This. It burns too much electricity, wastes too much water and is wrong 70% of the time. Even if its private and offline the problems with it go waaaaay beyond that.
It can only hit the side of the planet facing the sun at the time, unless (and heavens forbid) it was some sort of massive coronal burst that was wide an deep enough to bombard the earth for a complete 24 hours.
Usually the initial bombardment that would be powerful enough to take radio signals down isn't very long, and thus can only hit one side.
You can only talk in written terms about hemispheres with a common point of reference. That reference is the axis, with both hemispheres centred on the axis and forming the equator in the middle. Once you have told the reader it affected both hemispheres you need to establish the east-west sections. Which they do by mentioning the Americas and Pacific.
At one time it was common to see the use of longitudinal and latitudinal spans, but most people are not as familiar with the lines since globes are not as common and digital maps don't usually display them.
This is me, though I figured out a while ago it's better if I just ignore Daylight Savings.
My inner clock doesn't "switch". There's no change. There's just half the year where I'm up an hour earlier and forcing myself to bed earlier and it completely fucks my energy cycle.
Inflation has made the hospitality industry mad run from 2000-2020 die and it will go back to what it was in the 80s and 90s when people had less money like they do now. It was a good run but unless you have a middle class with money to spend, no one can afford to support so many restaurants.
Religion will become popular again and people still start falling for nonsense like ghosts and superstitions. People born after the 80s don't really remember just how batshit crazy people went for misinformation before we had the internet.
We need a new internet without corporate bullshit and some integrity in terms of knowledge. But seeing what happened to the current one, I don't think that will be possible until we kill capitalism.
Its called revolt. By the point Americans have reached, many countries would be in full revolt. By the time Americans realize that revolt is their only option the army will be setup in their cities and bought and paid for by the oligarchy. The good soldiers will be removed from the army and they will have no protectors to stand with them.
This. It burns too much electricity, wastes too much water and is wrong 70% of the time. Even if its private and offline the problems with it go waaaaay beyond that.