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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

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[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or just switch to using base 12

[–] BastingChemina 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Robert7301201 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

12 is a superior highly composite number, which means it's easier to divide without running into fractions or decimals.

[–] BastingChemina 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting, I did not knew the concept