• Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    apripo of nothing what do you think would happen if the people who work with the atomic clocks just decided to unplug them from the network?

    • Riley
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      8 months ago

      I’m sorry I don’t understand your question?

      • emizeko [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        8 months ago

        she meant “apropos”. it’s a non-sequitur but she is speculating about what would happen if the primary sources our society uses for standard time stopped communicating

    • wopazoo [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      All digital infrastructure would collapse if our society lost its ability to coordinate on time, but I don’t see how this would affect Bluetooth headphones.