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121 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 10 Apr
Malkani recounted the stressful period when Threads launched in July 2023, including a few mishaps, like when users in Southeast Asia and other time zones were able to download the mobile app before the US team was ready to allow traffic in, due to the time zone confusion.
Classic, time zone bugs will never get old.
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If only there was some global, highly secure, location agnostic way to reference time. Some sort of … time chain.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 10 Apr
That was also reliable enough to schedule events far into the future precisely
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This kind of insight is why you get paid the big bucks!
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