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Re:Timezone Bullshit by throw0101a on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:09PM (#26091876)
> I hope that we can stop trying to sync noon to the local sun at some point.

Humans have circadian rhythms that have health effects:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronobiology

See my comment linking to various position papers of the scientists who study in this field:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26088541

They generally want to get rid of DST completely and stick with Standard ("winter") Time all year round. (I don't know enough to gainsay them.)

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Re:Timezone Bullshit by kevincox on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:16PM (#26091958)
I'm not saying that we shouldn't sync our schedules to the sun, I'm saying that we should sync time to the sun.

So in Toronto I can wake up at 12:00 and in London people can wake up at 8:00. It just changes the number on the clock.

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