Matthew DockreyMar 10, 2024
The amazing thing about daylight savings is that we would rather *mess with the definition of time itself* than give people the freedom and flexibility to start their day an hour earlier or later as they see fit. Problems can only be solved through coercive conformity.
Show threadFardels Bear

@attoparsec

The whole idea of DST offends me. When the sun is right overhead then it's noon. Anything else is flying in the face of nature.

Mar 10, 2024 at 7:19amWeb
Show threadIvesMar 10, 2024
@riggbeck @attoparsec And you also wake up at 4am and go to bed at 8pm to make sure 12pm is the middle of your day?
Show threadFardels BearMar 10, 2024

@ives @attoparsec

Of course not. It's the principle of the thing. DST is a political idea which should not be messing about with geophysical facts.

Show threadIvesMar 10, 2024
@riggbeck @attoparsec Our time system is not factual but a convention. Nothing in nature or physics says that it's 12pm when the sun is at its highest. If we agree to call that moment 14:37 from now on then nothing fundamentally changes.
Show threadFardels BearMar 10, 2024

@ives @attoparsec

Yes, time is a convention, and so are the words we use to describe it. 'Noon' means the middle of the day, the point at which the sun is highest in the sky. I prefer to stick with that convention.

Show threadNebulous Menace (Sandy B.)Jun 4, 2024
@riggbeck @attoparsec Dire news, my noble bear: https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/this-is-how-the-sun-moves-in-the-sky-throughout-the-year-32e36693e44c
This Is How The Sun Moves In The Sky Throughout The Year

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