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🤖 OpenChaos Bot
Summary: This PR changes the project to use "beats" time (Swatch Internet Time) instead of UTC for merges. The countdown timer now displays beats until merge and current time in beats.
Files changed: 1 (README.md, Countdown.tsx)
Impact: Medium - Changes the core logic of the project related to timing and merge schedule.
You should also update the README to clarify at what .Beat the daily merge should occur
🤖 OpenChaos Bot
Summary: This PR changes the project to use "beats" time (Swatch Internet Time) instead of UTC for merges. The countdown timer now displays beats until merge and current time in beats.
Files changed: 1 (README.md, Countdown.tsx)
Impact: Medium - Changes the core logic of the project related to timing and merge schedule.
You should also update the README to clarify at what .Beat the daily merge should occur
Using the one and only Swatch Internet Time
As discussed in #105, our current reliance on UTC is a legacy bug inherited from 19th-century railway enthusiasts and people who enjoy being confused by "Daylight Savings." It is inefficient, chronologically biased, and—frankly—very "20th century."
The Earth’s rotation is inconsistent, the moon is slowly drifting away, and I refuse to let a meeting at 3:00 PM in London be 10:00 AM in New York when we could simply exist in a state of global synchronicity.
The Solution: Swatch Internet Time BEATS ↗
We are replacing all timestamps with .beats. By dividing the day into 1,000 equal units, we are effectively: