• MTK@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    There is also a study that found a correlation between changing the clock to heart attacks incidents rising, suggesting that it might be caused by the clock change which triggers stress and sleep deprivation which triggers a heart attack

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      9 hours ago

      Yep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.

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        19 minutes ago

        That would mean ~360 timezones globally. More if you didn’t simplify to a single degree.

        Coordinating is enough of a pain across timezones without having to worry (much) about minutes.

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        5 hours ago

        The Romans’ did that as a naturally consequence of using sun dials for timekeeping. Hours were also shorter during winter. I think that would be a nice system to have.

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          You can get DST on a sundial. Just rotate it 15 degrees so sunrise is at 7