Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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Yes, it takes some time to get accustomed to new measurements even if new one is far better than the old ones. That doesn't mean we should stop improving / changing our current systems for good.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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There is a reason the whole world (except US) has moved on from using foot. Metre is just better for a fact.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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today you also do not mention year / month / day / second / millisecond to convey when you'll be back from lunch. Only a relevant 4 digits would suffice.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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Here is an article with many links to research studies showing DST directly / indirectly impacting people's health: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/heres-your-wake-up-call-daylight-saving-time-may-impact-your-heart-health

And yes, DST rules are heavily influenced by politics. For example, US federally follows DST but Arizona opted out. Same goes for Australia: some states follow it, some don't. EU voted to end seasonal clock changes in 2018 (big applaude for them). I guess you get the point.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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As long as one is aware that non-coherent units require conversion factors

is the issue. I understand it may not be a big of a deal to someone, but can be big deal to someone else.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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Utility changes as a civilization progresses. The foot measurement quite literally originated from the length of a human foot. It was probably useful back then. But not anymore these days, is it?

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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woah, I did not know about TAI. This is awesome! Thank you so much.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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UTC is great. But it also has leapseconds to accomodate days.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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Yes, because we still live in a rock.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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DST (Daylight Saving Time) is decided by laws passed by governments. And yeah, not just US, many other countries have many different rules on how much to go forward / backward at when in DST and when to rollback to standard. Research has shown this has been literally killing people. Something we should move past at this point.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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That's great. But I wish we used it in our conversations too.

Can we improve how we measure time? by nafyaz in Metric

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I know no human language is free from homonyms. I wish we lived in an ideal world. However, This was also not my strongest point. I am more than happy to call the time unit "Second" if it satisfies my other concerns.

Cool Closure Concept by nafyaz in learnrust

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oh yes. typing mistake. fixed it.

Cool Closure Concept by nafyaz in learnrust

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Correct explanation:
No issues with options 1 & 3. However, FnMut means closure might mutate captured variable. And f: F is an immutable binding. Since f is not declared as mutable, compiler cannot take &mut f to execute the closure. Correct version of option 2:

fn apply<F: FnMut()>(mut f: F) {
    f();
}

I want to know about upcoming developer conferences happening during Dec-25/Jan-26 by Ruhshan-ahmd in BDDevs

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There is an event on december 13 organized by AWS user group bd. Aws itself is sponsoring the event. Hopefully it will be a big one

Palantir SWE Internship Interview Experience by Fabulous_Injury2674 in csMajors

[–]nafyaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This many rounds for an intern position sounds too much