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The people holding up the internet:一页滚动数据故事,40 亿部手机靠一个人维护的时区文件 The people holding up the internet: a scrolling data story on the time zone file four billion phones rely on

边往下滑边出数据,讲清一个人撑起全世界手机的时间。 Data appears as you scroll: how one person keeps the world's phone clocks right.

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sheets.works 的一篇滚动式数据新闻:你手机上所有跟时间有关的东西(闹钟、登机牌、跨国会议)都要查同一个时区数据文件,而这个文件由 UCLA 讲师 Paul Eggert 业余维护。页面一边往下滑一边讲:版本 2026e 改了什么、过去一年 251 处改动里 218 处出自他手、2011 年被起诉又撤诉的经过,并引用了 xkcd 那张「整座数字基建立在一块小积木上」的漫画。也提供「按普通网页阅读」的版本。适合想学「大字号 + 留白 + 边滑边出数据」这种叙事版式的人,内容本身也值得一读。 A scrolling data story from sheets.works: everything on your phone that shows a time (alarms, boarding passes, meetings abroad) reads one time zone database, kept up to date in his spare time by UCLA lecturer Paul Eggert. As you scroll it walks through what release 2026e changed, that 218 of the file's 251 changes in the past year were his, and the 2011 lawsuit that was later dropped, and it cites xkcd's tower-on-one-small-block comic. A plain-page version is offered too. Good for anyone studying big type, generous whitespace, and data that appears as you scroll, and the story is worth reading on its own.

适合学什么What to learn

  • 游戏/互动 Game / interactive

    可直接玩或操作的教学游戏与 WebGL 演示。 Teaching games and WebGL demos you can play in the browser.

  • 其他 Other

    尚未归入上述类型的公开 HTML 页面。 Public HTML pages not yet filed under the types above.

为什么推荐Why we recommend it HN 评论里有人觉得手机上读着费劲,作者也给了纯网页版。 Some HN commenters found it hard to read on mobile; the author offers a plain-page version.

核验记录:来源、抓取与截图说明Verification log: sources, checks, and captures

线索 HN item 50002494(2026-10-08T06:41Z,约 14:41 北京时间,撰写时 136pts)。页面晚间 HTTP 200,文中数字(40 亿部手机、251 处改动里 218 处)都是作者从代码仓库统计的说法,本库没有复核。已配 Playwright 实拍 3:2 自托管预览。Lead: HN item 50002494 (2026-10-08T06:41Z, about 14:41 Beijing time, 136pts at write time). Page HTTP 200 this evening; the figures (four billion phones, 218 of 251 changes) are the author's counts from the code and were not re-checked here. Includes a Playwright-captured self-hosted 3:2 preview.

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