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  • Re: DST in BC

    From The Wanderer@21:3/233 to Adept on Tue Apr 7 09:06:47 2026
    Re: Re: DST in BC
    By: Adept to The Wanderer on Tue Mar 31 2026 09:10 am

    Honestly, having learned that the natural human circadian rhythm is 24 hours 16 minutes (I'm assuming with a decent amount of variance), I do wonder what would happen if we made the "day" 24 hours and 15 minutes long, "falling back" 15 minutes a day.

    It's a pretty weird situation to think we're apparently aligned to this time frame that doesn't quite match the rest of the natural environment. I suspect if we had a 24.25 hour day, it would likely wind up working as poorly as doing a DST switch nearly every day, mostly because of the constant adjustment against the sunlight.

    But that's just a guess... just seems like we'd be pretty out of whack with things. Who knows.

    various people would suffer under any option. And there's still plenty of

    Sure, I think the point is what's supposed to be the best overall, not "What's perfect for every single person".
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  • From Mike Powell@21:1/175.6 to The Wanderer on Wed Apr 8 10:23:24 2026
    The Wanderer wrote to Adept <=-

    various people would suffer under any option. And there's still plenty of

    Sure, I think the point is what's supposed to be the best overall, not "What's perfect for every single person".

    I still suspect that, if put up for a vote, we will get what isn't best
    overall but will get whatever whoever spends the most money wants. :(

    I would strongly suspect that'd be DST.

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  • From Ed Vance@21:1/175 to Mike Powell on Thu Apr 30 16:46:17 2026


    Sunlight in the morning is better for overall mental health.
    The Sun staying out later has no such affect.

    Here is a good video from a sleep researcher who has, in
    past, also been featured on PBS:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t017DRROWTQ

    I don't know about BC but the golf industry has been one
    of the main pushers for year-long DST in the US.

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    Mike, I wonder ifthe same argument/reason for permanent DST is the same ones used inthe 1950's to change the Central Standard Time section of Kentucky into the Eastern Standard Time zone for those who fly from KY to the Northeast daily.
    I remembers the Drive-in Movie places was against doing that as it would delay their start up time one hout later.
    Ed
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  • From Mike Powell@21:1/175.6 to Ed Vance on Fri May 1 09:56:08 2026
    Ogg wrote to Ed Vance <=-

    Hello Ed Vance!

    ** On Thursday 30.04.26 - 14:12, Ed Vance wrote to Dumas Walker:

    Mike, Jean Parrot wrote in a Windows echo about trying out Ubuntu (which he abbreviated as U'U).

    Awww.. that brings back memories. Jean was a fine fellow.

    Has he passed? ;(


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