by delecti on 7/10/23, 1:55 PM
I'm perplexed at the implication that we "decided" to have the number of time zones that we do, rather than just acknowledging the reality that the US is a fairly big country. It's cheating a bit with Alaska in the picture, but the US spans about twice the degrees of longitude as Europe, and it would still be solidly "wider" even if you limit to the lower 48 states.
by sandworm101 on 7/10/23, 2:23 PM
>> I consider awake to mean from 8AM to 12AM, you are getting at least 8 hours of sleep, right?
Must be nice to be a millionaire who works from home then stays up late every night. Is this Charlie sheen's jingle-writing character from 2 1/2 men? The rest of the working population gets up long before 8am. Work starts at 8am. School starts at 8am. Most people I know, at least those with jobs/kids, set their alarms for 6am. If I were to guess, the working population of the US will generally be awake between 6am and 11pm.
Or come join the military. 0400 is a very common alarm time. I'm at my desk by 0515 most mornings.
by defparam on 7/10/23, 1:31 PM
I'm happy they thought it was important to address why this information is useful (at least to them), only to then not address it at all.
by michaelt on 7/10/23, 1:43 PM
> I consider awake to mean from 8AM to 12PM, you are getting at least 8 hours of sleep, right?I've seen IRC bots that monitor people's activity to guess at their availability/timezones.
After all, nobody would be on social media during work hours - right? :)
by msla on 7/10/23, 2:39 PM
> given that the USA decided that having 4, 9 or 11 timezones — depending on how you count — was completely manageble on their end
Europe has four time zones, same as the Lower 48, if you ignore overseas territories, overseas collectivities, and whatever other remains of the various European empires. Besides, the alternative is to pull a Mainland China, which spread one time zone across enough land to need four or five of them.
by morelisp on 7/10/23, 3:34 PM
The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailors, constables, possee comitatus, etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet such as these even are commonly esteemed good citizens. Others--as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and officeholders--serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral distinctions, they are as likely to serve the Devil, without intending it, as God. A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it.
by Roark66 on 7/10/23, 1:38 PM
I found Google extremely useful for timezone info. You can write something like "what time is it in Detroit, USA When it's 1pm in Sydney, Australia", or "what time is it now in Baghdad" and it will give you the correct answer. No need to be counting hours etc.
As for "are they awake". I'm not sure it is as useful as "are they off work now"?
by birdman3131 on 7/10/23, 1:28 PM
I feel that most are awake earlier than 8am. I sure don't want to be but jobs tend to force you up before then.
by koprulusector on 7/10/23, 1:49 PM
Shouldn’t he have said “awake from 08:00 to 23:59 or 00:00,” instead of “08:00 AM to 12:00 PM?”
by anlsh on 7/10/23, 4:13 PM
9am on the west coast and it's still at 54%- pretty sure it's broken
by manojlds on 7/10/23, 1:44 PM
I was so confused with the 8am to 12pm. You mean 8am to 12am :)
by cykros on 7/11/23, 10:41 AM
by ChrisArchitect on 7/10/23, 2:32 PM
Why does this mention Threads of all things.... a week in we're worried about when to post on Threads? Site is DOA without any network effects from hashtags or whatever....
by foxyv on 7/10/23, 5:17 PM
I've always been a fan of working with Zulu time. I work with people spanning 12 different time zones. If we could all work on GMT or Zulu I would be a lot happier trying to scheduled meetings and deployments. Zero ambiguity, especially considering DST and traveling.
by throwawaymobule on 7/11/23, 1:03 AM
Love single-purpose sites like this. time.is is in a fairly similar vain, and I use it regularly to see/convey time to people.
Usually in the form: '8pm Dallas time' or something like it. Really takes the complication out of DST, especially.
by nntwozz on 7/10/23, 1:59 PM
My doctor said I should sleep until I feel rested, there is no arbitrary number.
by nonethewiser on 7/10/23, 1:48 PM
The website claims Reddit is banned in some European countries. Which countries?
by JulesRosser on 7/10/23, 1:47 PM
Legitimately useful. As someone working remotely I'm always wary of waking US colleagues up with my unimportant notifications.
I'd definitely use a '% of team members online' Slackbot
by jacobwilliamroy on 7/10/23, 3:35 PM
We should have 1 timezone for the entire planet. Having the same time be different times at different spots on earth just makes things more confusing and causes problems. When I coordinate between timezones I don't even use time, I use delta time (for example "The call is happening 22 hours from now").
by rhaway84773 on 7/10/23, 1:33 PM
> you are getting at least 8 hours of sleep, right?
Lol. No.
by awhow on 7/10/23, 2:50 PM
Betteridge's law?
by pluijzer on 7/10/23, 1:34 PM
This site takes into account that Americans get there 8 hours of sleep though some quick googling revealed that the average American only gets 7 hours and 13 minutes of sleep. Just want to preach to those not getting there 8 hours, getting enough sleep really gives an enormous boost to mood, creativity, productivity and health. Give it a try :-)
by arsome on 7/10/23, 1:31 PM
"8AM to 12 PM" think you mean 12 AM unless you go to bed at lunch :)
by hospitalJail on 7/10/23, 1:26 PM
Meanwhile Americans have no equivalent website for 'Are Europeans asleep yet?"
Because they don't care.
by javier_e06 on 7/10/23, 1:45 PM
A more refined website would ask: Is the US East Coast Awake? Is the US West Coast awake? An even more refined website would ask: Is it East Coast Rush hour now? Is it West Coast Rush hour now?