ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoAs a bike rider, I forget this is a thing. Asked my neighbor, he pays $350/month in insurance alone 🙃slrpnk.netimagemessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down145
arrow-up1606arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square233fedilink
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 days agoThat’s…the point of the saying.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoTime is continuous, not discrete
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoWell most clocks are not continuous though.
minus-squaregothic_lemons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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-up3·3 days agoIf it’s always off by 15 minutes, it’s not broken, it’s misconfigured.
minus-squaregothic_lemons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAnd if it can’t be fixed?
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days 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.