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points by gvieri 23 hours ago | 0 comments

I really hope that Italy will follow... Every single time adjustment (or jet lag) is a drama for me.

Everyone in Europe wants to abolish DST, the problem is the consensus for what comes after. So the discussion is stuck since 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_time_in_Europe

[–] simoncion 21 hours ago

> ...the problem is the consensus for what comes after.

When one can't decide between two roughly equivalent options, there's a really cool way to choose between them! Assign each option to a side of a fair coin, flip the coin, and select the one whose side is face up.

It's really neat how many thorny problems can be either eliminated or made substantially less thorny with the careful addition of some randomness.

[–] user43928 21 hours ago

I'd fight tooth and nail for them not to take an hour of sunlight from me during summer evenings.

It is not roughly the same if the sun rises an hour earlier instead, at 04:30 instead of 05:30.

I don't get up before 08:30 and I will not somehow adjust my schedule by three hours to use the sunlight in the morning.

[–] ninalanyon 20 hours ago

The sun rises when it rises, it has nothing to do with the clock. How does what the clock say take an hour of sunlight away from you? It is surely your employer doing that not the clock.

[–] user43928 19 hours ago

My employer, my family, the TV's schedule, or whatever else.

At the end of the day I lose an hour of sunlight without good reason.

[–] simoncion 12 hours ago

> At the end of the day I lose an hour of sunlight without good reason.

Given your fervor, I presume that you've taken pains to live as far west as you can while still being within the geographic bounds of your time zone?

[–] user43928 11 hours ago

No, because contrary to keeping Daylight Savings Time as it is, that would come with other tradeoffs.

[–] OroPla 20 hours ago

They're not equal. Summer time is awful in summer and it would be even worse in winter. We as a species need daylight in the morning and darkness in the evening. Not the other way around.

[–] simoncion 12 hours ago

> We as a species need daylight in the morning and darkness in the evening. Not the other way around.

Given that it's so clear-cut, there's obviously no argument about which is the superior option, and no need to flip a coin, right?

[–] f6v 21 hours ago

I barely even noticed it happened.

[–] Heliosmaster 23 hours ago

Fwiw last week my and my family kept our clocks in CEST. My son sleeps an hour longer in the morning. But we go to bed before 21. Aiuto!

[–] mystifyingpoi 23 hours ago

I hate DST switching, and since last 3 days I've tried to live as if DST didn't happen, go to sleep super early etc.

It completely fails when you account for everyone else around you. Could work if you live alone with flexible working hours. But having a semi-active social life and kids makes it impossible.

[–] paganel 22 hours ago

> Every single time adjustment (or jet lag) is a drama for me

As a counter-point, I personally don't even notice it. Also, I live in Romania, so every trip West of the border, even just to Hungary, means a one-hour change, so, again, no big deal.

[–] flohofwoe 22 hours ago

Yeah same here, I don't even noticed the time switch this time. I remember it was worse as teenager, so maybe it affects young people more than old farts ;)

[–] bloak 21 hours ago

I think it's usually the other way around: older people are more affected by time changes, and by jet lag.