staying enigmatic might be the right move for the author, but that doesn't mean the cost should be borne by us.
The reason that we have traffic jams at rush hour is that it is in each person's self interest to enter the highway, but as a collective it creates a greater negative for all than the benefit to the one (see economic negative externality). When you merge into a crowded highway, 1000 people behind you move back one car length; if you had the choice of waiting 1000 cars to enter (and for each of all the people in front of you and behind you) would you do it?
on HN people are endlessly interested in daylight savings, processor clock speeds, UTC, the year 2038 problem, etc. A whimsical clock could be considered a waste... of time, and would it really spoil the whimsy all that much for the whimsical minority?
I did pick the wrong post for this comment I think, of course this isn't so bad. It's ambiguous tools and startups that I wish would put more info in the title.
In 2023 though there is more to a click than a simple HTML request, and while I do, not everyone has cheap and fast internet, or fast devices.
The reason that we have traffic jams at rush hour is that it is in each person's self interest to enter the highway, but as a collective it creates a greater negative for all than the benefit to the one (see economic negative externality). When you merge into a crowded highway, 1000 people behind you move back one car length; if you had the choice of waiting 1000 cars to enter (and for each of all the people in front of you and behind you) would you do it?
on HN people are endlessly interested in daylight savings, processor clock speeds, UTC, the year 2038 problem, etc. A whimsical clock could be considered a waste... of time, and would it really spoil the whimsy all that much for the whimsical minority?