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on Saturday April 06 2019, @05:11PM
from the Everybody-Talks-About-It,-And-Finally-Somebody-Is-Doing-Something-About-It dept.
from the Everybody-Talks-About-It,-And-Finally-Somebody-Is-Doing-Something-About-It dept.
The Oregon Senate has passed a bill establishing permanent Daylight Saving Time in the state, and the Governor has signaled she supports the effort. If it passes the House (and possibly the US Congress, it is a bit ambiguous to me), it could end the semi-annual resetting of clocks which causes so much annoyance and increase of injury and deaths.
Personally speaking, I'd rather it settled on permanent Standard time than Daylight time, but as long as it is steady I think it's better than the current regime.
See also:
Texas efforts: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/03/05/1413228
Europe's efforts: http://fortune.com/2019/03/26/european-union-parliament-daylight-saving-time/
Mandatory XKCD: https://www.xkcd.com/1268/
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Oregon Senate Passes Bill for Permanent Daylight Saving Time
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(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday April 06 2019, @09:16PM (2 children)
Since I live at a latitude that causes the length of day to vary with the seasons, having the sun set much, much later in the summer (when the weather is nice and warm) is a boon to me.
During the winter, I don't care very much as it's cold and I engage in less outdoor activity.
Then again, it's all about what you're used to. When I've visited places near the equator, I always found the roughly equal day/night cycle a little disconcerting for the first couple days.
I don't live in Oregon. As such, I don't care. If that's what Oregonians want, then more power to 'em.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:17AM (1 child)
you may be the happiest if you move above the Arctic Circle and vacation in the Winter months to below the Antarctic Cricle.. very long day light hours.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday April 07 2019, @01:12AM
Wow! I never thought of that. You're a genius!
Gotta go! Need to start packing.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr