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0 pointsmidasuni2y ago0 comments

The dominance of America at least means time zones are well supported. Had a country like U.K, China or India - all country with a single time zone - dominated the early computing development time zones could very much be an afterthought.

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quickthrower22y ago

Had computers proceeded trains through you would be OK since UK had a time zone per town. Train timetables encouraged the single timezone.

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0 pointsmidasuni2y ago0 comments

The dominance of America at least means time zones are well supported. Had a country like U.K, China or India - all country with a single time zone - dominated the early computing development time zones could very much be an afterthought.

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quickthrower22y ago

Had computers proceeded trains through you would be OK since UK had a time zone per town. Train timetables encouraged the single timezone.

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