ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoAs a bike rider, I forget this is a thing. Asked my neighbor, he pays $350/month in insurance alone 🙃slrpnk.netimagemessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAs a bike rider, I forget this is a thing. Asked my neighbor, he pays $350/month in insurance alone 🙃slrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square213fedilink
minus-squaregothic_lemons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoYeah but what if the clock is broken so it’s like 15 minutes off all the time? Then it’s never right. The right twice a day is just big idiom propaganda
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoIf it’s always off by 15 minutes, it’s not broken, it’s misconfigured.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoDamn, that’s a critical error. Good catch.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThat’s…the point of the saying.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoTime is continuous, not discrete
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoWell most clocks are not continuous though.
broken clock tho
Yeah but what if the clock is broken so it’s like 15 minutes off all the time? Then it’s never right. The right twice a day is just big idiom propaganda
If it’s always off by 15 minutes, it’s not broken, it’s misconfigured.
Damn, that’s a critical error. Good catch.
That’s…the point of the saying.
Time is continuous, not discrete
Well most clocks are not continuous though.