[ale] Stupid people and DST

[Pete Hardie]

anyone designing a device that is DST-aware but has no means to adjust when
it happens is an idiot.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 11:52 AM Scott M. Jones via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I'd also like to add...  The millions of IOT devices out there that can
> never be updated, and thus will never be right if any change is made.  I
> have two of those "atomic clocks" that will be "wrong" five months out of
> the year if we don't change the clocks twice a year.  (On a more serious
> note: This may also include insulin pumps and other medical devices.)
>
> Accidents?  More kids will be in the dark and cold during
> November-February at the bus stop with year-round DST.
>
> Of course, those who don't go outside don't really need an extra hour of
> sunshine, right?
>
> -Scott
>
> On 3/14/22 6:39 PM, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
>
> EF-Georgia weighs in:
>
> https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a18011/in-defense-of-daylight-saving-time/
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 6:33 PM Raj Wurttemberg via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On a positive note… Governor Kemp signed a bill making daylight saving
>> time permanent in Georgia.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/permanent-daylight-saving-time-bill-signed-into-law-georgia/J7TKTZJY4ZGCBIEHH3KFPFXGXA/
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately… from the same article… “Current federal law prohibits
>> states from observing daylight saving time year-round.”  Sooo… This has to
>> go to D.C. to get voted on there also.
>>
>>
>>
>> /Raj
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 3:16 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>>> As most functioning adults know, the annual stupidity action happened at
>>> 2am Sunday: yes, we changed the numbers on the clocks "so we could get more
>>> sunshine".
>>>
>>> Begin Rant
>>>
>>> Did anyone with access to writing in a national news medium ever
>>> actually take basic science? Did anyone with policy making responsibility
>>> actually pass a science class in their life?
>>>
>>> I don't think so.
>>>
>>> The time shift never made any sense. Now that there's a fair amount of
>>> evidence that is has a detrimental impact on human health maybe we should
>>> get rid of it. Yay! Great idea!
>>>
>>> But to shift permanently to DST "to get more sunshine" is just dumb.
>>>
>>> The east coast of USA (Unbelievably Stupid Authorities) is 5 time zones
>>> away from the UTC zone. Not 4.
>>>
>>> Maybe we can get policy punks to take an astronomy class and learn about
>>> things like axial tilt being the reason the planet has seasons and that
>>> determines the length of time the sun is visible above the horizon.
>>>
>>> And if they still want more sunshine, and moving them to the equator is
>>> not an option (current occupants will ship them back), maybe we can ship
>>> them to Mercury.
>>>
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