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[–] [email protected] 63 points 6 months ago (1 children)

New years day is always a holiday that doesn't fall on any other day of the calendar. It's just kind of its own thing. No idea how that would actually work irl but that is usually how this proposal is explained.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 6 months ago (5 children)

As a software engineer, I beg of you

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We just shut down the servers for one day a year and reboot all of them. How hard can it be?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Ok, and we just don’t process any of the data from that day, ever?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

what happens on new years stays in new years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I like this idea more and more. All computers off, noone is allowed to work, just a big new years party for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

So we basically make the Purge a reality?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Let's be honest, we all could do with a bit less data processing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Network switches with over 10 years of uptime chuckle nervously

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just invent 0. Array starts from 0 so can new year

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Zero Nonuary.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You've been given the zeroth place

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And leap year?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

New year's 2: Electric Boogaloo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Kinda sounds easier to implement tbh, like, right now leap days are in a specific month, but wouldn't it (in addition to a hypothetical new years day) be easier to handle and remember if they are a very explicit part of the calendar system?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, now there is a day that is not part of a week, or a month. And we have a month and a week that don’t immediately follow after the previous one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Very reasonable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

You'll also need plan for timezones as well.