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Re:Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time by tgv on Saturday October 31, 2020 @10:33AM (#24951792)
Very costly? That would require some serious evidence. And even then, so what?
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Re:Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time by brandmeyer on Saturday October 31, 2020 @11:43AM (#24952324)
> And even then, so what?

I have to agree. The function of software is to reflect the state of reality as it is. Human sociopolitical reality is complicated; that's just a problem to deal with.

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Re:Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time by ghaff on Saturday October 31, 2020 @12:02PM (#24952522)
Software developer: The world should adjust in order to make my life as easy as possible.

The world: LOL

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Re:Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time by imglorp on Saturday October 31, 2020 @12:25PM (#24952734)
Agree, but it's our job as nerds to tell society about this cost.

Society's job is to weigh this cost with all the others +/- and decide what to do.

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