ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAs a bike rider, I forget this is a thing. Asked my neighbor, he pays $350/month in insurance alone 🙃slrpnk.netimagemessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down145
arrow-up1614arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoThat’s…the point of the saying.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTime is continuous, not discrete
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoWell most clocks are not continuous though.
minus-squaregothic_lemons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoIf it’s always off by 15 minutes, it’s not broken, it’s misconfigured.
minus-squaregothic_lemons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd if it can’t be fixed?
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoDamn, 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.
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.
And if it can’t be fixed?
Damn, that’s a critical error. Good catch.