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minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68arrow-down1·2 months agoEven a broken clock is right twice day.
minus-squareVuraniute@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·2 months agoEven a stuck digital clock is right once a day.
minus-squareRavi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoWhen it’s stuck, yes. When it’s broken and the display is of welll…
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt might not be right, but it’s never wrong.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIs that a thing that happens?
minus-squareVuraniute@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf, say, the RTC dies or similar, then yeah
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoisn’t it strange how they match up at such an exact number
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoFunny how the imperial system matches at oddly exact numbers with the metric system… Strange indeed.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoit’s likely because their current definitions are both fixed on the melting and boiling points of water
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSorry i was /s, the entire imperial system is now defined through the metric system standards. For example, 1in is defined as EXACTLY 2.54cm. Fahrenheit is defined as EXACTLY 5/9(x +459.67) [K] or 5/9(x-32) [C].
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Even a broken clock is right twice day.
cries in digital clock
Even a stuck digital clock is right once a day.
When it’s stuck, yes. When it’s broken and the display is of welll…
It might not be right, but it’s never wrong.
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Is that a thing that happens?
If, say, the RTC dies or similar, then yeah
Fun fact!
isn’t it strange how they match up at such an exact number
Funny how the imperial system matches at oddly exact numbers with the metric system… Strange indeed.
it’s likely because their current definitions are both fixed on the melting and boiling points of water
Sorry i was /s, the entire imperial system is now defined through the metric system standards. For example, 1in is defined as EXACTLY 2.54cm. Fahrenheit is defined as EXACTLY 5/9(x +459.67) [K] or 5/9(x-32) [C].