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We work globally so practical things like timezones aren't really a factor; we have plenty of experience working around them. That even goes as far as things like personal security in locations that are particularly dangerous. In my line of work that usually means risk of kidnapping. It will be a factor we take into account but wouldn't usually be decisive.
Having said that, I have been involved in setting up multiple offices in new locations. But only where we're expecting to have a significant presence over the long term. Essentially, where we can amortise the costs of legal and tax expertise.
Source: reasonably senior executive at a very large, global financial organisation.
Who still uses paten encumbered codecs and why?
Most of the time, I only have Spotify, chat clients, my browser, and the terminal open. And I do prefer every one of them just having a fixed place behind a shortcut, which at this point is just muscle memory.
Do you use iTerm2 or Terminal.app, and tmux?
POSIX can specify a new version of DNS resolution.
libcs can add extensions, allowing applications to detect when they are targeting those systems and use them.
Applications on Linux and Windows can bypass libc.