U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent

Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by _-david-_ on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @07:45PM (#26418670)

Believe it or not but some of us still have dumb watches and clocks. I have a dumb clock in my bedroom, on my oven, and below my tv. I don't want to buy a fancy clock. I just want the clock to tell me the time and I don't want it connecting to my network just to be accurate.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by saalweachter on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @08:46PM (#26419139)

And depending on what sort of dumb clock your dumb clock is, it probably has a screw somewhere to make it run a little faster or slower, or something similar, to tune the clock to make it run at the right speed. You just give it a slight adjustment and presto-chango, it runs at the new speed.

For clocks that take their timing from the frequency of the electric current in the power lines, that's fixable too.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by _-david-_ on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:40PM (#26469514)

It may be possible to change it, but its a hassle. I don't know if it is possible with something like an oven and wouldn't want to mess with something like that regardless. The solution to the time situation shouldn't be to be messing with electrical currents. That is just going to be a non-starter for so many people.

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