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simonblack

Bedtime? Where in the world is it bedtime at this moment?

This policy is only workable if your country uses a little-used language and takes up only a single timezone.

Dumb idea. Unnecessary complexity in a website.

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The script uses the device time.

That doesn't work well for me because I use UTC as my device time regardless of where I am in the world.

IP geolocation isn't a good idea either because I often access pages through a VPN in another timezone.

In short, nice thought but no thanks.

The page mentions it uses the local clock/time zone in the browser viewing the page.

Why would you go to the bother of producing a website and then shut other people out of it just because you're asleep. Even worse is assuming that because it's their bedtime, they have no right to think they can use the website.

So many assumptions. It reminds me of my ethnic mother's command, "I'm cold. Go and put a jumper on."

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