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JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

A broken clock is right twice a day, but a wrong clock is just wrong.

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A broken clock is right twice a day, but a wrong clock is just wrong.

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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      • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldOP
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        The Elon musk clock. Approved by Nazis everywhere!

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        Ah yes, it’s heil past nein!

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          I did not see past nine.

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        Most accurate clock. It measures “times”.

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          deleted by creator

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            Oh look, it’s Twitter O’Clock.

    • db2@lemmy.world
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      I̶̼̪͈̜̭̳͑̿̈́̈́͗͐̇̓̽̎̓̇̀̔̐ţ̶̛͙̞̭̫̫̫̠̙̤͚̓̓̅́̓̄̿̓͆̈͑̾͠͝ ̸̡̻̹̹̳̰͔͔̙̦̉̾͗̿̓͛́̂̅̚͜͠͝ì̶̧̙̜̫̟̫̟̗͔̼̒͐̉̋͆̆̃̓̚͝͠s̵͔̹̈́̇ ̶͔͍̝̼̝͈̎ͅt̸̢̡̼̩̗̹̻̣̩̣̉͂̃̾̐̃̀̈́͐͗ị̸͌̾̍m̴͎̗̝̰͔̪̤̲̺̪̠̭̑̉̀̉̈́e̸̛̺̎̇͛̄̒̔̐̉́.̶̛̛̤̝͖̦̭̉̈́͛̈́͌̒͊͐̊̕͝͠

      There’s a conductive rubber piece that contacts the board on one side and the display on the other. Remove it, clean the ends with an eraser, reassemble. Fixed.

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    And yet a wrong clock is far more useful than a stopped clock

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      I dunno man. ‘i don’t know’ is often more helpful than ‘sure, I know how to do this, trust me bro’

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        A wrong clock can show the passage of time and if you know how far it’s off it just requires mental math. A stopped clock merely tells you when it stopped. Now a clock that advances at the wrong speed, that’s useless and a hindrance to you knowing what time it is

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        I set the clock in the kitchen a little fast because my partner is chronically late, and this way he leaves on time for work.

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    Akshurreally…, a wrong clock is correct somewhere on the planet. Same as all other clocks.

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      Bastard. Have my upvote.

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      Not if the minutes are off.

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        Rounding!

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          Yes, analog clocks are round 🕘

          I bet if you roll it like a wheel, the time will probably be right somewhere…

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        Solar time, not agreed upon time.

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      The planet is a clock.

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    Fun fact: If you take a cheap quartz crystal digital LCD watch and short the two terminals to the quartz crystal, the display will go blank and it’ll literally freeze in time, until you remove the short circuit.

    No idea what might happen on a modern smart watch, I ain’t got that much money to piss away on experiments…

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    A broken clock can be a kind of a wrong clock.
    Stopped clocks are the real deal!

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    A broken clock is garbage.

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