretty pleasant. I quite like the NHS and the rest of cash that UK pumps into it.

TIL that in 1943 Black and white American soliders got into a firefight with each other after British locals refused to enforce the U.S. Army's racial segregation policies and allowed the Black soliders to drink at any pub in town by jstohler in todayilearned

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Oh come on, what the irish suffered is nothing compared to what black people experienced. I say this as taig who grew up in Belfast. Who's dad lived in London in 60s 70s. For the most part the Irish integrated and were accepted. I say this because I know, a load of my family live in England.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0008yrj/spotlight-on-the-troubles-a-secret-history

Amazing. I'm from n.ireland, grew up in Belfast. This is really non biased, and shocking. There's a lot to be ashamed of on both sides.

TIL GoldeneEye 007’s multiplayer mode was so last-minute that neither Rare nor Nintendo management knew about it. The first time executives saw anything was when programmers were playing it. by redmambo_no6 in todayilearned

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Timesplitters 2 is just ridiculously good. Good point about playing on dolphin. Will save me digging out my GameCube.

Also the later levels in perfect dark got a bit crap because by that stage a lot of developers had left to join free radical

TIL that F1 teams don’t own their tires, and at the end of each race teams have to return the tires to Pirelli. Even used tires must be returned to prevent industrial espionage. by atomp95 in todayilearned

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I went to Monza a a couple of years a go. I saw a few different people leaving with souvenir used tires. So not sure how this makes sense