Programmers complain about dates and time. Guess what? That’s the gig! Making computers useful to people, with all of our messy behaviours.
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Replying to @raganwald
@raganwald people who complain about dates and times should really look into the joy that is directory services1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @raganwald
@raganwald@bascule how are dates and time zones not something people "invented to solve problems"?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @judsonlester
@judsonlester@bascule they are not things programmers invented. So complain about Ruby’s DateTime class, but not about time zones.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @raganwald
@raganwald@bascule still an invention, and am irritation to e.g. cross country travelers, broadcasters, legislators.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @judsonlester
@judsonlester@bascule Programmers complaining about time zones are like doctors complaining about human anatomy. Let patients complain.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@raganwald @judsonlester can I complain about LDAP having at least 3 different kinds of groups that are all basically the same thing but not
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Replying to @bascule
@bascule@judsonlester LDAP is a “solution” invented by programmers. It’s fair game.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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