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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because while the sun is up it’s extraordinarily hot and the UV is high. The more north you go, the hotter it is in the evenings and the less it makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Slip slop slap if you need to. But also, I’m in Melbourne so it’s good to have evening daylight. I think because Australia is so huge the effect of DLS is very different across the latitude. It’s good in the southern states.