ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAs a bike rider, I forget this is a thing. Asked my neighbor, he pays $350/month in insurance alone 🙃slrpnk.netimagemessage-square222linkfedilinkarrow-up1660arrow-down145
arrow-up1615arrow-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 years agomessage-square222linkfedilink
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 years agoThat’s…the point of the saying.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoTime is continuous, not discrete
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoWell most clocks are not continuous though.
minus-squaregothic_lemons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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 years agoIf it’s always off by 15 minutes, it’s not broken, it’s misconfigured.
minus-squaregothic_lemons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAnd if it can’t be fixed?
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years 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.