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patent mulchBOT Jan 11, 2025, 9:41 AM

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The French for time zone

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fuseau vs. zone horaire

pastel cedar Jan 11, 2025, 10:27 AM

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I'm no expert but i think it's because of the way the globe is split up by longitudes in fusiform slices

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a fuseau is fusiform

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so something like this

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no idea if that's the actual reason but it's my theory on the matter

simple bay Jan 13, 2025, 5:09 PM

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pastel cedar so something like this

it's definitely (probably) that but i can't help but point out how effed up the actual map of time zones is compared to this idealized representation 😭