When you talk to the people who actually operate the systems upon which the world runs, you'd be left wondering how any of us are still alive.
@stilgherrian i once successfully explained to a normal person how everything runs on good will and gaffer tape using the timezone file story
* guy runs world infra for 30 years in his spare time
* astrology chancers sue him
* guy goes "bugger thatte"
* world goes OH SHIT
@davidgerard @stilgherrian is there any place I can read up un this? Don't know the story and sounds interesting (with high probability for facepalms)
@CarePackage17 @stilgherrian oh it was huge and dumb. Wikipedia has the precis and some links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database#2011_lawsuit
