How would the new time zones work in practice? Wenche Pedersen, the mayor of Vadsø who authored the letter, is unsure.
“We haven’t thought a lot about that” she said. “The clock will go from 12 to 13… and we have to see how this will go. I don’t think they’re going to say yes so we haven’t thought about all the details.”
The article: https://www.politico.eu/article/norway-arctic-region-asks-eu-commission-for-26-hour-day/
Huh. Great idea.
I hear they’re also declaring that pi equals three.
Or 5
What the fuck? I can see pi being shortened to 3 for baby’s first geometry problem, but 5?
I assume this is just to get people use to the idea of algebra.
They’ll settle for three-ish
pi = 3.1±0.05
Gotta allow for a little uncertainty, just to absolutely ruin everything.