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by QuantumNomad_3 hours ago |
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upvoteby tgsovlerkhgsel14 minutes ago|
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You should interact with government sites more. I'm sure you'll love it when you finally found the time and motivation to do something about the bureaucratic task you've been procrastinating for weeks and then get told that the web site is currently closed.

https://dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/why-some-dvla-digital-ser...

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upvoteby curtisf1 hours ago|
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I don't need to imagine. This is how government and bank websites work in Japan. It's maddening how frequently online services are closed in the evening and weekends.

Example: the government e-tax service's operating hours schedule

https://www.e-tax.nta.go.jp/info_center/index.htm

There is a full week of maintenance this month, and it's unavailable after midnight on Mondays and Sundays until 8:30am.

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upvoteby markburns27 minutes ago|
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The server sits underneath Shintaro's desk, the guy needs a break once in a while.
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upvoteby teiferer3 hours ago|
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> website itself is open 9 to 5 Monday through Friday, and outside of that it’s closed.

So you want people to read your blog at work because when they are off it's closed?

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upvoteby jalcazar2 hours ago|
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No, I want them to take time off from work to read the blog. Just as they do when going to the DMV, bank, doctor consultation,etc.
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upvoteby throw-the-towel2 hours ago|
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> My friend didn’t get it. This guy gets it.

They laughed at Einstein, but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

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upvoteby Arainach3 hours ago|
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Plenty of these exist. The biggest I'm aware of is B&H Photo Video.
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upvoteby left-struck3 hours ago|
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How does this work with time zones?
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upvoteby fc417fc8023 hours ago|
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When you visit my site you are visiting my timezone. Same as if you tried to call me on the phone in the middle of your day but I was asleep during my night.
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upvoteby teiferer3 hours ago|
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What attracted me to computers as a kid in the 90s was the promise of an always-on, never moody, deterministic machine. That was magic and finally a fixed reliable point in life, forever. Plus, with the internet, suddenly the world came closer, no matter timezone, things are always there.

We are already killing the deterministic part with LLMs. I can't trust the machine anymore to do tomorrow what I told it yesterday.

Now we also want to remove the always-on aspect? Arbitrarily? Because it's ...cool? I don't get it.

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upvoteby sampullman2 hours ago|
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I remember some people doing this maybe 15 years ago, I think these types of hipster-ish trends recycle every generation or so.

I don't see it as harmful, but it's not for me either. My personal stuff goes down when my DDNS script fails or I accidentally trip the breaker, that's enough.

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upvoteby andai23 minutes ago|
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> We are already killing the deterministic part with LLMs. I can't trust the machine anymore to do tomorrow what I told it yesterday.

The computer was the perfect anti-human! Alas, they keep making it more feminine to appeal to the normies.

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upvoteby dalmo31 hours ago|
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Why stop there?

When you visit my website a notification pops up on my phone and I have to set HTTP response manually.

It's also audio-only, because if you called me on the phone you wouldn't see any UI, would you?

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upvoteby QuantumNomad_3 hours ago|
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Exactly :)
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