Comment by mmooss 1 day ago A large portion of HN would have to cross an international border. 3 comments mmooss Reply alephnerd 1 day ago Maybe, but this was a convo during "American" hours and largely in the American context.Late afternoon PST/EST tends to be when Asian and European HN is sleeping.Asian HN seems to start up around 10-11pm PST, European HN seems to peak around 3am-7am PST, and "Global" HN seems to be around 7am-10am PST. mmooss 1 day ago You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)Maybe the person you responded to was up late or early or was referring to people who might be asleep. Do they not exist if they are asleep? alephnerd 1 day ago > You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)Yep! HN's tone has massive shifts depending on the time of usage, and basically turns into entirely different forums.> Do they not exist if they are asleep?That's more of a Descartes question than a me question /sBut yea fair.
alephnerd 1 day ago Maybe, but this was a convo during "American" hours and largely in the American context.Late afternoon PST/EST tends to be when Asian and European HN is sleeping.Asian HN seems to start up around 10-11pm PST, European HN seems to peak around 3am-7am PST, and "Global" HN seems to be around 7am-10am PST. mmooss 1 day ago You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)Maybe the person you responded to was up late or early or was referring to people who might be asleep. Do they not exist if they are asleep? alephnerd 1 day ago > You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)Yep! HN's tone has massive shifts depending on the time of usage, and basically turns into entirely different forums.> Do they not exist if they are asleep?That's more of a Descartes question than a me question /sBut yea fair.
mmooss 1 day ago You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)Maybe the person you responded to was up late or early or was referring to people who might be asleep. Do they not exist if they are asleep? alephnerd 1 day ago > You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)Yep! HN's tone has massive shifts depending on the time of usage, and basically turns into entirely different forums.> Do they not exist if they are asleep?That's more of a Descartes question than a me question /sBut yea fair.
alephnerd 1 day ago > You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)Yep! HN's tone has massive shifts depending on the time of usage, and basically turns into entirely different forums.> Do they not exist if they are asleep?That's more of a Descartes question than a me question /sBut yea fair.
Maybe, but this was a convo during "American" hours and largely in the American context.
Late afternoon PST/EST tends to be when Asian and European HN is sleeping.
Asian HN seems to start up around 10-11pm PST, European HN seems to peak around 3am-7am PST, and "Global" HN seems to be around 7am-10am PST.
You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)
Maybe the person you responded to was up late or early or was referring to people who might be asleep. Do they not exist if they are asleep?
> You based your comment on the current time around the world? :)
Yep! HN's tone has massive shifts depending on the time of usage, and basically turns into entirely different forums.
> Do they not exist if they are asleep?
That's more of a Descartes question than a me question /s
But yea fair.