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I think Daylight Saving Time is a bad idea in the same sense that (abusing) global variables is a bad idea in programming. In programming, changing a global st
by sugarfactory 11y ago
I think Daylight Saving Time is a bad idea in the same sense that (abusing) global variables is a bad idea in programming.
In programming, changing a global state in order to achieve something is almost always a bad practice because it affects everywhere and sometimes in unpredictable ways. Instead of abusing global states, we invented object-oriented programming, which I consider as a way to keep states locally (inside objects).
So if someone wants to save daylight, that should be achieved locally for example by changing school schedules.
- cromulent 11y agoI think perhaps the global variable in this case is the tilt of the Earth's axis and the Earth's orbital position. The local variable is the offset in your local hemisphere / longitude.