<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">anyone designing a device that is DST-aware but has no means to adjust when it happens is an idiot.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 11:52 AM Scott M. Jones via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>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.)</div>
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<div>Accidents? More kids will be in the
dark and cold during November-February at the bus stop with
year-round DST.</div>
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<div>Of course, those who don't go outside
don't really need an extra hour of sunshine, right?</div>
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<div>-Scott<br>
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<div>On 3/14/22 6:39 PM, Pete Hardie via Ale
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">EF-Georgia
weighs in:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a18011/in-defense-of-daylight-saving-time/" target="_blank">https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a18011/in-defense-of-daylight-saving-time/</a></div>
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PM Raj Wurttemberg via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On
a positive note… Governor Kemp signed a bill making
daylight saving time permanent in Georgia.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/permanent-daylight-saving-time-bill-signed-into-law-georgia/J7TKTZJY4ZGCBIEHH3KFPFXGXA/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/permanent-daylight-saving-time-bill-signed-into-law-georgia/J7TKTZJY4ZGCBIEHH3KFPFXGXA/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">/Raj</p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at
3:16 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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".<br>
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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?<br>
<br>
I don't think so.<br>
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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!<br>
<br>
But to shift permanently to DST "to get more sunshine" is
just dumb.<br>
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The east coast of USA (Unbelievably Stupid Authorities) is
5 time zones away from the UTC zone. Not 4. <br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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