People literally die more because of these changes. Statistically measurable increase in mortality on these days. Save lives, stop changing the clocks.
US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent
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Re: US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent
#132Such a terrible idea compared to permanent standard time. There is plenty of light during the summer, so there's no need to optimize for that. The winter is when daylight is scarce, so that's what should be optimized for.
Standard Time would make more sense than DST since that would mean noon is at 12pm (give or take a few minutes depending on latitude) not 1pm.
That only matters for those who keep time with a sundial…
Re: US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent
#133Does this mean that I will no longer be able to smugly remind people that there is only one 's' in "daylight saving time"? It was really the only reason I could see for keeping the biannual time change around.
Stop dreaming - we didn't allow that level of pedantry even when DST was a thing. "Daylight savings time" might be an eggcorn - but it's more accepted in conversation than "daylight saving time" at this point.
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#134We thought Y2K38 would be the next big industry challenge, but I expect a lot of things are going to go wrong with a change with just a year or two of notice. I love that this is happening, but I'm pretty certain a lot of random things are going to break when the cutover happens.
Nah. We are getting good at this; we "just" did it in 2007.
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#135I mentioned something similar in a comment last year, but I think there's going to be a lot of moaning about late sunrises in US in December. Roughly 8:15-8:20 am around the solstice in New York, DC, Chicago, and even Austin. Not til nearly 9am in Seattle. The sun won't rise before 8am in NYC for basically all of December and January. I'd even be willing to guess that the amount of moaning might be equal to what we g…
This is why the suicide rates will continue to climb.
They voted to keep the clock still, but used the wrong time.
I just wish the movie Idiocracy would stop turning into a f*&cking documentary. Is that so much to ask?!?!?!
Re: US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent
#136The rule should be that each state can decide which one it wants but can only pick one. Arizona's case for standard time ("spring forward" just puts more of the day in the hottest time) is pretty reasonable.
Re: US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent
#137Fuck this. Keeping the DST change is still better than keeping DST permanently. We should stay on standard time all year, I'm sick of having 0 daylight in the morning when I get up.
You get up too early. Relax
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#138We did this before. 46 years ago. And it went badly. https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/30/the-year-daylight-sav... Why do we have such short memories?
This is exactly what I was wondering. Why do we think it will go better this time? Also isn’t 9 months a relatively short warning given all the systems that will need updates?
Timezone changes are practically a weekly thing... 9 months is a lot more warning than many other changes.
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#139Can someone explain why they actually care about this? I always see such strong opinions on it but really, why does it matter to you? Most clocks are digital and change automatically these days and otherwise changing your clocks twice a year is such a minor inconvenience. And whether or not the light should be preferred in the morning or vending is probably a pretty even split. Maybe it’s better to get rid of it (I d…
My kids hate it, there is data to show that children suffer a bit from it (although quickly correct)
I hate it because I have to remember whether it's PDT or PST right now.
Huge deal? No. Would I prefer it just be one or the other? Absolutely.
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#140Get in!